IB Physics SL

UC Santa Cruz is hosting the Quarknet Particle Physics Workshop on March 9th, 2024.  Open to all students! Class Information Register for the Workshop Here 


Extra Credit!  Dr. Jeff Fraser, father of a SVHS graduate, has written a very detailed paper on the old-school (pre-calculus) method for proving Kepler's Laws.  Earn EC by reading the paper and giving me a one-page summary of the main ideas.  Look here for his website:  Kepler's Law Derivation 

Extra Credit!     Visit the SLAC virtual tour and write a one-page report.     Stanford Linear Accelerator

Or join the Zoom call for their next lecture, also extra credit.  January 25th, 7 PM     Searching for Trolls Under the Electron Bridge

Contests!  Could be fun, could be profitable!        Ecology Video Contest           Samsung Solve Contest

Have a great photo that you want to enter in the national AAPT contest?  Entries are accepted between March 1st and May 15th.    For more information:  AAPT Contest Entry

Lunar Eclipse, Iliana Hayes 2015


This is your one-stop home for Information, Worksheets and Whatnots.  You can find links to many of the things you need below.

                                  Eclipse 2017, Courtesy Connor Wills 

How about a tutorial on using Excel? 

Clemson University offers an excellent one:    Linear Regression on Excel

                                                                                                                     Solar Flare 2-24-11   courtesy NASANeed a graphing calculator?  Try GCALC  for free!  Not only can you graph, but you can cut and paste your graphs into word-processing documents.  Click to find out how.