Welcome to Physics!!
Please find a seat at a desk
Today’s agenda
 Find a desk/fill out chart
 Go over class syllabus
 What is physics?
 Last year’s results
 Survey
 About Me
Seating Chart
 Fill out seating chart in pencil
 Student Handbook!!!!!
 Signatures
Regents Physics
 SUPPLIES NEEDED:
 GRADING:
 Binder/Folder
 Participation – 15%
 Loose-leaf paper
 Classwork/HW – 20%
 Pen/Pencil
 Labs – 30%
 Scientific Calculator
 Tests and Quizzes – 35%
Participation
 Start with 100%
 Each class is worth 2 points
 Points will be deducted at my discretion and cannot be
earned back.
 If you’re absent you must come see me during one of my free
mods when you return so I can catch you up. If you do not
see me you will lose your two points.
Homework
 Due the next school day unless I say differently.
 Homework is either checked at your desk or collected.
 Grading is based on effort and correctness.
 Late homework must be submitted to me in person during
one of my free mods.
 If you’re absent on a day that a homework assignment is due
you must turn it in the next day you are in school.
Classwork
 Surprisingly we will do work during class.
 I’ll usually let you know if I’m going to grade it.
 When I think everyone deserves a free 100
 When more than half the class is absent
 When one group isn’t doing anything productive
 Graded classwork will have different weights.
Labs
 Signed lab agreement
 You must complete 1,200 lab minutes in order to take the
Regents exam this June.
 I will not accept any labs after June 12th.
Tests
 Tests will be at the end of each major topic.
 We will have a midterm exam.
 You have to take the Regents exam because it counts as your
final exam.
 Each test will have a different weight in the grade book based
on how important I think the topic is.
Contact
 District website: http://www.windsor
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csd.org/MrVERSPOOR.aspx
Post important dates, class notes, and helpful physics links.
kverspoor@windsor-csd.org
Twitter: @WCHSPhysicsDept
Phone: (607)655-8250 ext: 6123
Homework
 Get the lab agreement and the syllabus slip signed and return
it tomorrow.
 I’ll hand out your textbook soon!
What is physics?
 It is the reason you had to take math classes.
 It is the end of an action movie.
 It is awesome.
 It is easy!
 It is mandatory.
Bellringer
 Take out your signed green slips and lab requirement forms.
Objectives
 Get to know a little bit more about me.
 Finish your first lab
Topics
 Measurement and Math
 Electrostatics
 One Dimensional
 Electric Current and
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Kinematics
Statics and Dynamics
Projectile Motion
Uniform Circular Motion
Impulse and Momentum
Energy, Work, and Power
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Circuits
Electromagnetism
Waves
Sound
Light and Astronomy
Modern Physics
Last Year’s Results
 Failures:3
16
 Amateurs: 11
14
 Masters: 19
12
 Pass: 91%
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 Boys: 82.45%
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 Girls: 84.54%
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95-100
Last Year’s Results
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Regents Score
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Survey
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What is your favorite school subject?
What is your favorite movie?
What do you like to do for fun outside of school?
What is your favorite band/singer and genre of music?
What sports do you like to play/watch?
What TV shows do you watch?
What do you want to do after graduation?
What questions do you have for me?
About Mr. Verspoor
 Physics…duh
What is your favorite movie?
What do you like to do for fun outside of
school?
 I enjoy playing and writing music, exercising, body surfing,
playing sports, and playing Xbox.
What is your favorite band/singer and
genre of music?
 I can’t pick…
My teams
What TV shows do you watch?
How have you used Physics today?
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Been in a car today?
Dried/straightened/curled your hair?
Tweeted?
Checked Facebook?
Used a cell/smartphone?
Used contacts or glasses?
Turned on a light?
Been on Earth?
 If you said yes to any of these, guess what…
Cartoon Physics
 http://www.lghs.net/ourpages/users/dburns/RRPhysics/
Road_Runner_Physics/Movie.html
 http://funnies.paco.to/cartoon.html
Our first experiment!!!
 Does the color of the pom pom effect the firing range of the
Bernouli cannon?
Scientific Method
 State the problem
 Gather information
 Form a hypothesis
 Test the hypothesis
 Analyze data
 Draw conclusions
 Either modify hypothesis or repeat several times