​Mr. Ray's Science Classes

 

Daily Agenda

 

August 24 & 25:  Introduction to Conceptual Physics & Meet Mr. Ray

• Students received a course syllabus that includes classroom expectations and procedures.

• Meet Mr. Ray - Who am I? Who are you?

•  Introduction Activities - Draw a Scientist, Flame Observations, & Plate Words

• All About You - Due Wednesday (8/26)

 

August 27: Students will be able to describe what it means to have relative motion.

• Unit 1 Notes & Questions

• Exit Ticket on Google Classroom

 

August 26:  Students will be able to evalute a current event article for its quality and reliability.

• STEM Discussion (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

• What is the good current event?  - Digital Citizenship

• Current Event - STEM from the Summer

 

August 28: Students will be differentiating between scalar & vector quantities.

• Unit 1 Notes & Questions

• Scaler vs. Vector Quantities Questions

 

August 31:  Students will be able to compare and contrast distance & displacement.

• Distance vs Displacement Notes/Questions

• In-Class Activity - Brainstorming Scalars & Vectors

• Lab:  Create a Procedure to Collect Data to Model how Speed is Calculated

 

September 1 & 2:  Students will be able to calculate speed.

• Speed Notes/Examples

• Lab:  Find the Speed of a Motorized Cart

 

September 3-4: Students will be able to analyze and create position-time graphs & velocity-time graphs.

• Position vs. Time Graphs PracticeExamples

• Velocity vs. Time Graph Practice Examples

• Speed Graphs Assignment 

• 6 Situations

 

September 8: Students will be reviewing for the 1.1 Quiz.

• Unit 1.1 Review

 

September 9:  Students will be assessed over Unit 1.1 Concepts.

• Unit 1 Quiz

• Distance vs. TIme/Velocity vs. Time - Application Activity

 

 

September 10 & 11:  Students will be able to discribe the acceleration of an object in free fall.

• Distance vs. Time/Velocity vs. Time - Application Activity

• Acceleration & Free Fall Notes

• Free Fall Acceleration Demos/Questions

 

September 14-15:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 1 Test.

• Unit 1 Review - Study Guide

 

September 16:  Students will be analyzing linear motion by constructing a mouse trap car.

• Introduce Mouse Trap Cars Project - Groups & Equipment

 

September 16:  Students will be assessed over Unit 1 Concepts.

• Unit 1 Test

• Current Events - STEM from Current Week

 

September 18- October 2:  Students will be applying knowledge from Unit 1 Concepts to design a functioning mouse trap car.

• Mouse Trap Car Project - Designing, Construction, Testing/Experimenting, Daily Reflection, & Final Reflections

 

October 2:  Students will be applying knowledge from Unit 1 Concepts to design a functioning mouse trap car.

• Mouse Trap Car Race Day!

 

October 6:  Students will be applying knowledge from Unit 1 Concepts to design a functioning mouse trap car.

• Mouse Trap Car Final Reflections

 

October 7-9:  Students will be able to investigate what factors affect flight time, range, and maximum height of projectile.

• Mouse Trap Car - Daily Project Logs & Final Reflection Due Wednesay, October 8

• Projectile Motion Notes

• Projectile Motion pHet Simulation

 

October 12:  Students will be reviewing projectile motion and the factors that influence a projectile.

• Projectile Motion Review

 

October 13:  Students will be assessed over Projectile Motion.

• Projectile Motion Quiz

 

October 14-15:  Students will be evaluating forces to develop free body diagrams.

• Free Body Diagram Notes/Discussion

• Free Body Diagram pHet Simulation

 

October 16:  Students will be able to compare and contrast contact and long range forces.

• Agree/Disagree Forces Assignment

• Forces Review

 

October 19:  Students will be reviewing projectile motion & forces.

• Unit 2 Review

 

October 19:  Students will assessed over Unit 2 Material.

• Unit 2.2 Quiz - Net Forces

• Newton's Law of Motion Intro

 

October 21-22: Students will be able to apply Newton's Law of Motion to real-life examples.

• Newton's Laws of Motion - Kahoot & Video Tutorials

 

October 23: Students will be able to apply Newton's Law of Motion to real-life examples.

• Quiz 2.3 - Newton's Laws

 

October 27: Students will be reviewing for the Unit 2 Test.

• Unit 2 Review - Jeopardy & Study Guide

 

October 28: Students will be assessed over Unit 2 Material.

• Unit 2 Test

 

October 29-Novebmer 4:  Students will be applying knowledge of projectile motion to launch a sling shot.

• Rubberband Cannon Battleship

 

November 5:  Students will be applying knowledge of projectile motion to launch a sling shot.

• RubberBand Cannon Lab Reflections

 

November 6: Students will be analyzing the factors involving momentum.

• Momentum Cart Inquiry Lab

 

November 9:  Students will be able to describe how an impulse causes momentum.

• Mometum Impulse Notes/Examples

• Straw Blow Momentum Lab

 

November 10:  Students will be able to describe how a collision causes momentum.

• Collision Notes

• Mometum/Impulse Review

 

November 11:  Students will be assessed over Momentum and Impulse.

• 3.1 Quiz - Momentum/Impulse

 

November 12-13:  Students will be conducting an experiment to analyze the difference between work and power.

• Work & Power Lab

• Work & Power Notes

 

STOP

 

November 10:  I will be able to compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy and determine which type of energy is present in an example.

• Kinetic vs. Potiental Energy Notes/Examples

• Pendulum Example

• Work vs. Power and Momentum/Impulse Practice Q's

 

November 11-13:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 3 Test & analyzing simple machines to use in their Rube Goldberg Machines.

• Unit 3 Review

• Rube Goldberg Simple Machines Research

• Rube Goldberg Simple Machine Brainstroming List

 

November 14:  Students will be assessed over Unit 3 Material.

• Unit 3 Test

 

November 17-25:  Students will be applying knowledge of simple machines to build a rube goldberg machine.

• Rube Goldberg Machine

 

December 1-3: Students will be analyzing their rube goldberg machines & reflecting on the effectiveness of their project.

• Rube Goldberg Machine Video Reflection

 

December 4-5:  Students will be evaluting the componets of electricity and magnetism.

• True/False Activity

• Electric Field Hockey Lab

 

December 8-9: Students will be analyzing the properties of magnetism.

• Properties of Magnetism - Notes

• Magnetic or Not Lab

 

December 10:  Students will be able to map a magnetic field.

• Mapping a Magnetic Field Lab

• Finish Electricity & Magnetism Notes

 

December 11:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 4 Test

• Unit 4 Review

 

December 12:  Students will be assessed over Unit 4 Concepts.

• Unit 4 Test

 

December 15-19:  Students will be reviewing for the Semester Test.

• Semester Test Review & Retakes

 

December 22-23:  Students will be assssed over all Conceptual Physics Concepts.

• Semester Test (Two Parts)