Thursday, September 22, 2011

9-22 Happy Thursday(Friday!)

Announcement: Exam next Friday!  Or...for those who hate the "E" word, we will have a festival of understanding next Friday!  :)  Topic?  Motion:  speed, velocity, frames of reference, acceleration
Today in class:  p.80 homework was graded and looked over/corrected.
classes worked to answer acceleration practice problems WS  (get a copy here)
Most classes also worked (as a class, with Mr. F.) to answer questions on the front side of the WS.  If not complete, please try to finish the back side on your own this weekend; we will discuss/debate answers first thing on Monday. 
We will have our 2nd official lab on Tuesday; bring your lab journals to class!
Monday we will also be working on some new ranking tasks involving acceleration.  You will get a pre-lab as homework to be worked in your lab journal.  I will also hand out unit objectives so you can start studying.  If all goes well, I will post these online this weekend along with an optional assignment.
Tuesday (lab) Work on graphing and analysis/post-lab as homework.
Wednesday we may try a different type of lab/demonstration.... Human graphing! and maybe discuss lab analysis.
Thursday we'll discuss how we've met (or not met) objectives for this unit, hold class meetings where your voice can be heard to steer the class environment, and answer any questions involving motion for the exam.
The week after will be filled with exciting, fun toys:  Forces and Newton's Laws...

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