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Excel Assignment
"Cooling Curve of Dichlorobenzene"
The student will first bring a 250 ml beaker filled with water to a boil. Once the water is boiling, the student will insert a test tube containing dichlorobenzene into the boiling water. Once the the dichlorobenzene melts the student will remove the test tube from the water and place it a beaker filled with cool water. While continously stirring the dichlorobenzene with the thermometer the student will take temperature measurements every 30 seconds for 15 minutes. After the data is collected the student will enter the data on the Excel spreadsheet and use the spreadsheet to create a graph of the cooling curve of dichlorobenzene. The question for the lab is why is the cooling curve of dichlorobenzene so unique?
Dichlorobenzene.xls
Powerpoint Assignment
This is an actual powerpoint that I show my class. It is the first section of notes from the textbook. I modified it by adding some quiz questions as I go along. The quiz question only go to slide #12.
Night Class Presentation.ppt
Virtual Tour
This is a virtual tour of a nuclear reactor. I would use this tour with my Principles of Technology II class as well as my Physics class. This virtual tour begins with the Reactor Hall and proceeds to the Reactor Pool. After the Reactor Pool it gives an excellent illustration of the a schematic of the reactor vessel components. Next, there are several animantions of Nuclear Fissions that explain what is happening to the nucleus during a nuclear fission. Next, there is an animation of the boiling water in the nuclear core. After that it follows the flow of energy into the turbine hall and illustrates several things that happen with the turbines. Finally, the tour leads you to the control room, from where the plant is operated.
http://www.cekert.kth.se/nuclear_power/virtual/nobel_showcase/reactor_site.html
First Pile Web Quest
This webquest is designed for the students to get an understanding of the complexity of building the first atomic bomb. Even though this web quest only looks at a very small piece of the process, they can get an understanding of how important the success of each small step led to the ultimate final step of building the bomb. This web quest is done in two steps, the first step is watching a movie called "Day One" that give an historical accurate account of the birth of the bomb - from conception to deployment. After watching the movie the students will then use this web quest to research the answers to the questions of the very important experiment of the first pile.
First Pile Web Quest.doc
Chat Rooms
Chat rooms for AP Physics Class
I would utilize a chat room for summer assignments for my AP Physics class. The assignment would be that the students would read the following four books: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Isaac Newton; Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein; Cosmos, by Carl Sagan; and The Theory of Everything, by Stephan Hawkins.
I would set up a time frame where the students would be required to read a certain number of chapters by a given date. On that date, we would access the chat room and have a group discussion about the reading that the students had done.
I understand that this is a ambitious requirement for summer time activity, but this would be for a Advanced Placement Physics class.
Pros
The students will be reading.
The students can get involved in active dialog about the reading.
The students that are normally shy may take a more active part in a discussion.
Cons
The students will be reading during the summer time.
There is a certain level of technology required that may not be available to all students.
I would have to re-read all of these books so that I can actively take part in the discussions.
The students would have to given the books before the leave for summer break.
Bloggy McBloggerson
The blog that I have created is to be used with my classes for weather observations. Our school district is a extremely large school district with a variety of elevations. In the winter time in particular, the weather can be very different at different parts of the school district. I would utilitze the blog mainly during snow storms. I would assign students from the different parts of the schools district, Wyalusing, Laceyville, Homets Ferry, Camptown, Herrickville, New Albany, New Era, and Overton to monitor the snow storm and report weather conditions on the blog during the snow storm. The point of the assignment would be illustrate to the students the difference elevation makes in a snow storm.
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