Rogue River Academy Science
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Week 11 (April 24 -28)
Goals:
1. Be able tocombine forces to find the net force on an object.
2. Know and be able to apply Newton's Second Law (a = Fnet/m)
Activities.
Monday: Introduce Newton's Second Law. Review Game. .Link to Homework
Blockday: Go over homework. Start Review Packet for Unit Test Review Packet link
Thursday: Finish Review Packet
Friday: Test
Notebook Contents
1. Newton's Second Law Homework
2. Review Packet for Test (3 pages) ¶ 10:40 PM
1. Be able tocombine forces to find the net force on an object.
2. Know and be able to apply Newton's Second Law (a = Fnet/m)
Activities.
Monday: Introduce Newton's Second Law. Review Game. .Link to Homework
Blockday: Go over homework. Start Review Packet for Unit Test Review Packet link
Thursday: Finish Review Packet
Friday: Test
Notebook Contents
1. Newton's Second Law Homework
2. Review Packet for Test (3 pages) ¶ 10:40 PM
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Week 10 April 18 - 21
Goals:
1. Know and correctly apply conservation of energy.
2. Work problems with kinetic energy, potential energya nd work.
3. Be able to define energy, work, kinetic energy adn potential energy.
4. Determine acceleration from a velocity graph.
5. Know the rate that things accelerate due to gravity.
Activities:
Block day: Finish mouse trap car project. See last week for links to handouts. Homework : Conservation of energy worksheet.
Thursday: Demonstrations about falling objects. Take notes on the worksheet.
Friday: Go over homework and review for quiz. Quiz and notebook at end of class.
Notebook contents
1. mousetrap car data
2.position graph of mousetrap car
3. instantaneous velocity worksheet.
4. Instantaneous velocity graph.
5 Conservation of energy homework.
6. Acceleration of falling objects worksheet. ¶ 4:49 PM
1. Know and correctly apply conservation of energy.
2. Work problems with kinetic energy, potential energya nd work.
3. Be able to define energy, work, kinetic energy adn potential energy.
4. Determine acceleration from a velocity graph.
5. Know the rate that things accelerate due to gravity.
Activities:
Block day: Finish mouse trap car project. See last week for links to handouts. Homework : Conservation of energy worksheet.
Thursday: Demonstrations about falling objects. Take notes on the worksheet.
Friday: Go over homework and review for quiz. Quiz and notebook at end of class.
Notebook contents
1. mousetrap car data
2.position graph of mousetrap car
3. instantaneous velocity worksheet.
4. Instantaneous velocity graph.
5 Conservation of energy homework.
6. Acceleration of falling objects worksheet. ¶ 4:49 PM
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Week 9 (April 10 - 14)
Goals: Same as last week
I have been absent this week due to sickness in my family. I regret that these goals and activities have not been up this week.
Periods 1 and 3 will not have their notebooks due until next Tuesday, because of my absences.
Activities:
Monday: Go over Energy worksheets from last week
Blockday: Race Mousetrap cars Homework: Make time vs. Position graphs
Thursday: Start instantaneous velocities worksheet. link to worksheet.Homework: Make time vs. Velocity Graph.
Friday: Finish worksheet.
Extra Credit or Honors: link to most recent honors assignment
Notebook:
1. Personal Data Sheet for Car
2. Position Graph for car
3. Instantaneous Velocity Worksheet
4. Velocity graph ¶ 3:25 PM
I have been absent this week due to sickness in my family. I regret that these goals and activities have not been up this week.
Periods 1 and 3 will not have their notebooks due until next Tuesday, because of my absences.
Activities:
Monday: Go over Energy worksheets from last week
Blockday: Race Mousetrap cars Homework: Make time vs. Position graphs
Thursday: Start instantaneous velocities worksheet. link to worksheet.Homework: Make time vs. Velocity Graph.
Friday: Finish worksheet.
Extra Credit or Honors: link to most recent honors assignment
Notebook:
1. Personal Data Sheet for Car
2. Position Graph for car
3. Instantaneous Velocity Worksheet
4. Velocity graph ¶ 3:25 PM
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Week 8 4/3 - 4/7
Goals:
1. Build a car that goes four meters and is powered soley by a mousetrap.
2. Be able to define Work, Energy, Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy.
3. Understand and apply the law of conservation of energy.
4. Analyze simple transfomations of energy, including those involved in the mousetrap car.
Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz. Start building mousetrap cars.
Block Day: Finish building mousetrap cars and test run them. Competition next week.
Thursday: Reading on Work, Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy. Worksheet with questions.
Friday: Questions about Conservaion of Energy and Mousetrap Cars. Turn in Notebook. No Quiz.
Note: I will have a substitute Thursday and Friday.
Notebook
1. Reading and Answers about Energy
2. Worksheet about energy and mousetrap cars. ¶ 10:29 PM
1. Build a car that goes four meters and is powered soley by a mousetrap.
2. Be able to define Work, Energy, Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy.
3. Understand and apply the law of conservation of energy.
4. Analyze simple transfomations of energy, including those involved in the mousetrap car.
Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz. Start building mousetrap cars.
Block Day: Finish building mousetrap cars and test run them. Competition next week.
Thursday: Reading on Work, Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy. Worksheet with questions.
Friday: Questions about Conservaion of Energy and Mousetrap Cars. Turn in Notebook. No Quiz.
Note: I will have a substitute Thursday and Friday.
Notebook
1. Reading and Answers about Energy
2. Worksheet about energy and mousetrap cars. ¶ 10:29 PM
