GUESS

The five steps for GUESS

G- Given

What information is in the problem? List it. Especially important for variables and units

U- Unknown

What do you need for the answer? What's the variable you need in order to state the answer?

E- Equation

Over here you put the formula you need. 

S- Substitute

Put all the variables and units you have from the Given into the Equation.

S- Solve

Solve it all to get an answer. Make sure you show units, and make it obvious what the answer is by circling it or something.

Back in middle school we didn't have any formula for Science written response questions.... But for ELA we had Real, and for math we had Ray. These were awesome for their subject, but really really bad for physics. I'm glad I have one for physics now.

Speed and Velocity

Speed is a distance you travel in a given time.

Velocity is speed, but in one direction.

An example of average velocity is how slow speed check thing in my dad's car is when he drives his stupid van, (I want to get a pickup truck so I'm not one to complain though...) and another example is how fast it goes when my brother drives. 

A example of velocity is how fast said speed gauge goes up all at once. Another example is how fast the milk falls to the floor. No one picks it back up so it's a 1 way trip.

Distance vs. Time

What we did in class was have a measuring device measure out distance away from it, and how long it takes to get there. It basically measures speed too because if you go really fast away from it, it would be steep. 

This could be helpful in class because we could use it for cars, and also understanding it probably helps us understand other concepts throughout the year.

Metric Units

3 things in my home that are in metric units are:

- A carton of milk

- Bottle of Water

- Box of Froot Loops

The first 2 are in metric probably because they hold liquids. 

The third one Is in metric because Froot loops is the coolest thing in the world. It's really yummy.

(This was also uploaded late because I wrote it in my notebook, and forgot to post it on the blog)

Estimating Distances

The front of my house is hard to measure because I live at a corner. Regardless, the front of the main entrance is probably about 8 meters?i think this is reasonable because of how hard it is to measure my house, and because my house is pretty big.

(Below is my house of swag n swag)

(This was uploaded late because I wrote it in my notebook, and forgot to post it on the blog)