Honors Physics

Week 25 (2/14-2/18)

Featured Link:  Static Electricity on Physics Classroom

Equipment needed:  pen/pencil, scientific calculator, notebook will be needed everyday

Assignments: 
Due Monday 2/14
Practice 18B (1-3) p. 673
Section 2 review (1-6) p. 675

Important Vocabulary:

Important Equations:

images from The Physics Classroom

F_e = kQ₁Q₂/r²

V = PE/q

V = Ed

V = kQ/r

Useful links:    
Your textbook companion site,

Physics Classroom
Static Electricity

Java Games
    Conservation of energy vs conservation of momentum
 

Howstuffworks
    How Lightning Works
    How Capacitors Work
    How flash memory works
    How Van de Graff Generators Work
    How Photocopiers Work

Career Links
    The institute of electrical engineers

Summer Opportunities
University of Maryland
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    Young Scholars Program
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    MTM Engineering Camp (Women in Engineering)
Drexel University
    College of Engineering Summer Mentorship Program
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New York
    National Institute for Leadership and Ethics (Engineering, as well as politics, art, & business)
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Maryland
    Maryland Leadership Workshops
New Hampshire
    Exeter Summer School (intense active learning academics)

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    Society of Women Engineers (1K-10K)
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