Physics 12

Mr. Jean

December 1st, 2011

The plan:

• Video clip of the day

• 12 days issue.

• Science Project samples

• Project information

• Does time Exist?

The “12 days” news update:

• THE PRICE OF PARTRIDGES, PEAR TREES AND TURTLE DOVES HAS SPIKED, PUSHING THE COST OF EVERY ITEM MENTIONED IN THE CAROL "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS" ABOVE $100,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME.

• HOLDING MOSTLY STEADY THIS YEAR: MAIDS-A-MILKING, LADIES DANCING, LORDS-A-LEAPING AND GOLD RINGS.

• THE 364 ITEMS REPEATED ACROSS ALL THE SONG'S VERSES WOULD COST $101,119, AN INCREASE OF 4.4 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PRICE INDEX COMPILED BY PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT.

• THE BROADER GOVERNMENT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASED BY 3.9 PERCENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

• THOSE WITH THE MONEY TO SPEND WOULD END UP WITH 12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING, 22 PIPERS PIPING, 30 LORDS-A-LEAPING, 36 LADIES DANCING, 40 MAIDS-A-MILKING, 42 SWANS-A-SWIMMING, 42 GEESE-A-LAYING, 40 GOLD RINGS, 36 CALLING BIRDS, 30 FRENCH HENS, 22 TURTLE DOVES, AND 12 PARTRIDGES IN PEAR TREES. (THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE BIRD MAINTENANCE.)

• BUT BUYING JUST ONE SET OF EACH VERSE IN THE SONG WILL COST $24,263 THIS YEAR -- A MODERATE 3.5 PERCENT RISE.

• ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING WILL SET YOU BACK $2,427, BUT THAT'S A RELATIVE BARGAIN COMPARED TO SEVEN SWANS-A-SWIMMING, WHICH COST $6,300. THAT'S A 12.5 PERCENT RISE OVER LAST YEAR.

• JIM DUNIGAN, MANAGING EXECUTIVE OF INVESTMENT FOR PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SAID THE CORE RATE OF INCREASE IS LESS THAN HALF THE 9.2 PERCENT JUMP LAST YEAR.

• "THE STORY IN GENERAL IS WAGES ARE STILL A VERY SLUGGISH PART OF THIS ECONOMY," SAID DUNIGAN, WHO NOTED THAT THE PRICE OF EIGHT MAIDS-A-MILKING AT MINIMUM WAGE WAS $58 -- THE SAME AS IN 2009.

• FIVE GOLD RINGS EVEN DECLINED A BIT, DUNIGAN SAID, TO $645, FROM $650 LAST YEAR.

• BUT LAST-MINUTE SHOPPERS WHO TURN TO THE INTERNET MAY BE IN FOR SOME SURPRISES. THE CORE LIST THAT COSTS ABOUT $24,000 IN STORES WILL COME TO $39,860 ONLINE -- A WHOPPING 16.1 PERCENT INCREASE OVER INTERNET PRICES LAST YEAR. DUNIGAN SAID THE HIGH COST OF SHIPPING LIVE BIRDS EXPLAINS SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE.

• SIX ITEMS DIDN'T GO UP IN COST THIS YEAR: FRENCH HENS, CALLING BIRDS, GOLD RINGS, MAIDS-A-MILKING, LADIES DANCING AND LORDS-A-LEAPING. PIPERS PIPING AND DRUMMERS DRUMMING ROSE 3 PERCENT. THE PARTRIDGE IS STILL THE CHEAPEST ITEM, AT $15, AND SWANS THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

Other sample projects:

• Two more digital Rube Goldberg.

• One Bill “Nyeish” video

Physics Project:

• Due Date: – December 12th, 2011 – By the end of the day.– Presentation of projects begin December 13th

Does time exist?