October 26

Physics

• Chapter 2 Exam on Tuesday
• Pythagorean Theorem WS due Friday
• SOHCAHTOA WS due Monday

 
Applied Chemistry

• Periodic Trends Lab due Tuesday
• Concept Check #4 due Wednesday
• B.10 Content Reading Guide due Thursday
• B.11 Modelling Matter due Monday

 
Advanced Physics

• Projectile Motion Lab Report due Friday
• Projectile Motion Quiz on Tuesday
• Chapter 3 Homework due Thursday
• Chapter 3 Exam next Monday

October 19-23

Physics A

• Acceleration and Free Fall WS due Thursday
• Free Fall Acceleration WS due Monday
• Reaction Time Lab due Monday
• Chapter 2 Test next week

Applied Chemistry

• Graphing Packet due Tuesday
• B.6 Developing Skills due Thursday
• Read B.7 and B.8 for Thursday
• B.8 Extra Practice due Friday
• Lab on Monday

Advanced Physics

• Crime Scene Presentations on Tuesday
• Projectile Motion Lab on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lab report due next Wednesday.
• Projectile Motion Quiz on Friday
• Chapter 3 Homework due next week.
• Chapter 3 Exam next week.

September 28 to October 2

Physics

• Displacement/Velocity Worksheet due Monday
• Graphing Motion WS due Tuesday
• Acceleration WS due Thursday
• We will be doing a lab on Friday.  You questions are due Monday.

Applied Chemistry

• Page 47 of textbook #1-12, due Tuesday
• Metal/Nonmetal Lab on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lab packet due Thursday
• A.11 Making Decisions due Friday
• Page 47 of textbook, #13-30 odd due Monday
• Section A Quiz next week.

Advanced Physics

• We will complete vector WS on Monday, and begin the Vector Treasure Hunt
• Vector Treasure Hunt Lab Questions due Wednesday
• Vector Quiz on Friday
• Continue working on Chapter 3 Homework

Sept. 21-Sept. 24

Physics

• Chapter 1 Retest on Monday
• Reference Frames WS due Wednesday
• Displacement & Velocity WS due Friday
• Graphing Skills WS due Monday

Applied Chemistry

• Lab is due Tuesday
• A.5 Guided Reading WS due Wednesday
• A.6 Guided Reading WS due Thursday
• A.7 Developing Skill WS due Friday

Advanced Physics

• Chapter 2 Test Monday
• Chapter 2 Homework due Monday
• Lab is due Thursday
• Work on Chapter 3 Homework

Videos for Thursday, Sept 17

Physics:

Displacement/Distance

Velocity/Speed

 

Applied Chemistry

Properties:

Chemical Changes:

Week 3: 9/8-9/11

Physics

• Circles Lab due Friday
• Chapter Study Guide due Monday
• Chapter 1 Test next week

Applied Chemistry

• Density Lab due Tuesday 
• Concept Check 2 due Wednesday
• Developing Skills Project due Friday
• Putting it All Together Letter due Monday

Advanced Physics

• 1st Lab Report due Tuesday
• Work on Chapter 2 Homework
• Our 2nd lab will be on Friday.  Lab reports are due 1 week after completing lab (next Friday)

Week 2: August 31-September 4

Physics A

• Math Skills Worksheet due Wednesday 9/2
• Quiz on Metric Conversions, Significant Figures and Scientific Notation on Thursday 9/3
• We will finish Section 3 Notes on Friday
• Circle Lab on Tuesday.  Read the lab over the weekend.

Applied Chemistry

• We will be working on the Density Lab Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Have the pre-lab worksheet completed for Wednesday 9/2.  The post-lab worksheet will be due Friday 9/4.
• Concept Check 2 of Unit 0 is due Tuesday 9/8.

Advanced Physics

• Chapter 1 Quiz on Wednesday 9/2. 
• Chapter 1 Homework is also due Wednesday 9/2.
• Lab 1 Lab Report is due Tuesday 9/8
• Work on Chapter 2 Homework-due date TBA

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to another year of high school!  I am Ms. Harris, your shiny new Physics teacher! I will be utilizing this blog to post homework assignments or anything else that I think that you will find useful.








Physics Videos:

What is Physics?

Applied Chemistry Videos:

What is Chemistry?

Laboratory Safety

Homework Assignments for the week (so far):

Physics A:

• Fill out the Student Information Sheet. Due Tuesday 8/25
• Get your syllabus signed and return it. Due Friday 8/28
• Marshmallow Challenge WS due Wednesday 8/26
• What is Physics? WS due Thursday 8/27
• Is Seeing Believing Lab Packet due Friday 8/28
• Math Skills WS due Tuesday 9/1

Applied Chemistry

• Read the preface of your book so that you understand how to use it.  (Pages xvi-xix) Due Tuesday 8/25
• Fill out the Student Information Sheet. Due Tuesday 8/25
• Marshmallow Challenge WS due Wednesday 8/26
• Making Decisions Part 2 WS due Friday 8/28 
• Safety Challenge WS due in class Friday 8/28
• Get your syllabus signed and return it. Due Friday 8/28

Advanced Physics

• Fill out the Student Information Sheet. Due Tuesday 8/25
• Get your syllabus signed and return it. Due Friday 8/28
• Start working on Chapter 1 Homework.  Due date TBA. 
• Our first lab will be on Monday 8/31. Lab reports are due 1 week later (9/7)

May 15, 2015

All Classes: Study for your Final Exam

Chemistry: Stoichiometry WS Due Monday
Retest on Chapter 11 on Monday

AP Chemistry:  Copper Lab due Wednesday

May 4, 2015

Trigonometry

• Exponent Quiz Monday
• Meaning of Logarithms WS due Wednesday
• Rewriting & Evaluating Logarithms WS due Thursday
• Properties of Logarithms WS due Friday

SAT Prep

• This week, we will take an SAT Exam and grade ourselves.

Chemistry

• Reaction type skits on Monday
• Reaction types WS due Tuesday
• Predicting Reaction Products WS due Thursday
• Predicting Reaction Products Quiz Friday

Independent Study Science

• Continue working up to Chapter 17

AP Chemistry

• Beer's Law Lab on Monday. Handout due Wednesday
• Electrochemistry Homework due Tuesday

April 27, 2015

Trigonometry

• Polynomial/Rational Functions Test Tuesday
• Basic Arithmetic with Exponent WS due Thursday
• Solving Exponential Equations WS due Monday

SAT Prep

• This week, will be finishing the Verbal tutorial on Study Island and taking an SAT practice exam

Chemistry

• Balancing Chemical Equations WS 1-20 due Wednesday
• We will be working on predicting products of reactions the remainder of the week
• Quiz on reaction types and predicting products on Monday

Independent Study Science

• Complete up to Chapter 17 by May 25th

AP Chemistry

• We will cover Electrochemistry this week. Electrochemistry Homework is due next Tuesday.
• There will be an AP Exam review session on Sunday, May 3 at 8AM at The Cracker Barrel in Frackville.  Bring money if you plan on eating.

April 20, 2015

Trigonometry

• Rational Arithmetic I and II are due Tuesday

SAT Prep

• We will do some practice SAT questions this week and continue with the tutorial on the Verbal section of the SAT exam on Study Island

Chemistry

• Extra Credit for Chapter 10 due Monday
• Chapter 10 Exam on Tuesday
• Empirical Formula Lab due Wednesday

Independent Study Science

• You need to finish up to Chapter 17 by May 25th

AP Chemistry

• Kinetics/Equilibrium Exam Monday. Turn in you homework
• Watch the following videos on Acids and Bases this week:
• Acid/Base Reactions
• pH and pOH
• Buffers
• Titrations WS due Tuesday
• Acids & Bases WS II due Wednesday
• Acids & Bases I WS due Friday
• Watch the following videos on Electrochemistry over the weekend:
• Redox Reactions
• Electrochemistry
• Those of you taking the AP Exam should also watch the following video on Intermolecular Forces.  We did not get a chance to cover this yet:
• Intermolecular Forces
• There are also some great refresher videos that you may want to watch before you he AP Exam on May 4th. Just go to the channel that these videos come from.

April 13, 2015

Trigonometry
Monday- Complete "Polynomial Graphs Worksheet" due Wednesday
Wednesday- "Graphing Polynomial Functions: Basic Shape" WS due Thursday
Thursday- Graphing Polynomials Quiz
Friday-"Rational Arithmetic I" WS due Monday

SAT Prep
We will finish college searched this week.  Then, we will begin the Study Island Tutorial on the SAT Exam.

Chemistry

• Complete Mole Activity on Monday
• Complete Pre-lab assignment before Friday's Lab
• Percent Composition and Empirical Formula WS due Thursday
• Chapter 10 Exam Monday

Independent Study Science
Continue working on Chapter 14

AP Chemistry
Rate Law Quiz/Energy Diagram Quiz this week
Kinetics/Equilibrium Homework due Friday
Kinetics/Equilibrium Exam next Monday

April 6, 2015

Trigonometry

• Conic Sections Exam on Monday
• Review of Factoring HW due Wednesday
• Factoring by Grouping HW due Thursday
• Factoring by Long Division HW due Friday
• Polynomial Functions HW due Monday

SAT Prep

• This week, we will due a webquest on the College Board website, search for possible careers and choose a few colleges of interest.

 
Chemistry I

• Avogadro's Number worksheet due Tuesday
• Molar Mass worksheet due Wednesday
• Grams to moles worksheet due Thursday
• Moles Activity due Monday
• Molar Volume worksheet also due Monday

Science Independent Study

• Continue working on Chapter 13.  You need to finish up to Chapter 17 before final exams.

AP Chemistry

• Gibbs Free Energy Lab on Monday. Lab notebook is due next Monday
• Thermochemistry Homework is due Tuesday
• Thermochemistry Exam on Wednesday
• Work on Kinetics Homework

March 30

Trigonometry

• Writing Equations of Hyperbolas HW due Monday
• Hyperbolas Quiz on Tuesday
• Classifying Conics Homework due Thursday
• Conic Sections Exam on Monday

SAT Prep

3rd MP Class- We will be doing one last practice exam Monday and Tuesday
4th MP Class- Get you syllabus signed.  We will be introducing what the SAT exam is this week.

 Chemistry I

• "Polar Bears" WS due Tuesday
• Polarity WS due Wednesday
• Chapter 8 Exam on Thursday

Science Independent Study
All work up to Chapter 12 is due Tuesday

AP Chemistry

• Lab Exam on Monday
• Work on Thermodynamics Homework

March 23, 2015

Trigonometry

• Hyperbola Homework I due Wednesday
• Writing Equations of Hyperbolas Homework due Friday
• Hyperbolas Quiz on Friday

SAT Prep
This week, we will finish the SAT Math booklet.

Chemistry

• Molecular Orbitals and Bonding WS due Tuesday
• Molecular Geometry POGIL due Wednesday
• Molecular Model Lab on Wednesday.  Packet is due Thursday
• Polar Bears & Penguins Worksheet due Friday
• Polarity WS due Monday

Independent Study Science
Finish Chapter 12 by March 30

AP Chemistry

• Titration worksheet due Monday
• Lab Notebooks due Tuesday
• Homework due Wednesday
• Solutions Test on Wednesday or Thursday
• Work on Thermochemistry Homework

March 17, 2015

Trigonometry

Wednesday- Turn in Conics II homework by the end of the period

Thursday- Ellipses Quiz

Friday-Hyperbola Homework I due Monday

SAT Prep

Wednesday and Thursday: SAT Math Packet in class.

Friday: scholarship search

Chemistry I

Wednesday: Lewis Structure Quiz.  Do Section Review WS 8.2 for homework.

Thursday-Section 8.3 Notes

Friday- Molecular Geometry Lab

Independent Study Science

You need to finish Chapter 12 by March 29.

AP Chemistry

Lab Report due Tuesday, 3/17.  Lab Notebook doe Monday, 3/24.  Work on your Solutions Unit Homework. 

Links for Videos and Webquests

Link to Facebook Group:  NSHS Ms. Harris Tutoring from her Couch

Trigonometry

Video Lessons

• Ellipses 1
• Ellipses 2
• Ellipses 3
• Review of Parabola Quiz

Chemistry I

Video Lessons

• Section 8.1
• Section 9.3
• Section 8.2
• Lewis Structures Examples

Web quest Activities:

• Activity 2: 
• Lewis Structures (Electron Dot Diagrams)
• Check answers to #2
• Activities 3 and 4:
• Dr. Gutow’s Lewis Structure Tutorial.
• Molecular Structure and Bonding

AP Chemistry

Video Lessons

• Introduction to Solutions
• Distillation and Chromatography
• Concentration
• Net Ionic Equations

Links for Worksheets

Chemistry I

Activity #1:

Chemical Bonding

Activity #5:

Naming Covalent Compounds

Nomenclature


AP Chemistry

Reaction Between Na and Cl2 Video

NaCl Dissolving Animation

NaCl Animation #2

Week of February 16, 2015

Trigonometry

• Retest the circles/lines test by Wednesday
• 10.2 Worksheet due Tuesday
• Writing Equations of Parabolas WS due Wednesday
• Transformations WS 1&2 due Thursday
• Quiz on Parabolas Thursday
• Conic WS due Monday

SAT Prep

• We will begin our SAT tutorial on Study Island this week.  Bring ear-buds to class.

Chemistry I

• Chapter 7 Exam on Tuesday
• Covalent Bonding Web-quest #1&5 are due Thursday
• Section 8.1 Outline due Thursday
• Naming Covalent Compound WS due Friday
• Covalent Bonding Web-quest #2 due Monday

Independent Study Science

• Let's finish Chapter 8 this week and begin Chapter 9

AP Chemistry

• We will be doing the Molar Volume of a Gas lab on Tuesday
• Gas Laws Homework is due Tuesday
• Popcorn Lab is due Wednesday
• Gas Laws Exam on Thursday
• Complete "Where's My Salt?" Activity on Friday
• Work on Solutions Unit Homework

Week of February 9th

**NOTE: This homework schedule assumes that there are no snow days.  Due dates may be changed in the event of bad weather.**

Analytic Geometry

• 10.2 Parabolas worksheet is due at the end of the period on Monday
• Writing Equations of Parabolas WS due Wednesday
• Transformation WS 1 and 2 due Thursday
• Parabola Quiz on Thursday

SAT Prep

• We will work on taking an SAT Exam on Monday and Tuesday
• Wednesday and Thursday, we will begin a tutorial on Study Island

Chemistry I

• Chapter 7 Exam on Tuesday
• Section 8.1 Outline due Thursday
• Naming Covalent Compounds WS due Monday

Independent Study Science

• You should be working on Chapter 8 this week

AP Chemistry

• Molar Volume of a Gas Lab on Monday
• Popcorn Lab on Tuesday
• Gases homework is due Thursday
• Gases Exam on Monday

February 2, 2015

This assignment list is accurate, assuming that there is school Tuesday-Friday:

Trigonometry

• Equations of Circles Homework is due Tuesday
• You will be given  a review packet on Tuesday
• Lines/Circles Exam on Thursday
• 10.2 Worksheet on Parabolas due next Tuesday

SAT Prep

• Tuesday and Wednesday, we will visit the College Board website and do a webquest.
• Thursday and into next week, we will do an SAT pre-test

Chemistry I

• Lab papers for the conductivity of ions is due Tuesday
• Worksheets on naming ionic compound (3 of them) are also due Tuesday
• Tuesday, we will review naming ionic compound and learn how to name acids.
• Wednesday, there will be a quiz on naming and writing formulas for ionic compounds.  Acids will not be on this quiz. 
• We will do another small lab and make some ionic compounds.  Lab Sheet is due Friday.
• Friday, we will finish the PowerPoint on ionic compounds.  Section 7.3 Outline is due Monday. Test next week.

Independent Study Science

• Continue to work on Chapter 7.  You should be taking the exam on this chapter soon.  Move on to Chapter 8 when finished.

AP Chemistry

• Quiz on Worksheets 7-11 on Tuesday.  We will also finish going over AP exam questions.
• Wednesday, we will begin Gas Laws.  Work on the homework for this unit.
• Salt Lab notebook due Thursday.  
• Next lab is Molar Volume of a Gas on Monday.  Make sure you read and understand what you need to do.

January 29, 2015

Trigonometry

• Completing the Square/Equations of Circles Homework is due Thursday
• Equations of Circles Homework is due Monday
• Lines/Circles Exam on Wednesday

SAT Prep

• College Search papers are due Thursday
• Friday, we will go over what you need to do to prepare for college
• Monday and Tuesday, we will visit the College Board website and do a webquest.

Chemistry I

• Thursday and Friday, we will do a mini lab on the conductivity of ions.  Lab papers are due Friday
• Worksheets on naming ionic compound (3 of them) are also due Friday
• Monday, we will review naming ionic compound and learn how to name acids.
• Tuesday, there will be a quiz on naming and writing formulas for ionic compounds.  Acids will not be on this quiz.

Independent Study Science

• Continue to work on Chapter 7.  You should be taking the exam on this chapter soon.  Move on to Chapter 8 when finished.

AP Chemistry

• We will finish the Salt Lab and go over worksheets 7-11 on Thursday
• Quiz on Worksheets 7-11 on Friday.  We will also go over AP exam questions on Friday
• Monday, we will begin Gas Laws.  Work on the homework for this unit.