Rogue River Academy Science
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Week 16: May 30 - June2
Week 16
The final at the end of the semester is approaching. Here are some of the review materials that I will be handing out next week.
Second Semester Concepts
Definitions worksheet
Finally here is an honors assignment from the waves unit that some students have been doing for extra credit.
optional honors assignment for extra credit. There are several possibilities listed. It may be done more than once.
Goals:
1. Be able to describe what gravity is.
2. Be able to use and explain the equation for the law of universal gravitation: F = m*m/d2. (I'm unable to write superscripts and subscripts here. The equation is saying that the force due to gravitybetween two objects is proportional to the product of the two masses divided by the distance between them squared.)
3. Be able to support the law of universal gravitation with graphs.
Activities:
Block day: Go through background information worksheet. Collect data for lab on computers. Homework: Write Introduction for the Gravity Lab. Links to handout with the lab report description and the introduction worksheet
Thursday: Discuss Lab results. Make four graphs of results. Homework: Write conclusion for the lab.
Friday: Practice problems about Gravity. Review. Quiz. Notebook.
Notebook Contents:
1. Gravity Lab Handout
2. Introduction to Gravity Lab
3. Data Tables (3)
4. Graphs (4)
5 Conclusion to Gravity Lab
6. Gravity Practice Problems ¶ 2:13 PM
The final at the end of the semester is approaching. Here are some of the review materials that I will be handing out next week.
Second Semester Concepts
Definitions worksheet
Finally here is an honors assignment from the waves unit that some students have been doing for extra credit.
optional honors assignment for extra credit. There are several possibilities listed. It may be done more than once.
Goals:
1. Be able to describe what gravity is.
2. Be able to use and explain the equation for the law of universal gravitation: F = m*m/d2. (I'm unable to write superscripts and subscripts here. The equation is saying that the force due to gravitybetween two objects is proportional to the product of the two masses divided by the distance between them squared.)
3. Be able to support the law of universal gravitation with graphs.
Activities:
Block day: Go through background information worksheet. Collect data for lab on computers. Homework: Write Introduction for the Gravity Lab. Links to handout with the lab report description and the introduction worksheet
Thursday: Discuss Lab results. Make four graphs of results. Homework: Write conclusion for the lab.
Friday: Practice problems about Gravity. Review. Quiz. Notebook.
Notebook Contents:
1. Gravity Lab Handout
2. Introduction to Gravity Lab
3. Data Tables (3)
4. Graphs (4)
5 Conclusion to Gravity Lab
6. Gravity Practice Problems ¶ 2:13 PM
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Week 15: May 22 - 27
1. Be able to describe what force is necessary to keep an object moving in a circular path.
2. Be able to explain the difference between the real centripetal force and the imaginary centrifugal force.
3. Be able to apply Newton's Laws to circular motion.
4. Be able to explain how an object stays in orbit and what factors must work together to make it happen.
Monday: Attempt to explain what keeps water in a spinning bucket. Group work.
Block day: Illustrate and annotate one of three options about circular motion. (Maybe go to the playground.)
Thursday: Present illustrations. Start homework questions about circular motion.
Friday: Go over homework. Review. Catch up. Quiz.
Notebook:
1. Four questions from Monday.
2. (Maybe questions from playground.)
3. Homework. ¶ 8:36 PM
2. Be able to explain the difference between the real centripetal force and the imaginary centrifugal force.
3. Be able to apply Newton's Laws to circular motion.
4. Be able to explain how an object stays in orbit and what factors must work together to make it happen.
Monday: Attempt to explain what keeps water in a spinning bucket. Group work.
Block day: Illustrate and annotate one of three options about circular motion. (Maybe go to the playground.)
Thursday: Present illustrations. Start homework questions about circular motion.
Friday: Go over homework. Review. Catch up. Quiz.
Notebook:
1. Four questions from Monday.
2. (Maybe questions from playground.)
3. Homework. ¶ 8:36 PM
Monday, May 15, 2006
week 14: MAy 15 - May 19
Goals:
1. Design, conduct and analyze an experiment about rockets.
2. Apply concepts of force, energy, velocity and acceleration to rockets.
Activities:
Monday: Go over Test. Introduce Space Unit. Design Rocket experiment as class.
Block: Collect data for rocket experiment. Start graphing results and writing introduction. Homework: rocket concept worksheet
Thursday: Go over homework. Finish graphs and continue lab report. rocket lab write up description
Friday: Finish Lab Report and turn in notebooks.
Notebook:
1. Lab Report: Introduction, data table, graph, conclusion.
2. Rockets Concept Worksheet. ¶ 1:09 PM
1. Design, conduct and analyze an experiment about rockets.
2. Apply concepts of force, energy, velocity and acceleration to rockets.
Activities:
Monday: Go over Test. Introduce Space Unit. Design Rocket experiment as class.
Block: Collect data for rocket experiment. Start graphing results and writing introduction. Homework: rocket concept worksheet
Thursday: Go over homework. Finish graphs and continue lab report. rocket lab write up description
Friday: Finish Lab Report and turn in notebooks.
Notebook:
1. Lab Report: Introduction, data table, graph, conclusion.
2. Rockets Concept Worksheet. ¶ 1:09 PM
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Week 13: May 8 to May 12
Goals:
1. Know and be able to use the equation velocity = wavelength * frequency
2. Be familiar with the electromagnetic spectrum.
i. what it is.
ii. What all parts of it have in common.
iii. What is different about its parts.
3. Know what happens when waves meet.
Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz. Discussion/lecture on electromagnetic spectrum
Block day: Follow up on EM spectrum discussion and design and run an experiment to find out what happens when wave pulses on a slinky run into each other.
Thursday: Variety of review activities and brief demonstrations about resonance and standing waves.
Friday: Film and Quiz
Notebook:
1. 3 questions from board about EM spectrum
2. Introductiona dn conclusion for slinky experiment
3. Wave Review Sheet.
4. Standing Waves Film Notes. ¶ 2:42 PM
1. Know and be able to use the equation velocity = wavelength * frequency
2. Be familiar with the electromagnetic spectrum.
i. what it is.
ii. What all parts of it have in common.
iii. What is different about its parts.
3. Know what happens when waves meet.
Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz. Discussion/lecture on electromagnetic spectrum
Block day: Follow up on EM spectrum discussion and design and run an experiment to find out what happens when wave pulses on a slinky run into each other.
Thursday: Variety of review activities and brief demonstrations about resonance and standing waves.
Friday: Film and Quiz
Notebook:
1. 3 questions from board about EM spectrum
2. Introductiona dn conclusion for slinky experiment
3. Wave Review Sheet.
4. Standing Waves Film Notes. ¶ 2:42 PM
Monday, May 01, 2006
Week 12: May1 - May5
Goals:
1. Be able to apply the distance equation d = di + vit +1/2at^2.
2. Be able to explain what a wave is and describe it by its amplitude, frequency, wavelength, period.
3. Be able to describe what affects the speed of a wave.
4. Be able to describe sound and longitudinal waves.
Activities:
Mon: Work on worksheet Where's the ball Finish as homework.
Block: Go over unit test from Friday. Cooperative activity about reading. (sorry the reading isn't available online) Work with slinkies in the hall to determine what affects the speed of a wave. Homework: More questions about readings.
Thursday: Discussion about reading. Define wave characteristics: wavelength, frequency, period, amplitude. Introduce sound as a wave. Demonstrations.
Friday: Review. Quiz.
Notebook:
1. Where's the Ball Worksheet.
2. Two Graphs
3. Readings about Waves
4. Answers to questions about waves.
5. Notes on waves. ¶ 12:57 PM
1. Be able to apply the distance equation d = di + vit +1/2at^2.
2. Be able to explain what a wave is and describe it by its amplitude, frequency, wavelength, period.
3. Be able to describe what affects the speed of a wave.
4. Be able to describe sound and longitudinal waves.
Activities:
Mon: Work on worksheet Where's the ball Finish as homework.
Block: Go over unit test from Friday. Cooperative activity about reading. (sorry the reading isn't available online) Work with slinkies in the hall to determine what affects the speed of a wave. Homework: More questions about readings.
Thursday: Discussion about reading. Define wave characteristics: wavelength, frequency, period, amplitude. Introduce sound as a wave. Demonstrations.
Friday: Review. Quiz.
Notebook:
1. Where's the Ball Worksheet.
2. Two Graphs
3. Readings about Waves
4. Answers to questions about waves.
5. Notes on waves. ¶ 12:57 PM
