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October Assignments--IB Physics 1
2017-18 School Year


Monday, Oct. 2
​Work Day:
Work on one or more of the following items

Lab Report:  First Draft due on Wednesday, Oct. 4--follow the guide to get your data reported and analyzed; bring a printed copy of your report to class on Tuesday; Submit a copy of your final report to www.turnitin.com no later than 8:00 AM Tuesday, Oct. 10.

WA:  Uncertainties and Error Propagation--due  Wednesday, Oct. 4, 4 PM

Tuesday, Oct. 3
In-class: walk through some of the Excel and LoggerPro actions for lab; discuss how to show Min/Max slopes, and discuss what should go into a final report.

Last half of class = work time on lab or WA, both due tomorrow (first draft of lab only)

Wednesday,
Oct. 4


Peer edit first draft of Aluminum Density lab​

final draft due to www.turnitin.com (only) no later than Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 4 PM

Reminder: G4 group norms due today to folder by 4:10 PM
​G4 group project plan due next Wednesday to folder by 4:10 PM

Thursday, Oct. 5

Review in class--uncertainties
practice IB test questions related to uncertainties

​​Uncertainties--practice/review questions (ppt)  answers (.docx) 

Friday, Oct. 6
Warm-up (with answer)

Review--go over data-based question packet handed out yesterday.
Worksheet
Markscheme

Monday, Oct. 9
Quiz covering uncertainties and error propagation

Tuesday, Oct. 10
Vectors and vector addition--intro and notes (pre-activity)



Wednesday
Oct. 11
PSAT day--no class

Thursday, Oct. 12

Friday, Oct. 13
Lab Activity:  Displacement vector addition--get your measurements done today :)
open the link to get the requirements for what you need to include in your final product.  Work day on Monday for this with your partner.  Final product (diagram and calculations) due on Wednesday.

Monday, Oct. 16
Lab, day 2:  Displacement vector addition

Work (individual) and scale diagram (1 per pair) is due on Wednesday

Tuesday, Oct. 17

Wednesday, Oct. 18
​warm-up: vector addition problem

Notes/discussion:  speed, velocity, and relative velocity

Thursday, Oct. 19
Practice problems: Vector Addition

PowerPoint used in class
Answer key shared in class

Friday, Oct. 20

​​Quiz: Vector Addition

Notes/discussion:  speed, velocity, and relative velocity

Monday, Oct. 23
No School

Tuesday, Oct. 24
​​Lab (will be inserted into your journal):  Relative velocity

Wednesday, Oct. 25
​​​Lab, day 2 (all answers and diagrams will be inserted into your journal)-- Relative velocity 

HW:​  WA--Post-lab relative velocity - Due Monday, 10/30, 8 AM

Thursday, Oct. 26
post-lab discussion
pre-lab: graphing motion

Friday, Oct. 27
Lab, day 1:  graphing motion

Monday, Oct. 30
Lab, day 2: graphing motion

Tuesday, Oct. 31
Post-lab class discussion
HW:  WA--post-lab Graphing Motion--Due Friday, 11/3, end of school day


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