Tuesday 2/25/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Energy and Work Test
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Test (40 min)
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Monday 2/24/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Energy and Work Practice Test
Completed final copy of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Go over ... Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (30 min)
- test on Tuesday
- remake of paper rockets
- discuss...how does energy and efficiency apply to the paper rocket?
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Friday 2/21/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Energy and Work Practice Test
Completed final copy of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (30 min)
- test on Monday?
- Mousetrap Car Report due Monday(20 min)
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Thursday 2/20/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy and Work
Completed rough draft of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Review problems (12 min)
- If speed at bottom of 2 m pendulum with mass 1 kg is 5 m/s, what is the efficiency?
- go over Mousetrap Car Report and start work (20 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (if time)
- test on Monday
____________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/19/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy and Work
Completed rough draft of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Review problems (12 min)
- Slingshot pulled back, find max height
- Roller coaster with initial speed, find KE, PE and speed on top of next hill
- If speed at bottom of 2 m pendulum with mass 1 kg is 5 m/s, what is the efficiency?
- go over Mousetrap C ar Report and start work (20 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (if time)
- test on Friday
____________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/18/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Created a pulley system with MA = 3
Began work on Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- challenge...with a partner create a pulley system with an ideal mechnanical advantage of 3 (6 min)
- What is the actual output force to input force ratio for your pulley system?
- assessment on Mousetrap Cars (5 min)
- What did you learn? ... think, pair, share
- go over Mousetrap Car Report and start work (20 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (25 min)
- test on Wednesday
____________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2/14/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Ran and Assessed Mouse Trap Cars
Debriefed on operation of mousetrap cars in terms of physics concepts
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- assessment on Mousetrap Cars (10 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Thursday 2/13/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Work and Simple Machines Quiz
Completed building Mouse Trap Car
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Thursday (25 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
__________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/12/20
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Completed Simple Machines Practice Quiz
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Thursday (25 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
__________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/11/20
Learning Targets
Students will review Work and Simple Machines
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Monday 2/10/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Completed Simple Machines Sheet
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- What do you think about this product?
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 2/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- at your table ... set up lever with mechanical advantage of 4 (10 min)
- how can we prove that the MA is 4?
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 2 (10 min)
- how can you prove that MA is 2?
- simple machines probs sheet of paper
- find force needed on lever
- find force needed for pulley system
- find force needed for incline
- where should fulcrum be placed to allow force to lift mass?
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
Wednesday 2/5/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in Simple Machines Notes
Worked on Simple Machines sheet
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- 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)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
______________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/4/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Collaborate on Simple Machines Exploration
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Explore Simple Machines...3 minutes at each station (lever, incline, pulleys)
- for your simple machine look at the relationship between force, distance and work
- on a piece of paper record your findings for each station
- simple machine demos (12 min)
- ramp...look at forces, distances and work
- lever...look at forces, distances and work
- Simple Machines notes (if time)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Monday 2/3/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on work problems
Completed Work Problems Sheet
Made progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem...explore this pulley interactive and be ready to share (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
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
_______________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/31/20
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 demos
- push a cart up an incline
- shoot ball from slingshot
- Work problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- incline plane problem
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- draw a design on your car
- begin construction of your car
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Thursday 1/30/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in note taking on Work
Engaged in formative assessment on work and energy problems
Begain process of building mousetrap powered car
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
- Research mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- draw a design on your car
- begin construction of your car
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/29/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem(5 min)
- Energy Quiz (30 min)
- Research mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- draw a design on your car
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Tuesday 1/28/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- what size loop can a roller coaster make it around?
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
- Energy Practice Quiz ... quiz on Wednesday (30 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
__________________________________________________________________________
- answer key
Monday 1/27/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy
Started working on Energy Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (5 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
- look at efficiency of ball on track (7 min)
- what does efficiency mean?
- Energy Practice Quiz ... quiz on Wednesday (30 min)
- answer key
_______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/24/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy
Completed Energy Review sheet
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Do efficiency problem (5 min)
- if cart on ramp is 70% efficient, find the speed at the bottom of the ramp
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- Energy Review Sheet (25 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/23/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Success Criteria
engage in formative assessment on energy problems
Complete Energy of Pendulum activity
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- look at video of egg drop to determine speed of impact/force on impact/impulse on impact (5 min)
- pendulum energy example on board (4 min)
- discuss efficiency...what does it mean in terms of energy (4 min)
- Energy of pendulum activity on vertical whiteboards and Technique App (25 min)
- pull back pendulum to 90 degrees from rest
- find potential energy before release and kinetic energy after release
- answer...what is the efficiency of the pendulum on the downward swing
- Energy Review Sheet (start if time)
__________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/22/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- prepare egg drop apparatus for drop (4 min)
- Assess Egg Drop Apparatus Build (30 min)
- record drops using technique app
- Assess Learning from Egg Drop (5 min)
Two questions
- Explain the physics concepts that are related to the egg drop activity
- What are ways that your egg drop apparatus can be improved?
- look at videos to assess the amount of force on the egg during impact
- pendulum energy example on board (4 min)
- Energy Review Sheet (20 min)
__________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/21/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Success Criteria
Engage in Energy Notes
Complete Egg Drop Apparatus
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- Finish Egg Drop Apparatus (10 min)
- drops will be on Wednesday
- Energy of pendulum activity on vertical whiteboards and Technique App (25 min)
- pull back pendulum to 90 degrees from rest
- find potential energy before release and kinetic energy after release
- answer...what is the efficiency of the pendulum on the downward swing
______________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/17/20
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)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
______________________________________________________________________
2018-19
Tuesday 3/12/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Test (40 min)
________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 3/12/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (25 min)
- test on Wednesday
- when done....challenge...create a pulley system with MA = 4
________________________________________________________________________
Monday 3/11/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- assessment on Mousetrap Cars (10 min)
- explain the ways that Work and Energy relates to the operation of the mousetrap cars
- how could be measure the amount of work done? How could be measure kinetic energy?
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (25 min)
- test on Wednesday
______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 3/8/18
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)
- Nova Energy Lab (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________
Thursday 3/7/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Work and Simple Machines
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- What do you think about this product?
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (25 min)
- Pictionary as a Class
- teams of 4
- play one round then trade team members and play another round
_______________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 3/6/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- What do you think about this product?
- pulley system ideas (3 min)
- wheel and axle ideas (4 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- go to weight room to observe and describe simple machines (12 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (25 min)
________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 3/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- egg drop from higher height (15 min)
- go to weight room to observe and describe simple machines (12 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday 3/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- at your table ... set up lever with mechanical advantage of 4 (10 min)
- how can we prove that the MA is 4?
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 2 (10 min)
- how can you prove that MA is 2?
- simple machines probs sheet of paper
- find force needed on lever
- find force needed for pulley system
- find force needed for incline
- where should fulcrum be placed to allow force to lift mass?
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
Friday 2/15/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Test (45 min)
________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/14/18
Learning Targets
Students will review Energy and Work Unit problems
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- go over .... Energy and Work Unit Practice Test...Test Thursday (8 min)
- Work and Energy Review Problems on Mini Whiteboards (20 min)
- speed of a falling object
- speed of roller coaster at top of loop
- height of object from rubber band stretched
- work done based on graph of force and displacement
- efficiency problem (car sliding down 2 meter incline gets to 5 m/s)
- mechanical advantage problem
- label Fin, Fout, Din and Dout for mass on incline
- wheel and axel find force able to lift
- Pictionary as a Class
- teams of 4
- play one round then trade team members and play another round
__________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/13/18
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- show pulley system with MA of 1 and MA of 2 (4 min)
- show forces involved with these systems
coaster design simulation ... ???
- Energy Skate Park Interactive (5 min)
- name 2 things you leaned in playing with this simulation
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test...Test Wednesday??? (25 min)
- Nova Energy Lab
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Thursday 2/8/18
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- analyze simple machines in the weight room (15 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test...Test Monday (25 min)
__________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/7/18
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)
- analyze simple machines in the weight room (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/6/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- wheel and axle notes (4 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (25 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- go to weight room to observe and describe simple machines (12 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2/2/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Egg Drop Apparatus Test (25 min)
- Simple Machines sheet due Monday (10 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 2/1/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- problem on mini whiteboard...lever with load and effort on same side of fulcrum (15 min)
- Simple Machines sheet due Friday (10 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (15 min)
- drop will be on Friday
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/31/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
Wednesday 2/7/18
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 2 (5 min)
- how can you prove that MA is 2?
- Work and Energy Problems (12 min)
- in groups of 3
- at your table ... set up lever with mechanical advantage of 4 (10 min)
- how can we prove that the MA is 4?
- Simple Machines sheet (10 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
_______________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/30/18
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)
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- simple machines problems on mini whiteboards
- lever...find mechanical advantage...find force needed
- lever...where should fulcrum be placed?
- Simple Machines sheet (10 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
________________________________________________________________________________
- Work Stations activity (20 min)
- Work Stations assessment (10 min)
Monday 1/29/18
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)
- work problem...two different incline planes...30 degrees and 45 degrees (8 min)
- find work
- find force
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
- groups of 3
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
____________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/26/18
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)
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss in terms of energy (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
- launch tennis ball and discuss work and energy (10 min)
- Work problem on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
____________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/25/18
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 whiteboards
- amount of work needed to lift an object
- amount of work needed to push up an incline
- discuss work in terms of moustrap powerd car...think pair share (5 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/24/18
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)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
______________________________________________
Tuesday 1/23/18
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)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
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Monday 1/22/17
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- "Which one will be going faster?"
- ramp vs. free fall from same initial height
- look at energy skate park on PHET (10 min)
- Energy Review problems on mini whiteboards...quiz on Wednesday (20 min)
- find energy at diff points of decent
- Energy of stretched spring
- efficiency problem (ball on a hill)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/19/18
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)
- finish Energy Review Sheet (20 min)
- conservation of energy AP question (5 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/18/18
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 in groups of 2 (8 min)
- find potential and kinetic energy of a roller coaster at three different points
- find the speed of the roller coaster at these three points
- 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
________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/17/18
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will analyze motion of mousetrap car in terms of Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- energy problem in groups of 2
- find potential and kinetic energy of a roller coaster at three different points
- find the speed of the roller coaster at these three points
- analyze Energy as it relates to mousetrap cars (5 min)
- Energy Activity as a class (15 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Energy and Work Test
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Test (40 min)
________________________________________________________________________
Monday 2/24/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Energy and Work Practice Test
Completed final copy of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Go over ... Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (30 min)
- test on Tuesday
- remake of paper rockets
- discuss...how does energy and efficiency apply to the paper rocket?
____________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2/21/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Energy and Work Practice Test
Completed final copy of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (30 min)
- test on Monday?
- Mousetrap Car Report due Monday(20 min)
____________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 2/20/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy and Work
Completed rough draft of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Review problems (12 min)
- If speed at bottom of 2 m pendulum with mass 1 kg is 5 m/s, what is the efficiency?
- go over Mousetrap Car Report and start work (20 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (if time)
- test on Monday
____________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/19/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy and Work
Completed rough draft of Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Review problems (12 min)
- Slingshot pulled back, find max height
- Roller coaster with initial speed, find KE, PE and speed on top of next hill
- If speed at bottom of 2 m pendulum with mass 1 kg is 5 m/s, what is the efficiency?
- go over Mousetrap C ar Report and start work (20 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (if time)
- test on Friday
____________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/18/20
Learning Targets
Students will apply the concepts of Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Created a pulley system with MA = 3
Began work on Mousetrap Car Report
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- challenge...with a partner create a pulley system with an ideal mechnanical advantage of 3 (6 min)
- What is the actual output force to input force ratio for your pulley system?
- assessment on Mousetrap Cars (5 min)
- What did you learn? ... think, pair, share
- go over Mousetrap Car Report and start work (20 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (25 min)
- test on Wednesday
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Friday 2/14/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Ran and Assessed Mouse Trap Cars
Debriefed on operation of mousetrap cars in terms of physics concepts
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- assessment on Mousetrap Cars (10 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Thursday 2/13/20
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Success Criteria
Completed Work and Simple Machines Quiz
Completed building Mouse Trap Car
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Thursday (25 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Wednesday 2/12/20
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Completed Simple Machines Practice Quiz
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Thursday (25 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car (15 min)
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Tuesday 2/11/20
Learning Targets
Students will review Work and Simple Machines
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Monday 2/10/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Completed Simple Machines Sheet
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- What do you think about this product?
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Friday 2/7/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Thursday 2/6/20
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Work and Simple Machines
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- at your table ... set up lever with mechanical advantage of 4 (10 min)
- how can we prove that the MA is 4?
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 2 (10 min)
- how can you prove that MA is 2?
- simple machines probs sheet of paper
- find force needed on lever
- find force needed for pulley system
- find force needed for incline
- where should fulcrum be placed to allow force to lift mass?
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
Wednesday 2/5/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in Simple Machines Notes
Worked on Simple Machines sheet
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- 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)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Tuesday 2/4/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Collaborate on Simple Machines Exploration
Make progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- Explore Simple Machines...3 minutes at each station (lever, incline, pulleys)
- for your simple machine look at the relationship between force, distance and work
- on a piece of paper record your findings for each station
- simple machine demos (12 min)
- ramp...look at forces, distances and work
- lever...look at forces, distances and work
- Simple Machines notes (if time)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Monday 2/3/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on work problems
Completed Work Problems Sheet
Made progress on Mousetrap Car build
Agenda
- opening problem...explore this pulley interactive and be ready to share (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
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
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Friday 1/31/20
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 demos
- push a cart up an incline
- shoot ball from slingshot
- Work problems on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- incline plane problem
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
- Work on mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- draw a design on your car
- begin construction of your car
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Thursday 1/30/20
Learning Targets
Students will know the definition of Work and how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in note taking on Work
Engaged in formative assessment on work and energy problems
Begain process of building mousetrap powered car
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
- Research mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- draw a design on your car
- begin construction of your car
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Wednesday 1/29/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem(5 min)
- Energy Quiz (30 min)
- Research mousetrap powered car
- Mousetrap Car Rules
- draw a design on your car
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Tuesday 1/28/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- what size loop can a roller coaster make it around?
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
- Energy Practice Quiz ... quiz on Wednesday (30 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
__________________________________________________________________________
- answer key
Monday 1/27/20
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy
Started working on Energy Practice Quiz
Agenda
- opening problem (5 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
- look at efficiency of ball on track (7 min)
- what does efficiency mean?
- Energy Practice Quiz ... quiz on Wednesday (30 min)
- answer key
_______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/24/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Success Criteria
Engaged in formative assessment on Energy
Completed Energy Review sheet
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Do efficiency problem (5 min)
- if cart on ramp is 70% efficient, find the speed at the bottom of the ramp
- look at energy skate park on PHET and discuss (10 min)
- Energy Review Sheet (25 min)
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Thursday 1/23/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Success Criteria
engage in formative assessment on energy problems
Complete Energy of Pendulum activity
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- look at video of egg drop to determine speed of impact/force on impact/impulse on impact (5 min)
- pendulum energy example on board (4 min)
- discuss efficiency...what does it mean in terms of energy (4 min)
- Energy of pendulum activity on vertical whiteboards and Technique App (25 min)
- pull back pendulum to 90 degrees from rest
- find potential energy before release and kinetic energy after release
- answer...what is the efficiency of the pendulum on the downward swing
- Energy Review Sheet (start if time)
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Wednesday 1/22/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will solve problems involving energy
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- prepare egg drop apparatus for drop (4 min)
- Assess Egg Drop Apparatus Build (30 min)
- record drops using technique app
- Assess Learning from Egg Drop (5 min)
Two questions
- Explain the physics concepts that are related to the egg drop activity
- What are ways that your egg drop apparatus can be improved?
- look at videos to assess the amount of force on the egg during impact
- pendulum energy example on board (4 min)
- Energy Review Sheet (20 min)
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Tuesday 1/21/20
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Success Criteria
Engage in Energy Notes
Complete Egg Drop Apparatus
Agenda
- Opening Problem (6 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- Finish Egg Drop Apparatus (10 min)
- drops will be on Wednesday
- Energy of pendulum activity on vertical whiteboards and Technique App (25 min)
- pull back pendulum to 90 degrees from rest
- find potential energy before release and kinetic energy after release
- answer...what is the efficiency of the pendulum on the downward swing
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Friday 1/17/20
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)
- 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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2018-19
Tuesday 3/12/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Test (40 min)
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Tuesday 3/12/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (25 min)
- test on Wednesday
- when done....challenge...create a pulley system with MA = 4
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Monday 3/11/19
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- assessment on Mousetrap Cars (10 min)
- explain the ways that Work and Energy relates to the operation of the mousetrap cars
- how could be measure the amount of work done? How could be measure kinetic energy?
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test (25 min)
- test on Wednesday
______________________________________________________________________________
Friday 3/8/18
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)
- Nova Energy Lab (10 min)
_______________________________________________________________________
Thursday 3/7/19
Learning Targets
Students will review Work and Simple Machines
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- What do you think about this product?
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (25 min)
- Pictionary as a Class
- teams of 4
- play one round then trade team members and play another round
_______________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 3/6/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- What do you think about this product?
- pulley system ideas (3 min)
- wheel and axle ideas (4 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- go to weight room to observe and describe simple machines (12 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (25 min)
________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 3/5/19
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
- egg drop from higher height (15 min)
- go to weight room to observe and describe simple machines (12 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday 3/4/19
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- at your table ... set up lever with mechanical advantage of 4 (10 min)
- how can we prove that the MA is 4?
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 2 (10 min)
- how can you prove that MA is 2?
- simple machines probs sheet of paper
- find force needed on lever
- find force needed for pulley system
- find force needed for incline
- where should fulcrum be placed to allow force to lift mass?
- Simple Machines sheet (10 min)
Friday 2/15/18
Learning Targets
Students will be assessed on Energy and Work
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Test (45 min)
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Wednesday 2/14/18
Learning Targets
Students will review Energy and Work Unit problems
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- go over .... Energy and Work Unit Practice Test...Test Thursday (8 min)
- Work and Energy Review Problems on Mini Whiteboards (20 min)
- speed of a falling object
- speed of roller coaster at top of loop
- height of object from rubber band stretched
- work done based on graph of force and displacement
- efficiency problem (car sliding down 2 meter incline gets to 5 m/s)
- mechanical advantage problem
- label Fin, Fout, Din and Dout for mass on incline
- wheel and axel find force able to lift
- Pictionary as a Class
- teams of 4
- play one round then trade team members and play another round
__________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/13/18
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- show pulley system with MA of 1 and MA of 2 (4 min)
- show forces involved with these systems
coaster design simulation ... ???
- Energy Skate Park Interactive (5 min)
- name 2 things you leaned in playing with this simulation
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test...Test Wednesday??? (25 min)
- Nova Energy Lab
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Thursday 2/8/18
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
-opening problem (5 min)
- analyze simple machines in the weight room (15 min)
- Energy and Work Unit Practice Test...Test Monday (25 min)
__________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 2/7/18
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)
- analyze simple machines in the weight room (15 min)
_______________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 2/6/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- wheel and axle notes (4 min)
- Work and Simple Machines Practice Quiz...quiz Wednesday (25 min)
- Simple Machine problems on mini whiteboards (10 min)
- effort and load on same side of fulcrum
- explain in common language what MA means
- explain the relation between force, distance, and work that exists with simple machines
- go to weight room to observe and describe simple machines (12 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2/2/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (8 min)
- Egg Drop Apparatus Test (25 min)
- Simple Machines sheet due Monday (10 min)
________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 2/1/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
- problem on mini whiteboard...lever with load and effort on same side of fulcrum (15 min)
- Simple Machines sheet due Friday (10 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (15 min)
- drop will be on Friday
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/31/18
Learning Targets
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Agenda
- opening problem (6 min)
Wednesday 2/7/18
Learning Targets
Students will relate Work to Simple Machines
Students will brainstorm designs for a low impact egg container
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- at your table...create a pulley system with MA = 2 (5 min)
- how can you prove that MA is 2?
- Work and Energy Problems (12 min)
- in groups of 3
- at your table ... set up lever with mechanical advantage of 4 (10 min)
- how can we prove that the MA is 4?
- Simple Machines sheet (10 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
_______________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1/30/18
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)
- Simple Machines notes (15 min)
- simple machines problems on mini whiteboards
- lever...find mechanical advantage...find force needed
- lever...where should fulcrum be placed?
- Simple Machines sheet (10 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
________________________________________________________________________________
- Work Stations activity (20 min)
- Work Stations assessment (10 min)
Monday 1/29/18
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)
- work problem...two different incline planes...30 degrees and 45 degrees (8 min)
- find work
- find force
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
- groups of 3
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
____________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/26/18
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)
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss in terms of energy (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
- launch tennis ball and discuss work and energy (10 min)
- Work problem on mini white boards (10 min)
- water balloon launcher problem
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- Work Problems sheet (20 min)
____________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/25/18
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 whiteboards
- amount of work needed to lift an object
- amount of work needed to push up an incline
- discuss work in terms of moustrap powerd car...think pair share (5 min)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (20 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/24/18
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)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
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Tuesday 1/23/18
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)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
- view homemade roller coaster and discuss (5 min)
- one more homemade roller coaster
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Monday 1/22/17
Learning Targets
Students will know how to calculate Work
Students will solve problems involving Work and Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- "Which one will be going faster?"
- ramp vs. free fall from same initial height
- look at energy skate park on PHET (10 min)
- Energy Review problems on mini whiteboards...quiz on Wednesday (20 min)
- find energy at diff points of decent
- Energy of stretched spring
- efficiency problem (ball on a hill)
- Work on Egg Drop Apparatus Build (10 min)
- individually brainstorm and create drawing of your apparatus
- work with your partner to finalize a design
________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 1/19/18
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)
- finish Energy Review Sheet (20 min)
- conservation of energy AP question (5 min)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 1/18/18
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 in groups of 2 (8 min)
- find potential and kinetic energy of a roller coaster at three different points
- find the speed of the roller coaster at these three points
- 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
________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 1/17/18
Learning Targets
Students will know what is meant by Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students will analyze motion of mousetrap car in terms of Energy
Agenda
- opening problem (5 min)
- Energy Notes (15 min)
- energy problem in groups of 2
- find potential and kinetic energy of a roller coaster at three different points
- find the speed of the roller coaster at these three points
- analyze Energy as it relates to mousetrap cars (5 min)
- Energy Activity as a class (15 min)
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