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“So, What’s All This AP Fizzix Bru-Ha-Ha?”

08/26 & 27/2014

Daryl Taylor, Fizzix Guy Greenwich HS, CT & Rowan Univ, NJ

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

“Fizzix is the only true science.”

Dr. D. Taylor, (2004) Fizzix in perspective.

From “Fizzix in Education for the Ignorant Masses”

(Unpublished work)

Just What IS FIZZIX?

Just What IS FIZZIX? • Study of two things

• Matter

• Anything in ‘real’ state (not ethereal) composed of elementary particles • Leads to more questions…

• What’s a particle? What’s elementary?

• Energy

• Matter Huh?


• Study of all things “Physical”.

–Matter & Energy

–Big (Universe) & small (Quarks)

• Compare to others?

–Bio Chemistry of Life

–Chem Physics of Atomic Interactions

–Fizz All!

“Statistics show that teen

pregnancy drops off

significantly after age 25.” Colorado State Senator,

Mary Ann Tebedo

Our Leaders?

My friend thinks he’s so smart. He told me onions are the only

food that can make you cry.

So I threw a coconut at his face.

This is why

aliens won’t talk to us!

Why Study Physics?

• Isn’t it a “dead” science?

• Heard of any of these lately?

–Higgs Boson

–Gravitational Waves

–CMBR

–Quantum Tunneling

–Dark Matter & Energy

Higgs?

Gravitational Waves?


LIGO The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-

Wave Observatory)


LIGO The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-

Wave Observatory)

4 Km

Precise to 1 … <10 picometer (1x10-12 )

Dark Universe

• DM - 1933; ignored till 1967

– Too much gravity for mass there

– 4% regular, rest missing

– No idea what it is. NOT on periodic table.

• DE – 1998

– Predicted in 1915 by AE

– Noticed in ‘98

– Confirmed in 2000

– Some sort of “vacuum energy” that acts like anti-gravity

and causes U to get bigger faster.

The Learning Triangle - FYI

National Training Labs, Bethel, MD 2003

Lecture

Reading

Multi-Media

Demonstration

Discussion Group

Doing

Teaching Others / Immediate Applications

30-day Retention

5%

10%

20%

30%

50%

70%

90%

90% Delivery

80% Expectation

50% Higher Ed

90% Science/10% Others

30% Higher Ed

10% Higher Ed

0% Higher Ed

So, What’s New?

• AP ‘B’ is now gone bye-bye. (1974-

2014)

• ‘B’ is now split into TWO courses;

AP1 & AP2

– Each is sort of half the material of the now

defunct ‘B’ curriculum.

– More depth, less topics per year.

• How do they differ?


• AP1 Topics include: § Kinematics § Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion § Circular motion & gravitation § Simple harmonic motion: § Impulse & linear momentum § Work & Energy § Rotational Dynamics § Electrostatics: electric charge & force § DC Circuits (resistors only) § Mechanical Waves & Sound


• AP2 Topics include:

§ Heat & Thermodynamics § Fluid statics & dynamics § Electrostatics § DC Circuits & Simple RC Circuits § Magnetism & electromagnetic induction § Geometric & physical optics § Quantum Mechanics, atomic, & nuclear physics

Commander David Scott: Apollo 15

26 July, 1971

Mechanics - Gravity

Electricity

Protect Yourself Against

Universal Stupidity!

Just What IS AP FIZZIX?

• AP Fizzix Exams

Just What IS AP FIZZIX?

• AP Fizzix Exams

• 3-hrs each

• Two 90-min sections

• 50 Multiple Guess

• FR – 4 AP2 & 5 AP1

• Calculators Allowed for both

• Equation list provided

“Electricity is a Mystery…!

Updates:

• ISS Sightings Regularly

GRADES?

• EXAMS

–60%

• LABS

–30%

• HW

–10%

Just HOW IS FIZZIX?

• LABS

–30% of Grade

–Most are “Design” type • “Design an investigation to determine

the properties of Conservation of Energy for a ‘Jumping Icky”.

–Can be redone 2X

–1st one RIGHT NOW!

LAB-A-PALOOZA #1

• 5 Stations

• Answer, record, move on.

• 15 Minutes to work (3 ea / station),

10 minutes to collab. TOTAL!

• NOW!

• Didja doit? • Then ya got credit.

• Let’s go through them…

LAB-A-PALOOZA #1

Intro LAB #1?

• Little Red Fishees • Curled up and told your “fortune”…

• How did they work their little magic?

• Answer????

• Heat?

• Obviously…

• Heat will make certain things expand

more than others, so edges expand

and curl.

Intro LAB #1?

• WRONG!!!!!!

• Real Answer???? • It’s moisture!

• One side absorbs moisture from

your palm and swells while top side doesn’t.

• WON’T curl on most other

parts of your body. Why?

(Long Chain polymer they put in baby

diapers…)

Intro LAB #2?

• MICKEY EARS

Intro LAB #2?

• MICKEY EARS

• Answer???? • Inertia: Newton’s 1st Law; an

object at rest….

Intro LAB #3?

• BODE’s LAW

• Answer???? • Planets have affected each other’s motion

in the 4.5 BILLION yrs we’ve been here…

• Right?

• WRONG!

• Just a curious mathematical coincidence,

regardless of what V says…

Intro LAB #4?

• Elmer D. Pig

• Answer???? • Double real image.

Intro LAB #5?

• VCR Remote

• Answer???? • IR; infrared radiation.

• Invisible to human eye

• Digital cameras, CCD, is sensitive to IR

• That’s why most digital photos look a little

“off” from a 35mm film photo.

Boring Stuff Continued…

Just HOW IS FIZZIX?

• HOMEWORK? –Yep! 10%!

–Regular HW is on AP Calendar

–Initial grade is 100%; -5% each

missed HW assignment.

–Lowest score is 70! (miss 6)

–To get credit, VAST majority of

probs must be done.

http://www.dtfizzix.com/APSchedule.html

Just HOW IS FIZZIX?

• TEXTBOOOK? –Yep! Free & Online

–Link is at Schoologyonomy

–“Scho”; noun, hard feces pellets of

the Keekoo (Amazon)

–OpenStax by Rice Univ – https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics

https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics




Just HOW IS FIZZIX?

Summer Work?

• 50% of 1st Exam Grade

• All work done as of right now

= 1 pt each (Max of 30 pts)

• Any work done between now and Friday

08/29 11:59:59PM ET

= 0.5 pt each

• Any work done after Friday? 0.0 pts ea

Just HOW IS FIZZIX?

• EXAMS? –Yep! 60%!

–3 / Q • #1 is basic in-class paper boring

test

• #2 is exciting test –2-3 days (SA). MC: in class!

• #3 be fun Take-home test –5-7 days w/ MC in class

“Following a nuclear attack on the US, the US Postal

Service plans to distribute Emergency Change of

Address cards.”

US Homeland Security Press Release (2010)

Prepared Leaders?

FIZZIX Resources

• Class Site: DTFizzix.com

• Notes

• PPTs & Flash Vids

• Exams & Labs & Quizzes

• Topic Tutorials

• DTFizzix Blog

Prepared Leaders?

“…going up to 47o today, it’s currently 53o at the

airport…”

Cecily Tynan

Ch 6 ABC Philadelphia Meteorologist

AP1 Class Syllabus • Q1:

– Mechanics (Kin, Dyn, & Circular)

• Q2:

– Energy (SHM, MV, E, & Rotational)

• Q3:

– E&M (Fe, DC Circuits, Waves/Sound)

• April: AP Exam Review (All 38 yrs…)

AP2 Class Syllabus • Q1:

– Thermo/Fluids

• Q2:

– E&M (Fe , DC/RC, B & Induction)

• Q3:

– Optics & Nuke (Optics, Quantum Mech,

Atomic, Nuclear)

• April: AP Exam Review (All 38 yrs…)

Just WHY IS FIZZIX?

• Basic Taylor-Rools –Be on time & HERE.

–Electronic Devises are Fizzix Exclusive

HW Tonight • Choose text viewing method

– PDF, ePub, Webview, purchase

• AP1; Look at the pictures in Ch 1 & 2

• AP2; Look at the pictures in Ch 1 & 11

– BEGIN Ch HW

• Submit Info2014 @DTFizzix.com

• Today:

– Finish this boring PPT

Just WHY IS FIZZIX?

• Basic Taylor-Rools –Take NOTES!

• EACH exam 1st SEM is open-

NOTE!

–Watch Taylor-Sites for • Class notes on TabletPC

• All WS’s, quizzes, Labs, Class

Schedule…

HW NOTE…

• HW is on Google Calendar and you are

SUPPOSED to be able to get to it directly.

– There is a link to it from DTFIZZIX.COM

• Due date is by 11:59:59 PM ET

• Hand in?

– Dead trees by 2:20 PM ET

– Scan and send as email attachment

– Smartphone picture and send email

– Interdimensional Wormhole PO BOX

HW NOTE…

• Same for every unit

–HALF of the Conceptual Q’s & HALF

of the Problems & Exercises

–Any half; your choice.

–Minimum of 10!

Any TEN!

Any 18!

Just WHY IS FIZZIX?

• Basic Misc-Rools: –NO FOOD OR DRINK!

–Free Potty Pass

–MUST make obvious eye

contact

–4th Lunch 1st Sem

Just WHY IS FIZZIX?

• Help/Tutoring/Bribing? –Before school

•M-F 6:00 – 7:15

–After school :

–By APPT ONLY!

FCI Pre-Assess 1. A large truck collides head-on with a small compact car.

During the collision:

(A) the truck exerts a greater amount of force on the car than

the car exerts on the truck.

(B) the car exerts a greater amount of force on the truck than

the truck exerts on the car.

(C) neither exerts a force on the other, the car gets smashed

simply because it gets in the way of the truck.

(D) the truck exerts a force on the car but the car does not

exert a force on the truck.

(E) the truck exerts the same amount of force on the car as the

car exerts on the truck.

FCI Pre-Assess 2. A steel ball is attached to a string and is

swung in a circular path in a horizontal

plane as illustrated in the accompanying

figure.

At the point P indicated in the figure, the string

suddenly breaks near the ball.

If these events are observed from directly

above as in the figure, which path would

the ball most closely follow after the

string breaks?

FCI Pre-Assess

FCI Pre-Assess

A bowling ball accidentally falls out of the cargo bay of an airliner as it flies

along in a horizontal direction. As observed by a person standing on

the ground and viewing the plane as in the figure at right, which path would the bowling ball most closely follow

after leaving the airplane?

Professor Taylor stopped when he heard that

unmistakable thud – another brain had imploded.

How To Teach

What We Don’t Know

NSTA National Convention

Boston, MA

1999 Updated ©2012

Daryl L Taylor Williamstown HS & Rowan Univ, NJ

[email protected] Used by permission from

Ian Jukes

mailto:[email protected]

101

Ian Jukes says;

“Education MUST

switch from

content to process”

www.ianjukes.com

102

Ian Jukes says;

•Content : –facts, memorized details,

general knowledge •All fine if your name is Ken

Jennings…

www.ianjukes.com

103

Ian Jukes says;

•Process : –Critical Thinking &

Problem Solving, PBL,

Useful Failing!

–Learning how to Learn!

www.ianjukes.com

Ch 1 Stuff

• Scientific Method?

–Observation

–Hypothesis

–Experiment

–Theory

–Conclusion

• Over-rated & Over-Emphasized

"Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific

method to be and he adopts an expression that

is at once solemn and shifty-eyed: solemn,

because he feels he ought to declare an

opinion; shifty-eyed because he is wondering

how to conceal the fact that he has no

opinion to declare."

- Sir Peter Medawar

Nobel Laureate (Medicine x2)

Overrated Sci Method?

“If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the

experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't

do this. There was no method.”

Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.


"Why should there be the method of

science? There is not just one way to

build a house, or even to grow tomatoes.

We should not expect something as

motley as the growth of knowledge to be

strapped to one methodology."

-Ian Hacking

Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)


“That's the way all the school books were: They said things that were useless,

mixed-up, ambiguous, confusing, and partially incorrect. How anybody can

learn science from these books, I don't know, because it's not science.”

- Dr. Richard Feynman

- Nobel Laureate (Physics)

- in "Surely you're Joking, Mr. Feynman"


http://www.amasci.com/feynman.html


• Examples of real science methods?

– Black Holes

• Theorized mathematically in 1915 by Einstein

• First observed in 1975

– Dark Energy

• Theorized mathematically in 1915 by Einstein


– Cell Phones

• Theorized in 1975 by Captain James T. Kirk


Ch 1 Stuff

• Measurements?

–Numbers

• Get used to them!

–SI System

• MKS

• Standards?

• Scaling?

Interferometer image of

Betelgeuse

Interferometer image of

Betelgeuse

780,000,000 Km

1,400,000 Km

Sirius Betelgeuse

Antares

Fox 61 Last Night! (08/27/2013)

Fox 61 Last Night! (08/28/2013)

Ch 1 Stuff Unit Original

Definition

Current

Definition

Meter 1/10,000,000

distance from Eq to

NP along Prime

Meridian

D light travels in

3.3x10-9sec

Kilogram Mass of 0.001

m3 of water

Mass of cylinder

in France

Second 1/86,400 of

a solar day

9,192,631,700

times T of Ce133

atom

Ch 1 Stuff

• Math?

–Lots

–Data & Graphs

• 3 kinds of graphs

–Linear

–Parabolic

–Hyperbolic

• Tablet PC Thingee

Ch 1 Intro?

• Models, Theories, & Laws –Model is an analogy that explains

something tuff. (Wave Model of EM)

–Theory is a detailed explanation of an

event backed up by experimental

verifications or ubber-strong math

(Gravity, Evolution, Relativity)

–Law is a wide-ranging theory (LUG,

LOCE, LOCM, LOCO…)

Ch 1 Intro?

• Measurement –NO SIG FIGS! YUCKY POO!

–SF’s an example of Paradigm

Paralysis

–Uncertainty

–Precision

–Accuracy

–Tolerance

Ch 1 Intro?

• SI System Summary –Know it!

–Love it!

–Live it!

Real LAB #1

•Find the mass of the air

in this room, 945, in Kg.

•Groups of 1 - 4

•Due end of Block!

Ch 1 Intro?

• Now, work together to find

answers to Problems

–#1, 17, 22, 28, 29, & 54 p16-18

• “Volunteers” will report your

answers to the class on

TabletPC. Paws…

Ch 1 Intro?

• #1 (I). Age of Universe is ~14

Billion yrs. State this in Sci

Notation in yrs and sec.

10

10 7

17

)14 Billion yr = 1.4x10

)(1.4 10 ) 3.156 10

4.4 10

a yr

sb x y xy

x s

14x109 ???

Ch 1 Intro?

• #17 (II). Airplane @ 950 km/hr.

Time to travel 1 km?

sec

hr

sec

km

hrkm

8.3

1

3600

950

11

Ch 1 Intro?

• #22 (III). ly is dist light travels

in one yr at 3x108 m/s.

• A. How many m?

• B. How many AU = 1ly?

• 1AU = 1.5x1011m

Ch 1 Intro?

• #22

8 7

15

15

11

4

)1 3 10 3.156 10

9.46 10

9.462 10 1) 1

1 1.5 10

6.31 10

ma ly x x ss

x m

x m AUb ly

ly x m

x AU

Ch 1 Intro?

• #28 (II). Estimate # liters you

drink in a lifetime.

4

(75 ) 365 2

5.5 10

d Lyy d

x L

Ch 1 Intro?

• #28-B (I). Estimate # liters Mr.

Taylor drinks in a lifetime.

001

365)75(

d

lyr

dyr

Ch 1 Intro?

• #29 (II). Estimate the volume of

your body in cm3.

34

22

108

)7.1()12(

:lcylindrica Assume

cmxV

mcmhrV

Ch 1 Intro?

• #54 (Gen’l). Walk & change

latitude by 1 min of arc. How

far in miles did you travel?

mi

km

mRo

o

15.1

1

621.0

360

2

min60

1min)1(

:PathCircular

Ch 2&3 Intro?

• Kinematix – 1, 2, 3, & 4-D –LAB #2

– Design an experiment/investigation

to directly or indirectly determine the

relative motion of an object. i.e. Boat

crossing a flowing river, plane flying in

strong wind…

–Teach to rest of class using any

kinesthetic method you want.

Ch 2&3 Intro?

• Kinematix – 1, 2, 3, & 4-D –LAB #2 – HOW?

– Design

– Implement

– No REAL data necessary

– Must demonstrate “relative motion”

and HOW TO MEASURE IT!

–Teach using PPT, Demo, Field

Trip…

The End?

There is, indeed, HW this week.

Check it out.

AP1 – Ch1 due Wednesday 09/03

AP2 – Ch11 due Wednesday 09/03

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