Thursday, March 13, 2008

Week 6 and 7 March 10 - 21

Sorry this post is coming so late.



Goals:

1. Determine acceleration from velocity graphs.
2. State and Apply Newton's second Law
3. Justify Newton's Second Law by referring to graphs


Activities
Monday 3/10: Read Battle on Heartbreak hill and answer questions. Finish questions as homework.
Tuesday 3/11 : Go over questions and returned quiz
Thursday3/13 Collect data for force vs. acceleration.
Monday3/17: Finish collecting data. Graph data as homework.
Tuesday 3/18: Collect mass vs. acceleration data
Thursday3/19: Finish collecting mass vs. acceleration data and graph. Write Lab Conclusion as homework.
Friday 3/20: Practice Problems, go over work. Quiz and notebook.

Notebook:
1. Battle at Heartbreak Hill. Reading and questions.
2. Force vs. Acceleration Data Table
3. Force vs. Acceleration Graph
4. Mass vs. Acceleration Data Table.
5. Mass v. Acceleration Graph.
6. Lab Conclusion.
7. Practice Problems.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Passwords are Available

Passwords are now available for the Parent Assist website. From this website you can check grades if your child is in my or 14 other Grant Teachers' classes, check a complete attendance record and access other information. To get to the site you can follow the link on the right for checking your grades. And you can get the password for the site from the main office at Grant High School.
Please let me know if there are problems.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Week 5 March 3-7

Goals:
Continue Force goals from last week.

Review velocity concepts.

State definition of acceleration

Calculate acceleration from problems and graphs.

Activities:
Monday: Review Goals from last week. Quiz and Notebook check. Homework: Obtaining Data from a distance vs. Time graph
Tuesday: Go over homework and quiz. Practice Calculating Acceleration
Thurday: State CIM Tests
Friday: Review and Quiz