4-17-09





Today was a great day to learn in Mr. Manning's first period class. It was a laid back day even though we had a lot on the agenda. This was they daily agenda. First he collected our designs for our roller coasters. Here we had to draw our idea for our roller coaster, have a description, a theme, caculations, and a name. For example: my project is cotton candy themed and named C2 (squared). However, most people forgot that we had to do caculations or a description. This isn't the biggest deal, however, since it is only worth 7 points. Remember that the whole project is worth 100 points! Next on the agenda, we reviewed a quiz. I wasn't in class on Thursday and didn't take the quiz so I can't really explain the answers. Ask Mr. Manning for help. Next, we handed in our reading guides. Our reading guides were 30 questions we had to make up out of the book chapter we read. Next on the list, we came up with ways that a wave could be disturbed. Some of the examples were: medium, temperature, pressure, etc. Then the class learned a new equation. This helps us finds the velocity, wavelength, or frequency of a wave. It is : velocity = displacement/time or velocity = frequency x landa (wavelength). The second one is the one on equation sheets. Finally, we were allowed to work on our roller coaster project (next part due next friday) and given homework for the weekend. It is a wave worksheet.

The above pictures are of a unit Mr. Manning showed us in class. Notice how the black marble moves up the wave when energy is pushed to the right.

By Frances Bruey