"The student had a quiz coming up, so we reviewed thermodynamics. Specifically, we went over heat transfer and heating curves. We covered a little bit of math dealing with piecewise defined functions and domain/range. He did a good job recognizing which formulas to use, but we will work more on translating the given information to variables in the equations. I left him with more thermodynamics problems."
"We went through the student's chemistry review today. We covered some mole calculations, nuclear chemistry, electron configuration, wavelength, frequency, energy, empirical formula, molecular formula, and percent composition. He was able to do most of them by himself. I explained the concepts that he needed help with. He is doing good. "
"We covered torque, and the conservation of angular energy. I taught her the relations between velocity, angular frequency, frequency and period. After that, she did much better and was able to solve the problems. She seems to have really caught on in her physics class. The next section on sound and simple harmonic motion may need more explanation."
"Topics covered: Lewis structures, valence electrons, oxidation numbers, enthalpy of reaction Using Lewis structures to figure out oxidation numbers seemed to make more sense to her. Enthalpy calculations were explained better. Good first session. I believe I am familiar with the student's baseline, and can more effectively plan ahead for future sessions. "
"Today the student and I worked some more with waves since they have an assessment coming up here this week. Last week we discussed simple harmonic motion and we continued that section this week with a focus on types of waves and types of wave interactions. The student has strong math skills so our studies today were largely conceptual. I began with a general overview of the important vocabulary and concepts of the section. From here we went on to talk about the types of questions that might be asked on the test, and I gave my input from a past experience. One specific topic we discussed at length was the refraction and diffraction of waves. We went over several examples of each and explored their implications. We finished the session, as we often do, with several online videos that illustrated the concepts we covered in the session."