More Launches

DoNow: Whiteboard Problem

AIM: I can describe how to use the vertical and horizontal components of a vector quantity to determine d, v, a and t relationships in kinematics equations.

Activities:
- Tableshare Watch Out Beloooooo HW, We're Going the Distance HW, We're Going for Speed HW  & Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab
- Submit Watch Out Beloooooo HW
- Ranking Task 6 & 8, then 9 & 11
- Don't Work Alone WS

Homework:
Complete We're Going the Distance HW, We're Going for Speed HW, Don't Work Alone WS & Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab

Textbook Review: Ch 3 - 4, Currently on 4.3 - 4.5

Coming Up:
Popper Acceleration Lab
Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab Due: Tue., 07Oct14
Projectile Motion TEST, Tue., 07Oct14
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14 TBA

Launch Angles

DoNow: Whiteboard Problem (demo notes)

AIM: I can describe how to determine the vertical and horizontal component of a vector quantity and how to properly apply kinematics equations and gravitational acceleration to the motion.

Activities:
- Tableshare You're the Best HW, Watch Out Beloooooo HW, We're Going the Distance HW, We're Going for Speed HW  & Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab (Mythbusters video)
- Submit You're the Best HW
- Angled Launch (notes) (video)

- We're Going for Speed HW

Homework:
Complete Watch Out Beloooooo HW, We're Going the Distance HW, We're Going for Speed HW & Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab

Textbook Review: Ch 3 - 4, Currently on 4.3 - 4.4

Coming Up:
More Launches
Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab Due: TBA
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14 TBA

Motion in 2D

DoNow: An airplane is attempting to land on a runway with a constant speed of 25 kph and is required to approach in-line with the runway. There is a 10 kph crosswind moving due east. What angle or direction should the plane approach the runway? (notes)

AIM: I can explain how to collect data that describes and predicts the motion of an accelerating object using equations and graphs. I can describe the independence of horizontal and vertical motion and at least one reason that justifies the independent relationship.

Activities:
- Tableshare Rapid Ascension HW, You're the Best HW & Watch Out Beloooooo HW
- Submit Rapid Ascension HW

- Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab
- We're Going the Distance HW

Homework:
Complete Watch Out Beloooooo HW, You're the Best HW, We're Going the Distance HW & Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab

Textbook Review: Ch 3 - 4, Currently on 4.3 - 4.4

Coming Up:
Launch Angles
Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab Due: TBA
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14 TBA

HotWheels Motion

DoNow: Whiteboard Problem

AIM: I can describe the difference between constant velocity and changing velocity motion and how to analyze measured data to determine the uniform acceleration of a moving object.

Activities:
- Tableshare & Stamp Prototype Sketch Development
- Vector Addition Activity
- Tableshare Rapid Ascension HW & You're the Best HW
- Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab
- Watch Out Beloooooo HW

Homework:

Complete You're the Best HW, Watch Out Beloooooo HW, Rapid Ascension HW, Prototype Sketch Development & Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab.

Textbook Review: Ch 3 - 4, Currently on 3.1 - 3.3 & 4.1 - 4.2

Coming Up:
Launch Angles
Galileo's Hot Wheels Lab Due: TBA
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14 TBA

2D Vectors

DoNow: What characteristics does a kinematics type problem have? What is your personal sequence for solving a kinematics problem? Use vector drawings to define as many linear motion problem setups as you can. Identify the easiest and the most difficult type of problem for you to solve.

AIM: I will be able to describe the characteristics of kinematics problems and develop a sequence for solving kinematics problems. I will be able to distinguish between a kinematics and vector addition or vector subtraction type problem.

Activities:
- Tableshare Specific Design Goals & Requirements
- Tableshare Hokey Pokey HW & Rapid Ascension HW
- Submit Hokey Pokey HW
- Textbook Review & WB Ch3: CQ3, CE4, P5, P19, P20
- You're the Best HW

Homework:

Complete You're the Best HW & Prototype Sketch Development  to share Block Day.

Textbook Review: Chapters 3 - 4, Currently on 3.1 - 3.3 & 4.1 - 4.2

Coming Up:
HotWheels Experience
Prototype Sketch Development Sharing: Block, 24-25 Sep14
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14

Upward and Onward

DoNow: Create a list of the biggest physics challenges for you and your peers. What is your plan for overcoming your top challenge? How does your current grade reflect your understanding of topics presented?

AIM: I will be able to describe the direction or sign of the vectors, (d, v and a) used to predict motion in as many different situations as possible.

Activities:
- Submit Test Reflection
- Tableshare Hokey Pokey HW
- Tableshare & Stamp Rubberband Cart Problem Statement & Design Goals
- Whiteboard Comparison of Motion
- Rapid Ascension HW

Homework:

Complete Doing the Hokey Pokey HW to submit Tuesday; Rapid Ascension HW to share Tuesday; Prototype Sketch Development to share Blockday .

Textbook Review: Chapters 3 - 4, Currently on 3.1 - 3.3 & 4.1 - 4.2

Coming Up:
2D Motion Kinematics
Prototype Sketch Development Sharing: Block, 24-25 Sep14
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14

Intro to Motion T.E.S.T.

DoNow: What is acceleration and when is acceleration equal to g?

AIM: Show that you know graphing and motion.

Activities:
- Submit Fast, then Slow HW, Ups and Downs HW & What do you think about...
- T.E.S.T Taking Formation

Top Performers and Class Averages

Period	Class Average	Top Performer
1st	63.1%	Eric, Sarah & Jeffrey
3rd	67.4%	Angela
4th	61.4%	*Allen*
6th	52.5%	Gordon

*perfect score*

Homework:

Complete Doing the Hokey Pokey HW & Rubberband Cart Problem Stametement & Design Goals to share Monday.

Textbook Review: Chapters 3 - 4, Currently on 3.1 - 3.3 & 4.1 - 4.2

Coming Up:
2D Motion Kinematics
RB Cart Problem Statement & Design Goals Sharing: Monday, 22Sep14
Prototype Sketch Development Sharing: Block, 24-25 Sep14
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14

Too Mas Aceleración

DoNow: Design a method to measure your finger and thumb reaction time using a meter stick and your knowledge of uniform acceleration due to Earth's Gravity. You will present in 15 minutes.

AIM: I can describe how the sign of a vector is related to the direction and how to handle situations that initial velocity is in the same direction as acceleration compared to situations that initial velocity is in the opposite direction as acceleration.

Activities:
- Tableshare: Fast, then Slow HW, What do you think about... & Ups and Downs HW
- Rubber Band Cart Challenge Intro WS
- Design Brief/Proposal WS
- Whiteboard Review: Linear Motion 2
- Doing the Hokey Pokey HW

Homework:

Complete Fast, then Slow HW, Ups and Downs HW & What do you think about... to submit Friday; Share Doing the Hokey Pokey HW Monday.

Textbook Review: Chapters 1 - 3, Currently on 2.7

Coming Up:
Intro to Motion Test: Friday, 19Sep14
RB Cart Problem Statement & Design Goals Sharing: Monday, 22Sep14
Prototype Sketch Development Sharing: Block, 24-25 Sep14
Consensus Statement Due: Monday, 29Sep14

Freefall isn't Free

DoNow: Complete the Ball Ranking Task for Velocity I and Acceleration I.

AIM: I will be able to describe the magnitude and direction of the uniform acceleration caused by the Earth and describe how the motion equations used to model motion of freely falling objects on the surface of the Earth are related to the motion graphs.

Activities:
- Tableshare: Tumble Buggy Investigation, Faster and Faster HW & Fast, then Slow HW
- Submit Tumble Buggy Investigation & Faster and Faster HW
- Acceleration of Gravity demo
- Ups and Downs HW

Homework:

Complete Fast Slow HW to submit Blockday, Ups and Downs HW & What do you think about... to share Blockday.

Textbook Review: Chapters 1 - 3, Currently on 2.7

Coming Up:
Intro to Motion Test: Friday, 19Sep14

More Changing Velocity

DoNow: An object moves down a ramp with a uniform acceleration of 2 m/s/s. Sketch the d vs. t, v vs. t and a vs. t graphs. Describe the velocity at 36 m of displacement. Describe the velocity at 72 m. Describe the velocity after 6 seconds. Describe the velocity after 12 seconds. (notes)

AIM: I can describe the slope and areas of uniformly accelerated motion graphs and the equations that model them and compare the graphs with the slope and areas of constant velocity motion graphs.

Activities:
- Submit Individual Feedback: Tumble Buggy Investigation
- Tableshare Tumble Buggy Investigation, Faster and Faster HW & Kinematics Bookmark SpA
- Submit Kinematics Bookmark SpA
- Whiteboard Review: Linear Motion

- Fast, then Slow HW

Homework:
Complete Tumble Buggy Investigation, Faster and Faster HW to submit Tuesday; Fast Slow HW share Tuesday.

Textbook Review: Chapters 1 - 3, Currently on 2.6

Coming Up:
Tumble Buggy Investigation, Due: Tuesday, 16Sep14
Intro to Motion Test: Friday, 19Sep14

Tumble Buggy Presentation

DoNow: Draw a diagram and state the question your group tried to answer. Sketch the d vs. t, v vs. t and a vs. t graphs for your situation. Write the equations of the lines using variables, combine and solve for the general equation.

AIM: I can describe the differences between constant velocity and uniformly accelerated motion using d vs.t, v vs. t and a vs. t graphs and the kinematics equations.

Activities:
- WB Review "Now We're Going"
- Submit s, v & a WS, Kinematics Equation WS & Now We're Going HW
- Tumble Buggy Investigation
- Whiteboard Review: Linear Motion
- Faster and Faster HW

Homework:
Complete Tumble Buggy Investigation, Faster and Faster HW to share Monday.

Textbook Review: Chapters 1 - 3, Currently on 2.6

Coming Up:
Kinematics Equation Bookmark SpA, Due: Monday, 15Sep14
Tumble Buggy Investigation, Due: Tuesday, 16Sep14

Tumble Buggy Investigation

DoNow: What are your ideas for the investigation that uses the constant velocity buggies?

AIM: I can describe the three general steps to conducting an investigation involving constant velocity motion; how to create and collect data; how to analyze the data in a graph and create the equations and algebra to make predictions of distance and time.

Activities:
- Table share Speed, v & a WS, Kinematics Equation WS & Now We're Going HW
- Tumble Buggy Investigation
- Whiteboard Review: Linear Motion

Homework:
Complete Speed, v & a WS, Kinematics Equation WS,  Now We're Going HW, to submit Friday, Complete Tumble Buggy Investigation to share & present Friday

Coming Up:
Kinematics Equation Bookmark SpA, Due: Monday, 15Sep14

The Real Kinematics

DoNow: How are velocity and change in velocity related? How are change in velocity and average acceleration related? (Tutorial)

AIM: I can describe the variables and shapes of graphs described by the complete kinematics equations. I can describe the motion revealed by slope, area and shape of the motion graphs; d vs. t, v vs. t and a vs. t. I can write a general sequence for visualizing, and solving a physics problem.

Activities:
- Table share Constant Barrage HW, Graphing Motion Deliverable & Speed, v & a WS
- Submit Constant Barrage HW & Graphing Motion Deliverable
- Splish-Splash Parabola Demo (notes)
- Kinematics Equation WS

- Now We're Going HW
- Kinematics Equation Bookmark SpA

Homework:
Complete Speed, Velocity and Acceleration WS, to share Tuesday; Complete Kinematics Equation WS,  Now We're Going HW, to share Block Day.

Coming Up:
Tumble Buggy Investigation
Kinematics Equation Bookmark SpA, Due: Monday, 15Sep14

Changing Velocity

DoNow: Analyze the d vs. t graph.

AIM: I can describe motion as constant or changing speed by interpreting motion graphs. I can describe the sequence for measuring the magnitude of instantaneous velocity from a graph; how to calculate a change in velocity and calculate the average or uniform acceleration of an object. (notes)

Activities:
- Table share Baby Steps HW, A Constant Barrage HW & Graphing Motion Experience
- Submit Baby Steps HW
- Complete Graphing Motion Experience (data)
- Speed, Velocity and Acceleration WS

Homework:
Complete Constant Barrage HW, Graphing Motion Deliverable to submit Tuesday & Speed, Velocity and Acceleration WS, to share Tuesday.

Coming Up:
The Real Kinematics
- Graphing Motion Experience w/(2014 Class Data) & hand-drawn graphs Deliverable, Due: Tue., 09Sep14

Constant Motion Algebra

DoNow: Two runners compete in the 100 m dash and finish with a time of 10.000s and 10.500s. Assume their speeds are constant and sketch a graph that represents their motion. Calculate the distance between the two runners at the finish. (notes)

AIM: I will can describe how to graph the motion of a constant velocity object, create equations that describe constant velocity motion and describe how to predict the motion of objects using the graphs and equations.

Activities:
- Table share Drag Race Video WS, Baby Steps HW & Graphing Motion Experience
- Submit Drag Race Video WS
- Graphing Motion Experience WB Presentation
- A Constant Barrage HW

Homework:
Complete Graphing Motion Experience, submit Monday & Baby Steps HW, submit Monday; Constant Barrage HW  share Monday.

Coming Up:
The Real Kinematics Equations
- Graphing Motion Experience Deliverable, Due: Mon. 08Sep14

Tumble Buggy Experience

DoNow: Determine the slope of the v vs. t graph in the marked regions and include the appropriate units. Determine the area under the curve in the marked regions and include the appropriate units. (notes)

AIM: I can describe how to graph the motion of a constant speed object, create equations that describe the motion and describe how to predict the motion of objects using graphs and equations.

Activities:
- Table share Lovely, More HW and Drag Race Video WS
- Submit Lovely, More HW
- Graphing Motion Experience
- Baby Steps HW

Homework:
Complete Graphing Motion Experience, submit Monday & Baby Steps HW, submit Monday

Coming Up:
The Real Kinematics Equations
- Graphing Motion Experience Deliverable, Due: Mon. 08Sep14

Intro to Motion

DoNow: What does the slope of the position vs. time graph show us? How would the graph of an object that is moving at a constant speed differ from an object that is speeding up or slowing down at a uniform rate? (notes)

AIM: I can describe the variables, units, graph axis and shape of graph axis that are used to represent and predict the motion of objects.

Activities:
- Submit Individual Group Feedback
- Submit Notebook
- Submit Test Reflection
- Submit Outstanding Safety Contracts
- Tableshare That's a Swell Graph HW & Lovely, More Homework WS
- Submit That's a Swell Graph HW

- What do you think about Linear Motion?

- Drag Race Video WS (video)

Homework:
Complete Lovely, More Homework WS, submit Block Day. Complete Drag Race Video WS, share Block Day.

Coming Up:
Tumble Buggy Experience