more on energy...

Please bring an empty shoebox to class on Thursday, if you can.  Find one and put it in your car NOW!  If a few of you can bring some aluminum foil, that would be great too.  We will be making solar ovens, soon anyway.

Tuesday's Homework (Part 1)**********************************************************

Here's energy!!!>>> 

and here's a short demo >>> Write a few  notes (plus a drawing) in your lab book explaining the demo; include the vocabulary words "potential/kinetic energy".

Next, a simulation: 

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/pendulum-lab/pendulum-lab_en.html (play around here and puzzle it out.)+There's a lot you could learn!



And now for some BrainPOP.com  [ login with username: pcshome  / password: ilearnathome ]

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/kineticenergy/
Watch the movie, take the quiz, read FYI (all the tabs- select the circles/icons at the top of the page)
Do the math on the last page of the FYI (the pencil icon)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/potentialenergy/
Same - movie, quiz, FYI and the math on the pencil icon page.  [Call me if you don't understand these directions!]
Then choose  GameUP! and play  Coaster Creator -  Design your best coaster and print out the score; also, why not post your top score in the comments! (my score was 1610) Using the back button  save time.

on a related note:
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/tsunami/
And again, movie, quiz, FYI

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Wednesday's Homework (Part 2)
Textbook reading:  Chapter 4.2 (pages 107-121) and fill in the review worksheet