David EisenbergPhysics 2012-’13

• David Eisenberg– B.S. Physics: UCI– M.S. Science Education: CSULB– 10th year at Los Al

Teacher Contact

• Email: deisenberg@losal.org• Phone: 799-4780 ex. 82703

• I prefer email to phone. Voice mail only until 2:30pm.

Teacher Availability

• Before school 7:15 am -7:40 am

• After school by appointment.

Classwork

• 2 hours per week– Bookwork – Worksheets– Typed labs– Studying

• Assignments are posted on teacher website at http://www.losal.org/lahs

Website

• Go to losal.org/lahs• Click Teachers link• Click Eisenberg, D• Use links on left side of page

Grades

• 40 % Tests– 4 per semester (including final)

• 25 % Labs – 8-10 per semester– Thank you for your $5-$10 donation! We could

not do the labs without it!

• 20 % Quizzes– Every Friday

• 15 % Homework and Participation

Grading Scale

• Regular grading scale with 2 % normalization.• A= 88%-100%• B= 78% - 87%• C= 68% - 77%• D = 55% -67 %• F –below 55%

• Grades will be posted on the AERIES Grading System

• Course Topics:• Units and Numbers, Motion (position, velocity

and acceleration), Forces, Waves, Electricity and Magnetism, Thermodynamics

• Tutors:– Tutors are only useful in addition to students

own 2 hours of work a week.• Don’t pay to have someone else do your child’s

homework!