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QHST Physics: October 2006
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Queens High School of Teaching Freshman Physics. Tuesday, October 17, 2006. A few links to conceptual and actual practice problems and further info. In general, your best bet is to check out the first couple of chapters in The People's Physics Book. The questions at the end of the units and problem-solving chapter. And the one-dimensional motion chapter. Are comperable to what you can expect to see on the exam. Other helpful links for conceptual understanding and practice problems:. Links to this post.
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QHST Physics: March 2007
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Queens High School of Teaching Freshman Physics. Saturday, March 24, 2007. Simple machines. Archimedes knew about them. He was particularly fond of the lever. If given a big enough lever and a place to stand, he claimed (in a letter to King Hiero of Syracuse), he could lift the earth. BUT COULD HE REALLY? Include the lever, something as straightforward as a wedge, and the one we're currently toying with in class: the pulley. Speaking of Levers, Here's. Bonus: - Interactive Demo:. Can you lever an obelisk.
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QHST Physics: December 2007
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Queens High School of Teaching Freshman Physics. Monday, December 17, 2007. Free Fall Frenzy: Penny Myth Busted? We recently viewed the Mythbusters. Episode. If you missed it in class or wanted to view it again, you should be able to view it at one of the following two links:. The episode tested out a physics free fall. Question we had discussed and calculated in class:. Can a penny dropped from the Empire State Building. Knowing only the height of the Empire State Building ( 381 meters. What should Jami...
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QHST Physics: January 2009
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Queens High School of Teaching Freshman Physics. Sunday, January 25, 2009. Physics goes to the Movies. The culminating project from the freshman class for the second marking period was to teach a brief lesson in physics using a scene from a popular movie in which the physics was questionable. One of the options for presenting the lesson was to make a website. The following were websites designed for this project:. The Matrix Reloaded - http:/ matrixphysics.blogspot. Http:/ aerosole.co.nr/.
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QHST Physics: September 2008
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Queens High School of Teaching Freshman Physics. Sunday, September 14, 2008. ConCERN over the Large Hadron Collider. Has the large hadron collider destroyed the world yet? Posted by Mr. Barkan. Links to this post. Monday, September 08, 2008. If everything goes well, the Earth Won't BLOW UP on Wednesday. Science Times, Tuesday, September 8, 2008. Fingers Crossed, Physicists Are. Ready for Collider to Roll. You can visit the LHC website. For live coverage at 3 am Wednesday morning. Confiused? Written, no m...
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QHST Physics: June 2009
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Queens High School of Teaching Freshman Physics. Thursday, June 11, 2009. Images are now posted from the Freshman Physics Final Project. Click here to view them. Or click on the photo gallery link on the side of the blog. Posted by Mr. Barkan. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). QHST Montessori Research Physics. Montessori Senior Phsyics blog. Montessori Algebra - (Ms. Sadera's Blog). Mr Barkan's Montessori Earth Science blog. Mr Barkan's Montessori Forensics blog.
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Teaching Montessori: Blacks Less Likely to Take A.P. Exam
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A Brief Blog about the day to day educational issues between three Small Learning Communities in one NYC High School. Thursday, February 05, 2009. Blacks Less Likely to Take A.P. Exam. More than 15 percent of the three million students who graduated from public high schools last year passed at least one Advanced Placement exam. Said Wednesday, but African-American students were still far less likely to have passed, or to even have taken, an A.P. exam than white, Hispanic or Asian students. The AP. pr...
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Teaching Montessori: WHICH THIRD?
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A Brief Blog about the day to day educational issues between three Small Learning Communities in one NYC High School. Friday, April 03, 2009. THIS COMMENT WAS LEFT IN RESPONSE TO THE LAST POST. As a teacher who is attempting literature circles, I have many thoughts going through my mind. While the literature circles are reaching the lower level kids (sometimes! Posted by W Brown. Quick and random thoughts. In the classroom. And to be reflective about it is also a credit to you as a teacher. Nothing is pe...
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Teaching Montessori: October 2008
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A Brief Blog about the day to day educational issues between three Small Learning Communities in one NYC High School. Thursday, October 30, 2008. Fewer Children Entering Gifted Programs. The number of children entering New York City public school gifted programs dropped by half this year from last under a new policy intended to equalize access, with 28 schools lacking enough students to open planned gifted classes, and 13 others proceeding with fewer than a dozen children. Parents, teachers and principal...