Tues, May 22, 2012- Physics final exams will be:
Per 4: Thurs, 5/31 and Mon, 6/4
Per 1, 3, 5, 7: Fri, 6/1 and Tues, 6/5
- Vocab flash cards (week 28) will be due THURSDAY, 5/24 this week
- Electricity quiz will also be Thursday
- Note: if you have missed any notebook checks in the past (Feb or Mar NB Check on Gradebook), please submit your notebook to me ASAP for some credit! These are hundreds of points!
Mon, May 7, 2012- Bring your textbook to class EVERY DAY from now on
Fri, May 4, 2012- See the "Handouts" section for an extra credit opportunity--proposals due Monday!
Mon, Apr 30, 2012- If you had an excused absence last Friday, make up your mini-test with Ms. Chang during lunch or after school TODAY or TOMORROW!
- See the Vocabulary section for week 25 vocabulary
- See the Handouts section for the worksheet from class today (due tomorrow)
Mon, Apr 23, 2012- Juniors: PSAE Tuesday and Wednesday!
- Do NOT bring your phone to testing--leave it off and in your locker
- Bring your ID, #2 pencils and a calculator
- Thursday: you MUST be in class for physics review!
- Friday: mini-test on Thursday's review
Mon, Apr 16, 2012- One week until the ACT/PSAE! And then back to physics :)
- Extra credit for bringing a parent/guardian to report card pick-up this Thursday (12pm-6pm)
Mon, Apr 9, 2012- Welcome back!
- See "Handouts" section for today's worksheet on Ion Formation (#1-9 due tomorrow)
- See "Vocabulary" section for the review words for Thursday's quiz (all from previous weeks)
- Vocabulary handout (or flash cards) due THURSDAY -- note: you only need Examples for each, not sentences!
- You have until Wednesday, 5pm to finish up any Study Island tests for extra credit...
Fri, Mar 30, 2012- Have a wonderful spring break!
- Study Island tests for extra credit until Wed, April 10 (see Handouts section to print out instructions on how to sign in)
- www.studyisland.com
- your username should be: first initial + last name + capital C + period (no spaces or + signs)
- for example, if I was in 1st period, my username would be: achangC1
- your password used to be your first name; feel free to leave it or change it or email Ms. Chang if you forgot it! (aychang@cps.edu)
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
- We will be in room 222 again tomorrow--bring your physics notebook and vocabulary sheet/flash cards
Tues, Mar 20, 2012- Meet TOMORROW in room 222! Be on time!
- See "Handouts" section for the vocabulary sheet you can use in place of flash cards (due Friday)
- Note: you still need to keep a copy of the vocab IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!
Mon, Mar 19, 2012- Meet in room 222 on Wednesday - be on time and don't miss class!
Thurs, Mar 15, 2012
- Vocabulary handout (in place of flash cards, if you prefer) of 20 WORDS due tomorrow
[look online if you have trouble writing a sentence; just make sure our definition fits with that sentence!] - No vocabulary quiz tomorrow, as long as we are ON TASK tomorrow! Otherwise, I will have one ready
Mon, Mar 12, 2012- Vocabulary handout (in place of flash cards, if you prefer) of 20 WORDS due Friday
- It is imperative that you are ON TIME to class on Wednesday!
Thurs, Mar 8, 2012
- Study week 19 AND 20 words for quiz tomorrow!
Thurs, Mar 1, 2012- Bring your ACT score sheet to class Thurs and Fri
- NO QUIZ tomorrow, but ACT presentation will be a quiz grade
- Flash cards and quiz corrections (2/17) still due tomorrow
Tues, Feb 21, 2012
- Biology unit exam will be on THURSDAY next week
- Covering everything since January (water cycle!)
- See the "Handouts" section for in-class presentations and handouts to review
- Make-up flash cards will be due Thursday
- Last 3 vocabulary words from Week 18 (if you didn't get them):
- Nucleus: Largest organelle in a cell; contains the cell’s DNA and manages cell functions
- Gametes: Sex cells (sperm & egg)
- Mutation: Random error or change in the DNA sequence that may affect whole chromosomes or just one gene
Thurs, Feb 9, 2012
- Quiz TOMORROW on:
- week 17 words
trophic levels / pyramids
cell life and division
some genetics (DNA/chromosomes/sexual reproduction)
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
- Quiz TOMORROW on week 15 AND 16 words!
- 10 flash cards on week 16 words due tomorrow
- bring your BINDER (or let Ms. Chang know if you need a manila folder)
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
- Period 4: Multiple-choice exam Mon
- Periods 1, 3, 5, 7: Multiple-choice exam Tues
- see "Homework" section for more details and an extra credit opportunity!
Tues, Jan 17, 2012
- Period 4: Essay exam on water cycle Thurs and multiple-choice exam Mon
- Periods 1, 3, 5, 7: Essay exam on water cycle Fri and multiple-choice exam Tues
- see "Homework" section for more details!
Thurs, Jan 12, 2012
- See "Handouts" section for handouts from this week and the Water Cycle presentation that we took notes from on Wednesday
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
- See "Handouts" section for information on what work you can do over winter break to make up quiz grades
Mon, Dec 19, 2011
- 15-Week Exam on Tuesday, 12/20!
- See "Handouts" section for the study guide (plus answer key!), formula sheet, and presentations we used in class (you will need Adobe Acrobat to view them)
- Make-up flash cards will be due TUESDAY
Wed, Dec 14, 2011
- Quiz TOMORROW
- Bring your notes to do corrections after the quiz
- Unit exam on Tuesday, 12/20 (next week!)
Mon, Dec 12, 2011
- flash cards due and quiz will be on THURSDAY
- unit exam on Tuesday, 12/20 (next week!)
- bring textbook to class tomorrow!
Thurs, Dec 8, 2011
- Tomorrow's quiz will cover Week 12 and 11 vocabulary words (EXCEPT "recoil) as listed below. There will be NO WORD BANK! Please also review what we've been learning about momentum, impulse, and work.
- momentum
- impulse
- conserved
- potential energy
- kinetic energy
- work
- energy
- power
- Joule
- efficiency
Thurs, Dec 1, 2011
Tomorrow's quiz will cover Momentum, Impulse, Week 11 vocabulary words, and the following older vocab words. There will be NO WORD BANK!
- negligible
- interaction
- correlation
- magnitude
- inertia
November 21, 2011
Tomorrow's quiz will cover Newton's THREE laws plus 10 vocab words--the week 10 words plus the following. There will be NO WORD BANK!
- Newton
- friction
- net force
- mass
- weight
November 14, 2011
Welcome to a new quarter! Hope you had a relaxing long weekend. We are starting fresh with new seats, focus quizzes instead of "bellringers," and simpler flash cards. Make sure you ask Ms. Chang if you're not sure what these things mean, or else it might adversely affect your grade!November 7, 2011
Don't forget, the 10-Week Exam is TOMORROW! Please study hard, as this will have a MAJOR effect on your grade. Review all vocabulary terms and you can see all the topics we've studied this quarter, along with practice problems in the study guide (posted in the "Handouts" section of this website).All make-up flash cards must be turned in tomorrow at the BEGINNING of the period. Good luck!November 2, 2011
Friday's quiz will cover 10 words--the week 9 words plus the following. There will be NO WORD BANK!
- inertia
- friction
- normal force
- net force
- Newton
Also, the 10-week exam will be on TUESDAY next week--make-up flash cards will be due THAT day!
October 27, 2011
See
the "Links" section for the videos we watched in class a couple weeks ago.October 24, 2011
Need to improve your grade? Please see the Handouts section for guidelines on how to do corrections, due in a couple weeks...October 21, 2011
Don't forget, the vocabulary story/song project is due MONDAY! Very important and a lot of points!
Please have fun with it :).Also, I have added a "handouts" section if you are missing any of the worksheets I give out in class. If you lose something, please download a new copy there, since I only make enough copies for each student to have one.NOTE: The last entry in the "handouts" section shows HOW I grade your flash cards. If you don't have everything on there the way I ask, that's where the points are going!
~Ms. Chang
October 10, 2011Welcome to my website! Please check here if you need to know more about the homework, the school calendar, my daily schedule or our vocabulary.
~Ms. Chang