Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013

Objectives: Calculate potential and
kinetic energy
Announcements: Journals on Fri.

Opener: Don't forget your
Extra credit opportunity

Practice problems for homework link
Homework: Find the values in this 
diagram link and calculate energies.

Wed., Oct. 30, 2013

Objectives: Describe the physics involved
in your roller coaster
Announcements: Journals on Fri.

Opener: Extra credit opportunity
Use your sketch of the final rollercoaster design, create
a colored map of when events
occurred. (ex. minimum potential energy, 
maximum acceleration...)
Homework: Complete the explanation 
of the physics of your coaster in your journal
Friday

Tues., Oct. 29, 2013

Objectives: Describe the physics involved
in your roller coaster
Announcements: Journals on Fri.

Opener: Wacky Wordies
Extra credit opportunity
Use your sketch of the final rollercoaster design, create
a colored map of when events
occurred. (ex. minimum potential energy, 
maximum acceleration...)
Homework: Complete the explanation 
of the physics of your coaster in your journal
Friday

Mon., Oct. 28, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster to
maximize your score with the given
materials
Announcements: Get it evaluated today!

Opener: None
Construct your coaster
Get it evaluated
Take a picture (or 5)
Homework: Write your explanation of the physics of your coaster

Fri., Oct. 25, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster to
maximize your score with the given
materials
Announcements: If yours doesn't get graded
today...Then you'll construct again Monday

Opener: None
Construct your coaster
Get it evaluated
Homework: None

Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster to
maximize your score with the given
materials
Announcements: Journals this week

Opener: Get your prelim coaster design approved
Test Trials
Homework: None

Wed., Oct. 23, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster to
maximize your score with the given
materials
Announcements: Journals this week

Opener: Coaster Grading Specifics link
Work with track & Marbles
Submit your design
Select your partner
Homework: Finish your preliminary sketch
of your rollercoaster.  Don't forget to think
3-dimensionally.

Tues., Oct. 22, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster to
maximize your score with the given
materials
Announcements: Journals this week
Opener: Online Interactive Rollercoaster link
Check concept maps
Submit your design
Select your partner
Homework: None

Mon., Oct. 21, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster to
maximize your score with the given
materials
Announcements: Journals this week
Opener: Oregon Towns
Check concept maps
Submit your design
Homework: None

Fri., Oct. 18, 2013

Objectives: Create a diagram that
expresses the realationship between
"motion" concepts
Announcements: Journals next week
Opener: Santa's a woosie link

More sciency concept maps link
Finish Newton's Laws Predictions
What's a concept map?
Homework: 
Create a concept map for the motion unit...

• velocity             time
• displacement     force
• acceleration      unbalanced
• balanced           speed
• motion              distance

Thurs., Oct. 17, 2013

Objectives: Apply Newton's laws
of motion to predict what will happen
in certain scenarios.
Announcements: Journal TOC
Opener: Sieve of Eratosthanes link

Newton's Laws Predictions
Homework: None

Wed., Oct. 16, 2013

Objectives: Magic square day
Announcements: PSAT day
Opener: Magic Square

Other Magic...1 2 3 4
Pick a number between 22 and 99...
4x4 matrix
Homework: None

Tues., Oct. 15, 2012

Objectives: Determine which of 
Newton's laws applies in certain
scenarios 
Announcements: Grades
Opener: Correct Math "Quiz"
Check homeworks
Which of Newton's Law apply? link
Review Newton's Laws Predictions link

Homework: Thinking about Experiments,
Variables & Graphs link

Thurs., Oct. 10, 2013

Objectives: Determine which of 
Newton's laws applies in certain
scenarios 
Announcements: Turn it in today!
Opener: Can you math? link
Check homeworks
Which of Newton's Law apply? link
Review Newton's Laws Predictions link

Homework: None

Wed., Oct. 9, 2013

Objectives:State which of Newton's laws 
applies in a given scenario & explain
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: Scientific Notation Section 2 only
Newton's Laws of Motion link
Review Newton's Laws Predictions link

Homework: Thinking about Experiments,
Variables & Graphs link

Tues., Oct. 8, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: 0.214 kg is what mass in g?
77 ml is what volume in l?
how many mm is the same length as 4.5cm?
Green light has a wavelength of 465 nm.  
Express that length in meters.
Acceleration Lab Analysis
Newton's Law Predictions link

Homework: Finish Predictions link

Mon., Oct. 7, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: king henry daily makes
dark chocolate milk
Meaning & Use...
Micro, mega, nano and the rest of the family
Copy down the data (camera)
Accelerate yourself: a quickie lab

• Outliers?
• Calculate Averages
• Find the speed changes
• Comment on the person's acceleration

Homework: Finish the comments

Fri., Oct. 4, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: Picture Rebus
Accelerate yourself: a quickie lab

Homework: None

Thurs., Oct. 3, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: Sketch the acceleration graph
for the ball drop
Another look at the graphing homework
Accelerate yourself: a quickie lab

Homework: On the same set of axes, 
sketch the velocity and acceleration 
graphs of a golf ball rolled down a 
ramp, rolling off the bottom and being 
stopped by your foot.

Wed., Oct. 2, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Journals/Grades
Opener: None

Ball Drop with Vernier Probes
Accelerate yourself

Homework: None

Tues., Oct. 1, 2013

Objectives: M
Announcements: 
Opener: None
Organize Journals
Hand 'em in please

A

Homework: None