Our agenda for this week is to get into groups and create board games for the Science CRCT. Start collecting items that you will need for your game
Dice/Die
Pawns
Game Cards
Pizza Box or similar to hold game
Bring back all notebooks you've used in science and all work to gather research for your questions. We will test games on Friday before Spring Break.
DUE MONDAY DURING CLASS --> Standards Project (all pages)
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Weeks 28/29: Work and Simple Machines (Final GPS Unit)
What is Work?
Sure it could be the place where your parents receive a paycheck. Maybe it's also the list of things you have to do when you get home from school. Perhaps, it's the assignments that you're required to complete in school and at home. In physical science, it is when a force is exerted over a certain distance. However, in physical science, work is only done when the force exerted and the distance traveled are in the SAME direction. (For more on work, click here.)VOTW: work, joules, power, watts, force, distance, simple machines, lever, screw, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, and wheel-and-axle
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In the image above, let's say that the weightlifter pulled the weights up and over his head. The force is directed in an upward motion and the distance the weights traveled is in the same direction. Therefore, work has been done on this object.
Now let's say that perhaps the weightlifter was just holding the weights in the air and doing nothing more. While there is a force being applied (pushing to keep the weights up) the weights are traveling no where. Therefore, work IS NOT being done on the object in this case. When force is acting on its own no work is done on the object.
What are Simple Machines?
Simple machines make work easier. There are 5 types of simple machines: levers, screws, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, and wheel-and-axle. Below are two videos: one on the types of simple machines and the other on three classes of levers.
How Do You Calculate Work?
Rube Goldberg Ideas Everywhere!
This Week's Agenda
Monday - Work and Simple Machines Video; Finish Workbook Pages
Tuesday - Workbook Pages Due; Calculating Work (Notes/Problems)
Wednesday - Work and Simple Machines Mini Rube Goldberg Project Introduced
Thursday - Legos Activities
Friday - Legos Activities; Mini Project Due
Next Week...
Monday - Academy Lab: Simple Machines Activity
Tuesday - Simple Machines Test; Standards Project
Wednesday - Standards Project
Thursday - Standards Project
Friday - Standards Project (due Monday-3/31)
Monday, March 3, 2014
Weeks 26-27: Forces
***PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE UPDATED AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK!***
The beginning of the commercial briefly revisits the first law of motion: an object at rest tends to stay at rest, while an object in motion stays in motion. However, there is more to this law that just this. We need to spend some time understanding inertia (an object's resistance to changing its motion) and mass (amount of matter in an object).
2nd Law of Motion
When I think of this law it always reminds me of grocery shopping. Initially, I start with an empty cart. This cart is rather easy to move, but 45 minutes later that all changes. By the time my cart is overflowing (and sometimes it really does), it requires much more force just to move it through the aisles and around corners. The relationship between force, mass, and acceleration is mathematical. Force=mass x acceleration. So if I increase the mass, I must increase the amount of force necessary to get the object to accelerate.
3rd Law of Motion
For every action there is an equal and opposite action. How do the examples shared in the video demonstrate this law? Are there other examples you can think of that would work as well?
Gravity, Weight, & Mass
What is the difference between weight and mass?
Four Types of Friction
What are the four types of friction? Can you provide your own examples?
Monday:
Gifted --> Force Workbook; wrap up Group Lessons
Regular --> Begin Group Lessons
Tuesday:
G - Force Workbook
R - Force workbook; wrap up Group Lessons
Wednesday:
G: Force Notes: Inertia
R: Force workbook
Thursday:
Field trip to UWG
Friday:
G: Force = MA; Action-Reaction Notes; workbook pages due
R: Force Notes = Inertia; workbook pages due
Monday 3/10:
Gifted --Motion Laws Charades
Regular --1st Law of Motion
Tuesday 3/11:
G - Motion Laws Review
R - 2nd Law of Motion
Wednesday 3/12:
G: Forces Math
R: 3rd Law of Motion
Thursday 3/13:
Force and Motion Unit Review
Friday 3/14:
Force & Motion Test
Simple Machines Preview
3/7 - High 5 Celebration
Source: Click here!
"MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU."
VOTW - motion, inertia, mass, acceleration, force, friction, gravity, weight, action-reaction
Force isn't just with us, it's all around us. A force is a push or pull, which means when you look around you you can see objects being pulled or pushed at every corner. Last week we talked about motion. So what is the relationship between motion and force? Let's get into the laws of motion.
Force isn't just with us, it's all around us. A force is a push or pull, which means when you look around you you can see objects being pulled or pushed at every corner. Last week we talked about motion. So what is the relationship between motion and force? Let's get into the laws of motion.
1st Law of Motion
The beginning of the commercial briefly revisits the first law of motion: an object at rest tends to stay at rest, while an object in motion stays in motion. However, there is more to this law that just this. We need to spend some time understanding inertia (an object's resistance to changing its motion) and mass (amount of matter in an object).
2nd Law of Motion
When I think of this law it always reminds me of grocery shopping. Initially, I start with an empty cart. This cart is rather easy to move, but 45 minutes later that all changes. By the time my cart is overflowing (and sometimes it really does), it requires much more force just to move it through the aisles and around corners. The relationship between force, mass, and acceleration is mathematical. Force=mass x acceleration. So if I increase the mass, I must increase the amount of force necessary to get the object to accelerate.
3rd Law of Motion
For every action there is an equal and opposite action. How do the examples shared in the video demonstrate this law? Are there other examples you can think of that would work as well?
Gravity, Weight, & Mass
What is the difference between weight and mass?
Four Types of Friction
What are the four types of friction? Can you provide your own examples?
Our Agenda for the Week
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Monday 3/10:
Gifted --Motion Laws Charades
Regular --1st Law of Motion
Tuesday 3/11:
G - Motion Laws Review
R - 2nd Law of Motion
Wednesday 3/12:
G: Forces Math
R: 3rd Law of Motion
Thursday 3/13:
Force and Motion Unit Review
Friday 3/14:
Force & Motion Test
Simple Machines Preview
Other Important Dates:
3/14 - Force & Motion Test (DATE CHANGED)
3/21 - Report Cards
3/24 - Simple Machines Test
4/28 - Science CRCT
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