1st Semester, 2017/18

Embedded below is the First Semester Final and solutions for side 1 and 2!

Final1and2.pdf

Embedded below are page 3 and 4 of the Review for the First Semester Final and the solutions! ....BUTTTTTTT, I forgot to include the answer for #36. The three velocities (areas under the graph) are 12 m/s, 8 m/s, and -2 m/s!!

Final4.pdf
Final3.pdf
Final6.pdf
Final5.pdf
Final7.pdf

WEEK 17 (December 11, 13, & 15, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday)

MONDAY, 12/11

1. NB#62 The Height a Stomp Rocket Launches!

      • How can the height of the near vertical launch be determined? A discussion
      • Watch the video embedded below Friday
      • Begin notebook entry #63
      • Go to the field to launch the rocket... each person launches a rocket... and time the duration of the launch
      • Return to the classroom and calculate the displacement (approximate height) the rocked launched!!

2. NB#63 Explanation for #62

3. Continue with our docudrama on Isaac Newton!

4. HOMEWORK: Study NB# 59 - 61 for the upcoming quiz

WEDNESDAY, 12/13

1. Quick Quiz on Area Under Velocity & Acceleration Time Graphs

2. Class time to work on the First Semester Final Study Guide & Practice Questions (See embedded below Friday and the Projectile video/screen shot)

3. Share your notebook with Mrs. Kelly (the few assignments past the previous notebook check.)

FRIDAY, 12/15

1. Class time to work on the First Semester Final Study Guide & Practice Questions


The video explains how the height of a rocket can be determined. Minute 8:37 shows the explanation for the formulas we will use to determine the height of our rocket launches! A screen shot is included below. If it looks confusing, don't worry, we will discuss it in class.



Physics Review First Semester Final, Dec2017

WEEK 16 (December 5 & 7, Tuesday & Thursday)

TUESDAY, 12/5

1. Calendar for remainder of the semester

      • finish semester content requirements
      • stomp rocket heights
      • next week Wednesday & Friday, review for final exam (multiple choice questions for fast turn around in grade... P1 & 2A exam will be Tuesday, 12/19 & P3A will be Thursday, 12/21)

2. Quiz Acceleration Calculations

3. NB#59 & 60 Distance & Displacement (or D & D for short) from a Velocity Time Graph

4. HOMEWORK: Review how distance and displacement can be determined from a V-T graph.

THURSDAY, 12/7

1. Review NB#59 & 60...do you remember the purpose and steps?

2. NB#61 Using the Area Under Velocity & Acceleration Graphs

3. Participation (Data Collection)

      • "Pull the string"
      • Begin watching the docudrama about Isaac Newton

4. HOMEWORK: Be ready for a quiz on Wednesday. The skill: utilizing the area under velocity and acceleration graphs to determine more about the motion of the object.

WEEK 15 (November 27 - December 1, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday)

MONDAY, 11/27

1. Review of the meaning of positive and negative acceleration and velocity (like in NB#54)

2. Participation

      • Rearrange the acceleration equation to solve for change in time and final velocity.
      • With your lab group,
          • determine the final velocity of a ball when dropped from the ceiling. On the white board, show...
            • A sketch of the situation, the knowns (givens) and unknowns, the formula to solve, and the solution (steps to solve and the answer with proper unit, boxed)
          • determine the initial velocity of the ball when you throw it straight up and stops (before it falls down)
      • With your lab group, create a motion chart that shows...
            • a person accelerating at a rate of 1.5 m/s/s
            • show your relative distances and your exact speed, every second for 3 seconds.

3. Watch and discuss Video #1.

ABSENT STUDENTS: Do all participation activities above. You may do this at home and show me your work or come in at lunch to make up. If possible, do this before class on Wednesday and no later than Friday.

WEDNESDAY, 11/29

1. Notebooks back.

2. NB#55 The King Henry Trick for Converting Seven Metric Units...the "move the decimal for metrics" method for certain metric units

3. Begin NB#56 & 57 Bunch of A, V, & T Problems

4. HOMEWORK:

  • Finish page 56 & 57
  • Review 51 through present (Quiz on Tuesday)

FRIDAY, 12/1

1. Did you finish NB 56 & 57? (homework points)

2. Correct 56 & 57 & quick review of King Henry technique for metric unit conversion

4. NB#58 Area Under a Velocity vs. Time Graph (data collection points)

5. HOMEWORK: Be ready for Tuesday's Quiz on NB#51 - 57

NEXT WEEK: Quiz using acceleration formula & learn the meaning of area under a velocity vs time graph and an acceleration vs time graph

Video #1 for Week 15

NOTICE:

  • Screen shot at 4 min 13 seconds (4:13)
  • Screen shot at 5 min 57 seconds (5:57)

Video#1 for Week 16

Video#2 for Week 16

WEEK 14 (November 14 - 16, Tuesday & Thursday)

TUESDAY, 11/14

    • NB#51/52 What is Acceleration?
    • Whiteboard: Data & Graphs Constant Acceleration
          • ABSENT STUDENTS: Must bring in a friend a repeat the activity if they want to earn data collection points for this assignment.
    • NB#53 Graphing Acceleration (notes from the first 7 minutes 39 seconds of Video #1 embedded below Thursday.)
    • Papers back
    • HOMEWORK: Evaluate your notebook for NB#30 - 50. If an entry is incomplete, finish the work to earn the points. See Mrs. Kelly at lunch today or Wednesday for assistance. Also check this web site.

THURSDAY, 11/16

1. Stamp for completing homework.

2. Finish NB#53 and watch Video#2 below.

3. Do you tame the "dragon" or do you let yourself be burned by its flame?

2. NB#54 A Few Acceleration Problems & then turn in notebook for grading

3. Whiteboard... Acceleration Story, Question, & Solution

(Second part of Video #1 next school week)

This is the source of your notes for NB#52 Video#1: Graphing Constant Acceleration. It's a great site to help you understand position, velocity, and acceleration time graphs for objects experiencing constant acceleration. (We watch the video up until 7 min 40 sec.)

Video #2: A good video to watch the construction of position, velocity, and acceleration graphs in uniformly accelerating situations (including reasons that prevent UAM.

WEEK 13 (November 6 - 10, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday)

MONDAY, 11/6

  • Discussion:
      • Scalar versus vector
      • Determining distance versus displacement along a path like a graph and a circle
  1. NB#48/49 Displacement & Distance: Solutions to Problems
          • Answer the five questions on the web page linked below Friday. Even though the solutions are provided, try to figure out the answers before you look. Show your work and box your answers. Don't forget units.
          • Make up a question number 6. Write the question and provide the solution, including the work to get the answer.
  • HOMEWORK:
        • Motion Story (talked about Thursday)
        • Study for the Quiz on NB#40 - 48

WEDNESDAY, 11/8

  • Motion Story assignment due!
      • Evaluate each other's stories
  • Quiz NB#40 - 49
  • Mrs. Kelly WHITEBOARD
      • Motion Diagram of Constant Speed
      • Particle Diagram of that Motion
  • NB#50 Toy Car Motion Diagram to Particle Diagram

FRIDAY, 11/10

NO SCHOOL TODAY. Next week we move onto the new unit for motion that is accelerated. This unit will end with a bunch of velocity, distance, time, and acceleration problems (and a test), and then we will study forces for the remainder of the semester. Next semester we will study rotational motion, momentum, energy, work, thermal energy, and more, along with continuing with our long-term rocket project.

WEEK 12 (October 31 - November 2, Tuesday & Thursday)

TUESDAY, 10/31

1. Did you finish NB#40 - 42 What is Displacements and NB#43 Key Points

2. NB# 45 Visualizing Motion Graphs

    • attach handout as a flip page
    • Using Logger Pro to track specific motions, predict than test what position v time and velocity v time graphs look like.
    • Under the page, describe some of what you observed (if results strange, refer to that, too)

3. Watch the video embedded below Thursday. This is a super helpful video to understand how velocity v time graphs reflect position v time graphs, and also acts as the basis for the Squirrel Collecting Acorns assignment below.

THURSDAY, 11/2

1. NB#46/47 Squirrel Collecting Acorns

2. Take another look at NB#45

3. HOMEWORK:

    • Motion Story assignment, due Wednesday 11/8 (similar to Squirrel Collecting Acorns). To see a copy of the handout, check out the link below the video Position vs. Time and Velocity vs Time.
        • Create a motion story of a person, animal, or thing moving to and away from a place or thing (point of origin). Make the motion at constant speed when moving. Have five to seven speed changes.
            • Draw the scenario (similar to Part 1 of Squirrels Collecting Acorns)
            • Create a Position v Time graph, number the segments, and describe the motion (similar to Part II)
            • Create a Velocity v Time graph, numbering the segments, and describing the motion (similar to Part III). Show how you determine the velocities.
    • Know there will be a quiz on Wednesday relating to the topics covered in NB#40 -47

The above video is referred to on Tuesday, 10/31, and used as a basis for the Squirrel Collecting Acorns assignment on 11/2.

Un2_MotionStory

WEEK 11 (October 23 - 27, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday)

MONDAY, 10/23

1. NB#37 Practice Cliff Jumper

2. NB#38 Unit 2 - Representing Velocity - Cliff Jumper

3. NB#39 Multiple Models of Motion Using Sensors

4. (HW) Study NB#33-37 for open notebook quiz on Wednesday

WEDNESDAY, 10/25

MINIMUM DAY

1. Quiz Horizontal Projectile (NB#33-37)

The quiz was postponed to Friday due to absences (students taking PSAT)

2. Discussion distance, displacement, and vector

3. NB#40 - 42 What is Displacement?

      • Annotate (to interact...have a conversation...with the text)
            • underline, circle, star, box, and or check. (Make a key of the meaning you choose.)
        • jot thoughts and questions in the margin

4. Watch the video clip embedded below Friday called, "Introduction to reference frames"

FRIDAY, 10/27

1. Quiz Horizontal Projectile - Cliff Jumper

2. NB#44 Frame of Reference

3. Metric System Chart...

  • tape this reference sheet to the back, front, or inside cover of your notebook!!

3. NB#43 Key Points Learned Distance & Displacement

HOMEWORK: Finish NB# 40 - 44

WEEK 10 (October 17 - 19, Tuesday & Thursday)

TUESDAY

  1. NB#33 Pre-Cliff Jumper - Horizontal Projectile
    • Data Collection three "constant" speeds of "cliff jumper"

2. NB#34 Notes Determining Distance From Cliff (from the Kahn video "Horizontally launched projectile" embedded below "NEXT WEEK")

3. Unit 1 Test Return (ran out of class time)

THURSDAY

  1. Review NB#34
  2. NB#35 Calculating & Testing the Three "Cliff Jumper" Distances
    • Data Collection & Analysis

3. NB#36 Thinking About the CJ Distances

4. Unit 1 Tests Back

NEXT WEEK (NB# and name are predictions)

1. NB#36: Step aside to look at Kinematics and The Big Four Equations. Recognize how the first one was used in our horizontal projectile activities. Know we will likely use the other three at other times this year. Understand the definition of kinematics and the terms in the definition itself!

1. NB#37 Unit 2 Representing Motion (Considering Position, Velocity, and Acceleration...chapters 2 and 3 of the text book)

2. NB#38 Constant Speed Models

3. NB#39 Area Under a Velocity Time Graph

Week 9 (October 9 - 13, class days Monday, Wednesday, & Friday)

NO SCHOOL THIS WEEK - CANCELLED DUE TO LOCAL FIRES

Week 8 (October 3 - 5, class days Tuesday & Thursday)

Tuesday

Movie Spare Parts

  • Students that don't have the permission slip, or were absent and never turned in their permission slip, must do alternative work to earn participation points

Thursday

1. Finish Spare Parts

2. Whiteboard - Horizontal Projectile Motion

    • Absent students must see Mrs. Kelly for steps needed to make up points. This will take 10 - 20 minutes and must be done in the classroom.

Week 7 (September 25 - 29). Class days Monday, Wednesday, & Friday

NOTE: KEY FOR THE UNIT TEST IS INSERTED BELOW FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK!!

MONDAY

  • Participation
    • 1. Challenge
      • What do the picture and graph have in common?
    • 2. Whiteboard
      • Linear Equations
  • NB#32 Linear Equations (do three of the five graphs)
  • HOMEWORK: Finish/study Linear Equations & get the movie permission slip signed
  • ABSENT: To make up participation points, do all five graphs of NB#32, instead of three, and answer the question "What do these two images have in common?" inserted below Friday (and the unit review key).

WEDNESDAY

  • Turn in movie permission slip
  • Finish up last week's Bouncy Ball with NB#31 BB Model Analysis
  • Unit Review (see key below)
  • HOMEWORK: Study for the Unit 1 Test

FRIDAY

  • Turn in movie permission slip (for Spare Parts with sub on Tuesday)
  • Unit 1 Test - Scientific Thinking in an Experimental Setting
  • Finish NB#31 BB Model Analysis and tape 32 into your notebook (NB#31 now free points for delay in returning notebooks :o)
  • PARTICIPATION
        • Skim text pages 30 -51 (section & subsection headings and figures). Think about what is familiar and what is not.
        • GROUP WHITEBOARD: Illustrate constant speed motion along a straight path
              • showing the moving object (person, animal, or thing) multiple times
              • do the same as above, but this time show the object in another way

Below is the key for the Review for Unit 1... scroll down to see all three pages.

Un1_Unite_Review_Key.pdf
Un1_WhatInCommon

Week 6 (September 19 -21). Class days Tuesday & Thursday

TUESDAY

1. Get stamp for notebook evaluation (your homework).

2. Finish NB#29 Lander Communication.

A. Include how your final lander was different from your group prototype.

B. What changes worked and didn't?

C. If you were to start again, what lander design would you make and why?

3. Prep for NB#30 Bouncy Ball (an experiment)

4. Intro to using Vernier sensors and Logger Pro with the computers. A quick breathing temperature activity.

THURSDAY

1. Do NB#30 Bouncy Ball experiment.

  • Plan the procedure and drop heights, and then prepare set-up for data collection
  • Collect data
  • Write the procedure and draw the set-up while it is fresh in your mind
  • UNDER THE FLIP PAGE:
    • Calculate averages for trials
    • Draw a graph of the averages (see page 9 of notebook to make sure you don't miss steps)
      • Be sure to include the slope of the line of best fit
      • Highlight and state points using to calculate the slope

2. We will do the post-lab NB#31 BB Model Creation & Analysis next week.

3. (HW) Begin review of the unit material. Test next Friday.

Week 5 (September 11 - 15). Class days Monday, Wednesday, & Friday

MONDAY

1. Become familiar with the Engineering Design Process for MLEP (see the handout with links embedded below Friday), create your company name, and begin the design, and possibly building, of your company's Mars Lander.

2. Draw your individual lander prototype (with materials labeled) for NB#27 MLEP Prototype(s)...be sure you know the goals and design criteria and constraints as laid out in the handout "Engineering Design Process for MLEP"

3. Evaluate alternative prototype designs. In other words, have everyone in your company share their prototype. Pick one (or a blend of multiple) to build. Draw the new prototype (or describe changes from your original design) onto NB#27 (use a flip page if more room is needed).

WEDNESDAY

4. Continue following the Engineering Design Process for MLEP as described in the handout embedded below Friday. Record progress on NB#28 MLEP Test, Evaluate, Change, & Retest Prototype.

FRIDAY

5. Finish your lander and communicate your design goals, strengths, weaknesses, and suggested changes to the class (participation points). Complete your group's grading rubric (project points). Do NB#29 Lander Communication

6. If time, evaluate your notebook and turn in for grading (otherwise it becomes homework...do Tuesday next week).

MLEP_EngDesign

Week 4 (September 5 - 8). Class days Tuesday & Thursday

Tuesday

1. Finish NB#21 started on Wednesday last week. It is super important you know the rules for counting sig fig numbers and how to do calculations with sig figs.

2. Title page NB#22 Sig Fig Practice. We will add to on Thursday.

3. Do the activity for NB#23 A, V, & Sig Figs of the Lab Station

4. Begin the HOMEWORK Worksheet - Significant Figures (due Thursday). You may skip 76 - 87 on front and 12 on back (or make it a challenge and do them!)

Thursday

5. Correct HOMEWORK. (Credit for effort/completion and corrections. Points loss for incomplete or missing assignment.)

6. Discuss and glue in NB#22 Sig Fig Practice. There are helpful notes to determining and rounding with significant figures.

7. QUIZ #2 Determining and Rounding with Significant Figures.

8. Begin in-class Mars Landing Engineering Project. See the embedded handout below #9. This sheet will go on NB #24 with the title Mars Landing Engineering Project (MLEP). (You will get the sheet in class. It is also available from the web site Notebook Table of Contents.) Familiarize yourself with the Purpose and view/do the work of the Helpful Links. The latter will be recorded as NB#25 MLEP Research Via Helpful Links.

9. HOMEWORK: View the required video for NB#25. Optional homework includes learning more about the Insight Mission and/or about landers in general (or from other missions.)

Week 3 (August 28 - Sept 1). Class days Monday, Wednesday, Friday

1. First thing on Monday, is a quiz covering NB #16 - 18 (topics centered on the Spaghetti Bridge experiment and variables for experiments in general)

2. Class activities centered on measurements and data collecting precision, accuracy and significant figures. (NB#19 & 20).

3. Students will follow the directions in the handout NB#22 Youtube Vids on Unit Topics (see the embedded document below #4). They will watch the assigned videos and take notes and learn about precision and accuracy in measurement, as well as how to count and do calculations with sig figs.

4. Friday is a movie day on Nikola Tesla. Students will take 15 phrase (non-sentence) notes while watching, and afterwards, conclude with a 4 - 6 sentence summary of the whole film or a certain part. The summary should begin with a topic sentence. Students that are at fair can look up the inventor/engineer online and use a web site instead of a movie to meet the above requirements.

Un1_MarsLanderProject
NB#21 Youtube Vids on Unit Topics

Week 2 (August 21 - 25). Class days Tuesday & Thursday

  1. Analyze your pre-knowledge of Unit 1 as stated on notebook page 15, NB#15, and become aware of what you will be learning.
  2. Do the experiment Spaghetti Bridge
  • NB#16...state the purpose, identify the variables, list the materials, draw the set-up, write the procedure, and collect the data
  • NB#17 S.B. Continued...data processing, data analysis, and conclusion

3. NB#18 IV or DV?

4. Learn skills of NB#16-17 for a quiz Monday, 8/28

5. Introduction to sig figs (if time)