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Friday, March 31, 2017

What a Rube

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify types of energy
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • What types of energy can you see in the following photo? Where do you see the types of energy?
    • Light from above. The picture "Light from above" was taken in September 2016 in Santa Maddalena, Dolomiten, Italy. Beautiful light and humidity stood behind the nice play of light and shadows that morning. I was waiting as the small church was illuminated by the very first rays of Sun. 
      © Peter Svoboda, Slovakia, 1st Place, National Awards, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
  • transfer of energy stations
  • Quiz
  • Rube Goldberg machines
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Transfers

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify transfers of energy in a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care
  • I cooperate with others by working towards a solution
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FALLING (2min)
    • Which has more energy, a stretched rubber band or the same rubber band released and flying through the air? Explain.
  • What types of energy are happening?
  • transfer of energy stations
    • example
  • Rube Goldberg machines
Homework:
  • Types of energy and conservation of energy quiz, Friday 3/31

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Systems

Learning Target: 
  • I can apply the law of conservation of energy to a situation
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FALLING (2min)
    • If a book falls off a high shelf, where does it have the most energy? Explain.
  • Conservation of Energy worksheet
    • Where does the energy go?
      • input
      • output
  • transfer of energy stations
    • example
Homework:
  • Types of energy and conservation of energy quiz, Friday 3/31

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Conservation of Energy

Learning Target: 
  • I can apply the law of conservation of energy to a situation
HOWLs Target:
  • I take initiative for my learning
Agenda
  • Warm-up: FREE ENERGY (2min)
    • Why can't you just create free energy whenever you want it?
  • PhET: Energy Skatepark
    • Where does the energy for the skateboarder come from? Why does the skateboarder start moving?
    • Where does the skateboarder have the most energy?this is a trick question
    • How is the skateboarder an example of Conservation of Energy?
  • Conservation of Energy worksheet
  • Rube Goldberg - energy identification
Homework:
  • Types of energy and conservation of energy quiz, Friday 3/31

Monday, March 27, 2017

Energy in Pictures

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify examples of types of energy
HOWLs Target:
  • I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TYPES OF ENERGY (2min)
    • If you could have control of one type of energy as a superpower, which would it be?
  • finding examples in the room
    • model: motion
    • 1: gravitational
    • 2: radient

    • 3: electrical
    • 4: thermal

    • 1: chemical
    • 2: elastic

    • 3: sound
    • 4: nuclear
  • Conservation of Energy
Homework:
  • example poster: HOWLs Responsibility 3/28/17
    • type of energy
    • definition
    • example could be any of the following
      • diagram
      • cartoon
      • acrostic poem
      • haiku

Friday, March 24, 2017

Finding Types of Energy

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify examples of types of energy
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • What types of energy can you identify in the following photo?
    • Men carrying a shrine jump over a bonfire, which means a wish for good luck during a traditional Chinese lunar new year celebration in Jieyang, Guangdong province, China, on February 2, 2017. # Reuters
  • PE vs KE
    • types of energy
    • example poster: HOWLs Responsibility
      • type of energy
      • definition
      • example could be any of the following
        • diagram
        • cartoon
        • acrostic poem
        • haiku
  • finding examples in the room
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Types of Energy

Learning Target: 
  • I can categorize types of energy into potential or kinetic
HOWLs Target:
  • I take initiative for my learning by challenging myself
Agenda
Homework:
  • Snowtubing Project 3/23

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

New Trimester

Learning Target: 
  • I can remember the difference between potential and kinetic energy.
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess last trimester to improve for the next trimester.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TRIMESTER HOWLs (RESPECT) (2min)
  • Snowtubing HOWLS
  • energy review/pre-test
  • PE vs KE
Homework:
  • Snowtubing Project 3/23

Monday, March 20, 2017

Last Work Day

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of force and motion
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete
Agenda
  • Warm-up: REASONING VS EVIDENCE (2min)
    • What is the difference between evidence and reasoning?
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
  • Compare and Contrast speeds at 20m, 120m, and graphed lines.
    • exampleAt 20m the push start was faster by 2.5m/s than the sit start.
  • Evidence sentences for 20m, 120m, and graphed lines
    • example: The push start was faster at 20m which supports the claim that a push start is a faster tubing method.
  • Free-Body Diagrams
    • draw vectors for F(g), F(n), F(f), and if needed F(a) for both the control and your classes variable (double tube, running start, or spin start)
  • Reasoning Section
    • Compare the free body diagrams 
      • What forces are the same in both diagrams?
        • ex: The control and the push start are similar because both tubing methods have the same force of ...
      • Do both diagrams have unbalanced forces?
    • Contrast free body diagrams 
      • How are the diagrams different? 
        • ex. In contrast to the control, the push start has an applied force acting...
      • Are the net forces the same or different?
  • How does the difference or similarities between the free body diagrams cause what you state in the claim?
Homework:
  • Snowtubing Project 3/23

Friday, March 17, 2017

Wrapping Up

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of force and motion
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • Draw a free-body diagram for the moon circling Saturn.
    •  
    • A view of Enceladus and Saturn on October 28, 2007, from approximately 856,509 miles (1,378,418 kilometers) away.  NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
  • Compare and Contrast speeds at 20m, 120m, and graphed lines.
    • exampleAt 20m the push start was faster by 2.5m/s than the sit start.
  • Evidence sentences for 20m, 120m, and graphed lines
    • example: The push start was faster at 20m which supports the claim that a push start is a faster tubing method.
  • Free-Body Diagrams
    • draw vectors for F(g), F(n), F(f), and if needed F(a) for both the control and your classes variable (double tube, running start, or spin start)
  • Reasoning Section
    • Compare the free body diagrams 
      • What forces are the same in both diagrams?
        • ex: The control and the push start are similar because both tubing methods have the same force of ...
      • Do both diagrams have unbalanced forces?
    • Contrast free body diagrams 
      • How are the diagrams different? 
        • ex. In contrast to the control, the push start has an applied force acting...
      • Are the net forces the same or different?
  • How does the difference or similarities between the free body diagrams cause what you state in the claim?
Homework:
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Snowtubing Work Day

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of force and motion
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete
Agenda
  • Snowtubing project Work Day
  1. Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
  2. Compare and Contrast speeds at 20m, 120m, and graphed lines.
    • example: At 20m the push start was faster by 2.5m/s than the sit start.
  3. Evidence sentences for 20m, 120m, and graphed lines
    • example: The push start was faster at 20m which supports the claim that a push start is a faster tubing method.
  4. Free-Body Diagrams
    • draw vectors for F(g), F(n), F(f), and if needed F(a) for both the control and your classes variable (double tube, running start, or spin start)
  5. Reasoning Section
    • Compare the free body diagrams 
      • What forces are the same in both diagrams?
        • ex: The control and the push start are similar because both tubing methods have the same force of ...
      • Do both diagrams have unbalanced forces?
    • Contrast free body diagrams 
      • How are the diagrams different? 
        • ex. In contrast to the control, the push start has an applied force acting...
      • Are the net forces the same or different?
    • How does the difference or similarities between the free body diagrams cause what you state in the claim?
  6. Final version should include all pieces from:
Extension:

  • Use the following video to explain how Newton's 3 Laws of Motion connect to snow tubing


Homework:
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Test and Work Day

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of force and motion
HOWLs Target:
  • I keep working until the task is complete
Agenda
  • Warm-up: SELF ASSESS (2min)
    • How have you prepared for this test? 
  • Test
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
    • Desmos graphing
    • compare and contrast lines
      • start (0-20m)
      • middle (20m-60m)
      • finish (60m-120m)
  • Free-Body Diagrams
  • Reasoning Section
    • Compare free body diagrams (what is the same?)
    • Contrast free body diagrams (how are they different)
    • How does the difference cause what you state in the claim
  • Final version
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Monday, March 13, 2017

Review Stuff

Learning Target: 
  • I have asked all the questions and connected all the dots
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: REVIEW MONDAY (2min)
    • Sketch distance-time graphs to represent the motion for the following situations.
    1. standing still


    1. walking at a constant speed


    1. slowing down

  • Force and Motion Review
    • free-body diagram hunt
    • are you correct?
    • kahoot
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Forces and Motion test 3/14
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Friday, March 10, 2017

Falling Down A Slope

Learning Target: 
  • I can write compare and contrast statements
  • I can write evidence statements
HOWLs Target:
  • take initiative for my learning by focusing on the task.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • Draw a free body diagram of the forces acting on the person falling down the hill.
    • A woman falls down the steep gradient of Cooper's Hill during the annual cheese-rolling, on May 27, 2013 in Brockworth, England. 
      Matt Cardy/Getty Images
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
    • Desmos graphing
    • compare and contrast lines
      • start (0-20m)
      • middle (20m-60m)
      • finish (60m-120m)
  • Free-Body Diagrams
  • Reasoning Section
    • Compare free body diagrams (what is the same?)
    • Contrast free body diagrams (how are they different)
    • How does the difference cause what you state in the claim
  • Final version
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Forces and Motion test 3/14
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Graphing and Writing

Learning Target: 
  • I can write compare and contrast statements
    •   
  • I can write evidence statements
    •   
HOWLs Target:
  • take initiative for my learning by focusing on the task.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: HOWLS CHECK-IN (2min)
    • Give yourself a HOWLS grade on the handout. Use checkmarks to to show why you have given yourself that grade.
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
    • Desmos graphing
    • compare and contrast lines
      • start (0-20m)
      • middle (20m-60m)
      • finish (60m-120m)
  • Free-Body Diagrams
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Forces and Motion test 3/14
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Graphing

Learning Target: 
  • I can compare and contrast data
HOWLs Target:
  • take initiative for my learning by focusing on the task.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: DISTANCE-TIME (2min)
    • Why is the steepness of the line important on a distance-time graph?
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
    • Desmos graphing
    • compare and contrast lines
      • start (0-20m)
      • middle (20m-60m)
      • finish (60m-120m)
  • Free-Body Diagrams
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Forces and Motion test 3/14
  • Snowtubing Project 3/16

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Compare And Contrast

Learning Target: 
  • I can compare and contrast data
HOWLs Target:
  • take initiative for my learning by focusing on the task.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: CLASS (2min)
    • Give yourself an honest HOWLS grade for taking initiative yesterday. Also, give the class an overall HOWLS grade. 
    • A 3 would look like the following:
      • on task throughout class / not distracted by others
      • completing work / not talking about or doing about other things
      • discussing or asking questions about the work with peers / not distracting others
  • Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
    • numbers work
    • Desmos graphing
    • compare and contrast lines
      • start (0-20m)
      • middle (20m-60m)
      • finish (60m-120m)
  • Free-Body Diagrams
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none