Notes from Friday's session are posted below.
These notes include a discussion of velocity, change in velocity and free body diagrams.
Online resources and links:
Reflection prompts for Friday, June 25:
What do you know more about now that you did not know before today?
What instructional strategies have supported your learning? Do you use these strategies? What role did your group members play in your learning?
What questions about today’s work do you have?
What are some things you are still unclear about or still need to do more investigation to confirm a model of energy?
Homework for Friday, June 25:
Part 1
Watch Student Ideas about Forces
Read article Children's Ideas about Force and Motion included in handout
Complete Activity 2 HW (attached below if you lose your copy)
Part 2
Think about how to draw a free-body diagram of a block that has been set in motion by one push. Focus on a time after the push, while it is moving and slowing down, before it comes to a stop.
Part 3
Diagnoser (force and motion instructional tools)
~Log in as a student and use the student name (actually a number) and your password to complete the assigned question set.
~If you wish, create a log-in as a teacher and play around with the other question sets.
~We will show you on Monday how you can use this site as a teaching tool with your students.
~If you have any questions about Diagnoser, please e-mail Linda: lea.science@gmail.com
Part 4
Reading handout: Chapter 21 "Forces" from Making Sense of Secondary Science