Physics
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Assignments
01SEP Redefining the Kilogram. Watch this clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo0jm1PPRuo and respond with 1) A summary of the video and 2) Three interesting questions the video made you think of.
11SEP Acceleration game data analysis (Graph Paper Races). Play the graph paper race game with a friend. For the first 15 turns, record the position of your "car" at the end of each turn (use a coordinate system, so like if your starting position is at 0,0 and then you move up 1 your new position would be 0,1). Use the position data to calculate velocity for each turn. Then use the velocity data to calculate the acceleration for each turn.
15DEC Rocketry project. Make a homemade rocket that does one of the following: 1. Launches an egg into the sky and brings it down safely 2. Stays in the air for as close to 10 seconds as possible.
notebook
31 AUG Notes: Things that can be measured. Make a list of at least 10 measurements one can take (ex. distance, speed, temperature, etc)
04SEP On the farm, make 3 time measurements, 3 distance measurements, and 3 mass measurements. Write them down in your notebook, be sure to include labels and units.
18AUG (Friday Check-in plus) Rose, Thorn, Bud (highlight of the week, low point of the week, and something you are looking forward to).
06SEP Acceleration game practice.
13SEP Draw the following graphs in your notebook: 1. A pos/time graph that shows something at rest. 2. A pos/time graph that shows something with a constant speed. 3. A pos/time graph that shows something accelerating in the positive direction. 4. A pos/time graph that shows something accelerating in the negative direction.
18SEP Newton's laws. State Newton's three laws in your own (or any modern) words.
20SEP Acceleration graphs continued... Draw the following graphs in your notebook: 1. A pos/time graph that shows something with a positive velocity and a negative acceleration. What is something that this graph could likely represent? 2. A pos/time graph that shows something with a negative velocity and a positive acceleration. What is something that this graph could likely represent?
27SEP Draw a free-body diagram AND a pos/time graph for the following two scenarios: 1. A ball immediately after it has been thrown straight in the air (still on its way up). 2. A ball that has been thrown up but is now on its way down?
29SEP Friday Check-In + 1. Think of some small act of service or kindness that you could do; write it down and set a goal for yourself to do it. 2. Think of a service or act of kindness that our class could do (I will take the best suggestions and we will use class time to do them).
11OCT Calculate the Gravitational Constant using Newton's equation: Gravitational Force = G x M1 x M2 / d x d (look it up to see it written better). Look up the values for Earth's radius (d) and Earth's Mass (M1). Then use any object's mass (M2) and weight (gravitational force (in newtons)). Solve for G. Then look it up and see how close you came.
Quizzes/tests
08SEP Quiz (see Mr. Allred for this quiz; 5 to 10 minutes)