INTRODUCTION

You are a student at HIES enrolled in a College Prep Physics class. You thought it was a good idea to take the course because you've heard Physics is an important subject but you don't know exactly why.

On the other hand, you really want to get a good grade since your transcript will be sent to various colleges and you do not want to risk your chance of admission.

This PhysicsQuest is designed to unburden you of these dark, deep doubts.

TASK

By the end of this PhysicsQuest you will have learned about the importance of studying Physics and you will be familiar with our classroom website, an essential tool for success in our class.

PROCESS AND RESOURCES

You will be given a series of questions and various links to Internet sites that will help you answer the questions.

CONCLUSION

At the beginning of this exercise you were promised that you would be unburdened of any dark, deep doubts you might have had about the importance of studying physics in high school.

PhysicsQuest

MY PHYSICS CLASS

Part I.

Read the article: "Ten Reasons Why No Student Should Go Through High School Without Taking Physics"

1. Enumerate the ten reasons.

2. Select two of the reasons and write a short paragraph about them using your own words.

Part II.

Test your Physics knowledge by answering the questions on the column titled:

"The Cultural and Economic Impact of Physics"

3. Name two facts that surprised you.

Part III.

In order to be successful in class you have to check your assignments on a weekly basis.

4. Write an annotated link (*) of the weekly assignments on the College Prep Physics website.

* Annotated Link: Write the NAME of the website, URL (web address) of the site and a BRIEF (one or two sentences) description of the contents.

Imagine that you've got the flu and you were not able to go to class. The topic covered that day was Projectile Motion from the Kinematics in Two Dimensions unit. While you are recovering at home you visit the Physics Tutorials page: Part 2. Index by Topic and you select the Kinematics in Two Dimensions unit.

5. Write annotated links of  two sites with relevant projectile motion information at a College Prep level.

You have a test on Newton's Laws and you would like to be sure that you understand what the objectives are for this particular chapter. You go online to the College Prep Physics site.

6. Write the annotated links of each site that would take you to find such information.

Your class is going to Six Flags and you need to write a paper about the history of Roller Coasters.  You visit the Physics Navigation site.

7. Write an annotated link of each site that would take you to find such information.

8. Please write an evaluation of this exercise including any changes in your thinking about studying physics that occurred as a result of the PhysicsQuest. Include your impressions at this early point in the year of the helpfulness of the materials you've discovered along the way.