Thurs., Dec. 12, 2013

Objectives: Explain how transverse 
waves and longitudinal waves are created
and give 2 examples of each type 
Opener: Xmas Wordies
Announcements: Invent a musical
instrument that can make at least 8 different
and distict tones (repeatably)
Mon., Tues., & Wed. to finish & tune
Transverse vs. Longitudinal Waves link
How do particles of the medium move 
compared to the direction of travel ("propagation")
Sound waves
Homework: Gather materials and bring to
school for your instrument

Wed., Dec. 11, 2013

Objectives: Explain how transverse 
waves and longitudinal waves are created
and give 2 examples of each type 
Opener: How observant are you
Announcements: Invent a musical
instrument that can make at least 8 different
and distict tones (repeatably)
Some ideas... 
Wackiest...
Straw "buzzers"
Transverse vs. Longitudinal Waves link
How do particles of the medium move 
compared to the direction of travel ("propagation")
Homework: Gather materials and bring to
school for your instrument

Fri., Dec.6, 2013

Objectives: Describe your mousetrap
powered car experience
Announcements:  Journals at EOP
Opener:  Waves are a disturbance in a
medium
Waves transport energy not
matter
Draw a sketch of your car (or a few
sketches if needed).  Next write a 
couple of paragraphs that respond to 
the following...

• describe how your car transmits the elastic force in the spring to forward motion.  
• What struggles did you face?
• What solutions did you come up
  with?
• How you would improve your
  vehicle based on your experience
  and seeing what other participants did?

Homework: None

Thurs., Dec. 5, 2013

Objectives: Identify crests, troughs,
wavelength and Amplitude of waves
Announcements:  Journals tomorrow
Opener:  TOC

Factors affecting wave characteristics link
Frequency 

Draw a sketch of your car (or a few
sketches if needed).  Next write a 
couple of paragraphs that respond to 
the following...

• describe how your car transmits the elastic force in the spring to forward motion.  
• What struggles did you face?
• What solutions did you come up
  with?
• How you would improve your
  vehicle based on your experience
  and seeing what other participants did?

Homework: None

Wed., Dec. 4, 2013

Objectives: Identify crests, troughs,
wavelength and Amplitude of waves
Announcements:  Journals will be 
collected on Friday.  TOC tomorrow
Opener:  

Draw a sketch of your car (or a few
sketches if needed).  Next write a 
couple of paragraphs that respond to 
the following...

• describe how your car transmits the elastic force in the spring to forward motion.  
• What struggles did you face?
• What solutions did you come up
  with?
• How you would improve your
  vehicle based on your experience
  and seeing what other participants did?

Homework: None

Tues., Dec. 3, 2013

Objectives: Race Day!
Announcements:  Measure from Main-
spring to mainspring (centimeters)
Opener: Record how far your car travelled
Get a grade for construction & designHomework: None

Mon., Dec. 2, 2013

Objectives: Finalize work on cars
Announcements:  "Races" tomorrow
Opener: Do you need to work on
mousetrap-powered car?

Finish questions on Work, machines 
& Efficiency
Homework: Finish your vehicle &
pizzazz it up.  Bring it tomorrow

Mon. & Tues., Nov. 25 & 26, 2013

Conferences -- No school

Fri., Nov. 22, 2013

Objectives: Identify examples of 
simple machines.
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: Very cool Rube Goldberg
from YouTube--What machines
do you see?
Questions on Work, machines & Efficiency
Homework: Finish your vehicle &
pizzazz it up.  Bring it right after break.

Thurs., Nov. 21, 2013

Objectives: Identify examples of 
simple machines.
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: Very cool Rube Goldberg
from YouTube--What machines
do you see?
Work, Power & Simple Machines link
Homework: Finish your vehicle &
pizzazz it up.

Wed., Nov. 20, 2013

Objectives: Construct your vehicle
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: Rube Goldberg machines
Honda commercial
Continue construction of your vehicle
Will we continue or not?
Homework: Call for general supplies...
Tape, glue, cable ties, screws, washers, 
bolts,eye-hooks, paints, brushes, CDs, 
Records, other wheel materials, etc.

Tues., Nov. 19, 2013

Objectives: H
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: Bully for Bugs - how the cartoons
always violate laws of physics
Begin construction of your vehicle
Homework: Call for general supplies...
Tape, glue, cable ties, screws, washers, 
bolts,eye-hooks, paints, brushes, CDs, 
Records, other wheel materials, etc.

Mon., Nov. 18, 2013

Objectives: How can spring tension be
converted into motion to drive a wheel?
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: What is the mechanical 
advantage of this gear system?  To lift
this load what force will you have to
apply?

Do you have your supplies?
Homework: Call for general supplies...
Tape, glue, cable ties, screws, washers, 
bolts,eye-hooks, paints, brushes, CDs, 
Records, other wheel materials, etc.

Fri., Nov. 15, 2013

Objectives: Describe how machines
make work easier
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: How many Watts of power
are used when Josh lifts a 4 N Big Mac
0.25 m from the table to his mouth if it
only takes 2 s?
Work, Power & Simple Machines link
Homework: Bring mousetrap car supplies 
on Monday.  
Call for general supplies...
Tape, glue, cable ties, screws, washers, 
nuts & bolts, eye-hooks, paints, brushes, CDs, 
Records, other wheel materials, etc.

Thurs., Nov. 14, 2013

Objectives: Describe how machines
make work easier
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: How much work is done lifting
the box onto the closet shelf?

Work, Power & Simple Machines link
Homework: Look up mousetrap powered 
cars on the internet and collect materials.

Call for general supplies...
Tape, glue, cable ties, screws, washers, 
bolts,eye-hooks, paints, brushes, CDs, 
Records, other wheel materials, etc.

Wed., Nov. 13, 2013

Objectives: What types of simple machines
can make doing work easier?
Announcements: Extra credit for 
coming with parents & journal to 
conferences
Opener: Find the velocity of the roller 
coaster

Work, Power & Simple Machines link
Homework: Look up mousetrap powered 
cars on the internet and collect materials

Tues., Nov. 12, 2013

Objectives: What is work and how is it
related to energy?
Announcements: Extra credit for coming
with parents & journal to conferences
Opener: Find the values in this 
diagram link 
Work, Power & Simple Machines link
Homework: Look up mousetrap powered 
cars on the internet and collect materials

Fri., Nov. 8, 2013

Objectives: Calculate Kinetic 
& Potential Energy
Announcements: Extra credit for coming
with parents & journal to conferences
Opener: Find the values in this 
diagram link 
Practice problems link
Lateral Thinking puzzle
Homework: None

Thurs., Nov. 7, 2013

Objectives: Calculate Kinetic 
& Potential Energy
Announcements: Extra credit for coming
with parents & journal to conferences
Opener: Conservation of Energy link
Practice problems link
Lateral Thinking puzzle
Homework: None

Wed., Nov. 6, 2013

Objectives: Calculate Kinetic 
& Potential Energy
Announcements: Extra credit for coming
with parents & journal to conferences
Opener: Conservation of Energy link

Practice problems link
Homework: None

Tues., Nov. 5, 2013

Objectives: Calculate Kinetic 
& Potential Energy
Announcements: Extra credit for coming
with parents & journal to conferences
Opener: Conservation of Energy link

Comeback Can
Practice problems link
Homework: None

Mon., Nov. 4, 2013

Objectives: Describe the physics involved
in your roller coaster
Announcements: Get your journal
Opener: Don't forget your
Extra credit opportunity
Christmas Wordies
Venn Diagrams link | link
Write your description of the physics 
involved in your coaster.
Homework: None

Fri., Nov. 1, 2013

Objectives: Describe the physics involved
in your roller coaster
Announcements: Journals at EOP

Opener: Don't forget your
Extra credit opportunity
Write your description of the physics 
involved in your coaster.
Organize & complete assignments in
your notebook
Homework: None

Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013

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

Opener: Don't forget your
Extra credit opportunity
Complete your map and begin writing
your description of the physics involved in your
coaster.
Homework: Organize your notebook

Wed., Oct. 30, 2013

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

Opener: Table of Contents
and what's getting graded
Extra credit opportunity
Use your sketch of the final rollercoaster design, create
a colored map of when events
occurred. Complete your map and begin writing
your description of the physics involved in your
coaster.
Homework: Organize your notebook

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: Get the picture of your coaster onto your final drawing and copy for your partner

Mon., Oct. 28, 2013

Fri., Oct. 25, 2013

Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013

Wed., Oct. 23, 2013

Objectives: Design a rollercoaster
Announcements: Journals this week
Opener: Online Interactive Rollercoaster link
Rollercoasters
Stunt points
Homework: Draw your personal pre-
liminary rollercoaster design--Name 
your rollercoaster & label the stunts

Tues., Oct. 22, 2013

Objectives: 
Design concepts in a rollercoaster
Announcements: Journals this week
Opener: More Wacky Wordies
Rollercoasters?
Organize Notebooks
Homework: 

Mon., Oct. 21, 2013

Objectives: Create a diagram that
expresses the realationship between
"motion" concepts
Announcements: Journals this week
Opener: Oregon Towns
Finish Newton's Laws Predictions
Organize Notebooks
Homework: 
Create a concept map for the motion unit...

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

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, 2013

Objectives: Given a specific scenario,
describe what will happen
Announcements: Grades
Opener: Magic Square

Review Newton's Laws Predictions link

Homework: None

Thurs., Oct. 10, 2013

Objectives: Given a specific scenario,
describe what will happen
Announcements: Gotta give it me today!
Opener:  Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
A man saw something advertised at a certain price
and went to buy it.  An official refused to sell it to 
him even though he could pay and other men and
women were sold it.  Later the man was glad that
his purchase had been refused.  Why was he refused
and why was he glad?
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: What volume in hectoliters 
is equivalent to 4834 ml?
Newton's Laws of Motion link
Review Newton's Laws Predictions link

Homework: None

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
Accelerate yourself: a quickie lab:

• Outliers?
• Calculate Averages
• Find the speed changes
• Conclusions

Homework: Thinking about 
experiments, variables & graphs link

Fri., Oct. 4, 2013

Objectives: Accelerate yourself
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: Picture Rebus 
Acceleration mini-lab
Copy measurements
Calculate speeds

Homework: None

Thurs., Oct. 3, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Grading Oct. 14
Opener: Draw a position (distance) 
graph-- a raccoon sees a rabbit and 
stalks it, the rabbit enters a cave so 
the raccoon rushes to  grab it before 
it is out of sight, just as he is reaching 
the cave a bear comes out so he runs 
away as fast as he can.

Acceleration graphs
Critique "What's this graph"

Homework: None

Wed., Oct. 2, 2013

Objectives: Velocity vs. Acceleration
Announcements: Journals/Grades
Opener: Draw a velocity graph

Ball Drop with Vernier Probes
Critique each others "What's this graph"

Homework: None

Mon., Sept. 30, 2013

Objectives: How does velocity relate
to acceleration?
Announcements: Journals/Grades
Opener: None

Velocity vs. Acceleration
Ball drop with Vernier probes
Accelerating yourself (lab prep)

Homework: None

Fri., Sept. 27, 2013

Objectives: Predict graphs of motion &
Deduce motion from a graph
Announcements: Journals will be handed 
in again on Tuesday
Opener: None
How did you do with the homework?

More complex motions & accelerations

Homework: For each graph, find an 
example in the real world where the 
motion could be described by the graph.  
Explain how you know. link

Thurs., Sept. 26, 2013

Objectives: Predict graphs of motion &
Deduce motion from a graph
Announcements: Journals will be handed 
in again on Tuesday
Opener: None
Walking a graph

Homework: For each graph, find an example in the real world where the motion could be described by the graph.  Explain how you know. link

Wed., Sept. 25, 2013

Objectives: Predict graphs of motion 
& Deduce motion from a graph
Announcements: Journals will 
be handed in again on Tuesday
Opener:  Nonogram 1
Walking a graph

Homework: None

Tues., Sept. 24, 2013

Objectives: Distinguish between constant
velocity & constant acceleration
Announcements: Table of Contents
Opener:  How well can you follow directions?
Lateral Thinking
Grade Accuracy/Precision assignment 
Walking a graph

Homework: None

Mon., Sept. 23, 2013

Objectives: Identify Bias
Announcements: 
Opener:  Lateral Thinking
Observation, Inference & Bias
A Play in one act (The Garage)
Cultural Bias (Lunch)

Homework: Assignment (in your journals)

Full sentence answers link

Fri., Sept. 20, 2013

Objectives: Evaluate experimental data
Announcements: None
Opener:  Far Side

Assignment (in your journals)

Full sentence answers link

Thurs., Sept. 19, 2013

Objectives: Evaluate experimental data
Announcements: None
Opener:  Bioglyphs

Assignment (in your journals)

Full sentence answers link

Wed., Sept. 18, 2013

Objectives: Evaluate experimental data
Announcements: None
Opener:  Accuracy vs. Precision

When there is a right answer & when there ain't

Assignment (in your journals)

Full sentence answers link

Tues., Sept. 17, 2013

Objectives: Analyze experimental data
Announcements: None
Opener:  None
Lab Question: How does height of release
affect speed at the bottom?
Construct a Graph
Analyze with Graphical Analysis

Mon., Sept. 16, 2013

Objectives: Analyze experimental data
Announcements: None
Opener:  What's in a number?
Lab Question: How does height of release
affect speed at the bottom?
Construct a Graph
Analyze with Graphical Analysis

Fri., Sept. 13, 2013

Objectives: Analyze experimental data
Announcements: None
Opener:  What's in a number?
Lab Question: How does height of release
affect speed at the bottom?
Construct a Graph
Analyze with Graphical Analysis

Thurs., Sept. 12, 2013

Objectives: Gather data & analyze
Announcements: None
Opener:  Let me see your procedures
Lab Question: How does height of release
affect speed at the bottom?
What units will you be measuring in?
SHOW ALL DATA COLLECTED!
Calculate appropriate averages
Graph using Graphical Analysis

Wed., Sept 11, 2013

Objectives: Write a completed procedure
Announcements: Journals returned
Opener:  What's the largest number you can write with just 3 digits - no symbols allowed?
Lab Question: How does height of release
affect speed at the bottom?
Finish your procedure
Samples from class to analyze
Data & Recording
How will you have to average your data
What will you graph?

Tues., Sept. 10, 2013

Objectives: Write a procedure
Announcements: Journals
Opener:  A Ball accelerates down a ramp but has constant velocity for it's continuing path along a flat surface.  What force accelerates the ball? What force causes the ball to maintain its speed? E link
Lab Demonstration - How does height of release
affect speed at the bottom?
Let's write a procedure
Leave your notebook at end of class (NAME!!)

Mon., Sept. 9, 2013

Objectives: Nature of Science
Announcements: Journals - First look tomorrow
Opener:  Experimental Procedures?!?!?link
Get your name on your notebook
Organize Notebook
Mystery Tube: Complete into notebooks
Done? - Scavenger Hunt

Fri., Sept. 6, 2013

Objectives: Nature of Science
Announcements: Journals - First look Tues.
Opener:  Wacky Wordies
Syllabus (a prescriptive look)

Mystery Tube: Complete/Grading
Scavenger Hunt

Thurs., Sept. 5, 2013

Objectives: Discover the nature of science
Announcements: Journals - First look Tues.
Opener:  What is science (in your journal)
Syllabus
Notebook Organization/Table o' Contents

Mystery Tube: Complete/Grading
Scavenger Hunt

Wed., Sept. 4, 2013

Objectives: Discover the nature of science
Announcements:  Got a spiral yet?
Opener:  What could this be?

Mystery Tube:Analysis

Tues., Sept. 3, 2013

Welcome to West Salem High School!
I am your teacher, Mr. Shaffer

Objectives: Discover the nature of science
Announcements:  Get a spiral binder that's just for this class.
Opener:  What is science?  (In your journals please)
Mystery Tube:  Observe
Analysis