More Momentum

I checked WS 7-1 and went over the answers.  We attempted to finish the lab, but got side-tracked.  We will finish the lab on Friday.  We did a computer simulation of elastic and inelastic collisions.

HW:  Review sheet, WS 5, Quiz on ws 7-1

Tailgated by a Dart

We took the quiz on heat and spent most of the lab collecting data for the Tailgated by a Dart lab.

HW:  WS 7-1 and  Read pp. 85-97; RQ p. 99 #1-19 if you didn't already complete it.

We're Gaining Momentum (Black: 3/23 Orange: 3/24)

We finished up heat and began discussing momentum.


HW:  Read pp. 85-97; RQ p. 99 #1-19

More Heat and Energy Conservation (Black: 3/21 Orange: 3/22)

I checked and we went over the homework.  We also took notes on heat and finished the heat capacity lab. I did a demonstration lab that allowed us to calculate the temperature of a Bunsen Burner flame.

HW:  Finish WS 4

More Heat and Energy Conservation (Orange: 3/18)

I stamped the homework and we took the quiz on power.  We watched a video called Green- The New Red, White and Blue

HW:  Period 5 only- Read p. 300-308; Review Questions #3-15

Power and Heat (Orange: 3/16 Black 3/17)

We finished our discussion of Power and the Powerhouse Lab.  We began our discussion on heat, and how we can convert the GPE of a waterfall into heat using the Q = mc(Tf-Ti) equation.  We started a lab looking at heat transfers, but didn't finish.

HW: Read p. 300-308; complete Review Questions #3-15

Powerhouse (Orange: 3/14 Black: 3/15)

I checked homework and went over selected problems.  We also finished the Popper Lab and took a quiz on the Roller Coaster problem.  We did an activity to calculate your power as you climb the bleachers.

HW:  Correct WS 3 (key is here); Study for the quiz (problem 6 or 7 on WS 3), finish the lab.

More Energy and the Popper Lab

I checked the homework and we whiteboarded it.  I also gave a quiz on WS 1.  The last 30 minutes of the period was spent doing the popper lab.

HW:  WS 3, study for quiz on the Roller Coaster problem

More Energy, Less Work (Orange: 3/8 Black: 3/9)

We are in Mr. Shultz's room today...

I discussed and we corrected the Spring Lab.  There was also a quiz on the lab.  We went over the homework.  Click here for a blank copy of Worksheet 1 if you would like to do it a second time.  There will be a quiz on WS 1 next time.  We also talked about energy transfers and energy bar graphs.  By setting the initial and final energy conditions equal to each other, you can solve for missing variables (such as height and object will reach or a spring constant) without ever having to calculate the energy present.

HW:  WS 2b

Energy Types (Orange: 3/4 Black: 3/7)

We took notes and did problems for different energy types.  We discussed the energy transfers when a bowling ball swings from a rope and a roller coaster going up and down hills.

HW:  Worksheet 1; quiz on the lab next time.

Start of Energy Unit (Orange: 3/2 Black: 3/3)

We began the energy unit today.  Most of the period was spent completing and discussing the spring lab.  We also started the notes on energy types.

Homework is to finish the lab.