Welcome to E&M! Mrs. Reilly Periods 1 and 8

Introduction Who is this person attempting to teach your teenager about the laws of physics?? Education/Work Background: –BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from WVU in the late 1980s. –Worked in nuclear and telecommunications industry for 12 years. –Returned to school for teaching certification from University of Pittsburgh –Began teaching at Norwin in 2010 –Currently teach Geometry and E&M

Course Overview Vectors Electrostatics Electric Forces DC Circuits Magnetism This class serves as an introduction to material that will covered during the 2 nd semester physics course in freshmen year of college.

Class Format Grading on points basis Five-Step Problem Solving Method required (like last year) Quizzes/tests Benchmark exams every quarter Labs and lab reports

Course Rigor This is not an easy class. This is a senior honors-level course. Your child made it through Physics I. The rigor will be similar, but the difficulty with electricity is that we can’t see it. We all have experience with forces and motion from Physics I, but these concepts aren’t as intuitive.

Communications

BYOD Norwin now has wireless and we can use the students’ personal devices in the classroom. We have already started in this class – the students can use their personal devices to google information needed in class. Students can use their devices as their calculator. Do you parents want to try??? Get out your phone!

Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: What are your child's intended post-HS p...

Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: What are your thoughts on your child's s...

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