Last Blog!

Well, this is bittersweet. :( I don't know how I feel right now. Anyways, yeah. Here goes my LAST BLOG along with some cherished pictures and quotes to help you remember Period 7/8 AP Physics B 2010 (although you may want to forget us. Haha).

When one of my friends came back from Texas, she brought me back a Hexbug. It's a cute little robotic bug that reacts to sound and touch to find its way around. Freddie set it up for me and surrounded it with folders and such. Whenever it hits a folder, it backs up and changes direction. Whenever it hears a noise like a clap it does the same. I wondered how it worked, so I looked it up. It has a little microphone which turns pressure from the sound waves to electrical impulses. When a loud noise is "heard," the circuit sends signals to the motor which tells the bug to turn around.

The bug's antennae allow it to figure out when it needs to turn around. There is a coil of wire surrounding an electrode protected by an insulator at the base of the antennae. When the antennae move if it hits something, the coil will touch the electrode and complete a circuit which signals the bug to turn around. Isn't that amazing? (On a side note, WOW. One full year of physics and I can't spell the word circuit...FAIL)



PERIOD 7/8 YEARBOOK!!!!! (I'm gonna cry...)
It's been a good year working with everyone in period 7/8. Lots of laughs, lots of stress, and lots of fun (and lots of failed quizzes. Heh). We might be your least favorite class and we might eat up all your cookies, doc, but I think we love you the most. :D. Anyway, here are a few pictures and quotations that sum up the entire year in our (lovable) class.

Calvin's meterstick project after the lab about it.
"You're making a mess..." ~Bobby
Thanks for letting us play with your board, doc! Danielle and I had fun with your letters as you can see. Hehe.
Wannabes...Haha.
I think this picture pretty much sums up the entire year you had with Greg, doc! :] Thanks for making a face.


QUOTATIONS:
Mark: Why'd you stop teaching, doc?
Doc: Because all of a sudden, I had a pain in my (censored haha)
Mark: WHOA, Greg, what did you do to him?!

"20 meters per second, that's huge! That's why it hurts when you fall off a building!" ~Doc

"Weight is always always always always always always always always ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYSSSSS down." ~doc!

Doc: How did you ride a seesaw when the other person is heavier than you?
Dylan: Guess and check!

"We should move Hawaii to the equator..." ~Mark

Doc: Overthinking and getting a 2 is like overcooking sashimi!
Dylan: ...But...That doesn't make sense...
Doc: EXACTLY.

"Important things happen in Kindergarten..." ~Doc! (eg: CUTTING AND PASTING!)

"Computers aren't apples, doc!...Wait..." ~Mark

"Things that are in current...wait...." ~Doc!

"Aren't you glad Greg's not graduating this year, doc?" ~Mark. Haha.

"Do we have to wake up the photogates?" ~Bobby

Doc: Are Ashley and Ian an item?
Danielle: No, Ashley has a boyfriend, why?
Doc: Because she's always beating him up...
Steph: Better watch out, doc. If she hears that, she'll beat YOU up!

"That's always been my life goal. To die while teaching and all the students will freak out." ~Doc.

"We used to go to the pool and try scuba-ing with a long hose. Then you'd hear the air leaving the person's lungs and some gasping! But we don't do that anymore..." ~Doc.

"SAME HOSE!" "Sometimes trying your best just isn't good enough." ~Mottos of period 7/8


Last, but definitely NOT least, our lab group's Arduino win! Haha. Counting in binary for the win! :D Relive it over and over. Love it. Worship it. :]



Happy Mother's Day, by the way, everyone! I made fail breakfast for my mommy today. Haha. What did YOU do for your mommy? Anyway, good luck on APs. I'll miss you all. Thanks for a great year, everyone! I hope we lived up to your expectations of your last AP Physics B class, doc!

Time is Running Out...

My title is true. But as my time in AP Physics B ends, and I write my last blog, I reflect on the year with mixed emotions. Anyway, back to my topic. Time. I took an SAT this Saturday, and that wasn't fun. But my proctor said something that got me thinking about Physics. He was talking about the analog clock on the side wall of the room. He said, "I wouldn't rely on that clock because it's a little fast going downhill and a little slow going up." I thought of why that would be, and before I knew it, the test was starting.

I came to the conclusion that it has to do with gravity! Well, obviously. I realize now that this is a fail blog topic. But it's late and I'm tired, so I'm sticking with it. Sorry, doc.

Anyway, the force of gravity is greatest in magnitude when the minute hand is over the 3 and the 9! There is the most surface area and force on the hand when it is at those points (plus the force doesn't have to be componetized). When the hand is going "downhill," gravity works with the movement of the hand, so it goes faster. However, when going "uphill," gravity works against the hand, so it goes slower.

Thus ends my lame blog. Oh well. I think I also used this because I'm subconsciously really happy that my dad bought me a nice watch this weekend. :] Thanks, Daddy.

Anyways, have a really great week everyone! Good luck on AP exams and especially our Physics final! Couple more weeks, and we'll all be good!