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2nd Semester Projects

Diff Physics 2nd semester projects 2008

Physics lecture at UNL (2) Due Friday May 9, 2008

For each talk you must type the following; (20 points for each talk)

  • Presenters name
  • Topic of the talk
  • Date of the talk
  • Summary of the major points and how the information is being used to further scientific knowledge.

Due Wednesday April 23, 2008

This PowerPoint will summarize a lab that we have conducted in class. The PowerPoint must include the following (25 points) Example Problem

 
  • Brainstorming variables to design the experiment
  • Students conducting the experiment
  • Collecting and analyzing the data
  • Preparing and presenting the whiteboards
  • Summarizing the lab with Mr. Rynearson and the class

2nd semester research project 2008

 
Due date
Points
Topic of Research February 8
5
Experimental design (rough draft) February 22
5
Experimental design (final draft) March 7
15
Library research on topic April 4
15
Experimental data rough draft April 18
15

Final paper

May 1
145

Final paper May 1

Cover page 5 points

Title, name, picture, and dat

Literature search on topic 40 points

4-7 pages

Must demonstrate complete search for Physics

information known about the experiment you are conduction.

Experimental design 40 points

purpose of experiment

Hypothesis

Experimental procedure with variables defined

Table of data and graphs

Evaluation of data 20 points

Interpretation of graphs and data

relationships of variables (math models)

Conclusion 20 points

Use data gathered and your literature search to make conclusion about

the physics concepts you set out to explore. Include relationships between your variables and the hypothesis you made at the start of your research.

Documentation 20 points

All sources should be properly cited in APA citation form

footnotes or literature citations within your paper

No late papers (when I leave school I will have all the papers that I will grade for credit remember PPPPP)

Project total points 200 points

 

Summer workshop