AP Physics C Update for the week of October 16, 2000 9. Journal Prompt for the Week of October 16, 2000: Why is the sine of 0 either 0 or 1? Your 1st Quarter Portfolio is due Monday October 16, 2000 by 3:30 PM. This Portfolio should have the Checklist in the front, and then the 6 items (sans Ability to Test) in order, for this Portfolio, including the Complete Journal Writings (1-8). Each item should have a unique Cover Instrument (CI). In the back of your Portfolio should be your 1st Quarter Midterm Portfolio, in order. Half of your Total Grade for the Quarter in this class will come from this Portfolio. It might be wise to have me look at one or two items in your Portfolio before you finish it since you will not be able to correct this Portfolio. All items in this Portfolio should come from the Fodder list. Place the Portfolio IN MY HAND when you are finished with it. Last week you should have done the following: - Written in your Journal. - Turned in Problems page 28-35 (Part II: 33-38, 46, 52, 64-68, 73-74, 90, 94!) - Turned in Lab III - g. - Finished Chapter 2. - Finished Chapter 3. - Turned in Chapter 3 Problems pages 49-52 (1-5, 8, 11-12, 18, 27-29, 31, 37, 43-45, 52-53). - Turned in APPC Acorn MG 1-2. - Turned in Vector Addition - 3 Methods. - Work on your 1st Quarter Portfolio. This week: # Write in your Journal. # Meet in Lab 5 Monday. # Read Chapter 4. # Submit 7 Chapter 4 problem suggestion. # Do the assigned Chapter 4 problems. # Turn in your 1st Quarter Portfolio, due October 16, 2000 - in my hand by 3:30 pm. # Take Examination II. # Share this information with your parents: I will be attending The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's Fifth Annual PICNET (Promoting Instructional Coherence Network) Conference in Austin, Texas during the scheduled conference times, October 26-27, 2000. If you would like to know more about the course that your child is enrolled in, or about their level of success in the class, please do one or more of the following. If you would like to contact me for other reasons, please use one of the conduits listed below. I hope to have personal contact with you at least two times this school year. If I don't hear from you in response to this catalyst, I will be contacting you. Please note that the 1st Quarter Portfolio is due October 16, 2000 and communication might be more productive if made before the end of the Quarter. I. Call me at (501) 444-3050-134 and we can discuss this class on the phone, or schedule a meeting time so that I may explain the goals of the course. II. Email me at dyoung@fayar.net and communicate your questions. III. Record your questions, and/or suggested alternative interaction methods in the space below and return it by way of your child, or mail it to the address below. Questions/Comments: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Suggested alternative meeting time. I am free 7:00-7:30 AM, 11:45 AM to 1:25 PM, 2:30 to ??? PM on school days, and at various times on weekends: _____________________________________________________________________ Parent Name: __________________________________________________________ Parent Contact Information: _______________________________________________ If you don't have a Graphing Calculator, you need to get one. Explore the APPC web page. The Lunch Schedule for the 3 Computer Labs: Lab 5 (3201) Monday and Wednesday; 1st Floor Lab (1107) Tuesday and Friday; and 2nd Floor Lab (2102) Thursday. If you have questions or need some help, please see me, or one of your fellow students. See the Syllabus for information on how to get outside of class help. DAY -- David A. Young Fayetteville dyoung@fayar.net dyoung7@prodigy.net http://www.fayar.net/east/teacher.web/Math/young/ "I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison (1847-1931)