color code:

Orange:  Homework Assignment

Red: Assignment due

GREEN:  Something going on at lunch

PURPLE:  Something going on at night

blue:  a link to what we watched

WHAT  HAPPENED LAST WEEK:

Mon (3/21) —

• PACKET 7 BEGINS!
• Discuss the next two weeks
• BOW
• Joke Monday 
• Handed out 7.1
• Worked 7.1.(1-3)  Homework is to complete 7.1.(1-5)
• We showed this video:  Cart and metal balls
• We showed this video:  Cannon and Stopper

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Tues (3/22) —

• We finished 7.1
• Askey showed the Konstantin shortcut.

TUESDAY AT LUNCH (12:12-12:55):   ROCKETRY 

TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6:30PM go to the thing at the National Weather Service.  See the poster at the top.

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Wed (3/23 )—

• Askey discussed the JPL Presentation from last night
• Askey discussed The James Webb Presentation coming up April 1st
• Askey discussed The African King of Lakes Presentation coming up tomorrow in 807
• Askey showed the Packet 6 Celebrities for those classes that didn’t get to it.
• Mr. Pentacost did a Barycenter problem (Astronomy version of Center of Mass)
• Here is the link to Pluto and Charon from Mr. Pentacosts problem
• Here is the link to the image Mr. Pentecost showed of Protostars and Proto solar systems
• Here is the link to the image of the Horsehead Nebula
• We handed out 7.2 towards the end of class.  This is not homework yet.
• Askey worked one made up problem (in first hour only)  involving Forces and angles with actual numbers
• We handed out 7.3 at the end of class.  It has a bunch of false statements and you have to correct them and make them all true.  7.3.3 we will do later. There will be a CFP on this sheet on Monday, March 28th, during class.  We will do 7.3.3 in class tomorrow.

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Thur(3/24) —

• Went over the Key to TEST6–page 1
• Did the Liquid Nitrogen Cannon demo
• Worked on 7.2
• Remember, Homework is 7.3 (Don’t worry about 7.3.3, we will do that one in class) There will be a CFP on this sheet on Monday, March 28th, during class.

THURSDAY AT LUNCH (12:12-12:55):   THE KING OF AFRICAN LAKES  

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Fri (3/25) — 

FEAST AND FILM! — We started Apollo 13

WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

Mon (3/28) —

• Discuss the next two weeks
• BOW
• Joke Monday 
• Slide Show
• We will work on 7.2
• CFP on 7.3 (don’t worry about 7.3.3 yet).

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Tues (3/29) —

JUNIORS TAKING ACT IN MORNING

1st hour is in Room 103

2nd and 3rd hour are in Rm 208

We just worked on 7.4.3 and 7.4.4 and went for donuts in the morning

TUESDAY AT LUNCH (12:12-12:55):   NO NOPE ROCKETRY  NOPE NO NOPE

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Wed (3/30 )—

• HO 7.4 and work on it for the hour.  We discussed the origins of Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation — Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) was the greatest naked eye astronomer.  He cataloged 777 stars.  Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) took “stole” his data and developed Kepler’s 3 Laws.  Newton used the data and other sources to develop his Universal Gravitation Equation. Which NASA still uses to day . . . so Thank You Tycho!
• Worked on 7.4.5 and found that the gravitational acceleration on the astronauts is 8.8m/s/s.  Not that different from here on earth so . . . . why do they float?
• Handed out 7.5 — It is more of FBD using rulers.  It is due MONDAY for a CFP. 

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Thur(3/31) —

• Spent the hour discussing gravity.  We finished 7.4.5 and 7.4.6.  We discussed A LOT of gravity ideas.  Watch for the screenshots this weekend.

THURSDAY AT LUNCH (12:12-12:55):   GUEST SPEAKER WAS CANCELLED.  

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Fri (4/1) — 

FRIDAY (7:00 – 8:30PM)  JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE TALK AT THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM

WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK:

Mon (4/4) —

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Tues (4/5) —

TUESDAY AT LUNCH (12:12-12:55):   ROCKETRY 

TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 – 8:30PM NHS ACT MATH PREP COURSE 

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Wed (4/6)—

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 – 8:30PM NHS ACT ENGLISH PREP COURSE

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Thur(4/7) —

THURSDAY AT LUNCH (12:12-12:55):     

THURSDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 – 8:30PM  NHS ACT SCIENCE PREP COURSE

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Fri (4/8) — 

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