HW: None
MU: Do Question of the Day, and review the Work Power and Energy PowerPoint
Watch Beyond Tomorrow and write reflection about which one applies to our class the most an why and which one is your favorite invention and why?
HW: Finish your writing about favorite invention.
MU: Open Hang and Reaction Time Explorations, choose which exploration you would like to do, review your purpose question, write a hypothesis, collect data for yourself, do analysis questions.
Finish sharing Science Project Ideas
Harvard Step Test
HW: Determine weight for class
MU: Share about Science Project with class and do Harvard Step test.
Finish Harvard Step Test
do calculations
discuss questions following test
Work and Power Exploration
Create a Purpose Question that has Work and Power as responding variable
Then complete pre-lab including Hypothesis, Variables, Procedure, Drawing of Setup with Materials labeled, Data Table to collect data and an Analysis section to make calculations for Work and Power.
HW: Finish pre-lab for Work and Power Exploration
MU: Come in before or after school to make up Harvard Step Test and do Pre-lab for Work and Power Exploration as discussed above.
Continue Work and Power Exploration
get pre-lab checked off
collect data
make calculations
write conclusion
HW: Finish Work and Power Exploration
MU: Come in before or after school to make up Work and Power Exploration and do Question of the Day.
work through each lab and record all data in your science notebook in classwork section
HW: If you didn't get through the Wedge Exploration, finish at home.
MU: Do Question of the Day, visit and play with Simple Machine Website, and then start Simple Machine Explorations go through introduction and first laboratory.
Continue Simple Machine Explorations
continue working through each lab and record all data in your science notebook
do Lever, Ramps and Pulley Explorations
HW: Finish explorations through collecting data for the Incline Ramp exploration.
MU: Continue Simple Machine Explorations through Incline Ramp Explorations
Finish Simple Machine Explorations
continue working through each lab and record all data in your science notebook
do Incline Ramps and Pulley Explorations
HW: Finish Simple Machine Explorations.
MU: Finish Simple Machine Explorations
Discuss results of Simple Machine Explorations
Pulley Exploration
Purpose Question: What is the effect of the number of pulleys on the force input, distance input and work input when force output (weight being lifted), distance weight is lifted, and work output (weight X distance it is lifted) is kept the same.
Write Hypothesis, variables, drawing of set up with materials all listed, procedure, data table to record data and analysis section for calculations set up.
Start testing using CPO pulleys
Do calculations for any data collected.
HW: Do calculations for any data collected.
MU: Come in before or after school to make up Pulley Exploration and get Simple Machine Explorations checked off.
HW: Finish Pulley Exploration
MU: Come in before or after school to finish Pulley Exploration and get notes from someone in class.
HW: None
MU: Come in before or after school to do tool stations, and do Questions of the Day.
HW: Get Letter for Science Project signed
MU: Review documents above, come in and ask questions if you have any and get Letter Home to Parents signed by you and parents.
HW: Get Letter for Science Project signed
MU: Do some research for your Science Project at home.
HW: Work on Project Research and Project Proposal
MU: Do some research for your Science Project at home.
HW: Finish Energy 1 Worksheet
MU: Do Question of the Days, review PowerPoint to end and do HW.
HW: Finish pre-lab so testing can begin tomorrow.
MU: Do Question of the Day, come in before or after school to get help with the Rollercoaster Exploration pre-lab.
Work on Rollercoaster Exploration
set up to collect data
collect both QL and QT data
do calculations for velocity, PE, KE and TE
make 3 graphs of data ( one for each responding variable)
start normal conclusion but for real world application draw your dream rollercoaster (be sure to include potential and kinetic energy at different points of interest throughout your rollercoaster)
HW: Work on Rollercoaster Exploration
MU: Come in before or after school to make up Roller Coaster Exploration