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Welcome to SPH3U
Welcome to SPH3U
*** I've moved the first 9 weeks to the bottom of this page
Week 10: Nov 5
Monday
Warmup 26: What factors affect the coefficient of friction?
4.3 Solving Friction problems - Do 1 or 2 examples - pg 177 #1-4 and 178 # 3,5
Review for Test Wed
Tuesday
Warmup 27: What is Work to you?
Intro the Egg Drop Activity - work on designs
Unit 3 Energy and Society Are You Ready p 218-19 # 1-12
Wednesday
Forces Unit test
Thursday
Egg Drop Testing
(Eureka 9: Work)
Ch 5.1 Work W=Fd, W= F CosØd
pg 223 #1 pg 225 #1,2 pg 226 #1 pg 227 #1,2 pg 229 #9
Friday
Warmup 28: p 229 # 3
Ch 5.2 Energy - Kinetic, Gravitational Potential (Eureka 9,10)
p 232 #1; 234 #1,2; p 235 # 1-6
Week 11: Nov 12
Monday
Warmup 29: Which requires more work: increasing the speed of an object from 1 to 2 m/s or from 2 to 3 m/s? (hint: find change in Ek)
5.3 Types of Energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy, Energy Transformation equations
Do p 241 pq 1 (top)and p 241 SQ #1-4
Superman Toss table, or Energy of a Toy Car
Tuesday
Warmup 30: A 90 kg kangaroo exerts enough force to aquire 2.7 kJ of KE in jumping straight upwards. a) How high does he jump? b) What is his maximum speed.
Marble Roller Coaster Activity
READ Ch 5.4 Efficiency, Energy Sources and Energy Conservation - Read and make notes on p 242 - 244 - Efficiency
Wednesday
Warmup 31: A ball is tossed in the air at 12 m/s [up]. Using an energy based solution, find the height of the ball when it is travelling at 4 m/s [up]. Recall: ME is conserved.
Finish Coasters (1/2 hr)
Ch 5.4 Efficiency, Energy Sources and Energy Conservation - Read and make notes on p 242 - 244 - Efficiency
Do p 243 #1,2 p 249 # 1-3
Read p 245 - 8 and pick topics for Energy Resource Presentations - On Classroom
Thursday
Warmup 32: Compare the efficiency of the bounce for two different balls. (Use the handout as a guide)
Chromebooks Science Carts A and B
Work on Energy Resource Presentations - google classroom
Friday
PD DAY
Week 12: Nov 19
Monday
Warmup 33: Calculate the efficiency of a ramp where 2.7 N of force is used to drag a 0.86 kg cart up a 2.44 m long ramp to a vertical height of 0.75 m. (ans 96 %)
Activity: Efficiency of a Ramp - Make an Observation table, sample calculations, and Analysis questions d,e,f,j,k (handout from old text)
Tuesday
Warmup 34: What factors had an effect on the efficiency of the ramp?
Ch 5.5 Power (rate of change of work P = W/t)
p 251 # 1-3, p 254 # 1-5
Activity: Student Power - Handouts "Going the Vertical Distance" (Stair climb) and Going the Horizontal Distance, Arm Curls?
Wednesday
Presentations due at lunch
Warmup 35: Calculate the horsepower of a student who did 20 curls of a 22 kg barbell. Each lift was 40 cm and it took 23 seconds to complete the task.
Quiz - Work and Energy - Ch 5.1 - 5.3
Read and Make Notes on ch 6.1 Warmth and Coldness and 6.2 Heat (8 - Heat energy.ppt note)
Do p 274 # 1-7; and p 280 # 1-5
Thursday
Warmup 36: Describe how conduction, convection and radiation are useful in a fireplace.
Presentations
Demo: Heat Transfer in a Thermos Bottle
Friday
Presentations
Week 13: Nov 26
Monday
Presentations
Warmup 37: Do “A Job Offer” - a-j (from the old text p 161 ), Rule of 72 – old text p 163-4
Tuesday
Presentations
6.3 Specific Heat Capacity p 287 # 2,5,7,8
Invest 6.3.1 p 304 Part A and B - Observations and Analysis a-d (t final for hot and cold water, Find c for brass or iron or aluminum)
Wednesday
Warmup 38: 500 g of 30 oC water is added to 6.4 kg of 80 oC water. What is the final temp of the mixture?
Activities: 3. Melting Ice - Does Q lost = G gained? (Invest. 6.4.2 Specific Latent Heat of Fusion for Ice)
6.4 States of Matter and Changes of State (latent heat of fusion and vaporization)
p 293 # 1-3, p 295 # 1,2,7
Thursday
Finish Latent Heat example Do p 293 # 1-3, p 295 # 1,2,7
Read and make notes on Ch 7.1 Atoms and Isotopes, Hwk: p 322 # 1-10 (We'll get back to this in a few days)
Carnival
Friday
Warmup 39: 6.0 kg of Al is heated from 310 C to its MP of 660 C and melted by adding 4272 kJ of energy using a cutting torch. It started at 310 C. Find the latent heat of fusion for Al. The c for Al is 900 J/kgC . (ans. 400 000 J/kg)
Ch 7.2 Radioactive Decay (alpha, beta negative, beta positive, electron capture, gamma) do p 325 #1,2;p 327 # 1,2; p 328 # 1,2; and p 329 # 1-5
1/2 life, Energy - Mass Equivalence (E = mc^2)
Do P 332 # 1,2; p 333 # 1-4, P 341 # 1-5
Review - ch 5,6,7 self check quizzes for MC, TF and Matching
p 366 #34-42,44,46-49,51-53,66,67,95-97,99
Week 14: Dec 3
Week 14: Dec 3
Monday
Warmup 48; p 320 # 1
Warmup 51: Show: a) the alpha decay for Pb - 204, b) the B- (negative ) decay for Bi-214
Warmup 52: Calculate the mass equivalent to 500 J of energy.
(5.56 x 10 ^-15 kg)
Waves and Sound Unit
Waves and Sound Unit
Activity: Fan Speed Using a Hand -Held Stroboscope
8.1 What is a Vibration? p 380 #1-5
8.2 Types of Mechanical Waves p 384 # 2,3,5-8
Lab: The Pendulum (handout )
Tuesday
Warmup 53: What are three types of waves? Give examples of each.
hand in Warmups Tuesday
8.3 Wave Characteristics note
p 387 # 1-5
8.4 Determining Wave Speed. notes
p 389 # 1-3; p 391 SQ# 1,3,4
Wednesday
Warmup 54: Calculate the speed of sound in air - Starter pistol, Echo activities
8.5 Properties of Sound Waves (Speed of sound, Mach number, Sound intensity, Decibel Scale )
p 393 1-3; 394 # 1-3 , Read p 395-97 Do p 397 #2-4
Pendulum lab Due
Thursday
Unit Test - Energy and Society
Unit Test - Energy and Society
Friday
Warmup 55: Determine the speed of sound if it takes 0.647 s for a starter pistol bang to be heard 200 m away. Find the % error if the temp outside is -5 oC.
8.5 Sound Intensity and the Decibel Scale, Sound sweep - Gizmo "Hearing", Bell Wave machine Demos
do p397 #5-7,9,10
10.1 Human Hearing (The Ear - parts and function) Read - Do p 453 # 1,4,
Warmup 56: p 397 #3 - An aircraft is travelling at Mach 0.83 at 10 oC. What is it's speed in km/h?
Chromebooks Cart A from Science prep room
Gizmo - Ripple Tank - Activities A,B,C,D - Lesson info can be found on top of the Gizmo after you launch it. Open the Lesson info "customize" to get the Word doc that you can save and type over
There are other useful Gizmos ie. Waves, Longitudinal, Doppler Effect, Hearing: Frequency and Volume if you want more to do
If Needed: Gizmo login https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin
Warmup 57: Define: Refraction and Diffraction
Note: Ch 9.1 Wave Interference and Reflections
Hwk: p 419 # 1-3 and "Interference Patterns in Waves" (handout)
9.2 Waves at Media Boundaries (Free and fixed end reflection, standing waves)
Quiz - waves, speed of sound, mach number
Finish Standing Waves in string and on the bbq (Rubens' Tube)
Activity: Measuring Speed of Waves Using Standing Wave Patterns (slinky lab) - Handout
Warmup 58: Find the speed of sound in methane gas (sound BBQ demo) if there is 79 cm between the 1st and 5th crest, f=1200 Hz. b) find the frequency if successive crests are 60 cm apart.
9.4 Resonance
Tacoma narrows video, demos
Resonance Stations
Resonance in Air columns p 424-5
Activity: Res in closed air columns - complete chart
Open Column problems, Fundamental Frequency and Harmonics on strings and air columns handout
Read ch 9.2 - Do p 426 # 3-8
Warmup 59: An tube open at both ends has a 440 Hz note sounded in one end. What will be the 1st and 3rd resonant lengths if the air temp is 22 oC (39.2cm and 117cm)
9.3 Beats, Sound sweep, p 429 # 2,4
9.5 Doppler Effect p 435 # pQ 1,2 and sq 3 (or 1-7)
Beats and Doppler gizmos (demo)
Performance Task - Straw Flute (individual) and/or Pop Bottle Band (small groups)
Review -see subpage for topics
Unit 4 Review M/C, T/F and Matching # 1-37
Short Answer # 41-44,46-53,55-58,64,71-3,81-83,88,97
Start Straw flutes
Sound and Waves Unit Test, T
Week 15: Jun 18 - last week
Monday
Flute Presentations -Christmas Assembly?
Take up Sound Test and/or MC questions on smartboard
Electricity Unit (Chapters 11-13)???
Electricity Unit (Chapters 11-13)???
Are You ready p 500 # 1-19
Intro to Electricity - Static review (Whimshurst, vandeGraff Generator)
Tuesday
Warmup 5: Use a Venn Diagram to compare/contrast static and current electricity.
Simple incandescent bulb and LED circuit - mini invest p 503
11.1 Electrical Energy, Power and Energy Cost Calc's, Efficiency note for 11.1- 11.5
p 505 #1,2; p 506 #1,2 and 507 #1-4
Wednesday
Supply Teacher (google PD)
P4 and P5 - chromebooks Carts A and B from Science prep room
Phet circuits Handout - on google classroom (due Tuesday) follow the link below (not the one on the handout)
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc
extra work: Gizmo - Circuits (Reviews Ohm's law, Series and Parallel, take the quiz) - see last friday for code
Thursday
Warmup 6: How is an LED different than an incandescent light bulb?
11.5 Electric Current note note for 11.1- 11.5
p517 #1,2 p518 # 1,2,5,6,9
11.3 Electric Potential Difference
p 513 # 1-5
Friday
Warmup 7: p 513 # 8,9
Review of Series and Parallel circuits - setting up and reading voltmeters and ammeters (refer to 11.3 and 11.5),
Schematic Symbols and Meter Reading handout
Activity: Simple Circuits and Using the Meters - Sketch a simple circuit(s) consisting of a dry cell or two and a lamp. Measure the voltage across each cell and the lamp and the current through the circuit. Label your drawing.
Arduino kits?
Week 16: Feb 19
Monday
Tuesday
Hand in the PHet Circuits HO
Warmup 8: p 541 # 30 and 32
Take up M and A quiz
Review Parallel and series circuits (use three different resistors, copy diagram from handout and record observations of voltage and current right on the diagram)
11.6 Kirchoff's laws - Current and Voltage
p 522 # 1,2 (top) and 1,2 (bottom), p 513 # 6,7
Wednesday
Warmup 9: Sketch a graph of voltage vs current. What does the slope represent?
Finish Kirchoff's laws (KCL AND KVL for series and Parallel Circuits)
Mini Invest. : Determining Unknown Resistance (Ohm's Law) p 523 - Observation table and A-C
11.7 Electrical Resistance Ohm's Law (V = IR)
Ohm's law problems p 526 # 1-12
Thursday
Warmup 10: State Ohm's Law in words and symbols.
Activity: Equivalent Resistors (handout)
11.8 Resistors in Circuits - Equivalent resistance in series and parallel, intro to circuit analysis,Parallel and Series resistance note
p 529 # 1,2; p p530 #1 (top) and 1-5 (bottom)
Friday
Warmup 11: Calculate the overall resistance for a 15 and two 20 ohm resistors, all in parallel.
11.9 Circuit Analysis
p 532 # 1, p 534 #1, p 535 # 1-4
Gizmos - Advanced Circuits - Activity A Solving Complex Circuits, Act. B - Fuses
Week 17: Feb 26
Monday
Warmup 12: p 544 # 65 (tres difficile)
Activity: Invest 12.1.1 Properties of Magnetic Fields p 574 - Procedure (add two N's and two S's and a N/S combo), observations and Analysis a-j
12.1 Magnetic Fields p 552 # 1-6
Tuesday
Supply Teacher
Warmup 13: Two iron bars look like magnets. How can you tell which is the magnet only by using the two bars.
Quiz - electrical quantities (current, voltage, ohm's law,power, energy) and circuit analysis
Watch the TVO Electromagnetism Series. - There are 6- 10 min segments, make notes on each- WATCH part 1 (0 - 10:00 min) and part 6 (48 - 57 min) first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bht9AJ1eNYc
Wednesday
Warmup 14: Draw the field lines for two magnets with the following ends close to each other: a) N-N and b) S-N poles
Finish magnetism notes and take up questions
Take up Quiz
Act: Set up and demo 12.2 Oersted's Discovery - straight conductors and (elect --> magnetism)
Thursday
Finish 12.2 Oersted's Discovery
Handouts (left-hand rule for conductor and coils/solenoids)
Hand rules - left hand for electron (-) flow , RH for conv. current (+) flow
12.4 Solenoids (Ampere's expt, coiled conductors )
p 556 # 1-7, p 562 # 1-7
demo electromagnets, speaker, bell
Friday
Warmup 15: Draw two parallel wires with current flowing in the same direction. Will they experience a force of attraction or repulsion.
video clips from TVO - Oersted and Motor Principle
Motor Principle, DC motor
Handouts - Motor principle 1 and 2 and DC motor polarity and speaker
p 566 # 1,2,5,6
Week 18: Mar 5
Monday
Warmup 16: Draw or trace fig 12 on p 571. Indicate the electron flow and the spin of the armature.
Finish the DC Motor handout
Electromagnetic Induction: 13.1 Faraday's Discovery and 13.2 Lenz's Law
Induction handout and p 594 # 1-4
Tuesday
Finish induction - handout
13.4 Electricity Generation (AC and DC Power gen) p 604 # 1-4 (do with energy unit)
13.5 Transformers - Transformer problems - Handout, p 609 # 1, 7-9
**power in transformers (see circuits note)
Wednesday
Electricity and the Grid - power transmission and loss p 612 # 1-3
Electromagnetism review - see subpage
Thurs- Supply teacher
Electricity Unit test
Friday
Build a simple DC motor? Handout or 12.6.1 p 576, Make speakers, St Louis motors
Tuesday
Review
Wednesday - Last Class
Review
Thursday
Exam P1
Friday
Exam P2
Week 19: Jun 25
Monday
Exam p 4
Tuesday
Exam P5
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Week 1: Sept 3/18
Monday
Labour Day
Tuesday
Intros, Info Sheets, Course Outline
Unit Conversion and Fermi Q's note (ppt)
Math Skills - Measurement and Analysis (Handout Package) - Do sections 1 - read 2 and 3
For section 2 - Accuracy - refer to Significant digits - A6 p650 in text (tomorrow)
Wednesday
Intro Warmups
Warmup 1: Describe yourself in a sentence or two. What do you think will be your greatest challenge in the course.
Significant Digits note (ppt)
Fermi Q's - number of light bulbs in Saunders, # of cinder blocks in Saunders
Math Skills - Measurement and Analysis (Handout Package) - Do sections 2 - 4
Coop game(s)
Thursday
Warmup 2: Physic-al Exercise handout - take up with ppt with 26 q's
Finish Sig figs (addition/subtraction and mutiplication/division rules) and finish up M and A package up to sec 7
Intro use of Vernier calipers
Intro Gizmos - Gizmo login https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin
Use this code to enroll: P4 - 27MRHXTPCR
Do Unit Conversions (activity A,B,C and extension) for extra math practice
Friday
Trig problems - finish M and A section 8
Warmup 3: Make 5 measurements of various items using a vernier caliper (0.1 mm) or metric micrometer (0.01 mm).
Take up M and A package
Mini Investigation Significant Digits: Measurement and Calculation of Density Handout (Aluminum and Iron blocks and cylinders, vernier calipers, electronic scales, triple beam balances) - Mini Report - See p 643 for more formal lab reports.
Week 2: Sept 10/18
Monday
Sig. digs: Density report due
Warmup 4: Calculator Crossword (on separate sheet with a partner)
Unit 1 Kinematics - "Are You Ready" p 4 # 1-13 (do a selection of these on a separate pg - not in the warmups section)
Ch 1 - Motion in a Straight Line,
Ch 1.1 Distance, Position and Displacement (vectors and scalars)
Read p 8 - 13 and do p 13 # 1-6
Tuesday
Measurement and Analysis Quiz (sections 1 - 5: scientific notation, unit conversions, sig figs and calculations)
Handout: BLM 9-13 Finding directions and BLM 9-14 Distance and Displacement
Wednesday
Warmup 5 : Compare the distance and displacement for a 400 m track runner.
Uniform Motion Lab: Turtle and Hare - go outside to collect data (Do Observation charts, Analysis Graph and Discussion only)
Analysis
1. Produce one graph of position (vertical axis) vs. time (horizontal axis) for each person with both data sets on the same graph.
2. Put a suitable legend on the graph
3. Calculate the slope of each line of best fit on the graph
Discussion Questions
1. Based on the graph, describe any similarities and/or differences in the two motions
2. What does the slope of a position – time graph represent?
Thursday
Warmup 6: What does the slope of your turtle and hare graphs represent.?Convert the slopes of the walker and runner into km/h.
Ch 1.2 Speed and Velocity. Do p 20 # 1-8
Friday
Warmup 7: A cheetah can run at 120 km/h. How far will it travel in 3.27s? (the time for about 30 m of your slow walk)
Activity: Calibrate Ticker Timers (from Act 1.1.1 in old Nelson 11 Phys text)
a. Calibrate the timer by determining its frequency (dots per second) and period (time between dots).
b. Calculate the percent error of your measurement of the period of the timer. The “accepted” value for frequency is 60Hz. (To review percentage error, refer to p 652)
c. What are the major sources of error that could affect your measurements and calculation of the period? If you were to perform this activity again, what would you do to improve the accuracy?
Week 3: Sep 17/18
Monday
Warmup 8: How does the period of the ticker timer relate to it's frequency?
Chromebooks (15 only)
Gizmos login https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin
Use this code to enroll: P4 - 27MRHXTPCR
1. Distance - Time Graphs (activity A,B,C on handout) and Assessment Quiz
2. Distance - Time and Velocity - Time Graphs (activity A,B,C) and Assessment Quiz -
Open the Lesson Info, "customize" and do the student explorations worksheet online or print for yourself
Tuesday
RED FEATHER - Go to c318 - Mr Cummins and work on Gizmos, Read ahead ch 1.3 Acceleration. p 21-29 (make summary notes)
Wednesday
Ch 1.3 Acceleration p 30 # 1-4, 6-10
Thursday
Warmup 9: What is the acceleration of a gymnast who hits the mat at 15 m/s [down] and stops in 0.3 s?
Instantaneous velocity from a curved d-t graph (slope of tangent lines - p 29) - p 30 # 11, p 29 # 1,2
Investigation: Accel of a Cart on a Ramp (HO) - Analysis by graphical and mathematical methods - Not a formal lab writeup - do the questions on the handout
Fill in the chart and draw the d-t graph, find the slopes of several tangent lines on the d- t graph to get inst. speeds to draw a v-t graph, find slope of v-t graph and compare to chart avg accel.
Friday
Warmup 10: Sketch a position - time and a velocity-time graph for a ball being tossed up in the air.
Work on the cart on a ramp lab.
1.4 Comparing Graphs of Linear Motion (d-t, v-t and a-t graphs, avg and instantaneous velocity)
- d-t graphs - slope gives velocity
- v-t Graphs - Area gives distance and slope is acceleration
Handouts "Graphing Distance and Speed" and "Position vs. Time and Velocity vs. Time"
Extra practice for graphs - p 34 #1, p 35 # 2-4
Week 4: Sept 24
Monday
Acceleration of a Cart on a Ramp due
Warmup 11: p 35 # 1
Reading Motion Graphs: extra d-t and v-t graph handouts (Position - time graphs quiz, practice with v-t graphs, and "Reading Motion Graphs (vers. d)"
Tuesday
Warmup 12: Work on the Practice Quiz - Reading Motion graphs
Chromebooks- Acceleration Due to Gravity - Using a ticker timer and a mass in freefall Using Photogate Timer and Picket Fence - Table and Graphs done using Google Sheets (spreadsheet software) - submit to google classroom Thurs (in partners)
finish freefall graphs (use scatterplots - not line graphs, time in col 1 disp in col 2.)
Wednesday
Chromebooks - work on spreadsheets and graphs
motion graph ans
Thursday
Motion Graphs Quiz (d-t, v-t, a-t)
1.5 Kinematic Equations of Motion (show derivations)
Friday
PD DAY
Week 5: Oct 1
Monday
Warmup 13: p 56 # 63 (a = 9.81 m/s/s) How high is the bridge? ans = 43 m
Kinematic equation problems
TRY THESE p 39 1,2 and 1-6
1.6 Acceleration Near Earth's Surface
Read ch 1.6 and do p 43 # 1-7
Demo: Washers on a string
Tuesday
Warmup 14: Ball Toss - Take a ball outside and throw it in the air as high as you can. Time the flight from release until the ball hits the ground. Calculate the vertical height you can throw a ball.
Activity 1.6.1: Reaction Time (from old text) (Cannon?) - Collect 10 - 20 ruler drop displacements
a) Knowing that the ruler accelerates from rest at 9.81 m/s2 [down] and the displacement it falls before it is caught, calculate your reaction time using the appropriate uniform acceleration equation.
b) Assuming that your leg reaction time is the same as your hand reaction time, use your calculated value to determine how far a car you are driving at 100 km/h would travel between the time you see an emergency and the time you slam on the brakes. Express the answer in metres.
Hwk: OPTIONAL Reaction Time Card - Make up a card or a strip of other material such that, when it is dropped in the same way as the ruler in Activity 1.6.1, the calibrations on it indicate human reaction times. Try your calibrated device. (0 s, 0.05 s, 0.1 s, 0.15 s, etc to - 0.3s)
Wednesday
Warmup 15: Determine how far a card, dropped from rest, will fall based on your reaction time (calculated yesterday).
Ch 2.1 Motion in 2D - Adding vectors using scale diagrams p 65 # 3,4,8,9
Ch 2.2 Motion in 2D: An Algebraically Approach for Adding Displacements in 2-D
- For Perpendicular vectors - use Pythagorean Theorem and trig
- Decomposing a vector into components (x and y),
- Adding Using Components
p 75 # 1-3,5
Thursday
Warmup 16: Decompose the following vector into x and y components. Use a scale diagram. 33m/s [W27oS]
Adding Vectors by Components. demo # 4 p 75
Try p 71 practice question # 2 and p 75 # , 6-9
Hand in Reaction time card
Friday
Ch 2.3 Projectile Motion
horizontal launch problems p 78 pq# 1,2 p 81 sq # 1,2
Gizmo - golf Range (have fun at home), monkey cannon
Week 6:Oct 8
Monday
Thanksgiving
Tuesday
Projectile Motion: angular launch problems
p 81 PQ # 1,2 and SQ # 3- 7 (6 b and 8 need to use a quadratic equation)
Test Review Topics and questions
Wednesday
Warmup 17: Find the range of flight of a billiard ball that flies off a 1.0 m high table at 1.5 m/s sideways. [0.68 m]
Activity: Invest 2.3.1 p 86 Modelling Projectile Motion
- do 3 or 4 trials for 1 height only to get avg dx 9(measured)
- calc v1x (see eqn 3 on p 87), time (proc #16) and dx (eqn 1)
- analysis b,c,d
do the catapult build instead of this activity
Review for test
Thursday
Unit Test - Kinematics
Friday
Catapult Performance Task - building/trials, worksheet and Final Launch testing - Report due at end of this period
Week 7: Oct 15
Monday
Finish Catapult task - 15 min only
Warmup 18: Define "Force".
Unit 2 Forces "Are You Ready" p 110 # 1-9
Unit 2: An Introduction to Forces (ch 3.1 - Types of Forces, Four Fundamental Forces
Tuesday
Warmup 19: p 112 # 1,2
Activity: Estimating and Measuring Forces Handout OR Act: Measuring the force of Gravity - p 116 (1-3 and A-D, using spring scales)
Force Diagrams - System and Free Body Diagrams - Pictionary
Wednesday
Warmup 20: Finish Pictionary (give an example of a system and FBD)
Net Force (p 119) and Newton's first Law, Eureka videos (inertia, mass and weight)
Forces handout (leave the back till we do third law)
Hwk: p 119 # 1,2; p 120 # 1-3; p 122 # 5,7; p 126 # 1-5
Add Science Journal App to your phone.
Thursday
Warmup 21: A car has an applied force of 200 N [fwd] and a frictional force of 20 N [back]. Draw the FBD. What is the Net Force on the car?
Start 2nd law lab Invest 3.3.1 Newtons Second Law lab p 150 - due Mon to Classroom, see eval rubric
Friday
2nd law lab - data collection and writeup
Work on lab reports (bring a device)
Week 8:Oct 22
Monday
Warmup 22: State Newton's first Law and give an example where it's important to you.
Second Law lab due to GoogleClassroom
Discuss lab results (A varies with F and A varies inversely with mass)
3.3 Newton's Second Law
eureka "Weight",
Hwk: p 133 # 1-6, p 135 # 1,2 and p 136 # 3,5,7
Tuesday
Warmup 23: A shufflebord disk of 0.50 kg has a force of 12.0 N applied to it. If it starts from rest, find the displacement after 0.20 s. (assume no friction) [0.48 m]
Newton's Third Law Note
ch 3.4 pg138 #1 pg140 #2,4 pg141 #1-9 ,
Wednesday
Chromebooks - Forces Presentation and rubric on GoogleClassroom
Read and make a brief summary of Ch 4.4 and 4.5 (p 179 - 189) to get ideas for presentations
Thursday
Warmup 24: Read tutorials in Ch 3.5 Using Newton's Laws and finish 3rd Law Handout (Back of First law handout)
p 144 # 1,2; p 146 #1,2; p 147# 6-8
Read Physics Journals 2.4 p 82 -3 # 1,2,4 and 3.6 p 148 - 149 # 1-3
Friday
PD day - work on presentations for next Tuesday
Week 9: Oct 29
Monday
Universal Gravitation - Try this" Graph Inverse Square Law" (old text)
Ch 4.1 Gravitational Force Near Earth's Surface
Universal Gravitation, Gravity on other planets F = Gmm/r2
Handout - "Universal Gravitation", p 202 # 54,55
Tuesday
Force Presentations Due to Google Classroom by end of lunch
Quiz - Newton's Laws
Presentations
Wednesday
Presentations
finish Universal gravitation note
Thursday
Presentations
finish Universal gravitation note
Friday
Warmup 25: Draw a Venn diagram to compare beneficial and harmful examples of friction
4.2 Friction - static and kinetic coefficients
Invest 4.2.1 Factors that Affect Friction
pg171 #1-3 pg172 #4 - 6
Activity: Static and Kinetic Friction - handout - fill in chart and make conclusions
Review for test - Ch 3 and 4 Self Quizzes and Review and Unit 2 Self Quiz and Review problems (also see two files in forces folder) p 209 # 26 - 30, 38, 40 - 42, 45, 60, 62, 68, 69
Test Review topics see subpage
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