Friday, January 29, 2016

Rotating Energy Race

DoNow: Compare and contrast how the energy is distributed in a rotating system vs. a non-rotating system. (notes)

AIM: I can use the equations for rotational Inertia, energy and rotational kinematics to describe the effect of distribution of mass on the energy transformation in a rotating system.

Activities:
- Submit Team Learning Worksheet: Rotational EnergyAmusing Rotations HWHow We Roll HW
- Tableshare Come Back Here HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?
- Tableshare & Color Review Balancing Act CER
The BIG Race Whiteboard (notes)
The BIG Race CER

Textbook Review Ch10.1- 10.6

Homework:
Complete The BIG Race CERBalancing Act CERCome Back Here HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
The BIG Spin TEST
BONUS - B Nye: Spinning Things (1) (2) (3) (25-words x4) (handwritten) Due: Mon., 01Feb16
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Mon., 01Feb16

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Rotational Kinematics & Inertia Review

DoNow: Two equivalent rods, mass M, length L are raised similarly, so the ends of both are located on a horizontal surface and the other suspend so there is a 45 degree angle formed with the rod and the horizontal. One rod has a pivot on the table and the other is able to move freely without friction. What's going to happen when the support is removed? Which rod hits the horizontal first? (notes)

AIM: I can identify vocabulary, variables and equations that are specific to rotational kinematics and energy and how rotational, translational and potential energy transform in a non-slipping rotational system.

Activities:
- Submit Team Learning WS: RotationAround and Around HW
- Tableshare Team Learning Worksheet: Rotational EnergyAmusing Rotations HWHow We Roll HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?
The Balancing Act CER
- The BIG Race Whiteboard
Come Back Here HW

Textbook Review Ch10.1- 10.6

Homework:
Complete Come Back Here HWThe Balancing Act CERTeam Learning Worksheet: Rotational EnergyAmusing Rotations HWHow We Roll HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Rotational Kinematics & Inertia Review
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Mon., 01Feb16

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

SUB Day

DoNow: Sit where the substitute is expecting you.

AIM: I can describe the relationship of linear and angular displacement, velocity and accelerations with rotation, degrees and radian. I can describe and calculate energy and rotational inertia for a variety of objects.

Activities:
- Tableshare How We Roll HWTeam Learning WS: RotationAround and Around HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?
- Textbook Review 10.1-10.6
- Team Learning Worksheet: Rotational Energy
Amusing Rotations HW

Textbook Review Ch10.1- 10.6

Homework:
Complete Team Learning Worksheet: Rotational EnergyAmusing Rotations HWHow We Roll HWTeam Learning WS: RotationAround and Around HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Rotation FUN
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Mon., 01Feb16

Monday, January 25, 2016

KE Conservation & Rotation

DoNow: A 1.0 m diameter disk has 6.0 J of rotational energy when rotating at 3 m/s. Calculate the rotational inertia or moment of inertia for the disk. Calculate the mass of the disk. (notes)

AIM: I can describe kinetic energy of rotational systems and the conservation of energy in rotational systems.

Activities:
- Submit Reduce Reuse Re-Circle HW
- Tableshare Team Learning WS: RotationAround and Around HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?
- Ranking 93 & 94
- Ranking 84 & 85
How We Roll HW

Textbook Review Ch10.6

Homework:
Complete How We Roll HWAround and Around HWTeam Learning WS: Rotation; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Rotational Kinematics & Inertia Review
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Mon., 01Feb16

Friday, January 22, 2016

Mass Distribution & Energy

DoNow: A 1 kg ball is rotated on a 2 m string in a horizontal circular path with a constant tangential speed of 5 m/s for 10 seconds.
a. Determine the angular or rotational speed of the object in rad/s.
b. Calculate the distance the object travels during the 10 seconds.
c. Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the ball.
d. List possible changes that would create a non-zero angular acceleration of the ball.
(notes)

AIM: I can describe kinetic energy in rotational terms and the variables that affect rotational inertia. I can identify the rotational inertia equations for at least two different distributions of mass systems.

Activities:
- Submit Starting to Spin HW
- Tableshare & Submit Ballistic Pendulum Experience
- Tableshare Reduce Reuse Re-Circle HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?
- Rotational KE and Inertia Demo (notes)
- Team Learning WS: Rotation
Around and Around HW

Textbook Review Ch10.4 - 10.5

Homework:
Complete Around and Around HWTeam Learning WS: RotationReduce Reuse Re-Circle HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Conservation of Rotational KE
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Mon., 01Feb16

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Rotational Tangents

DoNow: What does the bar graph for KE, PE and non-conserved Energy look like for the ballistic pendulum? (notes)

AIM: I can identify the time period and convert between angular rotation variables and linear motion variables.

Activities:
- Submit Remember This? HW
- Tableshare Starting to Spin HWBallistic Pendulum Experience; ...think about Rotational Motion?
String & Marker Activity
- Linear to Rotation (notes)
- Whiteboard Rotational Motion
Reduce, Reuse, Re-Circle HW

Textbook Review Ch10.3

Homework:
Complete Reduce, Reuse, Re-Circle HWStarting to Spin HWBallistic Pendulum Experience; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Connecting Circles & Lines
Ballistic Pendulum Experience Deliverable, Due: Friday, 22Jan16
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Dun-dun-DUUUN!

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Rotational Kinematics

DoNow: Assemble the spinner and record ways you can describe the rotating motion. How are your descriptions like the variables we used to describe linear motion; displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration and time.

AIM: I can describe the motion of rotating things with rotational analogs for displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration and time. I can convert between units of rotation.

Activities:
- Submit Ch10 Preview NotesMomentous Momentum HWUsing Up Momentum HW
- Tableshare Ballistic Pendulum ExperienceRemember This? HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?
Semester Photo Project Q&A
- Rotational Kinematics (notes)
- Whiteboard: Rotational Motion
Starting to Spin HW

Textbook Review Ch10.2

Homework:
Complete Starting to Spin HWBallistic Pendulum ExperienceRemember This? HW; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Connecting Circles & Lines
Ballistic Pendulum Experience Deliverable, Due: Friday, 22Jan16
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Dun-dun-DUUUN!

Friday, January 15, 2016

Ballistic Pendulum

DoNow: A 10 kg object is launched through a 1.2 m long tube. The object reaches a maximum speed of 5 m/s while in the tube.
(a) Calculate the change in momentum of the object and the tube.
(b) Describe the Impulse on the object or tube.
(c) Calculate the acceleration of the object moving through the tube.
(d) Calculate the force acting on the object or the tube.
(e) Calculate the impulse time for the object in the tube.
(notes)

AIM: I can describe how to use momentum and energy concepts to predict the motion of objects involved in an inelastic collision with a hanging target. I can describe the units of angle measurements and how they are related; and to convert from degrees to radians and back.

Activities:
- Tableshare Using Up Momentum HW, Ch10 Preview NotesMomentous Momentum HW
- What do you think about Rotational Motion & Inertia?
- Angles in Degree and Radian (notes)
Ballistic Pendulum Experience (video)
Semester Photo Project
Remember This? HW

Textbook Review Ch 10.1

Homework:
Complete Ballistic Pendulum ExperienceRemember This? HWUsing Up Momentum HWMomentous Momentum HW; Ch10 Preview Notes; ...think about Rotational Motion?

Coming Up:
Rotational Kinematics
Ballistic Pendulum Experience Deliverable, Due: Friday, 22Jan16
Semester Photo Project: Photo 1 Due: Tues., 02Feb16
Rotational TEST, Dun-dun-DUUUN!

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

The Momentous TEST

DoNow: What relationships are used for momentum type problems?

AIM: I will show that I know linear momentum and impulse.

Activities:
- Submit B Nye: Momenutum BONUS
- Submit What do you think about Momentum? & Sporting Momentum HW
- Tableshare Using Up Momentum HW
- Test Taking Formation

Top Performers and Class Averages
PeriodClass AverageTop Performer
1st67.1%*Wilson*
3rd68.3%Kif
*perfect score*

Momentous Momentum HW
Chapter Preview Notes: Ch 10: Rotational Kinematics & Energy

Homework:
Momentous Momentum HWUsing Up Momentum HW

Coming Up:
Ballistic Pendulum Experience

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Recoiling & Reviewing

DoNow: A 10 kg object is launched through a 100 kg tube. The object leaves the 2.5 m long tube with a muzzle speed of 500 m/s.
(a) Calculate the recoil velocity of the object.
(b) Calculate the change in KE or work done on the object.
(c) Calculate the average force acting on the object.
(d) Calculate the time the object in the tube.
(notes) (video)

AIM: I can describe when and how to apply the Conservation of Momentum Law or Impulse-Momentum theorem to predict motion of objects in a collision or explosion type scenario.

Activities:
- Submit Momentum video illustra-mmary & Keeping Momentum HW
- Tableshare Sporting Momentum HW
- Review What do you think about Momentum?
- Rankings 78 & 71
Whiteboard Review: Conservation of Momentum
Using Up Momentum HW

Textbook Review: Ch 9.6

Homework:
Using Up Momentum HWSporting Momentum HW...think about Momentum?

Coming Up:
Testing Momentum
B Nye: Momentum (1) (2) (3) (25-word x4) handwritten BONUS, Due: 13Jan15
Momentum TEST, Block Day, 13-14 Jan16

Monday, January 11, 2016

Riding the Momentum

DoNow: A 10. kg object moving 4.5 m/s collides with a 5.0 kg object at rest. After the collision, the objects stick together.
(a) Identify the type of collision.
(b) Determine the final speed of the objects.
(c) Calculate the kinetic energy transferred out of the system during the collision.
(notes)

AIM: I can describe the relationships of change in momentum and impulse using, variables, units and how a change in one variable proportionally affects other variables.

Activities:
- Submit Building Momentum HW
- Wrecking Ball & Egg-toss Demos
- Tableshare Momentum video illustra-mmaryKeeping Momentum HW
- Rankings 82 & 77
- Rankings 75 & 58
Whiteboard Review: Momentum and Impulse
Sporting Momentum HW

Textbook Review: Ch 9.6

Homework:
Sporting Momentum HWKeeping Momentum HW...think about Momentum?

Coming Up:
Reviewing Momentum
B Nye: Momentum (1) (2) (3) (25-word x4) BONUS, Due: 13Jan15 (handwritten)
Momentum TEST, Block Day, 13-14 Jan16

Friday, January 8, 2016

Sustaining Momentum

DoNow: A 2 kg object experiences a perfectly elastic collision and bounces off of a wall with a speed of 1.25 m/s.
(a) What happens to the velocity before and after the collision.
(b) Calculate the momentum of the object before and after the collision.
(c) Calculate the change in momentum of the object.
(d) Describe the Impulse of the object.
(e) If the collision takes 0.01 s determine the impact force.
(notes)

AIM: I can describe when and how to apply the impulse-momentum theorem to predict the motion of objects in a collision or explosion type scenarios.

Activities:
- Submit Comic ReviewMomentum WS2 & Starting Momentum HW
- Tableshare & Review Building Momentum HW
- Marker Launch demo
Momentum in Space video (5 bullet points & drawing summary)
AP Physics B Free Response 2012 Q2 & A2
Keeping Momentum HW

Textbook Review: Ch 9.5

Homework:
Keeping Momentum HWMomentum video illustra-mmaryBuilding Momentum HW...think about Momentum?

Coming Up:
Riding Momentum
Momentum TEST, Block Day, 13-14 Jan16

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Keeping Momentum

DoNow: A 100 kg mass moves with a velocity of 2 m/s in a collision course toward a 200 kg mass moving with a velocity of 3 m/s toward the 100 kg mass.
(a) Illustrate the situation.
(b) Calculate the initial momentum of each mass before the collision.
(c) Calculate the total momentum of the system of masses before or after the collision.
(d) In this situation, the collision is inelastic, what speed and direction does each object move?
(notes) (video)

AIM: I can describe when and how to apply the Conservation of Momentum Law to predict the motion of objects in a collision or explosion type scenarios.

Activities:
- Submit Momentum WS1 & h-AP-py New Year HW
- Tableshare & Review Momentum WS2 & Starting Momentum HW
Comic Review: Momentum and Impulse
- Ranking 74 & 80
AP Physics B Free Response 2002 Q1 & A1
- AP Physics B Free Response 2014 Q1 & A1
Building Momentum HW

Textbook Review: Ch 9.5

Homework:
Building Momentum HWMomentum WS2Starting Momentum HW...think about Momentum?

Coming Up:
Sustaining Momentum
Momentum TEST, Block Day, 13-14 Jan16

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Starting Your Momentum

DoNow: A 10 kg mass moving at 5 m/s is involved in a collision that causes it to stop in 0.01 s.
(a) Calculate the average impact force experienced by the block during the collision.
(b) What happens to the force when the impact time is doubled?
(c) The other object in the collision was initially at rest has a mass of 1.0 kg, what is its new velocity? (notes)

AIM: I can identify the velocity of objects undergoing elastic or inelastic colisions and describe how to apply the concept of Momentum Conservation to collisions to quantitatively determine Impact Force, Impact time and change in mass and/or velocity relationships in a collision.

Activities:
- Tableshare & Review Momentum WS1 & h-AP-py New Year HW
- Conservation of Momentum Demos (notes)
Conservation of Momentum Reading & Momentum WS2
Starting Momentum HW

Textbook Review: Ch 9.4

Homework:
Momentum WS2Starting Momentum HWMomentum WS1h-AP-py New Year HW...think about Momentum?

Coming Up:
Keeping Momentum
Momentum TEST, Block Day, 13-14 Jan16

Monday, January 4, 2016

Intro to Momentum

DoNow: How are Newton's Laws different from kinematics equations? (notes)

AIM: I can identify new vocabulary, variables and units that describe objects in motion.

Activities:
- Submit Preview Notes: Ch 9
- Momentum & Impulse videos
- Force to Momentum Equations (notes)
- Momentum Demos: Observations & Conversations
Momentum and Impulse Reading & Momentum WS1
h-AP-py New Year HW
What do you think about Momentum?

Textbook Review: Ch 9.1 - 9.3

Homework:
Momentum WS1h-AP-py New Year HW...think about Momentum?

Coming Up:
Starting Momentum
Momentum TEST, Block Day, 13-14 Jan16