4-1-08 1st CELEBRATION OF KNOWLEDGE

EXAM TODAY!!!

On Tuesday you had the opportunity to experience your first 4A exam! 2 and 1/2 hours of pure physics joy! You wrapped your brain around conundrums about the critical angle for pushing a lawnmower, interpreting velocity graphs for a cart on at track, stacked crates on a pick up truck with a tilt bed, the many joys of a firepole which has a position dependent frictional force and finally dropping packages out of helicopters with air drag! Smiling and laughing you trooped out of class! (Only a few of you in whitecoats and straitjackets!)

NOTE: The last problem on the Mastering Physics for Tuesday is TOUGH! Plan some time for it!



Here is a copy of a rough draft of the rubric I will use for grading your projects:

Project 1 Grading Rubric

Group Members _________________- ___________________-___________________

Objective	Score	Weight	Total
Was there a video of the car going out and back?	0 1	2
Do the students have data from the video?	0 1	2
Does the program have a visualization of the car going out and back?	0 1 2	2
Is there a discussion of the mission design?	0 1 2	2
Is the data from the video used to determine the motion of the car in the program?	0 1 2	3
Is there a robust model for the motion of the car?	0 1 2	3
Is the output from the computer model compared with actual measurements?	0 1 2	3
Is there a discussion of kinematics, forces, work energy and any other physics considerations?	0 1 2	2
Does the Calculated range match the measured range? >50%, 30-50%, 10-30%, <10%	0 1 2	2
Are there six graphs of the kinematics quantities?	0 1 2	3
Are the internal details of the computational model explained clearly?	0 1 2	3
Calculated distance Out?	Measured Range Out?	% Difference
Project does not run or runs minimally. There are many technical problems when viewing the project.	Project runs adequately with minor technical problems.	Project runs perfectly with no technical problems. For example, there are no error messages.
Project has multiple errors in spelling and/or grammar. (Four or more errors)	Project adequately honors most rules of spelling and/or grammar. (Two or less errors)	Project honors all rules of spelling and/or grammar.
Project is incomplete and contains some unfinished elements.	Project is incomplete and contains several unfinished elements.	Project is completely finished.
The work is a rehash of other people's ideas. There is little evidence of new thought or inventiveness.	The project shows some evidence of originality and inventiveness. While based on an extensive collection of other people's ideas, the work extends beyond that collection to offer new insights.	The project shows significant evidence of originality and inventiveness. The majority of the content and many of the ideas are fresh, original, and inventive.
Little evidence that higher level thinking skills were used in the creation of this project.	Some evidence that higher level thinking skills were used in the creation of this project.	Clear evidence that higher level thinking skills were used in the creation of this project.
Some subject knowledge is evident. Some Information is confusing, incorrect, or flawed.	Subject knowledge is evident in much of the project. Most information is clear, appropriate, and correct.	Subject knowledge is evident throughout the project. All information is clear, appropriate, and correct.

Good luck on finishing your projects for Tuesday! Remember:
Vpython Code
Google Docs presentation
WORKING CAR!!!


have fun!