February 22 -- February 26

Monday-Tuesday:

Students will be working in pairs to accomplish, by way of science and engineering practices, the following things:

-design and carry out an investigation on potential and kinetic energy

-test one of two available variables (either mass or height) and report out on Wednesday how that variable effects potential and kinetic energy

-collect, organize and analyze data

-calculate GPE and KE and momentum

Wednesday:

Today, students will finish up their testing of the variable they chose.  At the end of the hour, they will be reporting out on how the variable they tested effects potential and kinetic energy and momentum.  

Students will use the knowledge they've gained this week as a scaffold for next week's challenge to make the fastest pinewood derby car that they can.

Thursday

We will conduct a whiteboard meeting on how mass/height affect potential and kinetic energy.  Students will be asked to put their data/findings/trends on their whiteboards along with their claim on how height/mass affect KE and PE.

We will end class allowing work time for students to complete and discuss their lab CERs with their partners.  Their CERs and lab packet will be allowed to be used for tomorrow's Lab Quiz.

Friday

Lab quiz

If there is time remaining, we will introduce the derby competition in which students may test any changes to their cars in order to engineer the fastest possible derby car.  We will go over the rules and expectations of this part of the engineering challenge.