Chapter+1

Chapter 1 Section 1


 * Mr Vannucci's Notes on Investigation, Physics Talk, and Discussion**

We noted that the reaction time was slower when (so and so) had to do the red-light green-light experiment. W
 * Cell phone part, not very distracting
 * Knew that ruler was coming down, improved reaction time
 * **Improvements:** Make experiment longer in time, wearing a blindfold so they don't see the ruler, drop it from different places around the person, blindfold to **not** see the dropper's reaction
 * BETTER DISTRACTION: Asking a student if they legit did their HW, they get so freaked out
 * Improvement: Make a car simulator


 * Red Light/Green Light Exp did slow reaction (from 0.238 seconds 0.389 seconds)
 * Then, with cellphone it went up 0.456 seconds


 * Other Distractions: Eating, your silly GPS and her annoying voice, the speedometer, kids in the car, friends in the car, casually glancing at 'dem buildings, rubbernecking, radio (singing The Clash),
 * Driving under the "influence" makes your reaction time slower
 * Driving tired makes your reaction slower, (focused on a spot in the road like a zombie)
 * Old people are more cautious so they move (very) slow, their hearing might be bad
 * Hearing: Someone honking a horn/ambulance/cop, they might hear it with a delay, so they'd react later

Section 2 > [|Chapter Mini-Challenge.pdf]
 * ==**Lesson #**== || ==**Objective**== || ==**Classwork**== || ==**Homework**== ||
 * 1 -- Sept 12, 2011 ||  || * What do you See?
 * What do you Think?
 * Complete Investigation, parts 1 - 7, p. 23
 * Answer #5 and #7 completely, in wiki ||  ||
 * 2 -- Sept 13, 2011 || * Discuss results from Investigation, what are the different types of error? || * Quiz on Chapter 1 Section 1
 * Discussion on Investigation, parts 1 - 7
 * Complete Investigation, parts 8-9 p. 24, answering both completely in wiki
 * Discuss: Physics Talk p. 25 - 27 || # Review HW: Checking Up, p. 28, 1-3.
 * 1) PTG 6,7,8 ||
 * 3 -- Sept 14, 2011 || * Summarize the results of the previous investigations
 * Evaluate the effect of uncertainty on measurements || * Review HW
 * Discuss //Prepare for Chapter Challenge// p. 32 || # Finish PTG if necessary
 * 1) Edit and update wiki as needed
 * 2) Rubric for Ch1S2 ||
 * 4 -- Sept 15, 2011 ||  || * Rubric for Ch1S2 -- you have until **Monday** to review your wikispace and correct it according to the rubric [|Ch1S2.pdf]
 * Rubric for Ch1S3 -- here is the rubric for our next section we will begin tomorrow [|Ch1S3.pdf] ||  ||
 * 5 -- Sept 16, 2011 || * Draw and interpret a motion diagram || * Rubric for Ch1S3 -- here is the rubric for our next section we will begin tomorrow [|Ch1S3.pdf]
 * Chapter 1 Section 3 reading: [|Ch1Sec3.pdf] reading ||  ||
 * 6 -- Sept 19, 2011 || * Complete Investigation
 * Interpret Position vs. Time graph
 * Use motion detector to determine speed
 * Define average vs. instantaneous speed || *
 * [|Strobe video from MIT Physics]
 * Complete Investigation, doing steps 4 -- 8 || # Read Physics Talk if you have not done so already, take notes ||
 * 7 -- Sept 20, 2011 || * Review concepts and discuss investigation
 * How do we represent motion with a motion diagram?
 * Calculate avg speed and reaction distance || # Do Physics Plus p 47 (in notebook), Steps 1 and 2 together, 3 and 4 individually.
 * 1) Discuss Reaction Time and distance, speed vs. velocity, distance vs. displacement.
 * 2) Do EZ Screen challenges || # Answer PTG #1 - 2 only ||
 * 8 -- Sept 21, 2011 || * Use strobe photos, graphs, and an equation to describe speed.
 * Construct graphs of your motion. || # Go over PTG HW questions
 * 1) Group discussion; preparing for Chapter Challenge
 * 2) Discuss; preparing for Chapter challenge || # Answer PTG #6 - 7
 * 3) Discuss, "What do you think now?"
 * 4) Study for Sec 3 quiz
 * 5) Complete wiki ||
 * 9 -- Sept 22, 2011 || * Measure a change in velocity of a cart on a ramp using a motion detector
 * Construct graphs of the motion of a cart on a ramp. || # Complete Section 4 investigation || * Read and summarize Physics Talk
 * Answer PTG 10 and 12
 * Complete "checking up" questions ||
 * 10 -- Sept 23, 2011 || * Review Chapter Challenge
 * Review Homework problems PTG 10 and 12
 * Walk The Line || # Chapter Challenge
 * 1) Review HW
 * 2) Section 3 Wikis due Monday
 * 3) Quiz Tuesday || # Read "Prepare for Chapter Challenge" [|Chapter Challenge.pdf]
 * 4) Do "What do you think now?"
 * 5) Complete Wiki -- Quiz Monday ||
 * 11 -- Sept 26, 2011 || * Check for understanding
 * Distinguish between distance and displacement, speed and velocity || * Discuss "Chapter Challenge"
 * Review Sec 3
 * Check for understanding
 * Problem Solving S3
 * Discuss "What do you Think Now?"[|Ch1Sec4.pdf] || * Study for quiz
 * Complete wiki
 * READ RUBRIC
 * For people who need Ch1S2: [|Text ch1 sec 2.pdf] ||
 * 12 -- Sept 27, 2011 || * Measure change in velocity
 * Construct graphs of cart motion
 * Define acceleration
 * Interpret PvT and VvT graphs || * Quiz Sec 3
 * Think/See Ch1S4
 * Begin Investigation, steps 1-3
 * Rubric: Chapter 1 Section 4 = [|Ch1S4 rubric.pdf] || * Read and summarize Physics Talk p58 - 62 ||
 * 13 -- Sept 28, 2011 || * Measure change in velocity
 * Construct graphs of cart motion
 * Define acceleration
 * Interpret PvT and VvT graphs || * Complete Investigation steps 4 - 8, 12
 * Discuss results; acceleration, change in velocity, graphs of motion
 * Calculating acceleration ||  ||
 * 14 -- October 3, 2011 || * Measuring change in velocity
 * Constructing graphs of motion
 * What does it mean to change velocity?
 * Interpret graphs || * Continue/complete Investigation section 4
 * Discuss results; acceleration, changing in velocity, graphs of motion
 * Problem solving; calculating **acceleration** || * Checking up, # 1 - 5 ||
 * 15 -- October 4, 2011 || * How to predict the velocity and position of an object with acceleration || * Discuss physics talk and "Checking Up"
 * Moving Man Simulation -- predict and match graphs, record in **wikispace** under "October 4 Classwork", Moving Man Simulator
 * Requirements for Wikispace recording, [|Moving Man Activity CP.docx]
 * Picture of board [|10-4_Why_Question.jpg]
 * **UPDATE:** In the investigation, do not do No. 9 or 10
 * || * PTG problems #1 - 4 ||
 * 16 -- October 5, 2011 || * || * Problem solving; doing PTG 1 - 4 on the board;
 * Each group will take a problem; write out solution, present it on the board
 * Jeopardy! review game of all concepts || * Complete PTG problems # 1 - 9 ||
 * 17 -- October 6, 2011 ||  || * Extra day for completion; Moving Man Simulation prediction.
 * Can you predict what the **graph** and **final velocity** of the Moving Man will be?
 * Mr. Field's Simulator; matching the graph as closely as possible game; [|Graphing Challenge!] || * Complete wiki
 * Review for quiz ||
 * 18 -- October 7, 2011 ||  || * Quiz on Section 4; begin section 5 || * Read Physics Talk for Section 5 ||
 * 19 -- October 11, 2011 || * Review Chapter Challenge
 * Make concept map || * Quiz on Section 4
 * Make concept map of all material from S1 - S4
 * Break up duties, discuss it in comments on wiki || * Read: Chapter Mini-Challenge
 * Break up duties, discuss it in comments on wiki || * Read: Chapter Mini-Challenge
 * Decide who does what in presentation
 * Discuss in comments of wikis ||
 * 20 -- October 12, 2011 || * Prepare presentation
 * Review the homework || * Review and discuss homework and section concepts
 * Prepare presentation for Chapter Mini-Challenge! || * Complete Chapter Mini-challenge
 * Sample Examples: [|Examples of Situations for minichallenge.docx] ||
 * 21 -- October 13, 2011 || * Present Chapter Mini-Challenge
 * Critique and Reflect
 * Discuss S1 - S4 || * Presentations
 * Critique and reflect on each other's presentations; comment in wikis || * Study for Section 1 - 4 test
 * Link for presentations and critique ||
 * 22 -- October 14, 2011 || * Test on Sections 1 - 4 || * Test on Sections 1 - 4
 * Following groups summarize the following sections:
 * Jess's Group -- Investigation 1 + 2
 * Brian's Group -- Investigation 3 + 4
 * Selma's Group -- Investigation 5 + 6
 * Nicolette's Group -- Investigation 7 + 8
 * Be able to answer the following questions in your summary
 * What is the goal of this part of the investigation?
 * How does it relate back to the topic of the chapter?
 * What equipment will you need? What will you measure? || * Homework: Read + summarize your investigation portion
 * Entire group **must** contribute, collect on wiki/google doc
 * Read and answer "What do you think?" for Section 5
 * [|ch1s5.pdf] ||
 * 23 -- October 17, 2011 || * Prepare for S5
 * Complete S5 p1+2
 * Relate braking distance to initial speed
 * Determine braking distance
 * Examine accelerated motion || * Hand back and review tests; discuss
 * Present "Summaries of Investigation 5"
 * Do "What do you think?", "What do you see?"
 * Review Goals of Investigation
 * How photogate works: [|How_Photogate_Works.jpg]
 * Begin S5 if possible, parts 1 and 2 ||  ||
 * 24 -- October 18, 2011 || * Complete Inv 5 parts 1-4 || * Review goals of investigation
 * Complete I5 p1- 2
 * Discuss parts 1 and 2, (essential part 3)
 * Section 5 rubric, [|Ch1S5 rubric.pdf] ||  ||
 * 24 -- October 19, 2011 || * Finish Investigation completely
 * Review problem solving and PTG problems so far || * Discuss PTG HW on the board; work through solutions
 * Do PTG Part 4 completely
 * Summarize || * Reading; read "Physics Talk" Section, do the Checking Up questions ||
 * 25 -- October 20, 2011 || * Problem solving strategies/methods
 * Review concepts of Investigation || * Do PTG problems together; review problem solving highlights
 * Discuss "Physics Talk" section, and "What do you think now?"
 * Review main concepts of Invest 5
 * pages needed for part 8: [|Ch1p7.pdf] || * Complete parts 5 and 6, be ready to present your work tomorrow in class ||
 * 26 -- October 21, 2011 || * Quiz on Sect 5
 * Discuss braking distance and initial speed relationship
 * Examine acceleration ||  || * PTG 2-4, 8, 10 ||
 * 27 --October 24, 2011 || * Problem solving PTG
 * Investigation 7 + 8 || * Groups will be assigned a PTG problem; members will be asked to explain solution
 * Members will have to read/present their solution to the PTG problem; discussion on solution
 * Continue investigation; p. 7+8 || * HW: Read and summarize "Physics Plus" methods on p. 83 and p.85, "Math" and "Graphing" method ||
 * 28 --October 25, 2011 || * Complete Investigation
 * Physics Plus: Motion Eqn
 * Physics Plus: Graphing Models || * Complete Investigation
 * As a group, work on Physics Plus sections; present at the end || * Do "What do you think now?"
 * Study for quiz ||
 * 29 --October 26, 2011 || * Review/present/discuss findings of Investigation
 * Quiz, S5
 * Begin/Present summary of S6 || * Complete discussion on findings in Section 5
 * Quiz
 * Groups will begin to review and summarize their parts for the beginning of investigation of part 6
 * Section 6 reading [|ch1s6.pdf] || * Summary of your S6 part for presentation ||
 * 30 --October 27, 2011 || * Presentations on Section 6, begin investigation || * Present Goals/Outline of Section 6, begin investigation || (none) ||
 * 31 --October 28, 2011 || * Continue Section 6 investigation || * Continue Investigation || (none) ||
 * 32 -- October 31, 2011 || snow day || snow day || snow day ||
 * 33 -- November 1, 2011 || * Vectors -- what are they? || * Ceiling-tile scavenger hunt (a no-computer, no-wikis day) || * NONE ||
 * 34 -- November 2, 2011 || * Investigate the factors that affect the STOP and GO Zones at intersections with traffic lights || # Using this revised [|Investigation ch1sec6.docx]
 * 1) Complete Investigate, Part A
 * 2) Complete Investigate, Part B.
 * 3) Here is the Go/Stop Zone Spreadsheet: [|Go and Stop Zone Spreadsheet.xlsx] || * Read and summarize Physics Talk P98 -100 and answer Checking Up questions #1 - 5, (by the end of Period 6) ||
 * 35 -- November 3, 2011 || * Investigate the factors that result in an Overlap Zone or a Dilemma Zone at intersections with traffic lights.
 * Use a computer simulation to mathematically model the situations that can occur at an intersection with traffic lights. || * [|Distance Calculator] ||  ||
 * 36 -- November 4, 2011 || * Investigate the factors that result in an Overlap Zone or a Dilemma Zone at intersections with traffic lights.
 * Use a computer simulation to mathematically model the situations that can occur at an intersection with traffic lights. ||  || * Homework: PTG 3-9
 * Checking up #1 - 5 ||
 * 37 -- November 7, 2011 || * Problem solving Yellow Light factors
 * What makes a light safe? Your examples
 * Reviewing rubric; completing S6 || * Do PTG 3 - 9 as a class
 * Do PTG 1 - 2 individually, present solutions to entire class
 * Review which Yellow Light situations are safe or dangerous, and why?
 * Review S6 rubric: [|Ch1S6 rubric.pdf] || * Review rubric
 * Complete any stray wiki pieces ||
 * 38 -- November 8, 2011 || * Summarize section
 * Chapter Challenge check, and addition || * Students will be able to summarize all the points that go into making a Yellow Light safe
 * They will discuss how this relates to the chapter challenge
 * Physics Plus, due by the end of the period, **do all but problem 6**; [|8.pdf] <that's the file || * Read and review S7 and Chapter Challenge ||
 * 39 -- November 9, 2011 || * Physics Plus section as a group, completed before end of the period 5
 * Quiz sec 6 || * Physics Plus, all parts including graph and data table will be completed before the middle of period 6
 * Quiz, completion of S6
 * Investigation 7 handout: [|invest ch1 sec7.docx] || * Preview of S7, presentations on Monday ||
 * 40 -- November 14, 2011 || * Sec 7 Investigation
 * Turns, how sharpness affects ability to turn a corner
 * || * Discuss grading and new rubric
 * Complete **at least** Investigation Part I || * Read Physics Talk, section 7, notes
 * Do "Checking Up" questions ||
 * 41 -- November 15, 2011 || * Continue Sec 7 Investigation || * Complete **at least** part of Part II
 * Use the PhET simulator for turn table || * PTG 1-3 ||
 * 42 -- November 16, 2011 || * Peer grading of wiki
 * Complete Sec 7 investigation
 * Discuss results || * Discuss HW
 * Complete Investigation
 * Discuss results, how it relates to chapter chal. || * PTG 4,5,7 ||
 * 43 -- November 17, 2011 || * PTG problem solving and problem review || * Do/disc PTG 11-13
 * Review PTG problems
 * Review for quiz || * Review rubric, complete wiki ||
 * 44 -- November 18, 2011 || * Quiz
 * Chapter Challenge || * Chapter Challenge Handout: [|Ch1 Chapter Challenge.pdf] || * Individual Chapter Challenge work ||
 * 45 -- November 21, 2011 || * Any stragglers finish quiz
 * Work on Chapter Challenge project || * Work on Chapter Challenge project ||  ||
 * 46 -- November 22, 2011 || * Complete Chapter Challenge presentation || * Work on Chapter Challenge project ||  ||
 * 47 -- November 23, 2011 || * **Present** Chapter Challenge;
 * Peer and Self-Assessment; how did you do? || * Presentations!
 * Assessments!
 * Here is my rubric as it stands; I may edit this before tomorrow but not significantly: [|Chapter 1 Challenge Rubric.docx] ||  ||

[|Text ch1 sec 2.pdf]