show what you know - december 21 session

last chance this year, probabl starting at 1h45 pm in room 218.
only show up if a comment is in THIS post!

show what you know - december 14 session

a little late, but not too late.
leave your name, make up some test!

review session ib math sl 12 - matrices (part two)

tomorrow, december 13, at 4 pm. hope to see you there!

your weeks in maths & physics until break

8 more days of school, which means 9 math classes and 10 or 11 physics classes until the break. this is the plan for them:

ib maths sl grade 12

i plan to finish our look on exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric differentiation this calender year. this would leave us with integration and some further statistics for january and february, with our first investigation, too. in any case, we are aiming for a test either on monday december 19 or tuesday, dec 20.

ib maths sl grade 11

logarithmic functions and exponential functions test today; besides that, we should be done with functions until next tuesday, where we will have a little test as our last activity before the break.

igcse maths core grade 10
we will work on probability for the rest of the time we have, which is 8 classes - besides today's test on sets & venn diagrams. it will be a traditional book chapter (25, pages 506-532).

review session ib math sl 12 - matrices (part one?)

tomorrow, december 6 (tuesday)
starting at 16h and ending at 16h45 - don't miss it!

show what you know - december 7 session

please leave a comment if you want to retake any tests this wednesday. name, grade, name of the test; and if you want to retake it in the morning, please add the date.

review session ib math sl 12 - binomial expansion

today, tuesday nov 29, at 4 pm. should last for an hour.
see you then!

show what you know - november 30 session

please leave a comment if you want to retake any tests this wednesday. name, grade, name of the test; and if you want to retake it in the morning, please add the date.
ATTENTION: this wednesday, we can start no earlier than 3h30pm!!

test on monday - grade 11

you can look at these videos to review logarithms.

review session ib math sl 12 - algebra

today, monday november 21, those of you who want to continue our parallel review will have a session of all algebra topics in the ib, starting at 4 pm. tomorrow there will be no session, the next one being on tuesday, november 29, on trigonometric issues.

show what you know - november 23 session

please leave a comment if you want to retake any tests this wednesday. name, grade, name of the test; and if you want to retake it in the morning, please add the date.

your week in maths & physics, nov 14-18

math grade 12 ib sl students, we shall cover 18 D,E & F ... please do some reading and work on these during the week.

math grade 10 igcse students should be looking into review sets 8a&b (pages 187-189), review sets 4a&b (107-110), and review sets 9a&b (206-208). test on thursday on presentations and these review sets.

math grade 11 ib sl students will have a homework quiz on review sets a&b of chapter 3 tomorrow, november 15, and then we shall move on to logarithms. 


physics grade 12 ib sl students will be busy with internal assessment and presentations.

physics grade 11 ib sl students will write a lab design in class tomorrow, after some presentation. we'll also have presentations on the topics distributed last friday, those will be on wednesday.

cas-event on friday - don't miss it!

food, fun, entertainment and information - this will be the CAS-event organized by students on friday, at 3:30 pm, in the exam room. DON'T MISS IT!!!

first review session ib math sl 12

ladies and gentlemen,
our first review session will be next monday, november 14.

the topic will be functions. if that is not your strength, please don't miss it. from 16h00 until 17h30.

see you then!

show what you know - november 16 session

write down your name, grade and the test you want to retake.
if you want to come in the morning, please add that information (with date) to your comment.
only if you are a member of the choir, you make ask for another afternoon date.

some khan links for my math students!

math grade 10:
the links on functions begin with this one and the following ones, use them!

math grade 11:

for you guys, here is the place to go and explore exponential rules. click on the next videos for more!

math grade 12:

a full review on derivatives can be found beginning with this video. explore the next ones, too.

your week in maths & physics, oct 24-28

here is the content and homework for the week!

igcse maths 10

you will be tested on thursday on algebraic expressions, simultaneous equations and all the basic review topics we've seen in recent quizzes. we will prepare for that. the test will count towards the 2nd term, though. you should use your homework time to review all the quizzes we've done in september and october.

ib maths sl 11

we'll finish up sequences and series, and your homework will be on pages 90-92 (the review sets). test is on friday, we might even start with exponentials before that.

ib maths sl 12

differential calculus is our topic this week. we'll do fundamental theorm and simple rule today, and hopefully the chain rule, product rule and quotient rules during the week. please accompany these by doing exercises on 481-494. expect a test on thursday, november 3.

ib physics 11

big test coming up tomorrow, on topic 2 (mechanics) envolving kinematics (with graphs), newton's laws, forces and dynamics, and work & energy. we will look at uniform circular motion on wednesday and introduce thermal physics on friday.

ib physics 12

further prep for our astrophysics test on wednesday. friday, another review session, with electric current problem solving.

have yourselves a merry little week!

show what you know - october 26 session!

this is the last session for the term. please be sure to put your name and the test you want to retake as a comment. good luck to you all!

grade 12 oscillation review video

check out lewin's lectures on forced oscillation, resonance and damping. this might give you a better insight and overview...

grade 10 khan videos!

hello dearest grade 10. let's get to work on this review stuff.

i really recommend the first five videos of the sequence that starts with this one (all on solving equations). the one we started in class today about simultaneous equations is called system of equations.

a series about exponentials (exponent rules) can be found here and in the following videos after that - it is worth reviewing! he also has some workedexamples on fractions and exponents.

come see me in the mornings, thursday after school or mondays/tuesdays after 3h40 pm with extra doubts and/or hw quiz/quiz corrections.

extra sessions for grade 11 - igcse preparation

students planning to retake the igcse exams should show up at both of these meetings:

monday, october 10, 16h15 - 17h45
tuesday, october 11, 16h15 - 17h45

show what you know - october 12 session!

if you want to retake a test on wednesday, october 12, after school (15h or 15h40), please leave your name, class and the test you want to retake AS A COMMENT on this post until MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 11pm.

if you fail to show up after you signed up, you will receive an automatic "zero" for that test until you actually retake it.

good luck to all!

show what you know - october 5 session!

if you want to retake a test on wednesday, october 5, after school (15h or 15h40), please leave your name, class and the test you want to retake AS A COMMENT on this post until MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 11pm.

if you fail to show up after you signed up, you will receive an automatic "zero" for that test until you actually retake it.

good luck to all!

your week in maths & physics, sep 27-30

long weekend in sight, and only 3 more weeks of school before the fall break!

igcse maths

we're doing some reviewing this week, and homework will be on pages 61 and 145. after that, an algebra review is on the program, inequalities and equations. hw quiz on friday. to remember some of the concepts, check out this link about solving inequalities and browse around in that list of videos.

ib maths grade 11

non-right angled trigonometry problem solving will feauture heavily this week. work on the review sets starting on page 232, do some exercises there every day. expect a test on the use of the laws of sine, cosine and area of triangles this friday. check out this different proof of the law of sines...

ib maths grade 12

do homework on pages 454-457, and do some review set questions on this chapter and the one before - there will be a big statistics test on thursday, october 6. hw quiz shall be on the pages cited above, review sets are for test preparation.  browse around in khan acedemy's list of probability classes...

ib physics grade 11

some work with data processing and excel today (tuesday), definition and concepts behind newton's second and thrid laws of motion, and some exercises with free body diagrams. khan has videos on the second law and the third law... 

ib physics grade 12

completing of the practical with lab report (DCP & CE) until wednesday; don't forget to carefully check the criteria/rubric given to you in class. stellar evolution is our topic on friday. check out the khan academy links from last week on that subject, as prepartion.

show what you know - september 28 session!

if you want to retake a test THIS WEDNESDAY, september 28, after school (15h or 15h40), please leave your name, class and the test you want to retake AS A COMMENT on this post until TUESDAY, SEMPTEMBER 27, 6pm.

If you fail to show up after you signed up, you will receive an automatic "zero" for that test until you actually retake it.

good luck to all!

khan academy links

for grade 12 math students, i have this: Intro to Probability
for grade 11, have a look at this: Law of Cosine, intro and proof
my ib physics grade 12 students, have a look at these: Big Bang (intro), C(osmic) B(ackground) R(adiation), Stellar Evolution: Birth of Stars, Stellar Evolution: Red Giants, Cepheids, Cepheids 2, Stellar Evolution: Massive Stars, or simply a list of all videos on Astrophysics & Cosmology.
for my grade 11 physics students, have a look at acceleration, and Newton's 1st law, and Newton's 2nd law of motion.

clear your doubts with mr g!

these are the times that i shall be available for questions. please do come visit me whenever necessary. these times include hw quiz corrections! always in room 218!!

mondays, tuesdays, thursdays & fridays: 7h15-7h55 in the morning

mondays & tuesdays: 15h40

WEDNESDAY WILL BE "SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW" DAY (RETESTS), starting at 15h and going until whenever needed.

thursdays:only from  15h to 15h40

have your pick and come see me!

your week in maths & physics, sep 19-23

only two weeks to go until the long weekend...

ib maths 12
time for some serious probability. still no homework, though (internal assessment is enough...)


ib maths 11

sine rule, cosine rule, area of triangles... this chapter is a little easier than the one you were tested on today (sep 19)... homework 220-224

igcse maths 10

we'll be looking at true bearings. homework will be page 331, hw quiz on friday!!

ib physics 12

astrophysics: magnitudes, cosmology, stellar evolution

ib physics 11

kinematics, uniform acceleration, momentum & impulse, newton's laws of motion

your week in maths & physics, sep 13-16

a day late, but here we go:

grade 12 physics
back to business, back to astrophysics.

grade 11 physics

kinematics and uniform acceleration is on the program. we'll be doing some running, amongst other things.

grade 12 maths

lots of exercises in statistics, with variance and standard deviation. next week, probability.

grade 11 maths

lots of exercises involving unit circle and length/area measurements, and the big moment: our test on chapter 8, friday.

grade 10 maths

focus on problem solving in rigonometry this week; if there is time, unit circle. there should be a test next week, date will be announced soon. no homework this week.

khan academy links

i guess some of you already know the khan academy on the internet. i'm putting a general link on the left and i'll be adding some more specific ones for every week in khan academy posts, to give you some extra support at home.

igcse: trig intro

ib math 11: unit circle (also view the previous video)

ib math 12: measure of center (statistics)


have fun and explore!

your week in maths & physics, sep 6-9

we're back in action! find out what you will be doing and learning in this first week of school.

grade 10 igcse maths

trigonometry - ratios and problem solving. your homework for the week are all exerices in pages 315-321. on tuesday, september 13, there will be presentations of problems involving trig.

grade 11 ib maths sl

we're digging into the unit circle and all of its glory. homework will be on the whole chapter, until next friday, september 16, where our first test is planned.

grade 12 ib maths sl

review: center and spread of data, cumulative frequency graphs; pages 386-404 are homework, in other words, you should be able to do any exercise on those pages until friday.

grade 11 ib physics

introduction to the world of group 4 in ib, introduction to the world of physics, assessment and content plan; SI units, vectors & scalars, order of magnitude, prefixes. test on friday, september 9.

grade 12 ib physics

review topics 2, 3 & 4 involving different methods of presentation & assessment. review test topics 1-4 on monday, september 12.

have yourselves a merry little school year!

extra sessions for grade 10 - igcse preparation

here is your schedule, grade 10:

EXTRA SKILL SESSIONS – IGCSE MATHS

Date	Time	Topic(s)
Mon, 09.05.	10:00-12:00	Focus on Paper 1/2
Wed, 11.05.	13:00-14:20	Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 17.05.	13:00-14:20	Focus on Paper 3/4
Thu, 19.05.	11:30-13:00	Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 24.05.	13:00-14:20	Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 31.05.	13:00-14:20	Focus on Paper 3/4
Wed, 01.06.	10:00-12:00	Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 07.06.	13:00-14:20	Focus on Paper 5/6
Wed, 08.06.	13:00-14:20	Focus on Paper 5/6
Thu, 09.06.	11:30-13:30	Focus on Paper 5/6

IGCSE Exams are on May 9^th (Papers 1&2), June 1^st (Papers 3&4) and June 9^th (Papers 5 & 6), always in the afternoon.

your week in maths & physics, apr 26-29

grade 12ers have received a special plan with plenty of extra sessions. plan to be there for as many as possible, starting today after school for the math sl class.

EXTRA SKILL SESSIONS – MATHEMATICS SL

Date	Time	Topic(s)
Tue, 26.04.	15:30-17:00	Unit Circle & Advanced Trigonometry
Wed, 27.04.	15:30-17:00	Functions (Types, Transformations)
Thu, 28.04.	15:30-17:00	Algebra (Logs and Exp, Binomials, Sequences & Series)
Sun, 01.05.	10:00-13:00	Full Paper 1 Exam with review
	13:00-14:00	Lunch (McD?)
	14:00-17:00	Full Paper 2 Exam with review
Mon, 02.05.	15:30-18:00	Statistics & Probability & Calculus
Tue, 03.05.	12:20-13:40	Calculus & Matrices
Wed, 04.05.	08:00-11:00	FULL PAPER 1
	15:00-18:00	FULL PAPER 2

EXTRA SKILL SESSIONS – PHYSICS

Date	Time	Topic(s)
Mon, 02.05.	09:30-11:30	Electric Currents
Thu, 05.05.	12:30-13:30	Energy & Global Warming
Fri, 06.05.	08:00-09:30	Waves & Thermal Physics
Sun, 08.05.	09:00-13:00	FULL PAPER 1 & 2
Mon, 09.05.	14:00-15:30	Mechanics & Measurements
Tue, 10.05.	08:00-09:30	Fields & Forces
	15:30-17:00	FULL PAPER 2
Wed, 11.05.	15:30-18:00	PAPER 3 PREP – Astrophysics, Communications & more
Thu, 12.05.	07:00-exam	More Paper 3 Prep Time

igcse maths will have special sessions announced in he beginning of may. for now, these three classes will be doing review, past and specimen papers.

ib math sl grade 11
vectors test today, as promised. trigonometric functions are our next topic, and we'll probably also get into statistics this school year. no hw quiz this week.

ib physics grade 11

thursday half life and atomic & nuclear physics test. friday, astrophysics intro - solar system.