Rogue River Academy Science
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Week 17: May 29 - June 1
Week 17
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 ¶ 8:27 AM
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 ¶ 8:27 AM
Monday, May 21, 2007
Week 16 May 21 - 25
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.
Thursday: Present illustrations. Orbits worksheet.
Friday: Go over homework. Review. Catch up. Quiz.
Notebook:
1. Notes from Monday on circular motion.
2. Orbits Worksheet ¶ 9:15 AM
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.
Thursday: Present illustrations. Orbits worksheet.
Friday: Go over homework. Review. Catch up. Quiz.
Notebook:
1. Notes from Monday on circular motion.
2. Orbits Worksheet ¶ 9:15 AM
Monday, May 14, 2007
Week 15: May 14 - 18
Goals: (Continued from last week.)
1. Design, conduct, and analyze an experiment about rockets
2. Apply concepts of force, energy and aceleration to rockets.
Schedule:
Monday: Continue film, October Sky.
Blockday: Finish data anlysis. Write introduction and conclusion to rocket experiment.
Thursday: Finish experiment report. Review for test.
Friday: Quiz over rocket experiment. Watch film : Zero G. ¶ 9:21 AM
1. Design, conduct, and analyze an experiment about rockets
2. Apply concepts of force, energy and aceleration to rockets.
Schedule:
Monday: Continue film, October Sky.
Blockday: Finish data anlysis. Write introduction and conclusion to rocket experiment.
Thursday: Finish experiment report. Review for test.
Friday: Quiz over rocket experiment. Watch film : Zero G. ¶ 9:21 AM
Week 14: May 7 - May 11
Goals:
1. Design, conduct, and analyze an experiment about rockets.
2. Apply concepts of force, energy and acceelration to rockets.
Monday: Prepare for rocket lab. Homework: worksheet about rockets.
Block day: Collect data about rockets
Thursday: Analyze rocket data.
Friday: Start film: October Sky. Finish rocket analysis next week. ¶ 9:17 AM
1. Design, conduct, and analyze an experiment about rockets.
2. Apply concepts of force, energy and acceelration to rockets.
Monday: Prepare for rocket lab. Homework: worksheet about rockets.
Block day: Collect data about rockets
Thursday: Analyze rocket data.
Friday: Start film: October Sky. Finish rocket analysis next week. ¶ 9:17 AM
