Physics

Letter to students & parents  Introduction to physics with Mr. Halverson

Course description                What is physics?

Syllabus                                Topics, dates and labs for 2008-2009

Policies                                 Concise answers to most of your questions

Survival guide                       Advice on how to get through this course, or even do well

Lab report format                 For best results, follow this format exactly

Factor label method             How to solve certain types of word problems


Links to cool physics websites

Black holes                           Don't get too close or you're a goner!

Air track simulator               Very cool, use your own air track for all kinds of collisions.  Requires Flash player.

Energy conversions               Rhino plunge example.  Click on "all media", then on energy conversion icon

Large Hadron Collider        The world's biggest physics experiment, photo tour


Reference shelf
About.com physics                         links to all kinds of physics websites, a surfing start point
Library reference books                  dictionaries, encylopedias, you name it (UCSD Library)
Physics dictionary                           look up physics terms
Dictionary of units of measurement  all the world's units, even the most obscure!
Clip art                                          a huge online collection

Contact Mr. Halverson:
E-mail at chalverson@losbanosusd.k12.ca.us
Phone at school 826-6033, best time is 2:30-4:00 or leave a message anytime
Errors in this website, or broken links? I appreciate your comments and suggestions.

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