Thursday, September 17, 2009

In today's lesson (Wednesday, Sept 16, 2009), we learned about dimensional analysis and graphing. Dimensional analysis is the technique of converting between units. An example would be changing kilograms to milligrams:

120 kg x 1000g/1kg x 1000mg/1g = 120 000 000 mg = 1.2 x 10 to the power of 8

We learned that by doing an equation like this, it will help us cancel out units not needed in order to find the needed unit.

Here's a youtube video I found with lots of example on dimensional analysis:

We also learned about the basics of graphing:
1. Title
2. Labeled axis
3. Correct scaled axis
4. Data plotted correctly
5. Best-fit line

This is a perfect example of a graph done for votes in Iran:

That is all. Mr. Doktor is the best.

-- by Jael Lumba

1 comment:

  1. So far the summaries are good. The examples Jael has provided are also nice additions. There are a couple things you should add though. First, it seems to me your missing a few posts (lab safety, dimensional analysis to name a few). Second, the assignment said you need to include multimedia. This could be things like pictures (do a google search) videos (check youtube) or external links (try any of the sites below):

    http://www.edinformatics.com/il/il_chem.htm
    http://101science.com/chemJAVA.htm
    http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Featured_Sims

    Fortunately, you guys can edit and modify previous entries. I'll check your blog again on the weekend. Have fun!

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