Colossal Collisions

Thursday 12/19:

• Seesaw project.continued. Students will design and build a seesaw capable of launching a projectile at least one meter into the air. Yesterday students created designs that met objective. Today (and tomorrow) students will document their project and
  • calculate Potential and Kinetic Energies of Projectile and counterweight
  • Calculate projectile velocity
  • Calculate force of impact for counterweight
  • Describe how each of Newton's 3 Laws of Motion are at work in their design
• Project due Friday 12/20
• When finished, Article & Digital One-Pager: Sir Isaac Newton & Lebron James
• HW: none

Wednesday 12/18:

• Seesaw project.continued. Students will design and build a seesaw capable of launching a projectile at least one meter into the air. Yesterday students created designs that met objective. Today (and tomorrow) students will document their project and
  • calculate Potential and Kinetic Energies of Projectile and counterweight
  • Calculate projectile velocity
  • Calculate force of impact for counterweight
  • Describe how each of Newton's 3 Laws of Motion are at work in their design
• Project will continue this week.
• HW: none
• ACTION PASSES ARE DUE TODAY!

Tuesday 12/17:

• Intro to Seesaw project. Students will design and build a seesaw capable of launching a projectile at least one meter into the air. Project will continue this week.
• HW: none
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TODAY!!!

Monday 12/16:

• TEST CERs. To regain some lost points from Friday's test, students must complete a CER for the 5 most frequently missed questions on test. Each correct CER will be worth 1 extra credit point. Due Tuesday 12/17
• HW: complete TEST CERs
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17

Friday 12/13:

• UNIT 3 COLOSSAL COLLISIONS TEST (35 points)
• HW: none
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17

Thursday 12/12:

• UNIT 3 Study guide Review. Kahoot game as additional review
• HW: none
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Wednesday 12/11:

• UNIT 3 Study guide distributed and class time to complete. Study guide may be used on Friday's Test
• HW: none
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Tuesday 12/10:

• Reviewing PE & KE WKST from Monday
• HW: none
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Monday 12/9:

• Introduction to Potential and Kinetic Energy with pendulum demo on google classroom PE & KE Worksheet due Tuesday
• HW: complete PE & KE WKST
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Friday 12/6:

• Solving for acceleration. Acceleration WKST due Mon 12/9
• HW: complete Acceleration WKST if not done in class today
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Thursday 12/5:

• Introduction to Acceleration. Put into NB as resource
• HW: None
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Wednesday 12/4:

• Tom’s Journey to Bus Stop Card sort. Matching 10 stories to 10 graphs. Tom's journey cards. Matching stories to graphs and highlighting key slopes/parts of story.
• HW: Tom's Journey cards due tomorrow
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Tuesday 12/3:

• Tom's Journey to the bus stop. Matching story to graph and writing own story based on graph--put into NB as resource
• HW: None
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Monday 12/2:

• Graphing Distance and Time (data found on google classroom, but graphs hand drawn on graph paper)--put into NB as a resource
• HW: None
• ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST SEMESTER IS DUE TUESDAY 12/17
• UNIT 3 TEST: FRIDAY 12/13

Friday 11/22:

• Who's the Fastest (in Real Life). Measuring students' walking speed and representing speeds on Distance vs Time Graphs.
• HW: Have a great Thanksgiving Break!

Thursday 11/21:

• Gravity Acceleration & Speed Practice (google classroom) due Fri 11/22
• HW: complete Gravity Acceleration & Speed practice

Wednesday 11/20:

• Practice Calculations for Distance, Velocity, and Time with Rally Coach
• HW: none

Tuesday 11/19:

• Who's the Fastest? Activity Engage activity to determine how speed is measured and calculated. Activity page will go directly into INB
• HW: none

Monday 11/18:

• Gravity Falls Lab. Part 2: Gravity in the Solar System CER. Due Tuesday 11/19
• HW: complete Gravity Falls Lab (if not done in class today)

Friday 11/15:

• Gravity Falls Lab. Finding the time 3 different mass objects take to fall 2 meters. Then using collected data to calculated the acceleration of gravity. Students completed data collection today, but will complete conclusion/CER on Monday 11/18
• HW: none

Thursday 11/14:

• Gravity Simulations Resources. Reviewed in class. Students put paper directly into notebook.
• HW: none

Thursday 11/7:

• Newton's Laws Stations Lab. Students will manipulate materials and experience istuations meant to illustrate Newton's 3 laws of motion. Students will discuss their observations and determine which law best applies to the situation for each station. The activity will continue on Friday.
• HW: Football Physics one pager.

Wednesday 11/6:

• Article: Football Physics. This reading has five questions attached and a one pager as homework,, due Friday 11/8.
• HW: One Pager.

Tuesday 11/5:

• Asteroid Force Quiz: an assessment on task 1 (an ancient collision) and task 2 (contact forces)
• Google Classroom: two links exploring potential and kinetic energy are posted for after the quiz. PHET and Physics Classroom.
• HW: None. Next up is Newton's Laws of Motion.

Monday 11/02:

• Continue data analysis (graphing) and CER for Force Impact Lab: Mass & Speed. The lab will be due Tuesday 11/03, at the beginning of class.
• After the lab is completed and turned in, students will work on Task1 and 2 Quiz Study Guide that will be posted on Google Classroom. The quiz is tomorrow.
• HW: Study for Task 1 and 2 quiz, scheduled for Tuesday 11/5.

Friday 11/01:

• No School
• Test: Tuesday 11/5, a quiz on task 1 (an ancient collision) and task 2 (contact forces)

Thursday 10/31:

• Continue to collect data and then analyze that data in Force Impact Lab: Mass & Speed. The lab will be completed and turned in on Monday.
• Test: Tuesday 11/5, a quiz on task 1 (an ancient collision) and task 2 (contact forces)
• HW: None.

Wednesday 10/30:

• New challenge: Force Impact Lab: Mass & Speed. Students will apply their prior knowledge from the previous labs and collect data for this lab.
• Make sure to keep your evidence page up to date. You should have an entry ffor each of the labs that we completed.
• HW: None

Tuesday 10/29:

• Complete Force Impact lab: Mass. It will be due at the end of class today.
• A link posted on Google Classroom to NSTMF Lab Gravity will allow students to manipulate factors of gravitational force.
• HW: None

Monday 10/28:

• Force Impact lab: Mass. Students will collect data to try and define the relationship between mass, force and changes in motion. It is likely that we will continue this on Tuesday.
• Students will receive their Force Impact lab: Speed, as they have been graded. They were due on Friday 10/25.
• HW: None

Friday 10/25:

• Students will continue with Force Impact lab: Speed. They will analyze the data (find mean values, create a bar graph), answer follow-up questions, and write a claim-evidence-reasoning. The lab is due today at the end of class.
• Evidence page entry summarizing the findings of the Force Impact lab: Speed.
• HW: None.

Thursday 10/24:

• Force Impact lab: Speed. Students will collect data to try and define the relationship between speed, force and changes in motion. It will not be completed on an eaerly release day so we will continue on Friday.
• HW: None

Wednesday 10/23:

• Article: Asteroid Impact. Students will read the article, answer the questions at the end, and create a digital one pager, using Google Draw. It is all due today at 5:00 p.m.
• An additional article, to be used as an interesting resource (but no class requirements) "Asteroid Terminated the Dinosaur Era in a Matter of Days."
• HW: complete the digital one pager and questions if it was not completed in class. Due today at 5:00.

Tuesday 10/22:

• Asteroid Evidence CER is due today. Be sure to cturn it in through Google Classroom
• The Impact That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs one pager is also due today. Be sure to turn it in during class, if you haven't already done so.
• Task 2 Engage activity. There will be a slide show and a student response page.
• HW: none

Monday 10/21:

• Students will set up evidence page in their folders. The essential question is "What are the effects of an asteroid collision?"
• Two evidence page entries: "An Ancient Collision" activity (from last Wednesday-Thursday) and the article The Impact That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs.
• Asteroid Evidence CER. It is posted on Google Classroom and is due Tuesday 10/22.

Friday 10/18:

• Students will read the article "The Impact That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs." They will answer five questions and create a one pager to summarize the article.
• HW: Article questions and one pager due Tuesday 10/22.

Thursday 10/17:

• Continue the Unit 3 Explore activity: An Ancient Collision.
• Class discussion on the evicence presented in the explore activity.
• Set up unit 3 evidence page. First entry will be for An Ancient Collision activity, if time allows...
• HW: None.

Wednesday 10/16:

• Unit 3 Cover page was due today. Students turned them in; they will be returned and placed in their folder.
• Unit 3 Explore activity: An Ancient Collision. Students will observe the ffive cards and discuss. They will answer questions on their worksheet . We will continue this activity on Thursday 10/17.
• HW: None.

Tuesday 10/15:

• Unit 3 Lift-off. Students generated questions about asteroid collisions.
• Cover page is being created. Due Wednesday 10/16
• HW: Cover page. Here are the requirements for cover pages:

entire page (background) colored, title (Unit 3: Colossoal Collisions),three colored inmages that relate to the title, the essential question (what are the effects of an asteroid collision?)