“Elastic vs. Inelastic” Blog Post

Explain the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions and describe one of each that you have seen in your daily life.

“Elastic Collisions” Blog Post -

Which has greater momentum: a train at rest or a moving skateboard?  Explain why you picked the answer that you did.

"Phase Change" Blog Post

Describe a phase change you saw outside of class today.  DESCRIBE what you saw and EXPLAIN the physics behind it. Be sure to explain if heat energy added or removed, what phase the object changed from, what phase the object changed to, and what the name of that transition is called.

“Too Hot/Too Cold” Blog Post

DESCRIBE three things that heat up at different rates and EXPLAIN why you think they heat up at different rates.

“Doppler Radar” Blog Post

Research how doppler weather forecasts work.  Using what you know about the Doppler Effect and what you have learned online, write a summary of how waves are used to show what is happening in the weather.

Quarter 4 Starts Here

Don't make up assignments before this!

“Interference” Blog Post

Explain the difference between constructive and destructive interference.  Give an example of each in your daily life. They don’t have to be waves - just anything that interferes and makes something larger or interferes and make something smaller.