AP Physics B
Journal Prompts 1997-1998
1. Journal Prompt for the Week of August 20, 1997:
What are your expectations for Advanced Placement Physics B? Why?
What one thing would you like to know more about? Why?
Discuss your level of experience and needs relative to the following software:
Pegasus Mail, Word, Write, Excel, Power Point, Netscape, Windows, File Manager, Graphical Analysis, and Graph Link (82,83,92).
4. Journal Prompt for the Week of September 8, 1997:
Free Write.
Explain what the APPB Portfolio is? Why is it?
6. Journal Prompt for the Week of September 22, 1997:
Why would someone ask you to solve a problem that had already been solved?
What one piece of advice would you give a person/group on Lab One as it relates to organizing their roles and why?
8. Journal Prompt for the Week of October 6, 1997:
What was the most challenging part of Examination One? Why?
9. Journal Prompt for the week of Oct. 13, 1997:
Discuss your growth as a Portfolio producer from pre-Trial Portfolio, to
Trial Portfolio, to the First nine-weeks Portfolio turned in on Friday.
10, Journal Prompt for the week of Oct. 20, 1997:
What was the most rewarding experience you had last week in APPB? Why?
11. Journal Prompt for the week of Oct. 27, 1997:
Free Write.
12. Journal Prompt for the week of Nov. 3, 1997:
Name one insignificant thing from MU5, and one from MU6. Tell why you believe these things are insignificant.
13. Journal Prompt for the week of November 10, 1997
Reflect on your last 7 days in class and express your concerns and needs. Elaborate!
14. Journal Prompt for the week of Nov. 17, 1997:
Compare and Contrast Pulley and Inclined Plane type problems.
15. Journal Prompt for the week of Nov. 24, 1997:
Free Write.
16. Journal Prompt for the week of December 1, 1997:
Name one thing that you would NOT like to see on the APPB Final. Explain why you feel this way.
17. Journal Prompt for the week of December 8, 1997:
What one thing do you wish you would have known before taking Examination Two. Why do you feel this way?
18. Journal Prompt for the week of December 15, 1997:
How do you feel about the fact that you are allowed to choose not to take your AP final in light of the future testing you will endure (AP Test in May, College Finals)? Explain.
19. Journal Prompt for the week of January 5, 1998:
Compare and Contrast Kinetic and Potential Energy. Relate to the ball popping experience.
20. Journal Prompt for the week of January 12, 1998:
Which is more important, the units of a measure, or the measure itself? Why?
21. Journal Prompt for the week of January 19, 1998:
Compare and Contrast Kinetic Energy and Momentum. Relate to the
Conservation Laws and the Newton's Cradle experiment.
22. Journal Prompt for the week of January 26, 1998:
How do you see yourself as a student of Physics? Explain.
23. Journal Prompt for the week of February 2, 1998:
Free Write.
24. Journal Prompt for the week of February 9, 1998:
Discuss your feelings about the required 3rd 9-weeks Pre-Portfolio (as related
to the required 1st 9-weeks Pre-Portfolio).
25. Journal Prompt for the week of February 16, 1998:
Compare and Contrast Linear and Angular Momentum. Use examples.
26. Journal Prompt for the week of February 23, 1998:
Which do you like best, free response or mulitiguess? Why?
27. Journal Prompt for the week of March 2, 1998:
Which part of Lab 2 did you find most enlightening? Why?
28. Journal Prompt for the week of March 9, 1998:
What are your current plans or talking the APPB Examination in May?
Why?
29. Journal Prompt for the week of March 23, 1998:
Free Write.
30. Journal Prompt for the week of March 30, 1998:
Discuss your feelings and thoughts as you purged your Portfolio. Site specifics.
31. Journal Prompt for the week of April 6, 1998:
From the three events last week, how is the MU experience sans The Calculus?
32. Journal Prompt for the week of April 13, 1998:
How would you like your APPB final? Elaborate.
33. Journal Prompt for the week of April 20, 1998:
What day last week was most productive for you as an APPB person? Why?
34. Journal Prompt for the week of April 27, 1998:
How is sound like a pendulum? Different?
35. Journal Prompt for the week of May 4, 1998:
Thermodynamics, Acoustics, Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, or Mechanics, which is your
favorite? Why?
36. Journal Prompt for the week of May 11, 1998:
What was the hardest part of doing your APPB web page? Easiest? Why?