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General Physics
These pages are designed for students of Jeff Adkins at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, California. Click the links at left to go to the other pages belonging to Mr. Adkins.
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Skye's Pattern
Here is the graphic Skye invented and drew for us on the board to organize your thinking about convex lens problems. In this diagram, domains match the color of the ranges; that is, if you put an object in the blue area, its image will appear in the corresponding blue area on the other side of the lens. If you put an object where a dot appears, its image will appear where the corresponding dot on the other side appears. This really gets at the symmetry in the lens problems. Very nicely done, thanks!
Course Information
Course Title: Physics
Course # 5577
Grade Level: 10-12
Duration/Units: 1 year, 10 units
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of "C" in Geometry and concurrently enrolled in Algebra II.
Requirements met: CSU/UC - d
Description: A physics course designed for the college-bound student who may or may not intend to pursue a science or engineering career in college. Basic concepts in light, waves, mechanics, electricity, and nuclear physics are investigated. Suggested for pre-professional programs.UC a-g Requirements Information
The University of California counts Physics as a UC - d, physical science lab course. Please visit the DV Science Department page for more information about UC requirements.
Please ask in class about the physics book.
The following purchases are recommended for this class:
Lab notebook (a looseleaf binder is acceptable)
Links and Resources
Although many of these links look like they are just for teachers, many of them lead directly to hundreds of other links suitable for students seeking to understand specific concepts.
My favorite physics page is Hyperphysics, a graphically organized general reference to physics with interactive examples. :http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Conceptual Physics resource page-- A HUGE list of links sorted by chapters in Hewitt's Conceptual Physics book
http://www.phschool.com/science/cpsurf/Job database for physics majors
http://www.psrc-online.org/careers/jobsearch.htmlPION: Northern California Physics Teachers organization
http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/PION.htmlOver 200 Physics lessons including lesson plans
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/physinde.htmlAmerican Association of Physics Teachers Science Resource Center
http://www.psrc-online.org/American Science and Surplus (fun stuff!)
http://www.sciplus.com/Exploratorium "Snacks" (small demos)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.htmlSurplus hardware and want-ads
http://www.labx.com/v2/categories.cfmOfficial AP Physics course outline from College Board
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/physics/html/cours002.htmlPhysics Shareware for Macintosh:
http://www.ecs.fullerton.edu/~jperryl/Physics.html#anchor361120University of Maryland Physics Demonstration List
http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/indexx.htmAmerican Association of Physics Teachers
http://www.aapt.org/
Document Archive
Please note: a complete list of all handouts provided in this format can be seen at this address:
http://homepage.mac.com/astronomyteacher/FileSharing1.html
Please note: Most of these documents are in Adobe Acrobat format. They require the use of the (free) Adobe Acrobat reader. Please note: Most of these documents are in Adobe Acrobat format. They require the use of the (free) Adobe Acrobat reader. This is used instead of html because the document formatting remains identical to what the printed version looks like, no matter what your browser settings, and the format is universal to all computer platforms (Windows, DOS, Unix,Sun, and Mac). Requires Adobe Acrobat 3 or higher. IF YOU HAVE ACROBAT READER 5.0, YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE LATEST UPDATE WHICH CORRECTS PROBLEMS WITH OS X AND WINDOWS XP.
A properly installed, recent copy of Adobe Acrobat reader should install a plug-in within your browser application and these links should work automatically. If you've installed the reader and when you click on the link, you still get a screen of random symbols, right-click (windows) or click and hold (Mac) until the pop-up menu appears and choose "Save link As..." from the list that appears. Choose Save Link as Source, and name the file something that ends in .pdf if it doesn't happen automatically. Then start Acrobat reader, and choose Open from the File menu. You should then be able to open the file.
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