Class Info
Physics is, for the most part, a hands-on class. We do labs, collect data, and write lab reports. By doing labs, we not only learn physics, but we also learn how to collect good data and how to use Excel. In fact, if you are considering attending this school next year, I highly recommend a course in Excel. It will make your year in Physics much easier. When we are not doing labs, we are usually learning Physics concepts using a "Green Sheet" of equations which are central to our Physics education. Overall, Mr. Ellis does a very good job of both organizing and teaching us Physics.Sample Work
Lab 1: This lab was the first one of the year. Its focus was mainly to help us learn how to use Excel for labsFriction Lab: A lab in which we were tasked with designing our own experiments in groups of 2-3 people in order to find the coefficient of friction (mu)
Marble Launcher Lab: A lab which was done as a teacher demonstration and involved launching a marble over a distance. In it, we were taught how to set up our future labs to be done in Microsoft Word, rather than Excel
Energy Lab: This lab was based on measuring the potential and kinetic energy in springs in order to find the total energy and, therefore, show that energy is, in fact, conserved.
Momentum Lab: This lab was done in order to verify that momentum is conserved. The diagram is not present in the pdf file because it was hand-drawn, but the rest of the work is present.