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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
