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.

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.

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

Passwords for new grading program

As of Feb. 26, the office at Grant does not have the passwords to access my students' grades. I will try to let you know when they do. I hope they get them soon.

Weeks 3 and 4: 2 Feb, 18 - 29

Goals:

1. Describe the following things about forces: definition, types, metric units, their nature as forces.

2. State and correctly apply Newton's First and Third Laws of Motion

3. Calculate Net Force

4. Draw Force Vectors



Activities:

Monday 2/25: Start Experiments on pages 31-33 of handout. Homework: Read pages 34, 35

Tuesday: Finish experiment. Do Data Analysis questions. Lecture on First and Third Laws. Homework: Questions in packet 1-15

Thursday: Go over questions. Demonstrations. Compare improved shots. Watch Video. Homework: Questions on Inertia, Newton's First Law and Friction

Friday: Review and quiz.



Notebook:

1. Graph Sketches (8 graphs)


2. Packet: Seven Ball in Corner Pocket


3. Answers to Questions.


4. Packet: Kinds of Forces


5. Questions of Inertia, Newton's First Law and Friction.

My New Grading Software

This semester I will be using the grading software that is a part of the software that the district uses for attendance and grade reporting. You will still be able to check grades on-line and may be able to view grades for several classes at the same site: such as Mr. William's grades. To access the grades and all of the attendance and demographics information on the site, you will need to get your username and password from the office at Grant. It will only be issued to the parent or guardian and, I assume, only with identification. More and more teachers at Grant are beginning to use this grading program and although it may be a nuisance to get the id codes, in the long run, it will make staying up to date with your child's grades much easier. Here is a link to the web site http://parent.pps.k12.or.us/

Semester 2, Week 1: Feb. 4 - 8

Starting this semester, students will be having their weekly quizzes and turning in notebooks on Fridays.

Goals:
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in deistance/change in time.
2. Be able to calculate average velocity from time vs. distance graphs.
3. On a distance vs. time graph, be able to describe how speeds change, based on the slopes of the graph.
4. Be able to interpret time vs. velocity graphs and match them with corresponding time vs. distance graphs.

Activities:
Monday: Go over returned work. Read FLOJO handout. Answer questions. Homework finish questions.
Tuesday: Work on making and understanding graphs of motion. (Sorry this isn't currently available online.)
Thursday: Continue graphing activity. Homework: Finish graph and answer questions about motion data.
Friday:Review and quiz

Notebook:
1. Flo Jo reading, questions and data
2. Distance Graph
3. Velocity Graph
4. Questions about graphs