Final Snow Tubing Work Day

Learning Target: 

• I can write a claim and support it with evidence and reasoning

HOWLs Target:

• I keep working until the task is complete.

Agenda

• Warm-up: FRICTION (2min)
• What effect did weather have on our snow tubing trip?
• Snow tubing Data Analysis worksheet
• Average times
• Average speeds
• Desmos graphing
• 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.
• 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?
• Sailing T-shirt design contest

Homework:

• Snowtubing project final copy 3/30

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I can gather information from various sources

HOWLs Target: 

• I participate in my classroom and community.

Agenda

• Warm-up: STUDENT CLIMATE SURVEY (2min)
• Please take the time to answer the questions in the student climate survey found in the Great Diamond google classroom as accurately as you feel comfortable. The information will be used by the school to understand areas of need.
• Independent study
• Google classroom
• Topic
• Organizer

Homework:

• Complete Snow tubing Project: Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Snow Tubing Work Day #2

Learning Target: 

• I can write a claim and support it with evidence and reasoning

HOWLs Target:

• I 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
• Average times
• Average speeds
• Desmos graphing
• 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.
• 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 final copy 3/30

The Work For the Week

Learning Target: 

• I can write a claim and support it with evidence and reasoning

HOWLs Target:

• I keep working until the task is complete.

Agenda

• Warm-up: NOT A PRETTY PICTURE (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
• Average times
• Average speeds
• Desmos graphing
• 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.
• 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 final copy 3/30

Assessment and Writing

Learning Target: 

• I can write a claim and support it with evidence sentences

HOWLs Target:

• I keep working until the task is complete.

Agenda

• Warm-up: VELOCITY AND FORCES (2min)
• What is the speed of a car that drives 4 meters around a curve in 2 seconds?
• Draw a distance-time graph of the cars motion.
• Does that car have a constant velocity? Explain.
• Are the forces acting on the car balanced or unbalanced? Explain.
• Assessment
• Evidence Writing
• compare and contrast
• The single tube was 2.5m/s faster at 20m.
• evidence statement
• The single tube's speed at 20m supports the claim that the single tube is a faster method.
• The data: Google Classroom
• Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
• graphing on Desmos
• 
• Snowtubing Write-up: Google Classroom

Homework:

• none

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I can gather information from various sources

HOWLs Target: 

• I participate in my classroom and community.

Agenda

• Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE WEDNESDAY (2min)
• Choose at least one of Newton's Laws of Motion and explain how it relates to this picture.
•  
• Pacome Schmitt of France crashes during a training run on the second leg of the Red Bull Crashed Ice Championship on January 7, 2016, in Munich, Germany. #
  Joerg Mitter / Red Bull via Getty
• Snow tubing field trip
• Independent study
• Listen to a podcast (or 2 or 3) today.  Think about what made it interesting (or not).  Was the speaker a good speaker?  If you could talk to them would you give them any suggestions?  At the end of this class take time to fill out this exit ticket.
• Some Ideas of Podcasts to listen to:
• Surprisingly Awesome- comes highly recommended.
• Math Mutation- 3-7 minute podcasts for people of all ages about "weird and/or interesting" math. (I haven't listened yet)
• Grammar Girl, Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing- (It's interesting I swear!) 
• How Stuff Works- A whole family of different podcasts.
• Nerdette- A safe space for nerding out (I haven't listened yet)
• Ted Talks- Good wide variety of topics.
• The Moth- Listener stories
• Radio Lab- Usually very interesting science stories
• This American Life- I love this one, but might be more interesting for adults.
• Serial- investigative journalism (Season 1 is about murder case I mentioned in class)
• Brains On- science podcast
• Lore-  A friend recommended this to me, he said it might be a little scary but that he would have loved it in 8th grade.  It's about "dark historical tales" that impact current myths.


• Link to an article with pros and cons of podcasts, and a list of 20 podcasts appropriate for kids.
• One of the cons of podcasts is that they often have a lot of commercials.  Your podcast will be commercial free  (or not?).  You will be writing a podcast for your next research project!

Homework:

• Velocity, distance-time, and Newtons Laws assessments: Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday

Slopes and Writing

Learning Target: 

• I can write a compare and contrast statements
• I can write evidence statements

HOWLs Target:

• I keep working until the task is complete.

Agenda

• Warm-up: SLOPEY PICTURE NEXT DAY (2min)
• Draw a free-body diagram of a photographer slowly sliding down a hill at a constant speed in a straight line.
• Are the forces acting on the photographer balanced or unbalanced? Explain.
• 
• A photographer lies on the snow as the ladies' giant slalom is postponed due to strong winds on February 12, 2018, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. #
  Alexander Hassenstein / Getty
• Mini-lesson: free-body diagrams on slopes
• Net force check-in
• Evidence Writing
• compare and contrast
• The single tube was 2.5m/s at 20m.
• evidence statement
• The single tube's speed at 20m supports the claim that the single tube is a faster method.
• The data: Google Classroom
• Snowtubing Data Analysis worksheet
• graphing on Desmos
• 
• Snowtubing Write-up: Google Classroom

Homework:

• distance-time, Newton's Laws, forces test: Class A - Thursday, Class BCD - Friday