Monday 2/25/19
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Mousetrap car to demonstrate work and energy (5 min)
- water balloon launcher in gym used to demonstrate work and energy (10 min)
- Work problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- incline plane problem
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
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Wednesday 2/20/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
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Monday 2/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will analyze motion of mousetrap car
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- discuss Energy as it relates to mousetrap cars (5 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Thursday 1/16/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Success Criteria
Completed Momentum and Impulse Quiz to the best of my ability
Collaborate with teammate on Egg Drop Apparatus build
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Momentum and Impulse Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (15 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Wednesday 1/15/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Look at elastic collisions of equal masses (4 min)
- Collision Simulation
- Collision Review Problems (25 min)
- quiz on Thursday
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Tuesday 1/14/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Success Criteria
engage in formative assessment on collision problems
Collaborate with teammage on Egg Drop Apparatus build
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- collision problem on mini whiteboards (5 min)
- find the velocity of an arrow imbedded in a block
- Continue work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- quiz on collisions and impulse on Thursday
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Monday 1/13/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Finish and understand Impulse sheet
Collaborate with teammage on Egg Drop Apparatus build
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- mini whiteboard problems
- collision problem on mini whiteboard
- egg dropped from 3 meters, find the impulse
- finish Impulse problems (20 min)
- Continue work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- quiz on collisions and impulse on Thursday
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Friday 1/10/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Success Criteria
Finish and understand Impulse sheet
Collaborate with teammage on Egg Drop Apparatus build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- egg into a sheet example (4 min)
- draw picture on board to show momentum, impulse, force and time relationship
- Impulse problems (20 min)
- Continue work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Wednesday 1/8/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision...train cars coupled together
- why does conservation of momentum not apply to mousetrap car?
- vectors and collisions problem
- Finish Impulse sheet (15 min)
- egg into a sheet example (4 min)
- draw picture on board to show momentum, impulse, force and time relationship
- Impulse problems (20 min)
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Thursday 1/9/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Success Criteria
Collaborated on Impulse sheet
Brainstormed with teammate on Egg Drop Apparatus
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Time Warp Breaking Baseball Bat video (8 min)
- what did you learn?
- how does this relate to Physics?
- Finish Impulse sheet (15 min)
- Look at Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Wednesday 1/8/20
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on momentum and collisions
Collaborated on Impulse sheet
Brainstormed with teammate on Egg Drop Apparatus
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Time Warp Breaking Baseball Bat video (8 min)
- what did you learn?
- how does this relate to Physics?
- whiteboard problems on conservation of momentum (10 min)
- one object at rest before the collision
- objects move towards each other with inelastic collision, find the final velocity
- objects move towards each other with inelsatic collision, find the mass of one obect
- Impulse sheet (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- Look at Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- Impulse problems (10 min)
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- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Tuesday 1/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving momentum and collisions
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on momentum and collisions
Collaborated on Collision Problems sheet
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- Collision Simulation
- use simulation to explain conservation of momentum
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
- look at collisions with carts on track (6 min)
- vary the mass
- vary the initial velocity
-look at elastic and inelastic
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
- work on Collision Problems...due Monday (15 min)
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Monday 1/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will explore collisions of masses
Students will begin building for mousetrap powered car
Success Criteria
Engaged in reteach of Interim Assessment
Engaged in formative assessment on collisions
Agenda
- opening problem (3 min)
- reteach of interim #2 (20 min)
- Collision Simulation
- use simulation to complete Collision Simulation sheet (10 min)
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
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2018-19
Friday 3/1/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Work and Energy Problems (30 min)
- video on relativity (10 min)
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Thursday 2/28/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Work and Energy Problems (15 min)
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Wednesday 2/27/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Egg Drop Activity (25 min)
- Assessment on Egg Drop (15 min)
- Explain the physics involved in the operation of your egg drop capsule
- Your explanation can be in the form of a detailed picture or a paragraph
- share your explaination with a partner and assess
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Tuesday 2/26/19
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- opening problem...explore this pulley interactive and be ready to share (6 min)
- opening problem (6 min)
- whiteboard problems (12 min)
- find the amount of work done in lifting a mass
- find the amount of work done with ramp
- find the amount of work done in pulling back a spring
- find the force needed to push cart up ramp
- simple machine demos (12 min)
- ramp...look at forces, distances and work
- lever...look at forces, distances and work
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- make sure egg drops are ready to go for Wednesday!
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Monday 2/25/19
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Mousetrap car to demonstrate work and energy (5 min)
- water balloon launcher in gym used to demonstrate work and energy (10 min)
- Work problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- incline plane problem
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
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Friday 2/22/19
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Work notes (12 min)
- Work problems on mini whiteboard (10 min)
- Work to lift mass
- Work done to push mass up incline
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
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Thursday 2/21/19
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Conservation in Collisions Problem (10 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
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- Energy Practice Quiz ... quiz on Wednesday (30 min)
- answer key
Wednesday 2/20/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Quiz (35 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
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Tuesday 2/19/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
- look at efficiency of ball on track (7 min)
- what does efficiency mean?
- Energy Practice Quiz ... quiz on Wednesday (30 min)
- answer key
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Monday 2/11/19
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- go over Energy Review Sheet (6 min)
- energy problem on mini whiteboard (8 min)
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- hand out energy practice quiz...due on Wednesday
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Tuesday 2/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- pendulum energy example on board (4 min)
- energy problem on mini whiteboard (8 min)
- Energy Review Sheet (20 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Monday 2/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will analyze motion of mousetrap car
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- discuss Energy as it relates to mousetrap cars (5 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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"Momentum and Impulse Review Problems" Answer Keys
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Friday 2/1/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- conservation of momentum quiz (30 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Friday 1/25/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision...train cars coupled together
- why does conservation of momentum not apply to mousetrap car?
- vectors and collisions problem
- finish Collision Review Problems (25 min)
- quiz on Monday
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Thursday 1/24/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision...train cars coupled together
- why does conservation of momentum not apply to mousetrap car?
- vectors and collisions problem
- Collision Review Problems (25 min)
- quiz on Monday
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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Tuesday 1/22/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision...train cars coupled together
- why does conservation of momentum not apply to mousetrap car?
- vectors and collisions problem
- Finish Impulse sheet (15 min)
- egg into a sheet example (4 min)
- draw picture on board to show momentum, impulse, force and time relationship
- Impulse problems (20 min)
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Friday 1/18/19
Leaning Targets
Students will run test on mousetrap cars
Agenda
-run Mousetrap Cars
collect data
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Thursday 1/17/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision...train cars coupled together
- why does conservation of momentum not apply to mousetrap car?
- vectors and collisions problem
- Finish Impulse sheet (15 min)
- egg into a sheet example (4 min)
- draw picture on board to show momentum, impulse, force and time relationship
- Impulse sheet (20 min)
- in groups of 3
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Wedensday
- Impulse problems (15 min)
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Monday 1/14/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Time Warp Breaking Baseball Bat video (8 min)
- what did you learn?
- how does this relate to Physics?
- Impulse sheet (15 min)
- in groups of 3
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Tuesday
- Impulse problems (10 min)
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Friday 1/11/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- look at collisions with frictionless carts (10 min)
- two carts bouncing of each other
- work on Collision Problems...due Monday (15 min)
- view and discuss conservation of momentum and 2D collisions...PHET collision simulation
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Tuesday
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Thursday 1/10/19
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- look at collisions with carts on track (6 min)
- vary the mass
- vary the initial velocity
-look at elastic and inelastic
- work on Collision Problems...due Monday (15 min)
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Tuesday next week
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Wednesday 1/9/19
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of momentum
Students will solve problems involving momentum and collisions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- reexamine PHET collision demo to show conservation of momentum (3 min)
- Collision Notes (10 min)
- Collision probs on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- continue Mousetrap Powered Car build (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Tuesday 1/8/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving momentum and collisions
Success Criteria
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- Collision Simulation
- use simulation to explain conservation of momentum
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
- look at collisions with carts on track (6 min)
- vary the mass
- vary the initial velocity
-look at elastic and inelastic
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
- work on Collision Problems...due Monday (15 min)
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Monday 1/7/19
Learning Targets
Students will explore collisions of masses
Students will begin building for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem (3 min)
- reteach of interim #2 (20 min)
- review why we are doing this
- in groups of 3 or 4
- recorder is someone who missed the problem
- spokesperson is another person that missed the problem
- third person is constable
- record 2 things "what is the correct method/answer?" and "why was this problem commonly missed?"
- if time create a new problem that covers the same concept as this one...use as practice for the class
- Momentum and Energy Unit Pretest (10 min)
- Collision Simulation
- use simulation to complete Collision Simulation sheet (10 min)
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
- begin Mousetrap Powered Car build (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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-opening problem (5 min)
Tuesday 1/31/17
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- discuss what the goal of your apparatus should be
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (15 min)
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Tuesday 1/25/17
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Work Stations activity (20 min)
- Work Stations assessment (10 min)
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
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Thursday 1/19/17
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- Energy Practice Quiz (30 min)
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
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Tuesday 1/16/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- conservation of momentum quiz (30 min)
- Hooke's Law Explortation (10 min)
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Friday 1/12/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Impulse problems (6 min)
- go over answers
- Collision Review Problems (25 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
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- Collision Review Problems (25 min)
Thursday 1/11/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision...train cars coupled together
- why does conservation of momentum not apply to mousetrap car?
- vectors and collisions problem
- frictionless cart demo...carts propel away from each other (3 min)
explain what is happening in terms of momentum
- egg into a sheet example (4 min)
- draw picture on board to show momentum, impulse, force and time relationship
- Impulse problems (20 min)
- go over answers if time
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Wednesday 1/10/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- finish Impulse sheet (12 min)
- jumping off of chair example
- catching a ball example
- Time Warp Breaking Baseball Bat video (8 min)
- discuss relationship to impulse
- Impulse problems (15 min)
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- opening problem (5 min)
Tuesday 1/9/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Impulse sheet (12 min)
- Run Mousetrap Powered Cars (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Time Warp Breaking Baseball Bat video (8 min)
- Impulse problems (10 min)
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- Collision Review Problems (25 min)
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Monday 1/8/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- look at collisions with frictionless carts (10 min)
- work on Collision Problems...due Tuesday (15 min)
- view and discuss conservation of momentum and 2D collisions...PHET collision simulation
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Tuesday
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Friday 1/5/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- work on Collision Problems...due Tuesday (15 min)
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Wednesday
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Thursday 1/4/18
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of momentum
Students will solve problems involving momentum and collisions
Agenda
- opening problem (4 min)
- reexamine PHET collision demo to show conservation of momentum (3 min)
- Collision Notes (10 min)
- Collision probs on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- continue Mousetrap Powered Car build (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Wednesday 1/3/18
Learning Targets
Students will explore collisions of masses
Students will continue building for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem (3 min)
- Momentum and Energy Unit Pretest (10 min)
- Collision Simulation
- use simulation to complete Collision Simulation sheet (10 min)
- Collision Notes (12 min)
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
- continue Mousetrap Powered Car build (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Exam Review Answer Key
Wednesday 12/13/17
Learning Targets:
- Students will be be assessed on vectors units
Agenda
- opening problem
- Exam Review: Unit 1
- create equation sheet for exam
- Exam Review: Unit 1
- Exam Review: Unit 2
- Explore Mouse Trap powered cars on internet
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- create groups of 2 (line up by birthday)
- brainstorm ideas for mousetrap car
- create detailed sketch of mousetrap car
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Tuesday 12/12/17
Learning Targets:
- Students will be be assessed on vectors units
Agenda
- opening problem
- Exam Review: Unit 1
- create equation sheet for exam
- Explore Mouse Trap powered cars on internet
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Exam Review: Unit 2
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Thursday 1/11/18
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will apply the concept of impulse to solve problems
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- collision review problems on mini whiteboards (12 min)
- inellastic collision
- vectors and collisions problem
- egg into a sheet example (4 min)
- draw picture on board to show momentum, impulse, force and time relationship
- Impulse problems (20 min)
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2016-17
Tuesday 12/13/16
Learning Targets
Students will relate explore collisions of masses traveling at different velocities
Students will develop plan for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem
- Unit 1 Exam Review
- Exam Review: Unit 1 answer key
- Continue Building Mousetrap Car...cars will be run on Tuesday 12/20
- Mousetrap Car Rules
Friday 2/10/17
Learning Targets
Students will test and discuss results for their egg drop apparatus
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- egg drop competition (25 min)
- discuss results of egg drop competition (10 min)
- in groups of 4 with mini whiteboards...what went well...what can be improved
- look at slow motion video and analyze
- team building game
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Thursday 2/9/17
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Momentum and Energy Unit
Agenda
Momentum and Energy Unit Test
Complete Egg Drop Apparatus Build...drop on Friday
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Wednesday 2/8/17
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Momentum and Energy Unit Practice Test...Test Thusday(40 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build...drop on Friday (30 min)
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Tuesday 2/7/17
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Momentum and Energy Unit Practice Test...Test Thursday(20 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build...drop on Friday (30 min)
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Monday 2/6/17
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (10 min)
- momentum and energy review probs on mini whiteboards (20 min)
- inelastic collision problems
- work and energy with pendulum
- impulse on an apparatus that stops when it hits the ground
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
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Friday 2/3/17
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- go over simple machine ideas (dist in, dist out, force in, force out) (5 min)
- momentum and energy review probs on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- inelastic collision problems
- work and energy with pendulum
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
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Thursday 2/2/17
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- momentum and energy review probs on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- inelastic collision problems
- work and energy with pendulum
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- when quizzes are done you will work with your partner to finalize a design
- begin building your apparatus
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Wednesday 2/1/17
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Quiz (25 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- when quizzes are done you will work with your partner to finalize a design
- begin building your apparatus
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Tuesday 1/31/17
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- discuss what the goal of your apparatus should be
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (15 min)
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Monday 1/30/17
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- problems on mini whiteboard...three classes of levers (15 min)
- collect data on mousetrap car force and distance (10 min)
- graph data on Google Sheets and determine amount of Work done
- discuss work and energy relationship
- Discuss Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- brainstrom and sketch in your group
- Work and Energy Practice Quiz (15 min)
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Friday 1/27/17
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 3 (5 min)
- Mechanical Advantage problem on mini white board (10 min)
- lever problem
- pulley system problem
- add to notes...three classes of levers (5 min)
- Work and Energy Problems (15 min)
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Thursday 1/26/17
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem...explore this pulley interactive and be ready to share (6 min)
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- look at simple machines in weight room (10 min)
- Simple Machines sheet (15 min)
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Wednesday 1/25/17
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Work Stations activity (20 min)
- Work Stations assessment (10 min)
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
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Tuesday 1/24/17
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- water balloon launcher outside used to demonstrate work and energy (10 min)
- Work problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- incline plane problem
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
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Monday 1/23/17
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Work notes (12 min)
- discuss work in terms of moustrap powerd car...think pair share (5 min)
- Physics Writing Prompt Article (20 min)
- witing prompt sheet
- water balloon launcher outside used to demonstrate work and energy (10 min)
- Work Problems sheet
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Friday 1/20/17
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Conservation in Collisions Problem (10 min)
- Pictionary as a Class (10 min)
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Thursday 1/19/17
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Quiz (30 min)
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
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Wednesday 1/18/17
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- look at energy skate park on PHET (10 min)
- conservation of energy AP question (5 min)
- Energy Review problems on mini whiteboards...quiz on Thursday (20 min)
- find energy at diff points of decent
- Energy of stretched spring
- efficiency problem (ball on a hill)
- water balloon launcher used to demonstrate energy (5 min)
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Friday 1/13/17
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- pendulum energy example on board (4 min)
- energy problem on mini whiteboard (8 min)
- Energy Review Sheet (20 min)
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Wednesday 1/11/17
Learning Targets
Students will analyze motion of mousetrap car
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- analyze Energy as it relates to mousetrap cars (5 min)
- Energy Activity as a class (15 min)
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Monday 1/9/17
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- conservation of momentum quiz (30 min)
- Hooke's Law Explortation (10 min)
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Friday 1/6/17
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (10 min)
- Run Mousetrap Powered Cars (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Collision Review Problems (25 min)
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Thursday 1/5/17
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- look at collisions with frictionless carts (10 min)
- Collision Review Problems (15 min)
- veiw and discuss conservation of momentum and 2D collisions...PHET collision simulation
- relate to billards strategy
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Friday
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Wednesday 1/4/17
Leaning Targets
Students will solve problems involving conservation of momentum
Students will continue mousetrap powered car build
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- finish Collision Problems...due Thursday (10 min)
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Friday
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Tuesday 1/3/17
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving collisions of masses
Students will work on mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Something meaningful or important you did over break activity (5 min)
- reexamine PHET collision demo to show conservation of momentum (5 min)
- Collision Problems (10 min)
- Continue Build of Mousetrap Powered Car (20 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Cars will be run on Friday
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Tuesday 12/19/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore energy concepts in constructing mousetrap powered car.
Agenda
- Continue Building Mousetrap Car...cars will be run on January 6
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Thursday 12/15/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Units 2 and 3 for semester exam
Students will develop plan for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- Exam Review: Unit 1 answer key
- Exam Review: Unit 2...answer key
- Study Practice Test From Unit 3 which will be on exam
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Wednesday 12/14/16
Learning Targets
Students will review Units 2 and 3 for semester exam
Students will develop plan for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem
- Unit 2 Exam Review
- Continue Building Mousetrap Car...cars will be run on Tuesday 12/20
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Tuesday 12/13/16
Learning Targets
Students will relate explore collisions of masses traveling at different velocities
Students will develop plan for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem
- Unit 1 Exam Review
- Exam Review: Unit 1 answer key
- Continue Building Mousetrap Car...cars will be run on Tuesday 12/20
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Friday 12/9/16
Learning Targets
Students will relate explore collisions of masses traveling at different velocities
Students will develop plan for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem
- reexamine PHET collision demo to show conservation of momentum
- Collision Notes
- Collision Problems
- Create detailed sketch of mousetrap car design
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Thursday 12/8/16
Learning Targets
Students will explore collisions of masses traveling at different velocities
Students will develop plan for mousetrap powered car
Agenda
- opening problem
- Momentum and Energy Unit Pretest
- Collision Simulation sheet
- explain and brainstorm Mousetrap Powered Car build
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- Collision Notes
- Collision Problems on mini white boards
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Tuesday 2/23/15
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on concepts of Momentum, Energy and Work
Agenda
- Momentum, Energy and Work Test
Monday 2/22/15
Learning Targets
Students will review concepts of Momentum, Energy and Work
Agenda
- Go over Momentum, Energy and Work Practice Test (Test on Tuesday)
- Other review problems on Momentum, Work and Energy
- Work on Report on Launcher Build (due Wednesday)
Friday 2/19/15
Learning Targets
Students will problem solve in building their Launcher
Students will analyze data on distance and accuracy
Agenda
- Work on Momentum, Energy and Work Practice Test (Test on Tuesday)
- Collect Data on Distance of Launcher
- Collect Data on Accuracy of Launcher
- Work on Report on Launcher Build (due Wednesday)
Thursday 2/18/15
Learning Targets
Students will problem solve in building their Launcher
Agenda
- Work on Momentum, Energy and Work Practice Test (Test on Tuesday)
- Continue on Launcher Rebuild
- Collect Data on Distance of Launcher
- Collect Data on Accuracy of Launcher
- Work on Report on Launcher Build (due Wednesday)
Wednesday 2/17/15
Learning Targets
Students will problem solve in building their Launcher
Agenda
- opening problem on work needed to pull back a pendulum
- Momentum, Energy and Work Practice Test (Test on Monday)
- Continue on Catapult Rebuild
- Begin Report on Catapult Build (due Tuesday)
Tuesday 2/16/15
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- Simple Machines Examples together
- Continue on Catapult Rebuild
Thursday 2/11/15
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- Go over Work and Simple Machines Quiz
- Catapult Rebuild
Wednesday 2/10/15
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- Work and Simple Machines Quiz
- Catapult Rebuild
Tuesday 2/9/15
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem
- problem predicting force with lever
- view pulley system with MA = 3
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz
- discuss work in terms of mouse trap car
Monday 2/8/15
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- work done on accelerating cart and work done on cart moving at constant velocity problem
-present your simple machine and explain the mechanical advantage
- present finding for weight room machines
- view pulley system with MA = 3
- NHL Slapshot video
- discuss work in terms of mouse trap car
- Work and Energy Problems
Friday 2/5/15
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- work done on accelerating cart and work done on cart moving at constant velocity problem
- Work Stations assessment
-present your simple machine and explain the mechanical advantage
- view pulley system with MA = 3
- view and discuss PHET Energy Transfer Interactive
- NHL Slapshot video
- Work and Energy Problems
- view simple machines in the weight room and report out
Thursday 2/4/15
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- Work Stations assessment
- 3 words game
- Simple Machines notes
- Simple Machines sheet
Wednesday 2/3/15
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- Work Stations activity
- Work Stations assessment
- Simple Machines notes
- Simple Machines sheet
Tuesday 2/2/15
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- finish Work Problems sheet
- Work Stations activity
Monday 2/1/15
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- finish Hooke's Law Exploration
- Work notes
- discuss work in terms of catapult build (think pair share)
- water balloon launcher used to demonstrate work and energy
- Work Problems sheet
Thursday 1/28/15
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- Energy Review (quiz tomorrow)
- three words game
- Work notes
- discuss work in terms of catapult build (think pair share)
- water balloon launcher used to demonstrate work and energy
Wednesday 1/27/15
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- three words game
- Energy Review (quiz tomorrow)
- Work notes
- discuss work in terms of catapult build (think pair share)
- water balloon launcher used to demonstrate work and energy
Wednesday 1/27/15
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem
- pendulum energy problem on board
- look at energy skate park on PHET
- Energy Review (quiz tomorrow)
- Work notes
- discuss work in terms of catapult build (think pair share)
- water balloon launcher used to demonstrate work and energy
- Work Practice Sheet
Tuesday 1/26/15
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Agenda
- finish Energy Activity as a class
- pendulum energy example
- Conservation of Energy sheet
Monday 1/25/15
Learning Targets
Students will analyze motion of mousetrap car
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Agenda
- create graph and analyze motion of mousetrap car in groups
- what can you determine about the motion of the mousetrap car (velocity, acceleration force, etc)
- Energy Notes
- Energy Activity as a class