Rubber Band Cart Race

DoNow: What physics principal is most responsible for guiding the design and construction of your vehicle?

AIM: I will gather data to support a motion graph for a Rubber Band Powered Vehicle.

Activities:
- Submit Ch 19 & 10 Preview Notes, Another Ending HW
- Dot or Not Flip-it SpA
- Shocking w/ Charge Demo
- Let's Roll Rubber Band Powered Cart Challenge

Spring 2015 HOT-HOT-HOT! Record Board

Period	Furthest	Attractive Construction	Greatest FAIL
1st	Michael, Eric & Jeffrey	Christine	Suzy & Kenneth
3rd	Allison & Yuki	Kevin	Paley & Calvin
4th	Lauren & Sean	Lili & Karen	Evan
6th	David & Andy	Will	Gordon

- What do you think about Electrostatics WS
- Boredom Therapy HW

Homework:
Win the XPrize, Boredom Therapy HW, How Shocking HW, Toy Designer SpA, Rubber Band Cart Deliverable

Textbook Review: Ch 19, 20 & 21

Coming Up:
SPRING BREAK! See you April, 6.
Electrostatics & Electric Current then The TEST, Wed,. Afternoon, 06May15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 8 & 9, Due: Mon., 13Apr15
Waves Toy Design & Marketing Campaign SpA, Due: Fri., 10Apr15
Rubber Band Cart Challenge Deliverable, Due: Fri., 10Apr15
What...about Electrostatics WS & Electric TEST, Sooner or Later

Waves & Wave-like TEST

DoNow: Submit Mix-Up HW & Harmonics Deliverable.

AIM: I will show that I know Waves & Wave-like Motion.

Activities:
- Submit Mix-Up-___-Up HW, Speed of Sound Harmonics Experience
- Table Share Another Ending HW & Flip-it SpA

- Test Taking Formation

Top Performers and Class Averages

Period	Class Average	Top Performer
1st	56.9%	Jeffrey
3rd	63.2%	Victor
4th	56.2%	Allen
6th	44.7%	Michael

*perfect score*

- What do you think about Electrostatics WS
- Chapter Preview Notes: Ch 19 & 20 Electric Field & Force
- How Shocking HW

Homework:
Preview Notes: Ch 19 & 20, How Shocking HW, Another Ending HW, Equation Flip-it SpA

Textbook Review: Ch 19, 20 & 21

Coming Up:
SPRING BREAK! See you April, 6…uuh, I mean tomorrow.
Semester Photo Project, Photo 8 & 9, Due: Mon., 13Apr15
Waves Toy Design & Marketing Campaign SpA, Due: Fri., 10Apr15
Rubber Band Cart Challenge Fri., 27Mar15 & Deliverable: Fri., 10Apr15
Harmonics Equation Flip-it SpA, Due: Fri., 27Mar15
Speed of Sound Harmonics Deliverable, Due: Block Day, 25-26 Mar15
What...about Electrostatics WS & Electric TEST, Sooner or Later

Review & Build Day

DoNow: What type of problem is the most difficult for you to solve. Create a similar problem.

AIM: I will identify a physics factor related to design and construction of a rubber band powered vehicle.

Activities:
- Submit Another Cycle HW
- Tableshare Mix-Up-___-Up HW, Speed of Sound Harmonics Experience, Flip-it SpA
- Create A Problem
- Rubber Band Powered Cart Challenge (roll on Friday)
- WB Review: Wave & Sound (like whoa!)
- Another Ending HW

Homework:
Another Ending HW, Mix-Up-___-Up HW, Speed of Sound Deliverable, Equation Flip-it SpA

Textbook Review: Ch 13 & 14

Coming Up:
More Waves Review
Semester Photo Project, Photo 8 & 9, Due: Mon., 13Apr15
Waves Toy Design & Marketing Campaign SpA Due: Fri., 10Apr15
Rubber Band Cart Challenge Fri., 27Mar15 & Deliverable, Fri., 10Apr15
Harmonics Equation Flip-it SpA, Due: Fri., 27Mar15
Speed of Sound Harmonics Deliverable, Due: Block Day, 25-26 Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Block Day 25-26 Mar15

Again and Again

DoNow: Submit Homework & Photos 6 & 7.

AIM: I can describe the topics I want to know for the test.

Activities:
- Submit Get The Beats HW
- Table Share Review Another Cycle HW, Speed of Sound Harmonics Experience, Flip-it SpA & Returned Photos
- Waves Toy Design & Marketing Campaign SpA
- Rubber Band Powered Cart Challenge
- WB Review: Wave & Sound
- Mix-Up-___-Up HW

Homework:
Mix-Up-___-Up HW, Another Cycle HW, Speed of Sound Deliverable, Equation Flip-it SpA

Textbook Review: Ch 13 & 14

Coming Up:
More Waves Review
Speed of Sound Harmonics Deliverable, Due: Block Day, 25-26 Mar15
Harmonics Equation Flip-it SpA, Due: Fri., 27Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 8 & 9, Due: Mon., 13Apr15
Waves Toy Design & Marketing Campaign SpA Due: Fri., 10Apr15
Rubber Band Powered Cart Challenge Fri., 27Mar15 & Deliverable: Fri., 10Apr15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Block Day 25-26 Mar15

Harmonics Review

DoNow: A car making a 40 Hz sound is going to drive past you at 13 m/s while you are waiting on the sidewalk. You are making a 40 Hz humming sound. What beat frequency do you and those around you experience? (notes)

AIM: I can describe the phenomenon of harmonics and how it is related to interference and reflection.

Activities:
- Submit Wavin' the Waves HW
- Color Review Doppler Effect CER
- Table Share Review Get The Beats HW, Speed of Sound Harmonics Experience
- 1995 AP Physics Q6 A6
- WB Review: Wave & Sound
- Another Cycle HW

Homework:
Another Cycle HW, Speed of Sound Deliverable, Equation Flip-it SpA, Get The Beats HW

Textbook Review: Ch 13 & 14

Coming Up:
Harmonics Review
Speed of Sound Harmonics Deliverable, Due: Block Day 25-26 Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Harmonics Equation Flip-it SpA, Due: Fri. 27Mar15
Waves Toy Design & Marketing Campaign SpA Due: Mon., 06Apr15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Block Day 25-26 Mar15

Beats & Wave Speed Lab

DoNow: A car is driving past you while you are waiting on the sidewalk. A 40 Hz sound is heard as the car approaches at 30 mph or 13.4 m/s. What frequency sound do the passengers in the car experience? (notes)

AIM: I can describe the phenomenon of beats and how to calculate beat frequency when two waves interfere.

Activities:
- Submit Oh, The Noise HW, Wave Harmonics WS
- Color Review Slinky Waves Lab CER's
- Table Share Review Wavin' the Waves HW, Doppler Effect CER
- Beats Demo & Hewitt Reading: Beats, pg. 389, Green Book
- Speed of Sound Harmonics Experience
- Harmonics Equation Flip-it SpA
- Get The Beats HW

Homework:
Get The Beats HW, Wavin' the Waves HW, Doppler Effect CER

Textbook Review: Ch 14.9

Coming Up:
Harmonics Review
Speed of Sound Harmonics Deliverable, Due: Block Day 25-26 Mar15
Doppler Effect CER, Due: Fri, 20Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Harmonics Equation Flip-it SpA, Due: Fri. 27Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Block Day 25-26 Mar15

Doppler Effect

DoNow: What are the conditions for, and effects of, constructive and destructive interference.

AIM: I can use key vocabulary to describe the observations of wavelength and frequency when a wave source or observer is moving and compare and contrast electromagnetic and mechanical waves.

Activities:
- Submit Wavy Waves HW, Wave Interference WS, Wave Properties WS, Wave Equation WS
- Review Oh, The Noise HW, Slinky Waves Lab WS, Wave Harmonics WS
- Doppler Demo & Video Notes (25 Words & 25 Words...) brainiac, fizzics, van, astro
- Dopper Effect (notes)
- Doppler Effect CER
- AP1 Experimental Design Sample Question
- Wavin' the Waves HW

Homework:
Wavin' the Waves HW, Doppler Effect CER, Wave Harmonics WS, Oh, The Noise HW, Slinky Waves Lab

Textbook Review: Ch 14.6

Coming Up:
Speed of Sound Lab
Doppler Effect CER, Due: Fri, 20Mar15
Slinky Waves Lab WS's, Due: Block Day 18-19 Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Block Day 25-26 Mar15

Wave Harmonics

DoNow: A whistle has a closed end where the lips are blowing air through and an open end where air is exhausted. Why do you think Joe must make a whistle that is 1/4 of a wavelength for the amplitude to produce a loud pitch? (notes)

AIM: I will be able to describe the reflection that occurs at a node or an antinode and which type of instrument follows which type of reflection.

Activities:

- Submit Always Returns HW
- Review Wavy Waves HW, Slinky Waves Lab WS
- Review & Submit Tomorrow Wave Interference WS, Wave Properties WS, Wave Equation WS
- Wave Harmonics WS (notes)

- AP1 Experimental Design Sample Question
- Oh, The Noise HW

Homework:
Wave Harmonics WS, Oh, The Noise HW, Wave Interference WS, Wave Properties WS, Wave Equation WS, Wavy Waves HW, Slinky Waves Lab

Textbook Review: Ch 14.7 & .8

Coming Up:
More Wave Interference, Reflection & Harmonics
Slinky Waves Lab WS's, Due: Block Day 18-19 Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Wave Harmonics Intro

DoNow: Read and complete Wave Equation Reading & WS.

AIM: I will be able to describe wave reflection at a node or antinode and wave superposition or the constructive and destructive interference of waves.

Activities:
- Submit No Returns HW
- Review Always Returns HW, Slinky Waves Lab WS
- Slinky Waves Lab WS (wave applet)
- Wave Interference Videos (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (notes)
- Wave Interference Reading & WS
- Wavy Waves HW

Homework:
Wavy Waves HW, Wave Interference Reading & WS, Wave Properties & Equation WS, Slinky Waves Lab, Always Returns HW

Textbook Review: Ch 14.7 & .8

Coming Up:
More Wave Interference, Reflection & Harmonics
Slinky Waves Lab WS's, Due: Block Day 18-19 Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Wave Behavior

DoNow: What is the difference between wave propagation speed and wave frequency? Why do you think some students get them confused? (notes)

AIM: I can use key vocabulary to describe what is necessary for mechanical waves to propagate or travel; and identify the landmarks that characterize their shape as the propagate through a medium.

Activities:
- Submit Sub Work
- Review & Submit Back and Forth HW & Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience
- Tableshare No Returns HW
- Waves Properties Reading & WS
- Slinky Landmarks Activity
- Slinky Waves Lab WS (wave applet)
- Wave Equation Reading & WS (postponed)
- Always Returns HW

Homework:
Wave Properties & Equation WS, Slinky Waves Lab, Always Returns HW, No Returns HW

Textbook Review: Ch 14.1, .2, .4 & .7

Coming Up:
Wave Interference
Slinky Waves Lab WS, Due: Block Day 18-19 Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Waves SUB Day

DoNow: The speed of sound is 346 m/s in this temperature air. How long does it take for a 100 Hz sound wave to travel 1 mile. (1609 m in 1.000 mi.) (notes)

AIM: I can describe wave shape, what waves transfer, speed of the wave and factors that affect speed of a wave.

Activities:
- Tableshare No Returns HW, Back and Forth HW & Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience
- Reading Notes: Ch 14.1,2 & 4
- Ch14 CQ: 1, 3, 6 & CE: 5, 7, 9
- Ch14 P: 1, 5, 15, 19, 21, 23

Homework:
No Returns HW, Back and Forth HW, SHPendulum Experience

Textbook Review: Ch 13-1, 2, 3 & 14-1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9

Coming Up:
Wave Boundary Behavior
BNye Waves, BONUS (25 Words & 25 Words...) (1) (2) (3) Due: Block 11-12Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23 Mar15
Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience, Due: Block 11-12 Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Wave Shape & Speed

DoNow: When you hear a sound, what is being detected by your ears? When you hum, what is being produced by your body?

AIM: I can describe two different wave shapes and the landmarks for the waves. I can describe wave speed and the equations that predict the relationship between speed, wavelength, time period and frequency.

Activities:
- Submit Photos 4 & 5
- Submit Toilet Paper BONUS Infographic
- Submit Wild Oscillations HW
- Tableshare Back and Forth HW & Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience
- Mechanical Wave Shape Demo (video)
- Wave Velocity Equation (notes)
- Whiteboard Review: Wave Equation
- No Returns HW

Homework:
No Returns HW, Back and Forth HW, SHPendulum Experience

Textbook Review: Ch 14.4

Coming Up:
Wave Boundary Behavior
Semester Photo Project, Photo 6 & 7, Due: Mon., 23Mar15
Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience, Due: Block 11-12 Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Harmonic Motion Review

DoNow: Neptune has a mass of 1.03 x10^26 kg and orbits the solar system 4.5 x10^12 m from the Sun, which as a mass of 1.99 x10^30 kg. Calculate the orbital velocity and time period of Neptune's orbit. (Kepler notes)

AIM: I can describe how to identify a problem involving Harmonic Motion, which equations apply to the situation and a path to developing a solution.

Activities:
- Submit I Palindrome I HW
- Tableshare Wild Oscillations HW & Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience
- Rankings 71 & 97
- Create a SHM Problem (notes)
- WB Review: Torque, Gravity & Momentum Mash-Up
- Back and Forth HW

Homework:
Back and Forth HW, Wild Oscillations HW, SHPendulum Experience

Textbook Review: Ch 14.1-2

Coming Up:
Even More Harmonic
Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge BONUS, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 4 & 5, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience, Due: Block 11-12 Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Harmonic Pendulum

DoNow: What are the time period equations for a an object orbiting a mass, a mass oscillating on a spring and a mass swinging as a pendulum? If you were to graph the period of a mass oscillating on a spring, what would you use for the x and y axis? Explain. (notes)

AIM: I will be able to describe the oscillation of a pendulum and identify the parameters that affect the period of a pendulum. I will be able to describe how to make a linear graph that describes a pendulum using a time period equation.

Activities:
- Submit Never Odd Or Even HW
- Tableshare Toilet Paper Challenge & Schedule Bonus
- Tableshare I Palindrome I HW
- Restoring Force (notes)
- Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience
- Wild Oscillations HW

Homework:
Wild Oscillations HW, SHPendulum Experience, I Palindrome I HW

Textbook Review: Ch 13.5-6

Coming Up:
Even More Harmonic
Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge BONUS, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 4 & 5, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Simple Harmonic Pendulum Experience, Due: Block 11-12 Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Orbit Time and Cosine

DoNow: Whiteboard the Simple Harmonic Motion Graph problem.

AIM: I can describe time period equations for systems that follow simple harmonic motion and how the restoring force is used in the equations.

Activities:
- Submit Get In Harmony HW
- Tableshare Never Odd Or Even HW
- Centripetal Motion & Time Period (notes)
- Whiteboard Orbit Speed & Period
- I Palindrome I HW

Homework:
 I Palindrome I HW, Never Odd Or Even HW, Toilet Paper Challenge

Textbook Review: Ch 13.4-5

Coming Up:
More Harmonic
Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge, Due: Block 04-05 Mar15
Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge BONUS, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 4 & 5, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...

Back and Forth

DoNow: Why doesn't the mass of the toilet paper affect the speed, or time of the fall? What do the R inner and R outer represent on the toilet paper roll? (notes)

AIM: I can describe the principal of time period and frequency and how they are related to the motion of a repeating phenomenon such as a circle, a pendulum, a spring or string vibrating. I can model an oscillating system with a trigonometric function.

Activities:
- Submit More Spun HW
- Tableshare Get In Harmony HW
- Whiteboard Review Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge Activity
- Rotation Demo (notes) (34MB video)
- "Simple" Harmonic Motion (notes)
- 2001 AP Physics Q1 A1
- Never Odd Or Even HW

Homework:
Never Odd Or Even HW, Get In Harmony HW, Toilet Paper Challenge

Textbook Review: Ch 13-1&2

Coming Up:
More Harmonic
Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge, Due: Block 04-05 Mar15
Toilet Paper Rolling Challenge BONUS, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Semester Photo Project, Photo 4 & 5, Due: Mon., 09Mar15
Wave-like Motion TEST, Soon...