FinalsReview
Your Final is worth 15% of your semester grade. Which means to calculate your grade for the semester:
[(your grade before the final) x 0.85] + [(your grade on the final) x 0.15] = Your semester grade
Second Semester:
Problems to try in your content workbook that came with your textbook:
Ch. 9 all except #2, 5, 8, 9; Ch. 10 all except #8; Ch. 11 all except #7; Ch. 12 all except #7; Ch. 14 #3, 6, 8 and 9; Ch. 15 all except #1; Ch. 16 #1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Ch. 17 all except #3, 7; Ch. 18 all; Ch. 19 NONE; Ch. 20 all except #1 and 10; Ch. 21 all except #4-6, 9; Ch. 22 all; Ch. 23 all; Ch. 24 all except #2; Ch. 25 all except #6 and 10
Because some versions either have the wrong answer or no answer. There are answers to the workbook are available as a pdf or google doc.
Things you can do to study:
1. Review your notebooks for each unit. They should have a list of vocabulary terms, all of your equations and helpful pictures from notes.
2. Review the Daily Warm-up Questions. If you have been writing your DWQs down each day you have a question and answer to study. A lot of those are on the test!
3. Review your old Quizzes.You have all your old weekly quizzes to study from. Make sure you review the problems you got wrong so you don't miss them again.
4. Review the material reviewed in class
5. Review vocabulary & Review topics
6. Review tutorials - These are basic reviews and do not include everything available on these topics:
Momentum 1 and Momentum 2 screencasts (basic concepts on this pdf)
Work, Power and Energy screen casts #1 and #2 (basic concepts on this pdf)
Waves & Sound screencast #1 and #2 (basic concepts on this pdf)
Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism and color & light coming when available.
Old reviews, keep in mind that some units were moved to second semester 2016-2017:
In class Review packet Brix's classes worked on (pdf or google doc)
Variables & Equations practice for second semester as a pdf. Sometimes determining the variables and equations is the hardest part!
Physics Standards, available as a pdf or google doc. Try identifying how you learned each.
Try going through this Final Objectives list (pdf or google doc) and make sure you can do everything on here. It is an excellent review of all that you have learned!
Pdfs of the notes we did in class: 2013 Review Day #1 for 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th periods.
Pdfs of the notes we did in class: 2013 Review Day #2 for 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th periods.
First Semester:
Problems to try in your Content Workbook that came with our textbook; do Ch. 1-8 ALL except: Ch. 1 #7, 4 #5; Ch. 5 #7, 8; Ch. 7 #1, 4, 5, 9; Ch. 8 #1, 2, 5, 6, 8 Because I don't like them or they sometimes have a wrong/ no answer. Answers to the workbook are available as a pdf or google doc. Some of the problems vary from book to book so its not a perfect resource.
Topic listing for Semester 1 Final available as a pdf or google doc.
Variables & Equations Practice, available as a pdf or google doc. Sometimes determining the variables and equations is the hardest part!
Things you can do to study:
1. Review your notebooks for each unit. They should have a list of vocabulary terms, all of your equations and helpful pictures from notes.
2. Review the Daily Warm-up Questions. If you have been writing your DWQs down each day you have a question and answer to study. A lot of those are on the test!
3. Review your old Quizzes.You have all your old weekly quizzes to study from. Make sure you review the problems you got wrong so you don't miss them again.
4. Review the material reviewed in class: 2nd Day 1, 3rd Day 1, 4th Day 1; 2nd day 2, 3rd day 2, 4th day 2
Old reviews, keep in mind that some units were moved to second semester 2016-2017:
2013 Review: 1st Period, 2nd Period, 5th Period, 6th Period
Also, the topic list (above) with annotations on it :)