| Day |
Date |
Lesson |
Handouts |
Objectives |
Homework |
| 1 |
Mon., Aug. 17 All 8 Classes |
Class Introduction |
Students will become aware of class policies
and procedures. |
Complete Student Background | |
| 2 |
Tue., Aug. 18 |
Lab 01
|
Lab 01
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Students will use Glug rulers with no divisions, tenths and hundredths to determine which is appropriate for different measuring needs. | Lab 01 Precision of Measuring |
| 3 |
Thur., Aug. 20
|
SI conversion / ratio / speed pracice |
SI conversion / ratio / speed pracice | Students will use conversion factors and calculate speed, distance and time. | SI conversion / ratio / speed pracice |
| 4 |
Mon., Aug. 24 |
Kinematic Concepts KC1, KC2, KC3 |
Interactive Reader 01 pages 24-27 Minds on Physics Tracker Form Exit Ticket Summarizer |
Students will describe the motion of objects in one dimension using words, diagrams, numbers, graphs and equations. | Interactive Reader 01 pages 24-27 |
| 5 |
Wed., Aug. 26 |
Lab 02 Ultrasonic Motion Detector |
Lab 02 Ultrasonic Motion Detector | Students will move to create position vs. time graphs, describe this motion in words, and sketch corresponding the velocity vs. time graph. | Lab 02 Ultrasonic Motion Detector |
| 6 |
Fri., Aug. 28 |
Motion Map, Postition Time, Velocity Time Practice | Students will relate position-time graphs to velocity-time graphs. |
Motion Map, Postition Time, Velocity Time Practice Prepare for Unit 01 Quiz |
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| 7 |
Tue., Sep. 1 |
New Seats Unit 01 Quiz Free Fall on Planet Newtonia |
Unit 01 Quiz Free Fall on Planet Newtonia |
Students will demonstrate mastery of measuring precisely, SI conversions, calculating speed, distance and time, position-time and velocity-time graphing. | Free Fall on Planet Newtonia |
| 8 |
Thur., Sep. 3 |
Lab 03 Determining "g" | Lab 03 Determining "g" | Students will determine the acceleration due to gravity using three different methods. | Lab 03 Typed and Printed Lab Report |
| 9 |
Tue., Sep. 8 |
Textbooks Unit 1, Lesson 2, Exploration 2 Kinematic Graphing |
Textbooks Unit 1, Lesson 2, Exploration 2 Kinematic Graphing |
Students will analyze the velocity and acceleration of a ball hitting a spring in two situations, horizontally and vertically. | Unit 1, Lesson 2, Exploration 2 |
| 10 |
Thur., Sep. 10 |
Kinematic Concepts KC4, KC5, KC6, KC7 |
Kinematic Concepts KC4, KC5, KC6, KC7 |
Students will relate position-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time graphs for multiple situations. | Interactive Reader 02 pages 30-33 |
| 11 |
Mon., Sep. 14 HALF WAY |
Lab 04 Bull's Eye | Lab 04 Bull's Eye | Students will calculate and experimentally verify the height of a ramp that a steel ball should be released from for a given position of a target on the floor. | Lab 04 Typed and Printed Lab Report |
| 12 |
Wed., Sep. 16 |
Unit 1, Lesson 2, Exploration 4 |
Unit 1, Lesson 2, Exploration 4 | Students will create and evaluate an engineering design for dropping aid into a country at need. | Unit 1, Lesson 2, Exploration 4 |
| 13 |
Fri., Sep. 18
|
Unit 01 Motion Test | Unit 01 Motion Test | Students will demonstrate mastery of Unit 01 content. | none |
| 14 |
Tue., Sep. 22 |
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Exploration 5 Engineering Project 1 Bridge Building Bridge Building Plan |
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Exploration 5 Engineering Project 1 Bridge Building Bridge Building Plan |
Students will make a claim, gather evidence and describe their reasoning about the distribution of a load affecting the forces on a structure. Students will design and buiild a bridge of chopsticks and cardboard to test in class. |
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Exploration 5 Bridge Building Plan Engineering Project 1 Bridge Building due Wed., Oct. 7 |
| 15 |
Thur., Sep. 24 |
Types of Forces & Vector Resolution Vectors & Projectiles VP1 & VP2 |
Vectors & Projectiles VP1 & VP2 |
Students will use the graphical and triogonometric methods of adding vectors. Students will decide on their bridge building plan and sketch their scale drawing. |
Build your bridge |
| 16 |
Tue., Sep. 29
|
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Exploration 2 |
Unit 1, Lesson 3, Exploration 2 | Students will explore two ways of producing constant forces and their effects on motion. | Unit 1, Lesson 3, Exploration 2 |
| 17 |
Thur., Oct. 1 |
New Seats Vectors & Projectiles VP3 & VP 7 |
Vectors & Projectiles VP3 & VP7 |
Students will determine the magnitude and direction of a vector rotated CCE. | Interactive Reader 03 pages 46-49 |
| 18 |
Mon., Oct. 5 |
Lab 05 Atwood's Machine | Lab 05 Atwood's Machine | Students will determine the mass of a small washer from the acceleration of a balanced system using an Atwood's Machine. |
Complete Bridge Lab 05 Typed and Printed Lab Report |
| 19 |
Wed., Oct. 7 |
Bridge Project Testing | none | Students will load their bridges to the breaking point, analyze their design, and indicate what changes they would make next time. | none |
| 20 |
Tue, Oct. 13 |
Bridge Building Project Analysis Vectors & Projectiles VP8 & VP10 |
Project Reflection rubric Vectors & Projectiles VP8 & VP10 |
Students will examine the components of vectors and confirm the independence of velocities in the x and y directions. | Bridge Building Project Final Reflection (shared Google doc) |
| 21 |
Thur., Oct. 15 END OF |
Ratio of weight to mass mini-lab Equation/Vocab Sheet NL 1 - 2 |
Newton's Laws |
Students will calculate the force of gravity on an object, recognize that mass and weight are related but different and draw free body diagrams for physical objects at rest and in motion. | Interactive Reader 04 pages 68-71 |
| 22 |
Tue, Oct. 20 |
Lab 06 Acceleration, Force and Mass (in Lab Room) |
Lab 06 Acceleration, Force and Mass | Students will determine the relationships between force, mass and acceleration. | Lab 06 Typed and Printed Lab Report |
| 23 |
Thur., Oct. 22 |
Inertia & Net Force NL 3 - 4 |
Newton's Laws Net Force and Acceleration Practice |
Student will understand how the forces exerted on an object on an inclined plane affect the object's motion. | Net Force and Acceleration Practice |
| 24 |
Mon., Oct. 26 |
NL 5 - 6 | Newton's Laws NL 5 - 6 |
Students will determine the acceleration from a net force and convert mass and weight. | Study for Unit 02 Forces Quiz |
| 25 |
Wed., Oct. 28 |
Unit 02 Vectors and Forces Quiz |
Unit 02 Vectors and Forces Quiz |
Students will demonstrate mastery of Unit 02 Vectors and Forces content. | none |
| 26 |
Fri., Oct. 30 |
Lab 07 Hooke's Law |
Students will determine the spring constant for a couple springs. | Lab 07 Typed Lab Report with two graphs | |
| 27 |
Wed., Nov. 4 |
New Seats NL 9 example 1 NL 7 - 8 |
Newton's Laws NL 7 - 8 |
Students will determine the acceleration from a net force and convert mass and weight. | Study for Unit 02 Forces Test |
| 28 |
Fri., Nov. 6 |
NL 9 example 2 NL 11 - 12 |
Newton's Laws NL 11 - 12 |
Students will consider situations with air resistance and action/reaction pairs. | Study for Unit 02 Forces Test |
| 29 |
Tue., Nov. 10
|
Lab 08 Buoyant Force | Lab 08 Buoyant Force | Students will determine the buoyant force on an object and relate this to the weight of displaced water. | Lab 08 Typed and Printed Lab Report |
| 30 |
Fri., Nov. 13 HALF WAY |
Unit 02 Forces Test |
Unit 02 Forces Test |
Students will demonstrate mastery of Unit 02 Forces content. | none |
| 31 |
Tue., Nov. 17 |
Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation | PhET Universal Gravitation | Students will utilize Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation to determine attractive forces. | PhET Universal Gravitation |
| 32 |
Thur., Nov. 19 |
Spinning Top Project Circular Motion & Gravitation |
Spinning Top Project CG 1 & 6 |
Students will be able to distinguish between speed and velocity for objects moving in a circle. |
Engineering Project 2 Spinning Top Video and Description Due Fri., Dec. 4 Devices due on Wed., Dec. 9 Interactive Reader 05 pages 137-142 |
| 33 |
Mon., Nov. 23 |
Kepler's Laws Lab 09 Moons Of Jupiter |
Lab 09 Moons Of Jupiter | Students will analyze data to determine if Jupiter's moons follow Kepler's Third Law of Motion, the Law of Harmonies. | Lab 09 Moons Of Jupiter |
| 34 |
Mon., Nov. 30 |
CG 7 & 8 |
CG 7 & 8 |
Students will identify the variables affecting the force of gravity and predict how changes affect it. |
Interactive Reader 06 pages 143-147 Turn in Spinning Top video by Fri., Dec. 4 |
| 35 |
Wed., Dec. 2 |
New Seats CG 9 & 10 |
CG 9 & 10 |
Students will use the law of harmonies to make calculations of radius and period of orbits of planets. | Work on Spinning Top Project |
| 36 |
Mon., Dec. 7 | Unit 03 Newton's and Kepler's Test | Unit 03 Newton's and Kepler's Test | Students will demonstrate an understanding of concepts and skills learned in Unit 03. | Work on Spinning Top Project |
| 37 |
Wed., Dec. 9 |
Spinning Top Project Testing |
Project Reflection rubric | Students will design and build and airfoil made out of PET bottle material that will generate the greatest amount of DC current for one minute. | Spinning Top Project Final Reflection (shared Google doc) |
| 38 |
Fri., Dec. 11 | Review for Semester One Exam | none | Students will review Semester One content KC, KG, VP, NL, CG | Study for Semester One Exam |
| 39 |
Dec. 14 - 17 END OF |
Semester One Exam | Semester One Exam | Students will demonstrate mastery of Semester One content KC, KG, VP, NL, CG (36 questions) | Enjoy your Winter Break!!! |