No School on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Just a quick reminder that there is no school on March 1 for 9th graders as the eleventh graders will be taking the ACT portion of the MME test. Enjoy your day off :)

Lesson Plan for Friday February 25, 2011

Here's the agenda for today. Just a reminder that you will go to Miss Owens room at the start of class on Monday:

1. Opener: Staple "homework packet" in the following order from top to bottom (3 min):

• To the Finish Line / Newton's Laws of Motion Crossword
• Newton's Third Law
• Forces Unit Review
• Defining Force - ch. 12

2. Watch video on making tree maps (click here for video) (4 min)

3. Construct Tree Map of Notes on Newton's Three Laws (10 min)

• This should include definitions (long and short), examples, and other facts about each of the three laws
• Add color if you wish
• Staple this to the top of your "homework packet" and turn it into the bin.

4. Check your work on the Forces Review page (will be on overhead) (10 min)
5. Forces Test (30 min)
6. Work on egg drop plans and drawing w/ sources and annotated bibliography due Mon. (see wiki for requirements)

Have a good day.

Schedule Update

Here's the updated schedule for the forces unit w/ Mr. Landry:

Day Four (Wed. 2-23):

• Opener: To the Finish Line
• Review Newton's 1st & 2nd Laws
• Mass v. Weight notes
• Calculate your weight elsewhere in the solar system
• Newton's Third Law video (see wiki or earlier schedule posting)
• Homework: Newton's Laws Crossword & Newton's Third Law Handout (due Thu.)
• Mythbusters episode: Crash Forces

Day Five (Thu. 2-24):

• Opener: Review homework
• Gravity notes
• Centripetal force notes & activity
• Clicker Quiz Round 2
• Assign Egg Drop Project
• Forces Unit Review (due Fri)

Day Six (Fri. 2-25):

• Tree Map of Newton's Three Laws (see video on wiki)
• Go over forces review (turn in homework packet)
• Forces Test

On Monday 2-28, report to your normal room. No School for 9th & 10th graders on Tuesday 3-1.

Agenda for Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Here's the agenda for today:
1. Turn in your homework (Defining Forces homework from Friday).

2. Watch video on Newton's Third Law (click here for video)
      Remember: if viewing from home, you must put @sparta.lan after your username in order to access the wiki)

3. Watch video on making tree maps (click here for video)

4. Work on your assignments (all of these are due Wednesday):
A. Newton's Third Law Handout (on wiki)
B. Crossword & To the Finish Line Handout
C. Construct Tree Map of Notes on Newton's Three Laws

• This should include definitions (long and short), examples, and other facts about each of the three laws
• Add color if you wish

5. If you get done early, you may begin working on the Forces Unit Review (on wiki)

Have a good day.

Schedule for Motion Unit with Miss Owens

Here is the schedule for the motion unit w/Miss Owens (the assignments & notes that have "see wiki" next to them can be downloaded).

Day One:

• ACT Practice (http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/science/sci_04.html)
• Types of Graphs
• Intro to Graphing (Chimpanzee Growth)
• Graphing Grades by Time Studied (see wiki)
• Introduce Motion Lab

Day Two:

• Review graphing (see wiki "9.20 Opener")
• Notes on Motion, Distance/Displacement, Speed/Velocity, and Acceleration  (see wiki for P.P.)
• Book examples
• pg 331 #2, 4, 7
• pg 333 Math Skills Box
• pg 337 #8, 9
• Calculating Motion Examples and Practice
• Discuss objects and setup for motion lab (see wiki) 

Day Three:

• Assign partners for Motion Lab
• Discuss pros/cons of objects and setup and choose design (see wiki)
• Collect motion data- constant speed and acceleration (see wiki)
• Calculate averages and speed
• Lab analysis 

Day Four:

• Introduce Distance vs. time graphs and Speed vs. time graphs
• Graph Motion Lab Data
• Distance vs. Time Graph for Constant Speed Data
• Speed vs. Time Graph for Constant Speed Data
• Distance vs. Time Graph  for Acceleration Data
• Speed vs. Time Graph for Acceleration Data
• Motion Graphing Investigation (see wiki)- how different motions look on different types of graphs
• Make up and act out graphs

Day Five:

• Review Distance/Displacement, Speed/Velocity, and Acceleration  (see wiki "9.21 Opener")
• Formula and unit review and examples of calculating motion 
• Motion Practice (see wiki)
• Motion and Graphing Study Guide (see wiki)

Day Six:

• Questions/Quick Review
• Motion and Graphing TEST
• Prep for Egg Drop 
• MythBusters Clips related to velocity if time (bullet dropped vs. fired and knight rider)

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. -Miss Owens

Schedule for Friday February 11, 2011

Here's the agenda for today:
1. Turn in your homework.

2. Watch video on Newton's Third Law (click here for video)
      Remember: if viewing from home, you must put @sparta.lan after your username in order to access the wiki)

3. Watch video on making tree maps (click here for video)

4. Work on your assignments (all of these are due Monday):
A. Newton's Third Law Handout (on wiki)
B. Crossword & To the Finish Line Handout
C. Construct Tree Map of Notes

5. If you get done early, you may begin working on the Forces Unit Review (on wiki)

Schedule for Forces Unit with Mr. Landry

Here is the schedule for the forces unit w/ Mr. Landry (the assignments & notes that have "see wiki" next to them can be downloaded

Day One:

• Tug of War & opener (see wiki)
• Intro to Forces PowerPoint (see wiki)

Day Two:

• Review day one (balanced v. unbalanced forces)
• Vectors PowerPoint and practice (see wiki)
• Types of friction (part of intro to forces PowerPoint)
• Newton's first law activities and notes
• Homework: Ride in a vehicle without "hanging on".

Day Three:

• Review Newton's first law and homework
• Newton's second law PowerPoint (see wiki)
• Newton's second law practice
• Newton's second law homework page

Day Four:

• Review Newton's second law and homework
• Newton's third law notes from book
• Design a tree map of Newton's laws (see video on wiki)

Day Five:

• Review Newton's three laws of motion
• Newton's law of universal gravitation notes (see intro to forces ppt on wiki)
• Other universal forces notes (see wiki)
• Forces review sheet (see wiki)

Day Six:

• FORCES TEST
• Assign egg drop project (see wiki)

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Calendar Adjustments

Hey everyone. The calendar link has been adjusted to show the updates made to the calendar due to the snow days on Wed. & Thu. Here's the plan for the next several days:

Monday 2-7: report to normal room to discuss accuracy & precision & make measurement lab corrections
Tuesday 2-8: report to normal room to begin forces unit (Landry) or the motion unit (Smith or Owens)

Have a good weekend.