The End of the Road . . . .

As the first semester of the 2012-2013 school year ends, so does the VCI Science Blog in the form you see here. For the second semester the new science blog can be found at this web address:

http://vci.flbsd.mb.ca/staff/mr-m-bertram

Final exams were pushed back one day. Thursday's exams are on Friday, February 1st and Friday's exams are written on Tuesday, February 5th.
Monday, February 4 is an Administration Day, as originally scheduled.
Regular classes resume Wednesday, February 6, 2013.

40S Physics

We spent first period in Lab 104 making our final Trebuchet Challenge Blog posts:

Final Trebuchet Challenge Blog Assignment:
The requirements below  for each post are listed below:

Post 1- Post-Competition Reflection: Prepare a post for your Physics Blog that:

• Summarizes your trebuchet's performance in the accuracy part of the challenge project. Be sure to include at least one video and/or one digital image from the competition.
• Discuss how you would modify your current trebuchet design to improve it if you had the opportunity.
• Suggests what you might do differently if you could design and build a completely new trebuchet.

Post 2 - Recommendations: Prepare a final blog post that reflects upon:

• Things That Went Well: Reflect upon your complete Trebuchet Challenge experience. List the things that went well for your and your team during the project.

• Future Recommendations: Recommend tips that you feel would help the activity work more successfully in the future and some tips that you feel might help future students with their trebuchets. Be constructive in your response.

40S Physics

Today we made the following posts on our Physics Blogs:
Cardboard Trebuchet Post:
Using your cardboard trebuchet experience, briefly identify and explain the various physics principles and concepts applicable to the design and operation of your trebuchet.

• Be sure to include the environmental and performance factors as part of your analysis. 
• Include at least one digital image or video as part of your post.

Test Day Blog Post:
Prepare a post for your Physics Blog to record your test day results and an analysis of any changes you made to maximize your trebuchet's efficiency. Uploaded video of test day/and or competition day
performance. Include at least one photo from test day as well. Be sure to include a caption with your photo.

30S Topics in Science

We worked in Lab 104 for the last time this week on our Forensics and Murder Challenge.

40S Chemistry

We completed the first of two parts of the Rate of Reaction Lab today. Part two will be completed next week.

30S Chemistry

We completed the Vapour Pressure Lab in class today. Data was collected and the analysis will be reviewed Monday.

• Room Temperature: 21.5 degrees Celsius
• Atmospheric Pressure: 102.3 kPa

40S Physics

We worked through an extremely challenging problem set today. We will check solutions before correcting review questions.