COVID-19 Update

Well, what a ride the last week has been. I hope you are somewhat enjoying your spring break. As you probably already know, school will definitely be closed through March 27th. [edit: the governor has announced that schools will be closed until at least April 10th] After that...we don't know yet. But here are some things we DO know:

1. Do not come to school on Monday, but do check your email often. Teachers have been directed to send you a letter through Synergy outlining what new learning is actually expected in the rest of the year as well as asking you questions about your resources at home, so we can plan for remote learning. PLEASE look for these letters from your teachers and complete ANY and ALL surveys that you may be asked to do.

2. TUSD will be distributing laptops where needed (taken from COWS, so you don't get to keep them) but they need to know. So also pay attention to those automated phone calls TUSD sends sometimes. And again, complete your teachers' surveys.

3. The ACT is definitely NOT happening during a school day for the rest of the school year.

4. The College Board has released this statement, which is a huge deal. Please read it, and I will include what this means for AP Physics 1 specifically in my letter on Monday. The short story is that we have already covered everything that they are going to test on the AP test.

5. You actually have an Office 365 account, and you may want to try logging into it to see what kinds of resources are available. Here's how you get in:

Go to: portal.office.com

login: [matric#]@s.tusd1.org (be sure to use the "s")

password: your TUSD password


That's it for now. Look for my emails on Monday (also will be posted here). To be clear, YOU ARE STILL ON BREAK until Monday. There is nothing you NEED to do right now.

TUSD has a daily-updated FAQ sheet at http://www.tusd1.org/COVID-19

Work Day

Today is your usual work day before the unit test, which is tomorrow. I will not be here tomorrow. If you also will not be here tomorrow, you can take the test today or when we get back.

Lab: Speed of Sound in Air

Today you are completing a lab to verify the speed of sound in air:

Lab: Speed of Sound in Air

Here are some tips/reminders that were on the board:

If you missed this lab, there is a way to do it online. This simulator is the best I could find because it explains the lab and most closely emulates the physical process involved: http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/HTML5/speed_of_sound.html

The only problem is that it only has 3 available frequencies, and we need at least 6 for a graph, preferably 8. Go ahead and...ugh, I have trouble even typing this...go ahead and make your graph with those three data points. When you turn in the lab, write at the top that you used the online simulator.

You also received a practice test for your test on Thursday:

Sound and Standing Waves Practice Test
Here is the key: KEY

Here are the Plickers problems from last week:
Sound Intro
Doppler Effect

Wednesday will be a work day.

Standing Waves Part 2

Today we discussed the standing longitudinal waves that can form inside a hollow tube. This is how wind-based instruments work.

Notes: Standing Waves Part 2

No official homework tonight, but tomorrow you will have a work day and are expected to finish these things:

p.506 CON #10
p.510 #41, 46, 51, 52a
2015 FRQ5

If you want to get a head start tonight, feel free to do so.

Standing Waves Part 1

Today we started talking about standing waves and how stringed instruments create certain frequencies.

Notes: Standing Waves Part 1

There are a lot of sites we visited and videos that we watched; they are linked in the Powerpoint.

You do not have any homework tonight because you have the SAT on Wednesday. Instead, you will be given some practice work from today and Thursday on Friday.

Plickers Day!

Today we did Plickers problems all day, in three sets. The first and second set were based on the topics this week. If you missed them, just turn in those associated howeworks (check Synergy).

The third set was 5 problems from secured AP practice exams, and covered stuff from the whole year. If you missed this, you can't really make it up, so they were extra credit.

Doppler Effect

The Doppler Effect is one of my favorite things!

Notes: Doppler Effect

Suggested homework is Ch. 14 (p. 505) Multiple Choice #12 + Conceptual #1, 7, 8.

We will have several Pickers problems tomorrow, covering stuff from this week and maybe some really old review too.