Lexus Clark
Mr.Sherred
Physics
This year was my first year of high school, freshman year. It's kind of weird that my Physics teacher was also my homeroom teacher but it was also pretty cool at the same time. During eighth grade, all of my teachers kept on pressuring me and reminding me that high school was nothing like middle school. They told me I had to become more independent and responsible, that teachers don’t hound you down for work in high school so if you did not pass in the work they had no problem giving you a big fat zero. After hearing that for so long, the closer and closer I got to the first day of high school I got more scared because I felt as if I was not ready for all of that. Even though I was afraid, I still tried my hardest to stay positive and do whatever it took to get grades. The first day of school was kind of confusing because I had to adjust to a new building, new teachers, and new people. As days went by, I began to get used to being somewhere new, I began to like it. Although I thought I would be bad student for my first year, my teachers helped me understand what I was learning if I had trouble understanding and they all helped me feel welcomed. Without my teachers, I would not be the ninth grader I am right now. For each of the three terms that have passed, I got honor roll and I plan on getting it again for last term as well. It may be hard getting used to new settings and new people but as long as you keep your head up and try, you could get through it. As I student attending TechBoston Academy, I’ve become more responsible, independent, stronger, positive and, opening. I am happy that I put TechBoston and my first choice. They welcomed me with opened arms and I don’t plan on leaving any time soon. TechBoston has become my second home.
Advice that I would give to an upcoming student taking physics next year would be to stay positive, never give up, and don’t be afraid to ask for help! I thought I would fail my physics class but I did all three of the things I just gave as advice and it got me really good grades in physics class for all three terms. Staying positive basically means to think about the good things and outcomes of doing what you’re supposed to do. No matter how hard or tough the work gets, just think positive and keep good vibes, you’ll get through It like nobody’s business. High school is not like middle school, so you must definitely learn how to speak up and get help if you need it. If you don’t speak up, the teacher won’t know you need help so if you end up getting a bad grade because you did not understand what you were learning, you can’t put the blame on anyone else but yourself. Even if you feel like you are not doing good, don’t give up on yourself because one thing you can’t take back is time. So put all of the time and effort you can into work no matter how hard it gets. Like they say, everything happens for a reason. If you don't get it the first time, don’t give up, just keep trying. Practice makes perfect!
Something I would change about myself would be learning not to judge anyone or anything by the cover before opening the book and close reading their pages. I mostly judged everyone in my physics class and they actually turned out to be the opposite or nothing of what I thought they would be. The same people in my physics class are mostly the same people I have almost every class with every day. They have become my family. I would also change the way I approached work situation. I would always wait until the last minute to pass things in and although I got good grades, last minute things don’t always work! I don’t regret anything I did or the way I did anything during my physics course. If anything, it was a learning experience and I will continue to work on my improvement
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This is a project I did using the computer in my Physics class based on all three of Newton's Laws. This project was basically about our understanding of each Of Newton's laws and we used images and examples as well to jazz it up; nobody wants a boring project! There was a Unit based on Physics Three Laws and they actually taught me how a lot of things in this world work and why they work as well. I learned that Newton's first law was a restatement of Galileo's conclusion that force is not needed to keep an object moving. Inertia is the property of matter that resists changes to its state of motion (things want to keep doing what they are doing) and if forces are balanced, and object will still at rest. If an object is moving, it will continue to move at the same speed until it has unbalanced forces. Newton's second law is the acceleration produced by a net force on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force and is inversely proportional to the mass of the body.The equation for Newton's second law is "F=ma." Lastly i learned about Newton's third law which was for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Forces are mutual and come in unique pairs. In order for objects to interact each exerts a force EQUAL in magnitude and OPPOSITE in direction to the other.
Advice that I would give to an upcoming student taking physics next year would be to stay positive, never give up, and don’t be afraid to ask for help! I thought I would fail my physics class but I did all three of the things I just gave as advice and it got me really good grades in physics class for all three terms. Staying positive basically means to think about the good things and outcomes of doing what you’re supposed to do. No matter how hard or tough the work gets, just think positive and keep good vibes, you’ll get through It like nobody’s business. High school is not like middle school, so you must definitely learn how to speak up and get help if you need it. If you don’t speak up, the teacher won’t know you need help so if you end up getting a bad grade because you did not understand what you were learning, you can’t put the blame on anyone else but yourself. Even if you feel like you are not doing good, don’t give up on yourself because one thing you can’t take back is time. So put all of the time and effort you can into work no matter how hard it gets. Like they say, everything happens for a reason. If you don't get it the first time, don’t give up, just keep trying. Practice makes perfect!
Something I would change about myself would be learning not to judge anyone or anything by the cover before opening the book and close reading their pages. I mostly judged everyone in my physics class and they actually turned out to be the opposite or nothing of what I thought they would be. The same people in my physics class are mostly the same people I have almost every class with every day. They have become my family. I would also change the way I approached work situation. I would always wait until the last minute to pass things in and although I got good grades, last minute things don’t always work! I don’t regret anything I did or the way I did anything during my physics course. If anything, it was a learning experience and I will continue to work on my improvement
http://udlstudio.cast.org/edit/callingPage/org.cast.udlstudio.page.LaunchEdit/bookId/329271/pageId/329253
This is a project I did using the computer in my Physics class based on all three of Newton's Laws. This project was basically about our understanding of each Of Newton's laws and we used images and examples as well to jazz it up; nobody wants a boring project! There was a Unit based on Physics Three Laws and they actually taught me how a lot of things in this world work and why they work as well. I learned that Newton's first law was a restatement of Galileo's conclusion that force is not needed to keep an object moving. Inertia is the property of matter that resists changes to its state of motion (things want to keep doing what they are doing) and if forces are balanced, and object will still at rest. If an object is moving, it will continue to move at the same speed until it has unbalanced forces. Newton's second law is the acceleration produced by a net force on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force and is inversely proportional to the mass of the body.The equation for Newton's second law is "F=ma." Lastly i learned about Newton's third law which was for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Forces are mutual and come in unique pairs. In order for objects to interact each exerts a force EQUAL in magnitude and OPPOSITE in direction to the other.
This was a UDL review I completed to make sure I understood what we were learning that Unit which was based on solving for power, voltage, resistance, etc. During that unit I learned different equations on how to solve for different things and I really felt that these equations will be used again long term wise throughout my life. To solve for Voltage, the equation is "V=IR" which meant voltage equals current times resistance. To solve for power the equation is P=W/t which meant Power equals work divided by time.
This is another UDL studio project that Mr.Sherred made for us when we were in the process of learning about circular motion. This project basically asked us questions on circular motion problems to make sure we understood what we were leaning and if you got an answer wrong, there would be a hint for you to try again and hopefully get the right answer which was pretty cool. Circular motion is a movement of an object along the circumference of a circle or rotation along a circular path.Circular motion can also include a constant speed which is uniform. If there was a changing rate of rotation that would make the motion-non uniform.