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