Higgs Boson on CNN

This is a great video explaining the Higgs Boson, why it's important, and what is happening at the LHC.

Click HERE to see the video from CNN.

Centripetal Force in Space

Balloon Car Ideas

Balloon Car Ideas

HeadRush - Terminal Velocity

Vector Addition - Japanese TV

Power Point Notes - Forces, Chapter 10 Lecture 1 10/24

Click HERE to see the lecture notes on Forces.

How IQ Can Change

Click HERE to read an interesting article about how the teenage brain and intelligence is a lot more flexible than previously thought. Teenagers can significantly raise IQ scores in the teenage years!

Mythbusters Falling Objects "Vector Addition"

Falling Objects - Mythbusters "Monkey and Hunter"

Projectile Motion and Falling Objects

Projectile Motion

I am interested in the Coyote and Roadrunner segment and the falling car clip. Don't focus on the math instruction at the end of the video.

Answers to Practice Test Questions

1. Chemical Potential Energy

2. Gravitational Potential Energy

3. Kinetic Energy

4. 10 N, Up

5. It was losing potential energy as it gained kinetic energy.

6. Something accelerates when it gets faster, goes slower, or changes direction. So the gas pedal, the brake pedal and the steering wheel are accelerators.

7. The gravitational potential energy at the start of the pendulum is the maximum energy in the pendulum. It can't gain energy unless you add more energy somewhere. So the pendulum will never go higher than where it starts.

8. Manipulated variable = type of ball.

Controlled variable = height of the drop

It is a controlled experiment because all of the variables are constant but the one thing you are testing which is the type of ball.

9. The object will sink.

10. The object will float. Archimedes' Principle

11. 3.5 g/mL It will sink because the density is greater than 1.0 g/mL

12. 1.3 km/min

13. Volume

14. Mass and gravity

15. If its distance changes relative to a fixed point of reference.

16. A is moving faster and B is moving slower but they are both moving at a constant speed (straight line on the graph).

Potential and Kinetic Energy with Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner

Potential and Kinetic Energy Song

Mythbusters Penny Drop Part II

Mythbusters Penny Drop Part I

Motion Notes - Point of Reference, Speed, and Velocity

Click HERE to view notes on Point of Reference, Speed, and Velocity. Pictures are still not transferring.

Relative Motion

Which train is moving? It's difficult to tell until the end of the video.

Velocity Song

Distance Vs. Displacement

Another Buoyancy Video

Buoyancy Video

Buoyancy Power Point

Click HERE to view the Power Point lesson on Buoyancy in Google Docs.

The link is working but all of the pictures did not transfer.

Density Liquid Layers with Steve Spangler

This is a great video but he uses "Heavier" and "Denser" to mean the same thing and they don't. He is speaking to an non-science audience so he is trying to get people to understand.

How to Find the Supernova

Here is a link to the ABC News story and video on the supernova that formed 21 million years ago in the Pinwheel Galaxy. The video tells you how to find and view the supernova.

Click HERE to go to the story and video.

Graph For Velocity Lab

The x axis (horizontal axis - across the bottom) should be labeled with the position of the weight (front, middle and back).

The y axis (vertical axis - side axis) should be labeled with the velocity that you found by dividing the distance by the time. Your y axis numbers will be determined by the velocities that your group obtained. If the range of velocities is from 70- 100 cm/s then this is the range on your graph. If your velocities range from 100 - 200 cm/s use these numbers.

We will review the graphs in class so just do your best!

Exciting Physics Discoveries

This is an interesting article from "Yahoo Science" listing the top seven recent physics discoveries.

Click HERE to view.

Hello From Hawaii

I am on vacation right now, but I will be updating everything soon. I can't wait for the school year to begin! I hope you have all had a wonderful break. See you next week!

Classroom Setup

Classroom S5 is my new home! I have been busy setting everything up so the classroom is ready for the first day of school. It's not finished yet but it's looking better everyday!

Great Science Website

"Moment of Science" is a great website that features short, easy to read articles on interesting topics. Click HERE to view.

The Biofuel Works!!!

Dr. Kirby shows how the soybean biofuel from Period 2 runs a diesel engine!