ICP Physics Math Webquest

Today we will be doing two things. By the way, see that advertisement in the upper right corner? Please close it.

First task

You will be taking a quiz to determine how well you understand physics already. This covers most of the topics we will be learning about this trimester.

For the quiz, go back to my physics site and click on the "Physics, the neglected science" link. You will need to find the Physics Savvy Quiz. On your worksheet, check the box for true or false. You will not know about many of these questions, but that's OK! We will be retaking this quiz at the end of the trimester. Many of the questions will show up on the final exam. After you have submitted your answers, record your percent on your worksheet. Then record the correct answer (T or F) for each question. There are also explanations for all the questions. For any you missed, read the explanation. If you come across any questions that you have a comment on, write that in the "your comments" column. Examples of comments you might have are:
"I mostly knew the right answer, but wasn't quite sure because of..."
"I had no clue and after reading the explanation, I still don't know what this is talking about."
"After reading the explanation, I understand what the correct answer should have been."
"I've known that since third grade. This is boring."
When you finish the quiz, come back here for your next task.

Second Task

For your second task, first you must determine which of the following concepts you feel you need the most practice on. These are the things that will be covered on Monday's test. Click on the appropriate link and begin reviewing. On the back of your "Physics Savvy Quiz" worksheet, please record for me what you are spending your time working on. If you feel you've become competent in your worst area, begin working on another area. If you got a good grade on the math quiz and you think you'll get an A on the test, you may explore my website. If you are caught on any website not directly linked to mine, you will have a detention. Use this time to prepare for this test or to learn something new!!

Sig Figs
Sig figs practice#1
Sig figs practice #2
Sig figs practice #3
Sig figs with calculations (use a calculator)

Factor labeling
Factor labeling, also known as "dimensional analysis" tutorial
This one has problems to solve, answers and discussions of the solutions.
Funny reminder of why you should know those SI prefixes!
On the same subject...

Trig
This one looks more complicated than it is. Toward the bottom, there are problems to solve and further down are answers. Try a few.
Read "why you should take trig" and "applications of trig" for some good background
Probably won't help your understanding of trig, but it may increase your appreciation for geometry.

Scientific notation
Scientific notation explanation
Scientific notation explanation and a quiz

Graphing
Graphing rules for chemistry. NOTE: I will not ask for computer generated graphs and the graph paper I provide you is fine. Otherwise, this site covers it all!
This one gives example questions about the independent and dependent variables.

Algebra without numbers
Summary of algebra rules
It is really hard finding a good website on this one... so I made my own.
Feel free to ask me about the algebra worksheet. It's hard to get the text to look right...

Other stuff I think you should see:

This is a page I think you should all read regarding learning science (chemistry in this case). I didn't write it, but I agree with it.

In case you've forgotten, there is an extra credit assignment due tonight (Friday 12-3-04 at midnight). If you have nothing better to do, this might be a good idea.

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