I intend to keep an ongoing record of our class including a daily agenda and assignments.
(Technically my official communication platform is still the whiteboard in my room.)
Lab Reference
Lab Report Formatting-Mine.doc
Free Fall Lab.docSpark Interval Data & Questions.docx
Grade my group II.doc
ch 7 notes.pdf
Ch 7 ppt - pdf.pdf
12-8
Due: Paragraph about research grant
Due: Passage map re:
12-7
- Journal: What is equilibrium?
- Discuss Journal (when to apply Fma)
- Close-Read:3rd read – Second Chunk
- Close-Read: last read
- Discuss: Where does this research take place?
- Assign: Write a letter to an investigator seeking employment in their lab. (Monday 12/14)
12-4
- Journal: What college do you wish to attend?
- Demonstrate passage mapping strategy
- Close-Read:2nd read – 1st chunk
12-3
- Journal: Just how small is an atom?
- Demo: Size of universe (http://htwins.net/scale2/)
- Close-Read:1st read – Finish & address questions (definitions & concepts)
12-2
- Journal – What is Friction?
- Review: Mass & FBD
- Close-Read:1st read: Viewpoint: Friction at the Atomic Scale Egberts & Carpick September 18, 2013• Physics 6, 102
- HW: Rd & notes on 5.2 (Friction)
12-1 (Absent) - Video
11-30 Thanksgiving Break
11-27 Thanksgiving Break
11-26 Thanksgiving Break
11-25
11-24
- Journal – What causes acceleration?
- HW Quiz – ppt:
- What does a free-body diagram show?
- What is the mathematical relationship between force & acceleration
- (What happens to acceleration when force doubles?)
- What is the mathematical relationship between mass & acceleration?
- (What happens to acceleration when force doubles?)
- What happens if more than one force acts on a body at one time?
- What are Newton’s first & second laws?
- Review & apply – Cornell notes (PPT examples)
- Review – 4.1: (Using HW Quiz as guideline - FBD, Weight, Normal Force, Net Force, Unbalanced force)
HW/CW – Review 4.1
11-23
11-20
- Unit 3 Test
- Rough draft constant acceleration lab due Monday
11-19
- Journal: Pair up & review Journal Questions for Unit 2 & 3. One person reads Unit 2, the other reads Unit 3.
- DUE: Chapter Review
- Problems & test review
- Lab: Data Analysis
11-18
- Journal: Which problems in your practice do you struggle with?
- RVW: WS 3.3 # 6-10; Text # 42, 44, 46
- Lab: Data Analysis
11-17
- Journal: What is ‘reaction time’?
- Activity: What’s your reaction time?
- RVW: CW/HW: WS 3.3 – Freefall Problems #1-5
- CW/HW: Text # 42, 44, 46; Finish Wkst 3.3 – Freefall Problems (#6-10)
11-16
- Quiz 3.2 - Constant Acceleration Propblems
11-13
- Journal: What is ‘hang-time’?
- Discuss journal
- Rvw: /Extra Practice
- Group time
- CW/HW: WS 3.3 – Freefall Problems #1-3
11-12
- Journal: How do you choose a kinematics equation?
- RVW: Wkst 3. 3 – Concept Development page 4-1: Free Fall
- RVW: Quiz 3.1 – Graphing motion
- Review Labs & group time
- Extra Practice: #30-33 Text
11-11
No School - Veterans' day
11-10
- Journal: How should you keep lab notes?
- Due: Constant Acceleration Spreadsheets
- RVW: 4-step Problem-solving strategy
- Demo: Using Microsoft Excel to organize and visualize data
- Lab: Finish data collection – Rough draft due Friday 11/13
- HW: Wkst 3.3 – Concept Development page 4-1: Free Fall
11-9
- Journal: How do equations allow us to manipulate the simple relationships we find in nature?
- Review wkst 3.2
- Demonstrate: 4-step Problem-solving strategy
- Review assessments (2.Test)
- Demo: Collect freefall data (strike-timers)
- HW: Read & take notes on 3.3 - Freefall
11-6
- Finish Derivations
- Review HW (lab graphs)
- Demo: Measuring free-fall acceleration (collecting data)
- CW/HW: Finish data spreadsheet
11-5
- Due: #26-28
- Journal: Explain two forms of graphical analysis.
- Review: (slope & area with equations)
- Derive Kinematics equations
- HW: Wkst 3.2
11-4 (Sub)
- Lab: Work on spreadsheets/ Methods & materials
- Lab: Finish collecting data for constant acceleration – Spreadsheets due Monday
- CW/HW: #26-28
11-3
- Quiz: Geometric Analysis of Graphs
- HW: Re-read 3.2 noting deviation of kinematics equations
11-2
- Finish collecting data
- Review: Geometric graphical analysis (on board)
- HW: Graphical Analysis of acceleration – Spreadsheets due Friday
- HW: Re-read 3.2
10-30
- Journal: What happens to acceleration as the angle of incline increases?
- Lab: Collect data for constant acceleration
- Lecture & demonstration: Formatting and analyzing data in the labs
- Group time: work on Labs
- HW: Re-read 3.2 for Monday
- HW: Finish rough draft of constant acceleration lab due Friday 11/7
10-29
Due: Wkst 3.1 (2.4) – Analyzing VvT graphs 3.1.WS.Answers - Motion Graphs 2 Solutions.pdf
- Journal: What information is available by graphical analysis of VvT graphs?
- Review # 25 in text (w/ journal): Δx from VvT graph
- Review HW
- Lecture & demonstration: Formatting and analyzing data in the labs
- Group time: work on Labs
10-28
Due: Text # 22-25
- Journal: Do you understand all figures, graphs & tables in 3.2? What is confusing?
- Use # 24 to demonstrate XvT à VvT
- Use PPT to demonstrate graphical analysis
- HW: Wkst 3.1 (2.4) – Analyzing VvT graphs
10-27
- Journal: Create XvT & VvT graphs for yesterday’s scenario.
- Demonstrate: VvT à XvT using Journal
- Review: Practice work from 3.1
- Review concepts in 3.2 ?
- HW: Practice graphical analysis #22-25 Text
10-26
- Journal: What happens when position & velocity are positive, but acceleration is negative?
- Due: Rough draft of acceleration lab reports
- Review Journal Question 10/19 to present (conceptual acceleration)
- Review: Notes 3.1
10-23
Due: Section Review #12-16 3.Text Solutions.pdf
10-22
Due: 1 paragraph on article
- Journal: Describe the curve of a XvT graph constant acceleration? What about a VvT graph?
- Students will share their research with groups of four.
- Each student will take notes:
- 1 noteworthy thing from 3 other papers
- 3 questions to answer about their paper
- Paragraph re-write due Monday.
- Lab: Groups will use meter sticks and balls to collect data about the motion of an object in constant acceleration.
- Problem: How can motion be quantified and predicted?
- Students should collect data using at least 10 different angles.
- Create & analyze XvT and VvT graphs
- HW: Section Review #12-16 3.Text Solutions.pdf
10-21
- Journal: What are current scientist researching?
- Grade-my-group forms (for instruction manual)
- Students will work on writing lab reports
- CW/HW: use the online resource: http://www.omicsonline.org/scientific-journals.php to find a current research article. Students must be able to explain what was discovered to classmates.
10-20
- Journal: Describe the curve of a XvT graph constant velocity? What about a VvT graph?
- Lab: Form Lab groups <=3
- Problem: How can motion be quantified and predicted?
- Collect data using constant velocity cars
- Create & analyze XvT and VvT graphs
- Rough draft due Thursday
10-19
- Journal : What is acceleration?
- Group discussion: new terms in 3.1
- Group practice: text # 1-11
- HW: Read & take notes 3.2
10-16
10-15
- Journal: What concept from this unit is still confusing?
- Review: all questions, quizzes, ch rvw
10-14
- Collect lab data – Constant Velocity
- CW: Wkst 2.3 Velocity Practice problems odd # (in class)
- Continue Review – Ch. 2. Rvw. (practice in groups)
10-13
- Journal: If you have a video of a car crash, how could tell if the driver was speeding?
- Review wkst 2.1
- Distribute Directions & rubric for lab write-up
- CW/HW: Chapter Review (Due Thu)
- Exit Ticket: Journal write-up
10-12
Teacher in-service
10-9
- Journal: Why does the EM drive matter?
- Close read – 3rd chunk & questions
- Return/Review Quizzes 2.1
- Practice: interpreting & making predictions using a XvT graph (use PPT)
- CW/HW: XvT practice (wkst 2.1) (due Tuesday)
- HW: Letter to the editor due Tuesday
10-8
- On board: Close read – 1st full
- Close read – 1st chunk & questions
- Close read – 2nd chunk & questions
- Review # 5
- HW: #6-7
10-7
- Journal: How has motion changed in the last 200 years?
- Review: #29-32
- Review: # 1-4 on wkst 2.1
- Ask: How does science fiction think we’ll move in the future (Star Wars, etc)
- Invite vocab questions
- HW: #5 on wkst
10-6
- Journal: Connect 2: Motion diagram & XvT graph
- Review # 14-18
- Return/Review Quizzes 1.2
- PPT: 2.3 Graphing motion
- CW/HW: Do # 1-4 on wkst 2.1
- CW/HW: Do # 29-32
10-5
- Journal: If a graph is a visualization of a relationship, what is the slope?
- Check notes & lab activity
- Discuss graph of pi (from lab)
- CW – Do #9 11 13
- Review # 9-13
- CW/HW – Do #14-18
- HW – Read 2.4 & take notes (Due Tuesday)
10-2
- Quiz: 2.1 & 2.2 - Dimensions of motion
10-1
Due: Wordsplash: position, distance, displacement, time, time interval, magnitude, direction, coordinate system, origin
9-30
Due: Rd 2.2
9-29
Due: Rd 2.1
9-28
Due: Instruction Manual, Cornell Notes, Ch Review
9-25
Ch 1 Text Solutions.pdf
9-24
9-23 Teacher in-service: No School
9-22
Due: Notes 1.2 Measurments
9-18
Due: Final draft of instructions (Rubric)
9-17
Due: #18-22 (answers)
- Review for Quiz
- Group Time
9-16
Due: #13-17 (answers)
9-15
Due: Notes 1.2 Measurments
9-10
9-9
- LEQ: Why do conversion factors work?
- Math review & practice
9-8
- Rvw CE
- Introduce group project: Math Instruction Manual
9-7
Labor day - no school
9-4
9-3
- Science
- peer review & scientific journals
9-2
9-1
- Syllabus
- Grading policies
8-31
- 1st day
- textbooks, safetly, order of class
· Journal: What information is available by graphical analysis of VvT graphs?
· Review # 25 in text (w/ journal): Δx from VvT graph
· Review: Wkst 3.1 (2.4) – Analyzing VvT graphs
· Demonstration: Data collection for constant acceleration
· Journal: What is ‘hang-time’?
· Discuss journal
· Rvw: /Extra Practice
· Group time
· CW/HW: WS 3.3 – Freefall Problems #1-3
· Learning Journal – What causes acceleration?
· HW Quiz – ppt:
o What does a free-body diagram show?
o What is the mathematical relationship between force & acceleration?
§ (What happens to acceleration when force doubles?)
o What is the mathematical relationship between mass & acceleration?
§ (What happens to acceleration when force doubles?)
o What happens if more than one force acts on a body at one time?
o What are Newton’s first & second laws?
· Review & apply – Cornell notes (PPT examples)
· Review – 4.1: (Using HW Quiz as guideline - FBD, Weight, Normal Force, Net Force, Unbalanced force)
HW/CW – Review 4.1 graphics