Week 9 : April 2-6
Goals:
1. Build a car powered by a mousetrap that goes at least 5 m.
2. Analyze the car's motion in terms of velocity, accleration, motion graphs and energy.
3. Be able to define energy, kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy and work.
4. Be able to solve problems with the above concepts.
5. Apply the law of conservation of energy to analyze actions.
Activities:
Monday: Go over previous quiz. Brief intro to energy concepts. Group work around a three page reading. Homework Worksheet
Blockday: Review homework. Introduce Conservation of Energy. Start mousetrap cars. Homework Worksheet.
Thursday: Finish cars. Go over homework.
Friday: Race Cars. Analyze results.
Notebook:
1. Work and Energy 3 page reading and questions.
2. Energy Questions homework
3. Conservation of Energy Homework
4. Graph of car's motion and analysis of results.