March Assignments--IB Physics 2
2019-20 school year

Monday, Mar. 2
Notes/discussion: Electric Fields and Electric Forces
Tuesday, Mar. 3
No Classes for IB Physics 2 on Tuesday
Wednesday,
Mar. 4
Notes, Demos, practice problems: Electric Field Strength
Demos done in class: van de Graaf generator with streamers (to show electric field), rounded object vs point, Is charge on the inside or outside of a charged conductor?
Thursday, Mar. 5
Notes/demos: electric fields, potential
Friday, Mar. 6
Video: Modern Marvels--Batteries (no need to make up)
Monday, Mar. 9
Notes: Electric field patters for dipoles, like charges; Comparing field strength, force, potential, and potential energy for electrical and gravitational values
Tuesday, Mar. 10
No Classes for IB Physics 2 on Tuesday
Wednesday
Mar. 11
Notes: wrapping up electric potential, potential energy, potential difference
Sample problems

HW:  Read chapter 10--there are some details and good diagrams there that we did not cover in class (i.e. almost everything specific to gravitation)
HW: IB Question Packet--Electric Potential and Field -- due Monday. There's no WebAssign for this portion of the unit
Markscheme will be posted here next week.
Thursday, Mar. 12
Review of topics covered up to this point in the course
Access the padlet here and add your questions. Please sign into padlet.com using your school account (same one you use to log into flexisched) OR start your response with your name followed by a colon.
Friday, Mar. 13
No School--Emergency Closure

Note to students: some power points for chapter 5 (sections 5.1 and 5.2) have been posted on the syllabus page for your reference, should you choose to self-study test prep for the IB exam.  There is also a Pivot lab related to current and potential in a circuit that is available for your reference (and just in case you get bored and want something to do ;) ). seriously, though, it is 100% optional.
Monday, Mar. 16
No School--Emergency Closure
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Tuesday, Mar. 17
No School--Emergency Closure
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Wednesday, Mar. 18
No School--Emergency Closure
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Thursday, Mar. 19
No School--Emergency Closure
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Friday, Mar. 20
No School--Emergency Closure
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Monday, Mar. 23
No School--Emergency Closure
​​I miss you all!
Starting today/this week I'm going to be posting some supplemental resources for our  various topics we've been covering, especially just this semester. Nothing I post during this closure, unless it had been assigned before the closure, will be graded in any way. The only assessment you'll have on it will be after we return to school: if we have a chance to recap and review all of it when we get back to the "normal" of school, then it will be assessed on the Semester Final.  Nothing will be assessed in the near future.

Friendly Reminders:  
  1. there were 2 Pivot Interactive online labs for the electrostatics portion of the Electricity unit.  Neither has been graded yet (I'm working on IAs), but both were assigned and listed in Skyward prior to the closure, so both WILL be graded and entered into you grade. If you have not yet finished those, then please go in and finish the activity/activities you hadn't yet finished. I'll be working on grading each of those in the next couple weeks in between grading IAs.
  2. there are 3 WebAssigns that had been assigned prior to the closure. I think (I may have inadvertently missed a couple people) that I extended all of you who hadn't finished any of those 3 assignments. Currently they should be open through April 27, 8 AM.  IF you need/want to finish any of the 3 most recent WebAssigns, and it has not yet been extended for you, please accept my apology, and please request an extension through the WebAssign portal. As soon as I see that extension request I'll make it re-open for you until April 27. by the way, one of the assignments says it's out of 24 points, but nearly everyone got 23. I'm assuming that's a glitch, but I'll check it out. :) 
  3. If you had retaken a quiz prior to the closure and the grade isn't yet updated, it will be as soon as I get them scored. I've been focused on grading your Internal Assessments  at the moment, so quizzes have been on the back-burner...But not forgotten.
  4. If you didn't get a chance to make up or retake a quiz, don't stress at the moment. Be patient and we'll figure something out...I just don't know what quite yet.

Supplemental Stuff for things we've covered: 

Activity for today:
view the padlet HERE
Comment on the post I made, plus post photos or articles or just examples of your own that show examples of electrostatics you can find/do/experience in your own home!
Tuesday, Mar. 24
No School--Emergency Closure

We ​don't normall have class on Tuesdays, so look for a new activity tomorrow. For now, keep working on finishing up anything you have missing--WebAssigns or Pivot labs. :) 
Wednesday, Mar. 25
No School--Emergency Closure
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Let's have some fun!
Video challenge: I want to see YOU! I miss all of you!  I want you to upload a video of yourself doing an electrostatic demonstration to THIS PADLET. More instructions are listed in the Padlet itself.  Uploading it here rather than YouTube makes it easier for everyone to be able to see everyone's finished product. 

Rules/Instructions:
  1. I want to see YOU (and your family can help, too, if they're willing). I do NOT want to see some random YouTube video. I want to see YOU. :) (I miss you all!!)
  2. Be creative and have fun!  
  3. You can talk during the video and maybe clarify what you are doing, but do NOT try to explain the physics behind it. (that'll come later)
  4. this does not need to be complicated, intricate, overly complex, or overly long. I just want to see you doing electrostatics.
  5. When a classmate has posted a video, you (not the video owner) can comment on the video either to compliment them on their awesome skills, and/or to explain at least part of what you see happening. If you can, you can also explain what the physics behind the demo likely is. Try to only do 1 of these 3 things per comment. :) 

Second thing to keep working on for today is any make-up work (i.e. Pivot Labs or WebAssigns...or your IA, if that hasn't been turned in yet) that you still need to finish. :) 

Please participate--I miss seeing you and LOVE seeing posts/comments from you.

Example websites with ideas that I found, but you are certainly not limited by these:
Thursday, Mar. 26
No School--Emergency Closure

​​Let's have a little review, and a competition, related to electric charges and their electric fields, shall we? :) 
Review:  re-read textbook pages 169-180
Review:  WebAssign-- Review: Electric Charge, Force and Field.  25 questions long, 24 are multiple choice :)   
Challenge:  (have fun with it!) PADLET with INFO
Friday, Mar. 27
No School--Emergency Closure
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HW:  Stay safe, have a good day, and do something fun today...and work on make-up work if you still have it. :) 
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Monday, Mar. 30
No School--Emergency Closure
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Hi all! Let's learn a little about lightning today.  Lightning, both how it can form and why it happens, is directly related to our study of electric fields and electric potential. 

Article:​ I have placed an article and a series of questions related to the article in the padlet you'll find HERE.  Enjoy! Read the article and answer the questions.

Worksheet:  practice questions related to electricity and lightning strikes--answer key will get posted later. For now, try it. It's also uploaded in Teams, so talk about it there and ask each other (and me) questions about it there if you need. 

Reminder--this is just extension material based on things we've previously covered in class.
Tuesday, Mar. 31
No School--Emergency Closure
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