Rogue River Academy Science
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Week 8 March 19-23
Goals:
1. Be able to combine forces to determine the net force.
2. Know and be able to apply Newton's Second Law: Fnet = ma
3. Know the rate that objects acclerate due to gravity.
Activities:
Monday: Use a motion detector to examine graphs of changing velocity. Establish Newton's second Law.
Block day: A game in groups about acceleration, forces and Newton's Laws. Homework: Practice Problems with second law.
Thursday: Activities around dropping things and determining acceleration.
Friday: Finish activities, review and quiz.
Notebook:
1. Notes on acceleration and Newton's second law.
2. Practice Problems
3. Acceleration due to gravity handout. ¶ 8:32 PM
1. Be able to combine forces to determine the net force.
2. Know and be able to apply Newton's Second Law: Fnet = ma
3. Know the rate that objects acclerate due to gravity.
Activities:
Monday: Use a motion detector to examine graphs of changing velocity. Establish Newton's second Law.
Block day: A game in groups about acceleration, forces and Newton's Laws. Homework: Practice Problems with second law.
Thursday: Activities around dropping things and determining acceleration.
Friday: Finish activities, review and quiz.
Notebook:
1. Notes on acceleration and Newton's second law.
2. Practice Problems
3. Acceleration due to gravity handout. ¶ 8:32 PM
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Week 7: March 12-16
Goals:
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in deistance/change in time.
2. Be able to calculate average velocity from time vs. distance graphs.
3. On a distance vs. time graph, be able to describe how speeds change, based on the slopes of the graph.
4. Be able to interpret time vs. velocity graphs and match them with corresponding time vs. distance graphs.
5. Be able to define accelration and recognize that it is the slope of the velocity graph.
Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz and group project matching motion graphs.
Block day: Collect time and distance data while racing. Start data analysis
Thursday: Continue analyzing racing results by making graphs of position and velocity and answering questions.
Friday: Discuss acceleration, review and quiz
Notebook:
1. Graph matching worksheet.
2. Running data table
3. Running time vs. distance graph
4. Running time vs. velocity graph
5. Running questions
6. Acceleration notes ¶ 9:53 PM
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in deistance/change in time.
2. Be able to calculate average velocity from time vs. distance graphs.
3. On a distance vs. time graph, be able to describe how speeds change, based on the slopes of the graph.
4. Be able to interpret time vs. velocity graphs and match them with corresponding time vs. distance graphs.
5. Be able to define accelration and recognize that it is the slope of the velocity graph.
Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz and group project matching motion graphs.
Block day: Collect time and distance data while racing. Start data analysis
Thursday: Continue analyzing racing results by making graphs of position and velocity and answering questions.
Friday: Discuss acceleration, review and quiz
Notebook:
1. Graph matching worksheet.
2. Running data table
3. Running time vs. distance graph
4. Running time vs. velocity graph
5. Running questions
6. Acceleration notes ¶ 9:53 PM
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Week 6: March 5 - 9
Goals:
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in deistance/change in time.
2. Be able to calculate average velocity from time vs. distance graphs.
3. On a distance vs. time graph, be able to describe how speeds change, based on the slopes of the graph.
4. Be able to interpret time vs. velocity graphs and match them with corresponding time vs. distance graphs.
Activities:
Monday: Race Gliders and calculate their average speeds
Block day: Work on making and understanding graphs of motion. Homework: Graph and answer questions about motion data. (Sorry this isn't currently available online.)
Thursday: Continue graphing activity.
Friday:Review and quiz
Notebook:
1. Newton's Laws Review Activity (from last week)
2. Glicer Results Data Table
3. Flo Jo reading, questions and data
4. Distance Graph
5. Velocity Graph ¶ 8:56 PM
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in deistance/change in time.
2. Be able to calculate average velocity from time vs. distance graphs.
3. On a distance vs. time graph, be able to describe how speeds change, based on the slopes of the graph.
4. Be able to interpret time vs. velocity graphs and match them with corresponding time vs. distance graphs.
Activities:
Monday: Race Gliders and calculate their average speeds
Block day: Work on making and understanding graphs of motion. Homework: Graph and answer questions about motion data. (Sorry this isn't currently available online.)
Thursday: Continue graphing activity.
Friday:Review and quiz
Notebook:
1. Newton's Laws Review Activity (from last week)
2. Glicer Results Data Table
3. Flo Jo reading, questions and data
4. Distance Graph
5. Velocity Graph ¶ 8:56 PM
