8/18-19 Do Now – Study Hall Grab an index card Find your seat on the seating chart Make a sign with your name (first & last) on it (written VERY large!),

8/18-19 Do Now – Study Hall

• Grab an index card

• Find your seat on the seating chart

• Make a sign with your name (first & last) on it (written VERY large!), decorate it, and place it in front of you. – See example on front table

Ice Breaker – Study Hall

• Working with partners• Pair with the person next to you (group of three

for the odd man out)• Take 2 min to list 3 things on an index card:

– Partner’s name– Three things that I need to know about your partner– One question for me. Each pair can ask me a question

(cannot repeat and I don’t have to answer).

Classroom Procedures - SH

• Entering the Classroom– When you are ready to work

• If you are tardy– Give me your tardy slip and quietly get to work – no

disruptions

• What can I do during SH?

• End of Class– Work at your seat until I dismiss you

Classroom Behavior - SH

• Discussion

8/18-19 Do Now• Get out a pencil, planner,

notebook paper.• Put your backpack on the East counter.• Grab an index card.• Find your seat on the seating chart.• Write on the index card:

– 3 things you think describe physics– 2 questions you have about the physical universe (big or

small)– 1 thing that concerns you about this class– What math class you are taking this semester? (e.g. Alg

II/Trig, etc…)• Make a sign with your name on it (written VERY

large!), decorate it, and place it in front of you. – See example on front table

Agenda

• Ice Breaker

• Review

• PV=nRT Demo

What do you observe in this picture?

Observations

Ice Breaker

• Working with partners• Pair with the person next to you (group of three

for the odd man out)• Take 2 min to list 3 things:

– Partner’s name– Three things that I need to know about your partner– One question for me. Each pair can ask me a question

(cannot repeat and I don’t have to answer).

Classroom Behavior

• Behave yourself

• Respect yourself, others, and property

• Try hard

Classroom Procedures

• Entering the Classroom– When you are ready to work

– Leave your backpack on the right counter

• Getting to work immediately– You are on time if you have your planner, notebook, pencil,

and calculator and are working on the Do Now when the bell rings

• If you are tardy– Put your tardy slip on the front table and quietly get to work –

no disruptions

• My office hours– Mondays & Fridays 3:15 to 4:15.

Classroom Procedures

• End of Class– Closures will generally leave enough time for you to

get started on HW– Work at your seat until I dismiss you

Notebook Organization

• Section 1: Do Now/Closure

• Section 2: In-class assignments

• Section 3: Notes

• Section 4: Homework

• Section 5: Reference Sheets

• Section 6: Labs

• All pages must have a header

• I will check your notebook for a HW grade on Monday.

Section 3: Notes

Emergency Procedures

• Fire– Unless it is blocked, go down the stairs, out the North Doors and

to the 50 yard line on the Mountain (West) side– If during a passing period, find your previous teacher on the

North field– If you are at the LMC or Health Room, stay with them– If you are in the bathroom, meet at 50 yard line

• Tornado– Go to Counselor’s Office

• Lockout (Yellow) – no on-campus hazard– Close windows & shades, lock doors, continue class

• Lockdown (Red) – immediate hazard on campus– Close windows & shades, lock doors, huddle quietly and out of

a line-of-sight

Review

• Symbols?

• Units?

• Example problem 1

• Example problem 2

• Physics perspective.

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Section 3: Notes

Discrepant Event: PV=nRT

• Working individually

• Write your predictions– Assign a confidence level

• Write detailed observations

• Write your explanation in the context of the Ideal Gas Law

Section 2: In-Class Assignments

Writing in PhysicsItem Rubric Points

1

Ideas & Content: opinion clearly stated with scientific basis for opinion clearly explained; correct equation(s) or labeled graph used; correct calculations; all opinions supported with logic, calculations, and/or graphs

4*3 = 12

2

Organization: topic sentence; at least three detailed body sentences; concluding sentence; details presented in a purposeful order, effectively keeping reader’s attention

4*1 = 4

3Conventions: proper spelling, grammar, sentence

structure, punctuation4*1 = 4

4Sentence Fluency: writing flows smoothly, variety of

sentence lengths, structure, and beginnings4*1 = 4

Total 24

Handout: Before Section 1

PV=nRT Paragraph

• Write a paragraph about the balloon demo you just saw

• Make one rubric table on the page with your paragraph) like this:

Item score1234Total

• Swap with your partner and peer grade– Put your name next to the rubric on your peer’s paper.

Section 2: In-Class Assignments

Challenging Questions

• Syllabus

• Levels of thinking in physics

• Questions in physics

Section 3: Notes

8/18-19 Closure

• Individually• Start on your homework (Notebook Section 4), Due

Monday, 8/24:– Bring calculator

– Be prepared for notebook check

– Revise PV=nRT paragraph

– Write a Level 3 question for 4 (Std) or 7 (Hon) units of the syllabus

• Today’s Notebook– 1: Do Now 2: PV=nRT paragraph

– 3: Notes

– 4: HW

8/20-21 Do Now

• Put out your name sign

• List three reasons why effective communication is important in your life and two reasons why it is important in science

• Communications experiment

Section 1: Do Now/Closure

Learning Style A

• Give yourself 1 point for each thing that describes you:____Loves to listen____Talks to self____Reads aloud____Uses finger to read____Puts head near work____Hoods eyes with hand____Doesn‘t do well with charts and graphs____ Needs words to go with cartoon____No visual or words recall____Can‘t draw without something to copy____Can’t use maps, needs oral directions____Uses jingles to learn things____Can’t stand silence, needs to talk and needs you to talk

Section 2: In-class assignments

Learning Style B

• Give yourself 1 point for each thing that describes you:____Ask for repeated oral directions____Looks to see what others are doing____Gets the words to a song wrong____Turns the radio or T.V. up real loud____Very good speller____Writes lots of notes____Watches speaker’s mouth____Doesn‘t like to talk on phone____Goes off into another world during lecture ____Does well with charts and graphs____Needs maps, gets lost with oral direction____Does well with following written directions____Does well with symbols

Section 2: In-class assignments

Learning Styles

• Total your points

• Style A = auditory/verbal

• Style B = visual

• Auditory learners: front of room; visual learners: back of room.

Section 2: In-class assignments

Communication Experiment

• 5 min: Everyone get duplicate sets of at least 10 K’nex parts (more parts = more challenge) and one plastic bag

• 5 min: Build something from one set of parts and hide it in the bag

• I assign partners

• Sit back-to-back with your partner.

Communication: Auditory

• 5 min: Partner A describes verbally to partner B and partner B builds (no peeking!)

• 5 min: compare what Partner B built to what Partner A intended– Give yourself 1 point for each correct connection– Write down your score, what worked, what didn’t

• 5 min: Partner B describes verbally to partner A and partner A builds (no peeking!).

• 5 min: compare what Partner A built to what Partner B intended– Give yourself 1 point for each correct connection– Write down your score, what worked, what didn’t

Section 2: In-class assignments

Communication: Visual

• Take apart all structures and re-group identical kits• Auditory learners: front of room; visual learners: back of

room.• 15 min: build a new structure and make a written and/or

drawn description of it• 5 min: both partners build• 5 min: compare what you build to what your partner

intended– Give yourself 1 point for each correct connection– Write down your score, what worked, what didn’t.

Section 2: In-class assignments

8/20-21 Closure/Homework

• Write a paragraph discussing:– Your learning style– How you scored in the auditory and visual experiments– Level 3 conclusion about what works best for you and

why– Level 3 observation about what type of communication

might work best in science and why.

Section 4: Homework

8/24 Do Now• Get out your name sign

• Get out your revised PV=nRT paragraph– Be sure you have the heading on the paragraph

– Make a rubric table and swap with someone who has not yet read the paragraph and start grading according to the rubric. If you deduct points, be sure to indicate why.

• When you are finished, pass the paragraphs to the right and forward

• Optional challenge: Hydraulic engineers in the United States often use, as a unit of volume of water, the acre-foot, defined as the volume of water that will cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 ft. A severe thunderstorm dumped 2.0 in. of rain in 30 min on a town of area 26 km2. What volume of water, in acre-feet, fell on the town? (1 acre = 43,560 ft2 and 1 km = 3281 ft)

• A: 1.1 x 103 acre-feet

• Review

• Policy puzzle & notebook check

• Asking questions

• Discrepant Event

Review

• Powers of Ten

• Prefixes

• Scientific Notation

Section 3: Notes

Policy Puzzle

• Group work expectations• Groups of 4• Fit the questions to the answers in 4 categories:

– Homework

– Quizzes & Tests

– Lab Work

– Course supplies & miscellaneous information

• You have 4 min.• I will check notebooks for organization & HW

Asking Questions

• Review the questions you came up with on the HW and think about which unit interests you most

• In your groups:– List your questions on a white board– Write a definition of physics that you all agree upon

• If you are particularly passionate about more than one unit then be sure to add your question to that unit’s white board

• You have 5 min.

Gallery Walk

• Walk around the room and put a check mark next to the questions that interest you most

• The 2 questions from each unit with the most checks will make it to our GREAT QUESTION! board

Great Question! 2nd period

• How long should a yellow light be on in a stoplight?

• How do vectors play a role in skydiving?• Can you curve a bullet?• Do UFOs exist?• Lets assume everyone asks some impossible

“what is life” question. Like, “is this reality”, “could it be somebody’s dream?”

• How much energy does you body need in order to maintain its internal temperature?

Great Question! 4th period

• What is the largest amount of impact an average car’s crumple zone can absorb?

• Would roller coasters be an effective way of transportation?

• What would happen if you jumped from outer space from a plane with a parachute?

• Would we exist if gravity did not?

• How big is the universe?

Great Question! 5th period

• What is the best way to stop an egg without breaking it?

• Why wouldn’t a heavier object accelerate faster when dropped from the same height as a lighter object?

• What is the original source of energy? Where did it come from?

• If planets do not hold life, why should they exist?

Great Question! 6th period

• What is a crumple zone?• Can we possibly find the meaning of life and do

religions cease to exist once we know?• How does light move through space without

disrupting anything like particles or if it does, how much?

• How is gravity created?• How does “icy hot” affect your muscles but not

the and you use to rub it in?

What is physics?

• Discussion.

Section 3: Notes

Announcement

• Quiz on math skills on Friday, 8/28

• Review your syllabus, Unit 1 for details, but in general:– Scientific Notation, Powers of Ten, Prefixes, Units,

Algebra, Trig

Discrepant Event – cylinder in tube

• Working individually

• Write your predictions– Assign a confidence level

• Write detailed observations

• Using our paragraph rubric, write a paragraph about the demo you just saw. Include your predictions, observations, and an explanation of what happened.

Section 2: In-Class Assignments

8/24 Closure

• HW due tomorrow (Section 4)– Signed Policies & Procedures – turn in

• Notebook from today– 4: Discrepant event paragraph – cylinder in tube (5th

period only)

8/25 Do Now

• Get out your name sign • Pass your signed Policies & Procedures to the right

& forward

• In the formula: v = vo + a·t, the units for v and vo are m/s and the units for t are seconds (s). Find the units of a.

• Optional Challenge: A lecture period (50 min) is close to 1 micro-century. Exactly how long is a micro-century in minutes?

• A: 52.6 min

• Math Review

• Math Practice

Announcement

• Quiz on math skills on Friday, 8/28

• Review your syllabus, Unit 1 for details, but in general:– Scientific Notation, Powers of Ten, Prefixes, Units,

Algebra, Trig

Math Review

• Multiplying & dividing in scientific notation; ex: PV=nRT

• Algebra & units; ex: x = x0 + vot + ½ at2

• Pythagorean Theorem; ex: right triangle

Section 3: Notes

Math Review – Honors Only

• Trig; ex: triangle– SOHCAHTOA– Law of sines– Law of cosines

Section 3: Notes

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Practice (Section 2)

• Practice on Pythagorean Theorem: Ch.1, Sec 17: 2 points (4 points)

• Handout: Worksheet - Algebra & Conversions - 50% (100%)

• Handout: Worksheet - Sci Not & Units - 50% (100%)

• Practice on Trig: Ch. 1, Sec. 18: 3 points; Sec. 19: 2 points

8/25 Closure

• HW due tomorrow (Section 4)– Practice on Pythagorean Theorem: Ch.1, Sec 17: 2

points (4 points)– Handout: Worksheet - Algebra & Conversions - 50%

(100%)– Handout: Worksheet - Sci Not & Units - 50% (100%)– Practice on Trig: Ch. 1, Sec. 18: 3 points; Sec. 19: 2

points– Create 1 algebra, 1 unit conversion, and 1 trig,

problem on separate index cards; name on front, solution on back

• Notebook from today– 1: Do Now– 2: Practice problems & worksheets– 4: Problems on index cards

8/26-27 Do Now

• Get out your name sign

• Swap problems on index cards from HW and solve.

• If you don’t have any problems to swap, get out your syllabus and an index card and write a practice problem for one of the Performance Indicators. Put your name on the front of the card and the solution on the back and swap with another person.

• 2nd Period: 9:15 textbook pickup

• 6th Period: 2:30 textbook pickup

• I’ll check your HW.

• HW Questions

• Reference Sheet

• Notebook prep

Questions

• Quizzes & Tests Policies

• Section 2: Think-pair-share: What is on the test?

Groups

• Group 1: I need more help on this unit’s concepts and/or the homework.

• Group 2: I need time to get my notebook organized and/or make a reference sheet.

• Group 3: I think this unit could use some more challenge. Let me write some EVIL problems!– On an index card, write your name and your problem;

on the back side, write your solution. Have a partner check it.

Reference Sheet

• Allowed on test: One 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper for your reference sheet– Must be hand written– Can contain anything

Group 2: Organize Notebook

• Date on every page!• 8/18-19 Notebook

– 1: Do Now – 2: PV=nRT paragraph– 3: Notes– 4: HW

• 8/24 Notebook– 4: Discrepant event paragraph – cylinder in tube (5th period only)

• 8/25 Notebook– 1: Do Now– 2: Practice problems & worksheets– 4: Problems on index cards

• 8/27 Notebook– 2: What should go on reference sheet?– 5: Reference sheet

Discrepant Event – magnets & balls

• Working individually

• Write your predictions– Assign a confidence level

• Write detailed observations

• Section 2: Using our paragraph rubric, write a paragraph about the demo you just saw. Include your predictions, observations, and an explanation of what happened.

8/26-27 Closure

• Section 1: 3 areas you are comfortable with & 2 that you need to study

• HW due tomorrow (Section 4)– One 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper for your

reference sheet• Must be hand written

• Can contain anything

• Notebook from today– 2: What should go on reference sheet?– 5: Reference sheet

8/28 Do Now

• Get out your name sign • Get out your notebook, reference sheet, calculator, and

pencil• As a warm-up, work these problems (without a

calculator):– Express in scientific notation: 3 x 103 / 1 x 104 (A: 3 x 10-1;

note: answer is expressed in scientific notation!)

– Convert 9 x 103 + 6 x 102 to normal notation (A: 9,600)

– Convert 1.56 x 103 nanoseconds to seconds (A: 1.56 x 10-6 s)

• Pre-quiz questions

• Quiz

Questions about the quiz?

Practice

• Try these, with a calculator:– Which is faster, going 80 miles an hour or going

40 meters per second?– Suppose an object is moving at 10 m/sec. How

fast would you have to drive a car in miles/hr to keep pace with this object?

Quiz (30 min)

• If you finish early, do this:– On an index card, make a “Late Homework Pass”

punch card. If you earn six punches, you can turn this in and not be penalized for late HW.

– Be sure to put your name on it.– Indicate where the 6 punches should go– Decorate it!

8/28 Closure

• Section 1: list 2 things that worked in studying for quiz, 1 thing you will improve

• Today’s Notebook– 1: Do Now– 1: list 2 things that worked, 1 to improve

Unit 1 Extra slides

Review of unit conversions

• Common base units in physics– Length, mass, time

• Common derived units in physics– Speed, acceleration, force

• Example– 10 meters per second is how many miles per

hour?– Light travels at 3.0×108 m/s in a vacuum. Find

its speed in furlongs per fortnight. There are roughly 201 meters in a furlong, and a fortnight is equal to 14 days.

8/19 Do Now1. Solve the below equation for a:

v2 = vo2 + 2a(x-xo)

2. You are driving into St. Louis Missouri, and in the distance you see the famous Gateway-to-the-West arch. This monument rises to a height of 192 m. You estimate your line of sight with the top of the arch to be 2.0° above the horizon. Approximately how far (in kilometers) are you from the base of the arch?

3. An ocean liner leaves New York and travels 18.0° north of east for 155 km. How far east and how far north has it gone? In other words, what are the magnitudes of the components of the ship's displacement vectors in the directions (a) due east and (b) due north?

Do Now Answers

1. a = (v2 - vo2)/2(x-xo)

2. d = 5500 m

3. 48 km North; 150 km East

8/20-21 Do NowAnswer using scientific notation:

1. How many millimeters are there in 6.25 megameters?  

2. How many picoseconds in 89.3 kiloseconds? 

3. How many grams in 45.6 gigagrams?

4. How many femtograms in 25 milligrams?

Do Now Answers

1. 6.25 x 109

2. 8.93 x 1015

3. 4.56 x 109

4. 2.5 x 1012

Examples

1. A Pythagorean triple is a set of three integers (a,b,c) that could form three sides of a right triangle. (3,4,5) and (5,12,13) are two examples. There exists a Pythagorean triple of the form (7,n,n+1). Find n. A: 24

2. You want to estimate the height of the Empire State Building. You start at its base and walk 15 m away. Then you approximate the angle from the ground at that point to the top to be 88 degrees. How tall do you estimate the Empire State Building to be? A: 430 m