Motion
Chunk #1-Speed and velocity
8/13/09- Introduction to speed and velocity
Standards :
SP1.a The learner will calculate average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and acceleration in a given frame of reference.
SP1.b The learner will compare and contrast scalar and vector quantities.
SP1.c The learner will compare graphically and algebraically the relationships among position, velocity, acceleration, and time.
Objectives and review sheet
Graphing motion - Look on Smart board notes for the graph we made in class with the motion detector.
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Speed lab
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #2-Acceleration and gravity
Day 1- Introduction to acceleration and gravity
Element: SP1.a
The learner will calculate average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and acceleration in a given frame of reference.
Element: SP1.b
The learner will compare and contrast scalar and vector quantities.
Element: SP1.c
The learner will compare graphically and algebraically the relationships among position, velocity, acceleration, and time.
Element: SP1.e
The learner will measure and calculate the magnitude of gravitational forces.
Acceleration Objectives
Day 2 - Lab on marble acceleration
Measured speed down the ramp.
Measured acceleration at different regions of a ramp.
Measured acceleration on different sloped ramps.
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #3- Vectors and projectiles
SP1b - compare and contrast scalar and vector quantities.
SP1c - compare graphically and algebraically the relationships among position, velocity, acceleration, and time.
SP1f - measure and calculate of two-dimensional motion (projectile and circular) by using their component
vectors.
Day 1- Introduction to vectors and projectiles Students will determine the height and the distance things will go given the launch speed and a degree above the ground.
Students will calculate the speed of a projectile at any given time during it's flight.
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Day 3 - Bulls eye Lab
Students will determine where to place a bull's eye based on measurements that get from their ramp's height and the speed that the marble is traveling.
Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #4-Newton’s laws
SP1d - measure and calculate the magnitude of frictional forces and Newton's three laws of motion.
SP1h - determine the conditions required to maintain a body in a state of static equilibrium.
Day 1- Introduction to Newton's laws Newton's laws objectives
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #5- Application of Newton’s laws
SP1d - measure and calculate the magnitude of frictional forces and Newton's three laws of motion.
SP1e - measure and calculate the magnitude of gravitational forces.
SP1f - measure and calculate of two-dimensional motion (projectile and circular) by using their component
vectors.
SP1g - measure and calculate centripetal force.
SP1h - determine the conditions required to maintain a body in a state of static equilibrium.
Day 1- Introduction to application of newton's laws Day 2 -
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Energy
Chunk #6- Momentum
SP3c - measure and calculate the vector nature of momentum.
SP3d - compare and contrast elastic and inelastic collisions.
SP3e - demonstrate the factors required to produce a change in momentum.
Day 1- Introduction to momentum Day 2 -
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #7- Mechanical Energy
Day 1- Introduction to mechanical energy
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #8- Thermal and Nuclear Energy
Day 1- Videos on heat and temperature and nuclear physics Day 2 - Introduction to thermal and nuclear
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
E and M
Chunk #9 Electrostatics
Day 1- Introduction to elctrostatics
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #10 Electric Current
Day 1- Introduction to electric current
Day 2 - Ohm's law, power, series and parallel circuits
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #11 Magnetism
Day 1- Introduction to magnetism
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Waves
Chunk #12 Waves
Day 1- Introduction to waves
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #13 Sound
Day 1- Introduction to sound
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #14 Light
Day 1- Introduction to light
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Chunk #15 Optics
Day 1- Introduction to optics
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment
Modern
Chunk #16 Modern Physics
Day 1- Introduction to Modern physics
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Day 4 - Review, questions, Formative Assessment
Day 5 - Remediation then Summative Assessment