Honors Physics

Week 26 (2/21-2/25)

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
NO SCHOOL Current, Resistance Ohm's Law SNOW DAY SNOW DAY

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

Assignments

Practice 19A p. 695 (1-5) due Tue  2/22

Practice 19B p. 703 (1-6) Due Monday 2/28
Section 3 review p. 713 (1-4) Due Monday 2/28

Important Vocabulary:

Important Equations:


Pythagorean theorem diagram
equation
images from The Physics Classroom

I = Q/t

V = IR

P = IV

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
    All summer programs (all fields)
    Young Scholars Program
    E2@UMD (Women in Engineering)
Virginia Tech
    C-Tech2 (Women in Science, Math, & Engineering)
University of Virginia
    4-Star Summer Camps
Penn State
    MTM Engineering Camp (Women in Engineering)
Drexel University
    College of Engineering Summer Mentorship Program
George Washington University
    Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
New York
    National Institute for Leadership and Ethics (Engineering, as well as politics, art, & business)
    Barnard pre-college program (Young women's leadership, summer in NYC)
Maryland
    Maryland Leadership Workshops
New Hampshire
    Exeter Summer School (intense active learning academics)