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School Hope you enjoyed your vacation. It’s time to get back to work. Back to
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School Welcome to Physics Back to
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CP Physics This is an Honors, College Preparatory Course. Before you enroll is this course: - You should have already completed Chemistry I - You should have already completed Algebra II w/ Trig This is a math intensive course. - If you have weak math skills, you should expect to put in extra time & extra effort into this course and attend tutoring as necessary.
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Materials Needed for Class You will need a 3-Ring Binder dedicated exclusively to Physics. You will need at least 5 Tab Dividers for your Notebook. You will need tabs for - Class notes - Practice problems - Quest - Quizzes & Tests - Labs
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Materials Needed for Class Pencil Pen Eraser Mechanical pencils are preferred (less trips to the sharpener) Pens should have blue or black ink for reports handed in to me (You may use other colors of ink for your notes) Eraser should be white, plastic (they erase cleanly and do not damage bubble answer sheets)
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Materials Needed for Class Protractor Metric Ruler You need a see-thru protractor. (Do not buy the kind with an attached arm.) An approximately 6 inch ruler (14 cm) is sufficient. (Longer rulers are hard to store in binder or book bag without them breaking.) It must have metric (SI) divisions, it may also have inches.
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Materials Needed for Class Lots of Loose Leaf Paper You may use College Ruled or Wide Ruled. College Ruled is preferred. Buy several packs while it is on sale. You will go through a lot of paper in this course.
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Materials Needed for Class Scientific Calculator You must have a scientific calculator. You do not have to buy a graphing calculator, but if you already have one, please bring it. Please put your name on your calculator.
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Materials Needed for Class Lab Fees Lab Fees for CP Physics are $10 Make checks payable to “MGM” Include a Driver’s License # and two phone #’s on the check. Put the name of the student on the “for” line.
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Class Rules Be on Time When you enter the classroom late, you disrupt the concentration of everyone else. To be on time means that you are in your seat with your notebook open and you are working on the bell ringer when the tardy bell rings. Don’t wait until the tardy bell to get on task.
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Class Rules Be Prepared. You should bring your notebook, paper, pencil, book and calculator everyday.
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Class Rules Don’t Shout Out Answers. Raise your hand and wait to be called upon.
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Class Rules NO Eating, NO Drinking in the Lab Area.
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Class Rules Cell Phones should be put away unless given express permission to use them for entering web based homework. Never cruise the internet, visit Facebook, nor send emails during class. Texting during class is never allowed, and when done during lecture, is just plain rude.
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Class Rules Restroom Use the restroom during class changes and/or during lunch. Don’t pop into class and announce that you’ll be right back. Unless it is a dire emergency, don’t ask to go to the restroom the first few minutes of class.
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Class Rules Respect Treat everyone in the class with care and respect. Ensure that in our classroom when a classmate “goes out on a limb” with an answer/theory that there is a safety net below them and not a lake full of alligators.
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Thank you for signing up for CP Physics. I hope that you enjoy the course and choose to continue on to AP Physics in the future.
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