Quarter+2+-+Work,+Momentum,+Energy,+Heat

This page contains the Smartboard notes and make-up / homework list from Quarter 2 2013-14 (Modules 1, 2, & 3) on Work, Power, Energy, Momentum, and Heat


 * MODULE #3 of QUARTER #2: **

(Cold weather days = NO SCHOOL Thu, --Fri staff development day-- Mon, Tue) Last day of the Quarter! Watch "Nova: Making things colder" Turn in any make-up work!
 * [Thu 1/23] => Wed 1/29**

Make-up: Schedule a time with Leslie to take the test Test #2 on Heat and Temperature
 * Wed 1/22**

Jeopardy Review of heat and temperature Create a sheet of notes to use on the test
 * Tue 1/21**


 * Mon 1/20: MLK Day = No school!**

Make-up work: Conduction/Convection reading and questions in file Eureka 23 - Conduction White boards on examples of conduction and convection Heat can transfer different ways: Conduction is touching / contact Convection is when hot gases or liquids rise and cool ones sink
 * Fri 1/17**

Make-up work: Sheet practicing specific heat ideas (in file) Higher specific heat capacity means it is harder to change the temperature Water has a very high specific heat White boards on answers to specific heat questions Mosh pit analogy of why different things have different specific heat
 * Thu 1/16 **

Make-up work: Specific heat reading and questions in file Mixing hot water with cold metal washers Mixing cold water with hot metal washers The temperature always ends up closer to where the water was It is easier to change the temperature of metal and harder to change the temperature of water!
 * Wed 1/15 **

"Feed My Starving Children" => Make-up day Mythbusters - liquid nitrogen head and tree; blue ice
 * Tue 1/14**

Make-up work: Measurement of heat reading and questions in file Mixing water of different temperatures It averages out when it reaches equilibrium CP Homework: (due Wed 1/15) Explain how one object can have greater heat while a second object can have greater temperature.
 * Mon 1/13 **

Make-up work: Complete T/F sheet (in file) including "Why do you say that" NHT True / False game
 * Fri 1/10**

Make-up work: Complete 21-1 (in file) Eureka 20: Measuring Temperature Thermometer game Notes - practice: Heat flows until objects reach equilibrium CP Homework: (due Fri 1/10) create a true/false question about heat and temperature and write an answer with explanation.
 * Thu 1/9**

NO SCHOOL MON - TUE == WEATHER CLOSURE

Marshmallow launcher project! Get a set of equipment and rule sheet from Leslie. Build some sort of mechanism that will launch a mini marshmallow towards a target 2 meters away.
 * Thu 1/2 - Wed 1/8**

WINTER BREAK!!!!!

**MODULE #2 of QUARTER #2:**
Make-up: Use the internet to do the following: 1) Define trebuchet. 2) Define catapult. What kind of potential energy is used for each? Junkyard Wars - Washer Toss Getting us ready for our post-break project!
 * Fri 12/20**

Make-up: Use page from file to answer worksheet on Temperature scales Eureka 19 - expansion and contraction (review) Temperature scales are arbitrary! Kelvin is the only one where zero means "nothing" Hands in water demo -- we are lousy thermometers! CP Homework: What is the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius? Which do you prefer? Why? (due 12/20)
 * Thu 12/19**

Make-up: Watch Eureka 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMg1bmF5BVo and answer the following questions. 1) What will happen to a full balloon left in the sun? 2) Why would this happen? 3) Why is there space left between pieces of concrete on a bridge? Temperature and Heat prior knowledge sheet  Ball and ring demonstration  Simulator of gas molecules  Temperature measures average kinetic energy  CP Homework: What is one place besides the metal ball and the balloon of something expanding when hot or shrinking when cooled? (due 12/19)
 * Wed 12/18**

Make-up: Schedule a time with Leslie to take the test Test on Work, Power, Energy, Momentum, and Impulse
 * Tue 12/17**

Make-up: Show Leslie your sheet of notes for the test Physics Jeopardy REVIEW
 * Mon 12/16**

Make-up work: Review sheet 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 (in file) Take notes for the test Create 2 questions that could be on the test Practice momentum and impulse review sheet Play review board game
 * Fri 12/13 **

Make-up work: Go to [], click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths Mythbusters: Dumpster Dive and Bubble Wrap both about changing momentum over more TIME to create less FORCE.
 * Thu 12/12**

Make-up work: #1-4b of Momentum and Impulse review (in file) Brainstormed safety devices that increase time to stop and so decrease force Whiteboard - many forms to momentum and impulse equations Whiteboard - what are the questions asking for and what do they want? Which equation? Practice on worksheet CP Homework: Write and solve a word problem about IMPULSE. (due 12/12)
 * Wed 12/11**

Make-up work: Answer the following questions (also in file) in terms of impulse and momentum. 1) When swinging a baseball bat, why does follow through lead to the baseball leaving the bat with greater velocity? 2) Is a dish less likely to break if it falls onto a tile floor or a carpeted floor? 3) Why are airbags in cars a good idea? Catching a baseball barehanded and water balloon catching contests  Impulse is change in momentum  Watched ESPN "Relaxing with Impulse"  Impulse Challenge questions as a team  CP Homework: Write 2 sentences using the word "impulse" 1) using everyday, common meaning & 2) using the physics meaning. (due 12/11)
 * Tue 12/10**

Make-up work: N/A Watched "Blobbing" and related it to the marbles Watched ESPN "Running with Momentum" video MAKE-UP WORK TIME!
 * Mon 12/9 **

Make-up: Schedule time with Leslie to do lab activity Outrageous Acts of Science: Fire Extinguisher skateboarding Marble Madness: Different marbles down ruler ramps into other marbles on rulers Does it seem like momentum is conserved?
 * Fri 12/6**

Make-up work: Do momentum practice problems 1-4b Where do we hear momentum in daily life? Sports, being on a roll,... Whiteboard practice using momentum equation Worksheet practice mom. = m*v CP homework:Worksheet #5 (due 12/6)
 * Thu 12/5**

Make-up work: Get CD 8-1 worksheet from file and complete all but #4 Stop a cannon ball with your foot? Momentum is inertia in motion Newton's cradle demos Tennis ball on basketball demo Conservation means total momentum stays that same Practice worksheet CP Homework: Give an example from daily life of something with large mass and small speed that still has a LOT of momentum (due 12/5)
 * Wed 12/4**

**MODULE #1 of QUARTER #2:**
Make-up work: Get roller coaster project packet from Leslie and complete. You will need a computer that runs JAVA (a smartphone probably won't work). Explore PhET Energy Skate Park simulator Design and build a roller coaster Draw and label the energy along your ride both without and with friction
 * Mon 11/25, Tue 11/26 & Mon 12/2 - Tue 12/3**

Make-up work: #1 use the packet in the file (or the internet) to find the calories in one of your favorite fast foods. #2 Convert the calories to Joules (1 Calorie = 4184 Joules). #3 use the packet in the file (or the internet) to find how long it would take you to burn off those calories at an exercise of your choice. - Find the power needed for a couple of fitness activities - Discuss how work, energy, and power are related to calories and food
 * Fri 11/22 **

Make-up work:Use the internet or notes to answer these questions: 1) If I roll a ball across a flat floor, it eventually stops. Where does the energy go? 2) Once I pick my feet up off the ground on a swing, I can get myself higher and higher. Where does the energy of motion come from? 3) Where do cows get their energy? Watched Sports Figures: Tony Hawk perpetual motion?  Everything is solar powered???  (Time for make-up work)  CP Homework: Connect energy sources to the sun (slip in file) due 11/22
 * Thu 11/21**

Make-up work: Get toy popper data and complete lab worksheet (in file) Watched Eureka 10: Potential Energy Measured height of toy popper and conservation of energy to calculate how fast it was going when it left the ground
 * Wed 11/20 **

Make-up work: Get CD 9-1 from file and complete 1-5 & 7 Reviewing Work, Power, and Energy (CPPs) Eureka 9: Kinetic Energy Worksheet that reviewed all from this quarter CP homework: Create and solve a word problem using P=W/t (due 11/21)
 * Tue 11/19 **

Make-up work: Get fake data and complete lab sheet (in file) Defining POWER -- everyday life and in physics Power = work / time and is measured in Watts Determining our power running up the stairs. CP homework: Complete lab sheet and Power homework problem (slip in file) (due 11/19)
 * Mon 11/18**

Make-up work: Complete worksheet CD 9-2 front except for challenge problem (in file) Conservation means total energy stays the same Applied conservation to examples where gravitational potential energy (GPE) turned into kinetic energy (KE) GPE depends directly on height Started Mythbusters: Can you blow your own sail?
 * Fri 11/15 **

Make-up work: Get packet and complete graphic organizer (in file) Energy is the ability to do work! (Both measured in Joules) Identified 3 kinds of Potential energy and 2 kinds of Kinetic Energy Tried 6 demos around the room of how energy changed from one form to another CP homework: Identify an example of energy conversion in everyday life -- from initial to next (due 11/15)
 * Thu 11/14 **

Make-up work: Get class data (in file) and then write a summary Try pulling a dishwasher (500 g mass) into a truck using ramp at different angles What did we find? No free lunches -- all about the same amount of work! Started reading for different kinds of energy
 * Wed 11/13**

Make-up work: Complete "work"sheet #1-5 (in file) Create examples of work Catchy Physics Phrases: force and work Eureka 8: work Practice using the formula W=F*d CP homework: Create your own problem using W=F*d and solve it (due 11/13)
 * Tue 11/12**

Make-up work: Use the internet or notes to answer the following questions: 1&2) What are two different everyday meanings of the word work (OTHER THAN having a job)? 3) If I blow up a balloon, am I doing physics work? Why or why not? Brainstormed: What does work mean in everyday life? In physics: work is when a force causes a displacement 4 demos: Did Leslie do physics work?
 * Mon 11/11 **