Date Today's Plan, Assignments
1/19-1/25

Midterm Exams

B3: Tuesday11:45-1:45.  

B4: Wed 11:45-1:45

W3: Thursday 11:45-1:45

W2: Friday 9:00-11:00.  

1/15
  • Blue day
  • ????
1/13-1/14
  • Midterm exam preparation.
1/11-1/12
1/7-1/8
  • Complete Lab Reports -- Work in Library.  Turn in lab report by dragging it into Mr. Stapleton's drop folder for your class.  To get there, open up the M drive.  Then click: Stapleton, drop, your class folder.
  • Begin Midterm Review Questions.  Due next class.
1/5-1/6
  • Launcher Competition.  Finals during home room on 1/7.
  • Lab Report Due Next Class.

Launcher Competition Info:

  • Launchers will be fired from 0.75m2 platforms, 31.5cm from the floor.
  • Targets will be 6 sap buckets, 31.5cm tall, with 23.5cm diameter openings.
  • The competition will last 2 minutes.  The winner will be any of the following:
    •  The First team to land marbles in all 6 sap buckets wins.
    • The winner is the team landing the most marbles in sap buckets before time is called.
    • If both teams score the same number of buckets during the 2 minutes, the first team to score the last bucket wins.   
  • Each team starts with one dozen marbles.  Marbles landing in buckets must be left in buckets.  Marbles that miss may be retrieved for reuse.

“Second Chance” grading opportunity:  If your first round competition score (based on the scale below) is better than your accuracy grade (from earlier testing), you may substitute your competition score for your accuracy grade.

  • 6 buckets = 100%
  • 5 buckets = A+
  • 4 buckets = A
  • 3 buckets = B
  • 2 buckets = C
  • 1 bucket = D

 

 
12/23-1/4
  • Launcher Accuracy Grading -- 20 cm miss distance = A. 40cm = B.  60cm = C.  80cm = D.  Minus 15% for testing late (if absence is unexcused).
  • Work on lab report.
12/21-22
  • Collect data.
  • Work on Lab report
12/17-12/18
  • Finish precision and accuracy trials
  • Develop a hypothesis regarding how to improve your precision.
  • Begin modifications to improve precision.
  • If there's time: begin collecting data to see if precision has improved.
  • Lab report Template Fill in the blanks and replace the bracketed, italicized words.
12/15-12/16
12/7-12/14
  • **Complete p.28-29 (practice measuring precision and accuracy)
  • p.28-29
  • ** Begin p. 30-31 (launcher analysis)
  • p.30-31
12/5-12/6
  • Quiz
  • Finish Launcher Construction
12/3-12/4
12/1 -12/2
  • Return Papers
  • Introduce Projectile Launcher Project
  • Launcher Project Guidelines (p. 26-27)
  • *** Phase 1 (design) of Launcher Project due next class
  • Quiz review for students who scored lower than 22 out of 26.
  • **Homework for students who scored lower than a B on quiz: complete quiz version 3.
11/30 White
  • Finish Lab Reports (relating to whether or not a target moves farther when a projectile sticks to it)
  • Lab Report Instructions
  • Lab Report Due Next Class.
  • Projectile Motion Activity:  Using a spring-loaded projectile launcher, create a graph of horizontal distance traveled versus angle of release.
  • Take your mouse trap car home or recycle it
  • p24-24 -- Projectile Motion Activity

 
11/20 Blue
  • Lab Reports Due (relating to whether or not a target moves farther when a projectile sticks to it)
  • p24-24 -- Projectile Motion Activity
  • Projectile Motion Activity:  Using a spring-loaded projectile launcher, create a graph of horizontal distance traveled versus angle of release.

 
11/18-11/19
  • Quiz over newton's laws (same content as quiz from 11/10 or 11/11, above).  Study p. 13-20 of notes.  Also study previous quiz.
  • Finish Inquiry Activity (some classes)
11/16-11/17
11/12-11/13
11/10-11/11
  • Quiz over p. 13-20
  • Introduction to Momentum
11/6-11/7
  • Check p. 20 questions and correct wrong answers. 
  • Determine the force of friction acting on three mousetrap cars. Add your calculations to the table on the front wall.
  • Next class: **Quiz over notes, questions, and activities on p. 13-20
11/4-11/5
11/2-11/3
10/26-10/29
10/19, 10/20
10/16 1) Return Tests and Discuss answers -- re-takes may be scheduled for times during call-back, with Mr. Stapleton

2)How fast would a penny fall if it were dropped from the top of the Empire State Building?

 
10/14 or 10/15 1)  Who looked for the special code?

2)  Test

3)  Finish creating car graph -- if you haven't already.  Then put a copy in the class "drop" folder on the M:drive When you rename your file, make sure that you put ".xls" on the end.  For example: "Bertha, Herman, Wilma.xls"
10/12 or 10/13
  • 1)  Check Homework: "Jeopardy" Questions
  • 2) Final Test Review for Unit 1 Test
  • Test 1 Help -- Question-by-Question
  • Test 1 Answer Key
  • 3)  Homework:  TEST NEXT CLASS!  Study for test.  Open "Test 1 Help..." on website and write down "special code."
  • 4) Complete Mousetrap Car Video Analysis -- #4-8.  Turn it in Today.  One graph per group -- add all group members' names.
10/8 or 10/9
10/6 or 10/7
10/2 or 10/5
9/30 or 10/1
9/28 or 9/29
9/24 or 9/25 powerpoint
9/22 or 9/23
9/18 or 9/21
9/16 or 9/17
9/14 or 9/15
9/10 or 9/11