{"id":323717,"date":"2025-10-23T12:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=323717"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:19:45","slug":"last-week-of-term-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2025\/10\/23\/last-week-of-term-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Last week of Term 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-323717-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/Broadcast_intro_music_202510231132_4ttfu.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/Broadcast_intro_music_202510231132_4ttfu.mp4\">https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/Broadcast_intro_music_202510231132_4ttfu.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-323717-2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/IMG_7929.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/IMG_7929.mp4\">https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/IMG_7929.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>What would happen if we have 2 balloons of almost equal sizes and allow the air to mix? Watch the video to find out.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of forces are experienced when you spin each other really fast?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-323717-3\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/20251020_090713.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/20251020_090713.mp4\">https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/20251020_090713.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just sending a quick update from the classrooms where reality is optional (Physics) and numbers are doing acrobatics (Math). The students are working incredibly hard, and the mental gears are practically smoking!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a snapshot of what we\u2019re tackling:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Grade 11: Bending Minds &amp; Rules<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Physics SL (Circular Motion):<\/b> If your student seems dizzy, it&#8217;s not (just) their social life. We&#8217;re deep in <b>Circular Motion<\/b>. We&#8217;re figuring out <i>why<\/i> you feel &#8220;thrown&#8221; to the side in a turning car and what keeps planets from flying off into space. \ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab<\/li>\n<li><b>Physics HL (Relativity):<\/b> The HL crew is questioning time itself. We&#8217;re exploring <b>Einstein&#8217;s Special Relativity<\/b>. If they are late for curfew and claim that &#8220;time moved slower for them,&#8221;&#8230; they&#8217;re technically not <i>wrong<\/i>? We\u2019re just about to hit the famous Muon Decay evidence, which is peak mind-bending physics. \u23f3<\/li>\n<li><b>Math AASL (Functions):<\/b> We&#8217;re mastering the &#8220;rules&#8221; of mathematics with <b>Functions<\/b>. We&#8217;re defining what can go <i>in<\/i> (Domain) and what comes <i>out<\/i> (Range), nesting functions inside each other like Russian dolls (Composites \ud83e\ude86), and learning how to run them in reverse (Inverses).<\/li>\n<li><b>Math AAHL (Mathematical Induction):<\/b> This one is a logical beast. <b>Induction<\/b> is the art of proving something is true <i>forever<\/i>. It\u2019s like setting up an infinite line of dominoes and proving that if the first one falls, every single one after it <i>must<\/i> fall too. It\u2019s a bit of a brain-melter, but incredibly powerful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Grade 12: The Final Ascent \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Math AASL (IA Checks &amp; Series):<\/b> We are in the thick of <b>IA check-ins<\/b>! It\u2019s fantastic seeing their projects take shape. Simultaneously, we&#8217;re diving into <b>Sequences and Series<\/b>, learning how to add up lists of numbers (sometimes an <i>infinite<\/i> list of numbers <span class=\"math-inline\" data-math=\"\\sum\">$\\sum$<\/span>, which is a fun party trick).<\/li>\n<li><b>Math AAHL (Permutations &amp; Combinations):<\/b> The AAHL group is answering the <i>really<\/i> hard questions, like &#8220;How many different ways can I arrange my Spotify playlist?&#8221; or &#8220;What are the odds of grabbing two left socks in the dark?&#8221; \ud83e\udde6 This unit is all about counting&#8230; but in the most complex way imaginable.<\/li>\n<li><b>Physics HL (Revision Time):<\/b> We&#8217;ve just completed Unit B (Quantum &amp; Nuclear \u269b\ufe0f) and are now circling back to <b>revise Unit A (Mechanics)<\/b>. This is the classic &#8220;let&#8217;s check the brain&#8217;s hard drive&#8221; moment to ensure the new files (like quantum uncertainty) didn&#8217;t accidentally delete the old files (like <span class=\"math-inline\" data-math=\"F=ma\">$F=ma$<\/span>). So far, so good!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(P.S. If you find them staring blankly at a wall, they&#8217;re probably just calculating the normal force. \ud83d\ude09)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would happen if we have 2 balloons of almost equal sizes and allow the air to mix? Watch the video to find out. What kind of forces are experienced when you spin each other really fast? &nbsp; &nbsp; Just sending a quick update from the classrooms where reality is optional (Physics) and numbers are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,194,118,15,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grade-11","category-dp","category-grade-12","category-secondary-maths","category-secondary-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}