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A Introduction to Honors Physics. By Tyler Lee. Mr. Laba. About Mr. Laba. Name: Mr. Jeffrey Laba Titles: US Science Department &12 th Grade Dean Location: Upper School Email: labaj@esdallas.org Educatio n:B.S. UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS M.S. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
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A Introduction to Honors Physics By Tyler Lee Mr. Laba
About Mr. Laba Name: Mr. Jeffrey Laba Titles:USScience Department &12th Grade Dean Location: Upper School Email: labaj@esdallas.org Education:B.S. UNIVERSITY OF DALLASM.S. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Employed Since 1989 (That's 21 years)
Syllabus • Go Get help (trust me you are going to need help) • When do I get Help? • Mon. - Fri. Periods 3,4,7(pd. 6 by appointment)Mon. - Fri. After School. • HONORS PHYSICS QUARTER GRADING • Tests 40%Homework Assignments 30%Quarter Paper/Presentation 15%Laboratory Reports 15% Do Well On Everything!
Syllabus Continued… • LATE POLICY (Do not turn things in late, this will defiantly hurt your delicate grade I Know from experience) • Assignments are due at the end of the day that they are due. Although some exceptions will be made for long absences, the late policy for this class is as follows • One Day Late 25% late penalty (by the beginning of the period the following day) • Two Days to Two Weeks Late 50% late penalty • Over Two Weeks Late no credit Late
The Good Times • Tracking the acceleration of cars on Midway using teamwork as a class to perfectly start all of our stopwatches.
The Good Times… • Having a day off of school to go to Six Flags for the day, to do a lab but it was a lot of fun
The Good Times… • Learning about many of the physics of our daily lives.
The Hard Times • Flatland although a good book can not be procrastinated it only becomes bad when you have to read it in two days
The Hard Times… • Ticker Tape although it seems cool at first wait until you have to count and measure the distance between each of little dots You could use one of these, its a lot easier but you don’t know that yet
Helpful Tips • Do not procrastinate • Don’t break rule #1 • Turn all your work in on time • Go get help if you need to • Learn as much as you can • Have fun 6
The Introduction to Honors Physics Use The website www.esd-physics.org “This class is hard … Let Me rephrase that this class is very hard.” (Mr.Laba)
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