Sunday, June 24, 2007

Of Mirrors, Waves, and Illusions....

Now I wanna look back...

Remember: Passing is ALWAYS 85%!! SO Do your best! Fight! Review!

The project was given last Friday. "Life of a Mirror" music video. Cool...

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Today is My Lucky Day

A Parade of Miracles passed and showered me with their confetti of good luck. A lot of good things happened today.

I understood the lesson (finally!) AND got a perfect score on the quiz (5 out of 5, a personal record). The lesson was about the Law of Reflection. It was so fun...

I'm looking forward to tomorrow!

Friday, June 15, 2007

Second Week Completed, Please Move to the Next

Three topics in one week... No wonder I---ahahahaah.....

SOHCAHTOA. A lot more easier now, after I reset my scientific calculator twice. I kept getting different answers from the others. I even asked asked someone else to doit on my calculator. Darn... Lost points...

Vectors. I was finally able to understand it after getting zeros in two quizzes. Ahaha.... Here's gow to do it:

A. Graphical Method
1.Determine the scale and frame that you are going to use. The frame is optional but it makes work a bit easier (for me, at least).
2. From the point of origin, draw the first vector. From the head of the first vector, draw the second vector. From the head of the second vector, draw the third vector. So on, so forth... Just make sure that the vectors are connected in a head-to-tail manner.
3. From the point of origin, draw aline to the head of the last vector drawn. This is the resultant vector.
4. To get the direction, use a protractor. To get the magnitude, measure the length of the resultant vector then convert using the scale you chose.

Will be posting the Component method soon. It's a lot easier than graphical. Just... alittle bit harder to put into words....

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Firsts

First week, first day (official), first lesson, all have come and go just like dust particles blown by the wind. I have to admit, I was mortified when I learned that Physics was going to be one of our subjects. Why? It has something to do with numbers. Math isn't exactly something that I'm good at.
SOH CAH TOA. I only managed to understood the lesson after being explained about five times by my classmate. Somehow, I forgot to edit my assignment. The next lesson was about using the graphic method to get the resultant vector which is more complicated than it looks. I'll stop here because I still need to stare and understand how it's supposed to happen.