During chapel on Thursday, September 25th our amazing High School students created a video especially for Kaden Pauli. Follow this link to see to see our High School students and staff sing Kaden's favorite song Deep and Wide.
Philip Freeberg
Course Materials
Astronomy
Calculus
Earth Science
Newsletter
Fall 2008
Dear HCA families:
Greetings! I hope this letter finds you all doing well. It is hard to believe that it is November already and that Thanksgiving and Christmas is just around the corner!
This year I am teaching four courses: 8th grade Earth Science, 11/12th grade Astronomy, 12th grade AP Calculus, and 12th grade Physics. In Earth Science, the students are studying about the moving crust, volcanoes, and earthquakes. A major upcoming event in this course is the Science Fair, which the students will begin working on after Thanksgiving. Please pay attention to the Daily Bulletin for Science Fair announcements and documents.
The Astonomy course is new this year. The students are currently studying the process of formation of the Solar System. They are also finishing up a major Moon observational project where they are trying to determine the orbital period of the Moon through direct observation and notetaking.
The AP Calculus class is in the process of studying and applying the Mean Value Theorem, one of the most important theorems in the study of the calculus. This theorem will allow them to progress further in their understanding of the derivative and eventually into integration. I am sure that they are becoming either very proficient with it or very weary of all the math involved. Perhaps they are both! The Riemann sum animation and volume of revolution animations are examples of some of the problems that they will be encountering.
Last, but not least, is the Physics class. We have been studying mechanics, that is, how things move. This unit is the bulk of the course. However, now for the rest of the year, the focus of the class will shift towards more specific areas such as wave motion, light, optics, sound, and electricity. The wave motion and particle path animations are examples of topics that are studied in Physics later this year.
I hope that you find this quick update of my courses interesting. Feel free to browse my other webpages. There is a lot of interesting things listed in them also. Especially check out the Astronomy Picture of the Day on the Astronomy webpage.
Sincerely;
Philip Freeberg
“If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD's commands, even though he does not know it, he is guilty and will be held responsible.” – Leviticus 5:17
