Welcome to Marking Period 2! Changes in procedures – After-school hours – Lateness – Phones – Cheating policy – Homework – Tests/quizzes in relation to homework – Future Tests – Free response grading – PowerPoint presentations. – Lab Reports

After-school Hours Every day after school – Exceptions: FEW Will only be available until 4:00pm

Lateness School policy will now be strictly enforced – 1 late: Warning – 2 lates: Teacher Detention – 3 lates: Office detention

Phones Are not to be out, or used, without teacher permission If a phone is seen, it will be confiscated for the rest of the day and you may get your phone back at 2:40 from me. Refusal to give up your phone will result in a write-up.

Cheating Policy Test/quiz will be thrown out for each student, whether knowingly or unknowingly participating. Students will be written up Students parents will be informed A different test/quiz may be taken after school for 50% credit. Labs – All students caught copy/pasting sections of a lab will receive a 50%

Homework Answers will always be provided. Full solutions will not always be provided. If certain problems are difficult, see me after school. Assignments will be tiered: – Easy (1-2 problems) – Medium (2-4 problems) – Hard (1-2 problems)

Preparing for Test/Quiz Quizzes – easy and medium problems Tests – medium and hard problems Easy Medium Hard If you understand the Medium difficulty problems, chances are you will do well.

Future Tests Will still be 2 parts: Content (Standard) Test – Will be given first. – Multiple choice concept questions (Definitions and applications of definitions) – Free response problems (Homework) Application Test – One large problem that ties in multiple concepts that were learned over the course of the unit

Free Response Grading ALL WORK MUST BE SHOWN FROM NOW ON. Correct answers with no work are worth 50% 100% - Correct work and answer 75% - Student has provided an answer that is relevant to question. Answer is wrong due to a simple mistake.

Free Response Grading 50% - Problem is set up properly with proper equations listed but is left unsolved or work provided is substantially incorrect yielding very inaccurate answers. 25% - Problem is attempted but little to no progress toward a proper solution is evident 0% - Blank

Labs Will begin to grade labs more strictly than previously As always, QUALITY > QUANTITY

Labs Abstract: – Background on topic of lab – Problem being pursued in lab – Materials list

Labs Procedure: – Step-by-step directions for how YOU went about performing the laboratory investigation PROPERLY. – Imagine a non-physics friend reading your lab report, could they complete the lab based off what you stated in your procedure?

Labs Observations: – All things that took place during lab that did not go in the procedure. Mistakes Things that went wrong Poor assumptions Broken equipment Rushing for time Misunderstandings Confusion

Labs Data and Data Analysis – All data summarized in TABLES. – Sample calculations of ONE set of data. It is not necessary to solve everything.

Labs Conclusion – Summary of laboratory investigation – Explanation of results of data analysis – Error analysis – Future work What would you do to improve this lab in the future? – What did YOU learn?