Chapter+2

-Chapter 2 Challenge || * Read Chapter Challenge Link to PTG: [|ch2_sec_5 PTG.pdf] ||
 * = =**No.**= || =Goals= || =Activities= || =HW= ||
 * = 48 -- Nov 28, 2011 || -Begin Chapter 2
 * Discuss overarching theme of Chapter 2
 * Assign groups to **read** a section, summarize
 * Present by the end of class, prepare for investigation
 * [|ch2 Chapter Challenge.pdf]
 * Chapter 2 Sec 1 reading:
 * [|Reading Ch 2 S 1 part 1.pdf]
 * [|Reading Ch 2 S 1 p2.pdf] || # Read Physics Talk, p. 134 to 138
 * 1) Answer "Checking Up" questions
 * 2) Here: ||
 * 49 -- Nov 29, 2011 || * Describe Galileo's Law of inertia
 * Apply Newton's First Law of motion
 * Recognize inertial mass as a physical property of matter
 * Use examples to demonstrate that speed is always relative to some other object
 * Explain that the speed of an object depends on the reference frame from which it is being observed || * Answer, What Do You Think problems
 * Discuss responses
 * Begin section 1 investigation
 * Discuss results at end of class
 * Today's Investigation: [|ch2_sec_1 Investigation.pdf]
 * Rubric: [|Ch2S1 rubric.pdf] ||  ||
 * 50 -- Nov 30, 2011 || * Continue Investigation, Section 1 || * Continue section 1 investigation
 * Discuss results at end of class and middle of class
 * Problem solving parts: [|Physics Plus Ch2S1.pdf] ||  ||
 * 51 -- Dec 1, 2011 || * Complete Investigation, Section 1
 * Problem solving, conceptual review || * Complete section 1 investigation
 * PTG 1 - 3, 5, 10
 * Link to PTG problems: [|PTG problems ch2_sec_1.pdf]
 * Quiz ||  ||
 * 52 -- Dec 2, 2011 || * Discuss Chapter Challenge, Section 1
 * What do you think, Chapter 2, sec 2
 * Investigation, 1 - 7: [|Investigation ch2_sec_2.pdf] || * Reading: [|Reading Part ch2_sec_2.pdf]
 * Do "Checking Up" Questions, all ||  ||
 * 52 -- Dec 5, 2011 || * Handback wikispaces
 * Continue Sec 2 Investigation || * Handback wikispaces; discuss reading the rubric
 * Discuss reading; checking up questions
 * Complete investigation 2 from #3 - 9
 * Discuss at the end of class || * PTG #1 - 3
 * for No. 3, just answer "Acceleration" or "Constant Velocity"
 * [|PTG problems.pdf] ||
 * 52 -- Dec 6, 2011 || * Complete Section 2 || * **Half Day**
 * Complete Investigation #10-11 || * PTG #4, 6, 7
 * Devise method; how to measure **acceleration** from tickertape
 * Rubric for Section 2 Investigation
 * [|Ch2S2 rubric.pdf] ||
 * 52 -- Dec 7, 2011 || * Vannucci's Challenge
 * Measuring the falling acceleration from tickertape || * Problem solving; reviewing the Investigation
 * Using ticker-tape to measure **falling acceleration**
 * Problem Solving: How can we slow down acceleration with only paper and tape?
 * Slowest group gets +5% on wikispaces, max: 100%
 * Handout: [|Design Challenge 12-6-11.docx] || * Problem solving, review PTG problems
 * Review for Quiz ||
 * 52 -- Dec 8, 2011 || * Quiz, Section 2
 * Begin Section 3 ||  ||   ||
 * 52 -- Dec 9, 2011 || * Continue Investigation Section 3 ||  ||   ||
 * 53 -- Dec 12, 2011 || * Identify the forces acting on an object
 * Determine whether forces are **balanced or unbalanced**
 * Compare amounts of acceleration semi-quantitatively
 * Apply Newton's Second Law of Motion
 * Apply the definition of a newton as a unit of force
 * Describe weight as the force of earth on an object || * Begin Section 3
 * [|InvestigationCh2S3.pdf]
 * Discuss "What do you think?"
 * Begin Section 3, complete up to part 3
 * Discuss results; what does the bend in the ruler represent? What do you notice about the motion? || * Reading Physics Talk portion
 * [|Reading ch2_sec_3.pdf] ||
 * 54 -- Dec 13, 2011 || * Continue with Section 3 Investigation || * Complete up to part 6 of the investigation
 * Discuss results at the end of class
 * Rubric: [|Ch2S3 rubric.pdf] || * PTG 1,3,5
 * [|PTG and Chapter Chal ch2_sec_3.pdf] ||
 * 55 -- Dec 14, 2011 || * Complete Section 3, review problem-solving and discuss results up until now || * Complete the investigation || * PTG 7,10,11 ||
 * 56 -- Dec 15, 2011 || * Do "Prepare for Chapter Challenge" in class as a presentation
 * Quiz || * Preparing the Chapter Challenge; how does what we've done relate to the chapter project?
 * PTG problem 18 in class
 * Quiz || * Final wikispace due ||
 * 57 -- Dec 16, 2011 || * Vectors adding activity
 * Begin Section 4 || * Do "Adding Vectors" activity
 * Discuss about what vectors are and where they're used || NONE ||
 * 58 -- Dec 19, 2011 || * Section 4: Projectile motion
 * Which hits first, launched or dropped?
 * Conclusion by end of period || * Investigation 4: [|Ch2S4 Investigation.pdf]
 * Students will decide which hits the ground first, a launched or dropped projectile
 * Students will come up with as many different ways to represent this as possible
 * Completion of Part A by the end of the period || * Read Physics Talk
 * [|Ch2S4 Physics Talk.pdf] ||
 * 59 -- Dec 20, 2011 || * Continue wtih Section 4 || * Do reading sample problems as a group
 * Continue/complete investigation || * PTG problems: [|Ch2S4 PTG.pdf]
 * Problems 1 - 5 ||
 * 60 -- Dec 21, 2011 || * Complete S4 Investigation || * Work on Physics Plus problems as a class
 * [|Ch2S4 Physics Plus.pdf]
 * Complete investigation
 * Rubric for S4: [|Ch2S4 rubric.pdf]
 * Picture of ball's path, Part B: [|Part_B_ball_motion_picture.jpg]
 * Quiz || * NONE ||
 * 61 -- Dec 22, 2011 || * Projectile launching problems || * Projectile Launching; can you predict and **hit** a target with a projectile launcher?? ||  ||
 * 62 -- Dec 23, 2011 || * Christmas physics lesson || * Mythbusters -- short quia questionairre || * No HW ||
 * 63 -- Jan 3, 2012 || * The Range of Projectiles
 * Understanding our model of projectile motion
 * Calculate the predicted range of a launched projectile || * Do Now problem: done by hand, checked for completion
 * Begin investigation 5, link: [|ch2_sec_5 Investigation.pdf]
 * End of Class exit problem, link: || * Read Physics talk, answer Checking up Questions
 * Link: [|ch2_sec_5 Physics Talk.pdf]
 * Take this short Quia quiz for me to test if my setup works ||
 * 64 -- Jan 4, 2012 || * The Range of Projectiles
 * Understanding our model of projectile motion || * Do Now problem: done by hand, checked for completion
 * Complete investigation 5, [|ch2_sec_5 Investigation.pdf]
 * End of Class exit problem, link:
 * Rubric for Section 5: [|Ch2S5 rubric.pdf] ||  ||
 * 65 -- Jan 5, 2012 || * Calculate the predicted range of a launched projectile
 * How to play Battleship: ranging and launching projectiles || * Do Now problem: done by hand, checked for completion
 * Discuss the results of the investigation, review PTG problems
 * Calculating Range: How to Play Battleship
 * End of Class exit problem, link: || PTG: 1,2,3,5,6,9,10
 * 66 -- Jan 6, 2012 || * Calculate the predicted range of a launched projectile || * Do Now problem: done by hand, checked for completion
 * Quiz, end of section 5
 * Explaining how to solve your problem (# 1 - 5) || * Write an explanation on how to solve your assigned problem. You must work in pairs (with one odd person out)
 * Assignment problems: [|Assignment problems.pdf] ||
 * 67 -- Jan 9, 2012 || * Complete Section 5 wiki || * Students will bring in their explanation of PTG problems
 * Review by Mr. Vannucci, and then present them to the class ||  ||
 * 68 -- Jan 10, 2012 || * Mini-chapter challenge: create a **sports casting** using physics concepts from chapter 2
 * Mini-chapter challenge [|ch2 Mini Challenge.pdf] || * Students will rewrite a new sports cast similar to the one they wrote already
 * First draft will be due by the end of fourth period, on Tuesday Jan 10, 2012 (today); emailed to Mr. Vannucci || * HW: Rewrite/edit first draft based on comments from Mr. Vannucci included in email ||
 * 69 -- Jan 11, 2012 || **Lab Day:**
 * 2nd draft of Mini-challenge due
 * Final draft of mini-chapter challenge due by the end of period 3, recorded and submitted by the end of 4
 * Review for unit test || * Students will bring in their revisions to the mini-chapter challenge and have them critiqued and edited in the beginning of the period
 * During this period, students will also have practice problems for the unit-test review game
 * The complete mini chapter challenge, with voice recording and all is due by the end of fourth period || [[file:CP Exam Review v 1.docx]] ||
 * 70 -- Jan 12, 2012 || * Unit test review
 * Mid-term exam review || * Review-game for unit test
 * Mid-term exam prep; rate the difficulty of mid-term concepts || * Review sheet for test tomorrow
 * [|Chapter 2 Unit Test Review.docx] ||
 * 71 -- Jan 13, 2012 || * Unit test -- Chapter 2 Sections 1 - 5
 * on completion, begin homework for weekend || * Unit Test, Chapter 2 sections 1 thru 5 ||  ||
 * 72 -- Jan 17, 2012 || * Review vectors and SOH/CAH/TOA
 * Emphasis on vector decomposition, analogy to velocity || * Do Now!: Vector Problem for Relative Motion
 * Activity: PhET simulator
 * Activity: Physics Plus solution
 * Review: Vectors and their analogy to velocity/acceleration/forces || * Homework: Complete problems 8, 9, 10 from handout if not completed in class
 * Handout: [|Ch 2 Sec 4 Physics Plus and HW 1-17.pdf] ||
 * 73 -- Jan 18 2012 || * Review of projectile motion
 * Emphasis on steps to predict and calculate height and range || * Do Now!: Horizontal projectile motion
 * Redo Physics Plus Ch. 2 Section 5
 * Handout: [|Ch2S5 Physics Plus.pdf]
 * Projectile Motion Sim
 * Launch Scenarios: [|Projectile Motion Launches to Test.docx]
 * Problem: "Can you hit the target? A height and range problem" || * [|Video Notes]
 * [|Projectile Motion Steps.zip] ||
 * 74 -- Jan 19 2012 || * Review of Yellow Light Problem
 * Emphasis on constructing model of intersection || * Do Now!: Finding total braking distance of car
 * Constructing a visual model of an intersection based on Yellow Light Model
 * Game: "Is this a safe intersection? An analysis of local roads." ||  ||
 * 75 -- Jan 20 2012 || * Review of Motion and ticker-tape analysis
 * Emphasis on 2nd Law and scenarios using 1st Law || * Do Now!: Measuring velocity from ticker tape, identifying types of motion
 * Visually identifying different types of motion using strobe photos/ticker tape
 * Steps involved with measuring velocity and acceleration of an object using only ticker tape || Study Guide with Answers: [|ACP Midterm Review 2012 with answers.docx] ||
 * 76 -- Jan 23 2012 || * Review Game, continued
 * Here is the game, questions are identical to review handout questions: [|Physics Midterm Review Game.pptx] || * Continue review game, writing up solutions on the board as needed ||  ||
 * 77 -- Jan 30 2012 || * Review midterm
 * Discussion of the remainder of the year || * Review the midterm, address the major mistakes
 * Discuss changes to the course and ways to address mistakes || * HW: none ||
 * 78 -- Jan 31 2012 || * Chapter 2, Section 6
 * Newton's Third Law || * Download the Ch2S6 file.
 * Copy the **learning objectives** into your wiki
 * In your wiki, read the cartoon and record, "What do you see? What do you think?" in your wiki
 * Discuss as a class || * [|ch2_sec_6.pdf] ||
 * 79 -- Feb 1 2012 || * In-class investigation || * Complete the separate **investigation handout:**
 * Complete the //observations// in your own words and hand it in by the end of the class period
 * Discuss; what were your observations? Who was pushing what? What kind of motion did you observe? || * Homework: Read and **summarize** in your own words the Physics Talk section
 * Note: No credit will be given to a simple copy-and-paste of the text. You **must** summarize what is being said in your own words ||
 * 80 -- Feb 1 2012 || * Question: "How do draw a diagram showing **all the forces** interacting with an object?" || * Discussion of the investigation
 * In class; Analyzing Forces using Force Diagrams
 * Complete the Physics Plus **and** the additional exercises handed out || * PTG 1 - 8
 * [|Ch2S6 rubric.docx]
 * Notes from board: [|thirdlawnotes.zip] ||
 * 81 -- Feb 1 2012 || * Complete Section 6
 * Quiz || * Questions on the PTG problems
 * Complete "What do you think //now//?"
 * Quiz ||  ||
 * 81 -- Feb 6 2012 || * Review Quiz
 * Begin Section 7 || * Learning objectives
 * Friction Forces: The Mu of the Shoe
 * Apply the definition of coefficient of sliding friction, u
 * Measure the coefficient of sliding friction between shoes and different surfaces
 * Calculate the effects of frictional forces on the motion of objects
 * What do you see? What do you think?
 * Review quiz || * Read Physics Talk
 * Please read this carefully; this is a difficult section and you will need to approach this in several different ways in order to understand completely ||
 * 81 -- Feb 7 2012 || * Continue S7 Investigation || * Demonstration of **normal force**
 * Major questions: How hard does a **surface** push upwards?
 * How does frictional force //depend// on the smoothness of the surface? || * To do: "What do you think? What do you see?"
 * [|ch2_sec_7.pdf]
 * Rubric for Section 7: [[file:Ch2S7 rubric.docx]] ||
 * 81 -- Feb 8 2012 || * Complete S7 Investigation
 * Do Physics To Go
 * Write: Procedure for measuring friction
 * Tools
 * Goal || * Complete the section 7 investigation
 * Sample problems: What //is// the coefficient of sliding friction here?
 * A Car Hits Ice: What happens to the **frictional force**?
 * Physics To Go problems
 * Review problems


 * Read "Physics Talk" take notes, do "checking up" ||
 * 81 -- Feb 9 2012 || * Physics Plus Section
 * Quiz || * Notes from the day, in pictures: [|Notes 2-9.zip] || Homework: complete this problem [|Homework_2-9.jpg] ||
 * 81 -- Feb 10 2012 || * Begin Section 8
 * Review: Chapter Challenge
 * What are the goal of the chapter challenge? ||  || * Homework: Begin Chapter Challenge for Chapter 2 ||
 * 82 -- Feb 13, 2012 || * Quiz, Section 7
 * Begin Section 8
 * Review: Chapter Challenge
 * What are the goal of the chapter challenge? || * Review PTG problems from Section 7
 * Quiz, Section 7; wikis due by the end of the period
 * Begin Section 8; "What do you think? What do you see?"
 * **Goal** of chapter challenge || * HW: Open new wikipage, make sure the "What do you think? What do you see?" are complete
 * Download the Section 8 file: [|ch2_sec_8.pdf]
 * Picture for "What do you See?": [|Ch2Sec8_WDYS.png] ||
 * 83 -- Feb 14, 2012 || * Discuss What do you See/Think?
 * Discuss section goals
 * Energy
 * Potential E
 * Kinetic E
 * Work || * Investigation file: [|Ch2Sec8 investigation.doc]
 * Do prelab activity: observational launch of pennies/objects
 * What factors affect the height of the launch?
 * Discussion
 * Lab: **testing** those factors which you think affect the height of the launch ||  ||
 * 84 -- Feb 15, 2012 || * Discuss reading
 * Complete Lab
 * Complete Physics Plus || * Complete investigation
 * What **factors** do you think affect the height of the pole vaulter's jump? || * Homework: Read "Physics Talk Section" of handout ||
 * 85 -- Feb 16, 2012 || * Review Section 8
 * Review PTG questions
 * Section 8 quiz ||  || * Physics to Go, 3, 6, 7, 8 ||
 * 86 -- Feb 17, 2012 || * Prewriting of Chapter Challenge
 * Begin Chapter 2 Section 9 ||  ||   ||
 * 87 -- Feb 27, 2012 || * Review Section 8
 * Review PTG questions
 * Complete **all** Sec 8 || * We'll pick back up where we were supposed to leave off before I got sick; review Sec 8 work, || * Complete any S8 wiki-work Rubric: [[file:Ch2S8 rubric.docx]]
 * [|ch2_sec_9.pdf] ||
 * 88 -- Feb 28, 2012 || * Quiz, Sec 8
 * Begin 9, "What do you see/think?" ||  || {none} ||
 * 89 -- Feb 29, 2012 || * Investigation for Section 9 ||  ||   ||
 * 90 -- Mar 1, 2012 || * Section 9 Physics Plus and PTG ||  || * S9 PTG problems 2, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16
 * For "chart problems" 15, 16 you can use the included chart here in Excel [|Problems 15 16 for PTG.xlsx] ||
 * 91 -- Mar 2, 2012 || * Section 9 due
 * S9 quiz || * Review PTG problems
 * || * Draft of Chapter Challenge "Sports Commentary" due on Monday March 5
 * Chapter Challenge File: [[file:ch2 Chapter Challenge.pdf]]
 * "Goal: To write a voice over commentary of a sporting event (of your choice) that will educate the listeners/readers about the physics in the sport."
 * No voice-recording is needed
 * This will be **at home work** due on Friday, March 16
 * There will be **one** day for final edits on Thursday March 15
 * You will be required to email **drafts** at regular intervals (to be announced) that show your progress
 * The **drafts** will be counted towards your final grade on this project ||