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#MotivationMonday! (AP2)

9/24/2018

Warm Up:

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Tuesday is an AP Day in GPS. All are welcome!
Due Mon. 9/24: Practice 14.4 (assign Qs)
Due Tues. 9/25: Practice 14.5 (notes AND MP)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions.

How are the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas related and graphically represented?
How is energy transferred and transformed?
How is the first law of thermodynamics applied to processes undergone by a system
What are the implications of the second law of thermodynamics?

Today:

Discuss and troubleshoot 14.4
ConcepTest Qs (if time)

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High Phive Phun Physics Phriday! (AP2)

9/21/2018

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Warm Up:
Sometimes in tropical areas where citrus is grown, the temperature will drop below freezing. Growers reduce the damage by watering the plants in the evening. Explain how this works.

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Friday is an AP Day in GPS. All are welcome!
Due Fri. 9/21: Practice 14.3 (notes AND MP!)
Due Mon. 9/24: Practice 14.4 (assign Qs)
Due Tues. 9/25: Practice 14.5 (notes AND MP)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions.

How are the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas related and graphically represented?
How is energy transferred and transformed?
How is the first law of thermodynamics applied to processes undergone by a system
What are the implications of the second law of thermodynamics?

Today:

Finish Calcs & Discuss Specific Heat Mini-lab
ConcepTest Qs

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#ThrowbackThursday (AP2)

9/20/2018

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Warm Up: Two objects are at thermal equilibrium. What else can you say about them?
Does this mean that they both have the same internal energy? Why/why not?
Who's the Dead Physicist of the Week?

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Friday is an AP Day in GPS. All are welcome!
Due Wed. 9/19: Practice 14.1 (notes AND MP!)
Due Fri. 9/21: Practice 14.3 (notes AND MP!)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions.

How are the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas related and graphically represented?
How is energy transferred and transformed?
How is the first law of thermodynamics applied to processes undergone by a system
What are the implications of the second law of thermodynamics?

Today:

ConcepTest Qs & Discussion

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Hump Day, Yeah! (AP2)

9/19/2018

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Warm Up:

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Today is a AP Day in GPS. All are welcome!
Due Wed. 9/19: Practice 14.1 (notes AND MP!)
Due Fri. 9/21: Practice 14.3 (notes AND MP!)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions.

How are the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas related and graphically represented?
How is energy transferred and transformed?
How is the first law of thermodynamics applied to processes undergone by a system
What are the implications of the second law of thermodynamics?

Today:

ConcepTest Qs & Discussion

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#TerrificTuesday (AP2)

9/18/2018

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Warm Up:

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Today is a AP Day in GPS. All are welcome!
Due Wed. 9/19: Practice 14.1 (notes AND MP!)
Due Fri. 9/21: Practice 14.3 (notes AND MP!)

Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions.

How are the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas related and graphically represented?
How is energy transferred and transformed?
How is the first law of thermodynamics applied to processes undergone by a system
What are the implications of the second law of thermodynamics?

Today:

Review MP Assignment
ConcepTest Qs
States of Matter Simulation

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#MotivationMonday (AP2)

9/17/2018

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Warm Up: On the front board, write the number of a problem that you would like to see worked out, even if the number is already up there.

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Due Mon. 9/17: Practice 13.5 (Assign one Q to each S)
Due Wed. 9/19: Practice 14.1 (notes AND MP!)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions.

How are the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas related and graphically represented?
How is energy transferred and transformed?
How is the first law of thermodynamics applied to processes undergone by a system
What are the implications of the second law of thermodynamics?

Today:

Review Practice 13.5 - Qs and Ps
ConcepTest Qs

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#ThrowbackThursday (AP2)

9/13/2018

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Warm Up: Who are those handsome devils over there?
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Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Due Thurs. 9/13: Practice 13.4
Due Mon. 9/17: Practice 13.5 (Assign one Q to each S)
Due Wed. 9/19: Practice 14.1 (notes AND MP!)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions

How are pressure and depth related?
How is the buoyant force related to Archimedes’ principle?
What are the simplifications used in describing ideal fluid flow?
How is energy transformed within a system and between a system and the environment?

Today:

Review graphs of both data sets: Pressure v. Volume; Volume v. Temp. What info can we get from each graph?
ConcepTest Qs

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Hump Day, Yeah! (AP2)

9/12/2018

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Warm Up:

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Due Thurs. 9/13: Practice 13.4
Due Mon. 9/17: Practice 13.5 (Assign one Q to each S)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions

How are pressure and depth related?
How is the buoyant force related to Archimedes’ principle?
What are the simplifications used in describing ideal fluid flow?
How is energy transformed within a system and between a system and the environment?

Today:
Given: syringe, calipers, thermometer, hot plate, beaker, ice water, graph paper (or calculator or graphing app)
Find: Find the relationship between volume and temperature of a confined gas.
(Why is it important that the gas is confined?)

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#TerrificTuesday! (AP2)

9/11/2018

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Warm Up:

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Due Mon. 9/10: Practice 13.2
Due Thurs. 9/13: Practice 13.4
Due Mon. 9/17: Practice 13.5 (Assign one Q to each S)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions

How are pressure and depth related?
How is the buoyant force related to Archimedes’ principle?
What are the simplifications used in describing ideal fluid flow?
How is energy transformed within a system and between a system and the environment?

Today:Given: syringe, ruler, ring stand and clamps, graph paper (or calculator), assorted slotted masses
Find: Find the relationship between pressure and volume, of a gas

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#MOTIVATIONMONDAY! (AP2)

9/10/2018

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Warm Up:

Assignments: Thermodynamics Assignment Sheet

Due Mon. 9/10: Practice 13.2
Due Wed. 9/12: Practice 13.4
Due Mon. 9/17: Practice 13.5 (Assign one Q to each S)
Have you signed up for Physics SSS, Nov. 3, 8 AM-noon @ Bell. West. yet?

Learning Goal: To be successful in this unit, you should work towards understanding the answers to these big questions

How are pressure and depth related?
How is the buoyant force related to Archimedes’ principle?
What are the simplifications used in describing ideal fluid flow?
How is energy transformed within a system and between a system and the environment?

Today:

Demos
Check Practice 13.2

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