HPS Universal Gravity Part 2

In Class:

Test deferred until Friday, 11/2/2007.

• Finish lecture on Universal Gravity.

Homework:

• None... the test is coming up, though!

RPS Test Review

In Class:

• Review for Test 3: Newton's Laws. Students were given RPS Notes 3.2: Unit 3 Test Study Guide, and asked to work in groups (or alone -- student choice) on the practice problems in the packet. Mr. Yamashita available to answer questions.

Homework:

• Study for test.

CPS Newton's Second Law Part 2

In Class:

• Lecture and practice problems with Newton's second law of motion (formulas).

Homework:

• Finish CPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I. Due tomorrow (10/31/2007)

RPS Terminal Velocity

In Class:

• Review HW 3.4: Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.
• Terminal Velocity lecture and video. The video is copyrighted, and therefore not available online. Video of the lecture was not taken today because the video camera was unavailable to me today. The relevant reading in the book is page 99 of the textbook.
• Notes available here.
  

Homework:

• Begin studying for test (test is on Thursday).

HPS Universal Gravity Part 1

In Class:

• Review RPS HW 3.4: Newton's Third Law of Motion.
• Lecture: Start Newtons Law of Universal Gravity. We will finish tomorrow.

Homework:

• None.

CPS Newton's Second Law of Motion Intro

In Class:

• Take notes on Newton's second law of motion.
• Gain a basic understanding of the concepts (easy, since the seem like common sense explanations of how things operate in the world around us).

Homework:

• CPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I. Due Wed 10/31/2007.

RPS Finish Universal Gravity

In Class:

• Finish lecture of Newton's law of Universal Gravity (E and G periods).
• Answer questions re: RPS HW 3.5: Universal Gravity (C period only). It turns out that the wording of the problems is difficult for the students because of a lack of understanding of how to do fractions and percentages. For this reason, the assignment was not given to the E and G periods, and will not be counted for the C period. (Sorry, guys in the C period class.)
• No video today. No new lecture notes today.
  

Homework:

• I asked C period to retry RPS HW 3.5: Universal Gravity, but I did not assign work to the other sections.

HPS Questions, Discussion

In Class:

• Answer questions re: RPS HW 3.4: Newton's Third Law and science fair.
• Hand in HPS Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law and Projectile Motion
• Questions ran long today, so we did not cover the planned material: Newton's Law of Universal Gravity.

Homework:

• Read Notes 3.1: Newton's Law of Universal Gravity. Due Tue 10/30/2007.

CPS Start Unit 3: Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion

In Class:

• Introduction to forces lecture.
• Demonstration of net, balanced, and unbalanced forces. (tug-o-war and dragging people through the hallways with the rope!)

RPS Newton's Law of Universal Gravity

Test announced for Thu 11/1/2007

In Class:

• Review RPS HW 3.4: Newton's Third Law.
  
• This took longer with E and G periods. The extra time cut into the lecture presentation time, so the C period class is the only class that received the full presentation of the lecture (see video).
  
• For a little while, the classes may be out of sync.
• Newton's Law of Universal Gravity lecture.

Homework:

• RPS HW 3.5: Universal Gravity. Due Mon 10/29/07 for C period. Not yet distributed for E and G periods.

HPS Newton's Third Law of Motion

In Class:

• Collect Science Fair paperwork.
• Newton's Third Law of Motion Lecture.
  

Homework:

• RPS HW 3.4: Newton's Third Law.
• Take-home quiz: HPS Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law and Projectile Motion. Due Mon 10/29/07
• This quiz is designed to take about 40 minutes to complete, though there is no set time limit.
• Calculator use is permitted
• Other notes, etc. are not permitted.
• Questions can be emailed to Mr. Yamashita at MrYOnline@gmail.com
  

CPS Retest/Correct Quizzes 2.2: Momentum

In Class:

• Time to brush up on Momentum concepts, and then time to work on correcting errors from yesterday's quiz on Momentum.
  
• This will count as the retest for the quiz, and the grade will be final.

RPS Newton's 3rd Law of Motion

In Class:

• Lecture on Netwon's 3rd Law of motion.
• No video available (yet). I forgot to film during my normal period, and the camera proved to be too much of a distraction to the other class I had available to film. I will attempt to take video of my presentation of this material to the honors class tomorrow. (The presentation will be similar enough to be useful.)
• For video, see 10.26.2007 posting for Honors Physical Science (HPS).
  
• Lecture notes available here.
  

Homework:

• RPS HW 3.4: Newton's Third Law. Due Fri 10/26/2007.
• Read pp. 110-111.

HPS Review Projectile Motion HW

In Class:

• Review HPS HW 3.2:Projectile Motion in detail: questions 11, 12, and 14. See videos below.
  
• Quiz that was scheduled for today has been postponed: it will be given as a take-home quiz over the weekend.

Homework:

• Science Fair paperwork due! Two copies of research plans, please.
• Study for quiz (Newton's 2nd Law and Projectile Motion)

CPS Quiz 2.2: Momentum

In Class:

• Take Quiz 2.2: Momentum.
• Chat with students about classroom and work expectations

RPS Projectile Motion and Orbits

In Class:

• Projectile Motion (we started this already, but are reviewing and continuing)
• Objects in Orbit (how to fire a projectile and miss the ground)
• Lecture Notes avaialable here.
  
• Sorry, no videos of today's lectures. (I forgot to film them.)

Homework:

• Read pp. 103 to 105 in textbook.

HPS Review Projectile Motion HW

In Class:

• Review HPS HW 3.2: Projectile Motion. This was an intentionally challenging assignment. Students were kind enough to point out errors in the answers provided. They have been fixed in the version of the assignment available online.

Homework:

• Study for quiz tomorrow on projectile motion and Newton's second law of motion. The quiz may be postponed, but students should do their best to prepare for it now anyway.
• Redo HPS HW 3.2: Projectile Motion.

CPS Study for Quiz

Mr. Yamashita out today.
In Class:

• Use class time to finish CPS HW 2.4: Conservation of Momentum.
• Start to study for Quiz, which will cover momentum and conservation of momentum.

Homework:

• Study for quiz.

RPS and HPS Mr Yamashita out Today

Mr. Yamashita out today.
In Class:

• View video, "Newton's Laws" from Mechanical Universe series. Fill in accompanying worksheet, CR 3.1: Mechanical Universe 101: "Newton's Laws."

CPS Momentum -- a waste of a day

In Class:

Quiz on momentum for Wed 10/24/2007 announced. (Momentum)

Students were given options to work on:

• finish notes on conservation of momentum
• work on CPS HW 2.4: Conservation of Momentum handout
• Do live action demo with conservation of momentum using bowling balls

This was a failure of a day from a teaching point of view.

RPS Review Retest Quizzes and Peer Grade Labs

In Class:

• Review Retests of Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law
• Peer grade page 3 of RPS Lab 3.1: Car Push. This is the page with the analysis data table.

Homework:

• none.

HPS Projectile Motion (Position)

In Class:

• Projectile Motion (position of projectile)

Homework:

• HPS HW 3.2: Projectile Motion. Due Tue 10/22/2007
• Science Fair paperwork will be submitted by the end of the week to Mrs. Sweeney/Internal Review Board (IRB)

CPS Time to work on Conservation of Momentum work

In Class:

• If students are behind on note taking, catch up taking notes. Slides of notes available to students.
• If students are caught up on note taking, work on CPS HW 2.4: Conservation of Momentum in small groups.

RPS Retests Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law

In Class:

• Retest Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law (30 minute time limit).
• Review and hand in RPS HW 3.3: Newton's First Law of Motion and Circular Motion.

No homework for the weekend.

HPS Projectile Motion (Velocities, continued)

In Class:

• Projectile Motion: finding the velocities of projectiles at different times during the flight of the projectile. ( I enjoyed the fact that ALL of the students were so fully engaged in the presentation that the bell ending the class caught them all completely by surprise. Thanks, guys!)
  

Homework:

• Work on science fair research plans and complete paperwork.

CPS Time to work on Conservation of Momentum HW

In Class:

• Time to work on CPS HW 2.4: Conservation of Momentum. Mr. Yamashita offers personalized help, if needed, on the assignment.
• Make corrections to CPS HW 2.3: Momentum. If this assignment was handed in, Mr. Yamashita made corrections, but has not entered a grade. Students should make corrections and resubmit the assignment for grading by the end of class.
• Create a single-page study guide on momentum and conservation of momentum.
• Create a 10-question quiz on Momentum and conservation of momentum, along with answers. Three questions should be easy (such as identifying units or other recall information), four should be medium (concept questions without math), and three should be difficult (concept questions or problems involving math).

RPS Review Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law of Motion

In Class:

• Hand back and review Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law of Motion.
• Due to the demand for retests on this quiz, all classes will do retests tomorrow (Friday 10/19/2007) in class. Students who do not wish to retest should plan to bring other work or something to read.
• RPS HW 3.3: Newton's First Law and Circular Motion due date pushed back to tomorrow. (We will review it after the quiz)

Homework:

• Study for retest on Newton's Second Law of Motion.

HPS Projectile Motion I (Velocity)

In Class:

• Discuss science fair paperwork and research plans. Drafts of research plans are due tomorrow. (Human subject projects: final versions and paperwork are due tomorrow.)
• Projectile Motion I: falling objects and calculating velocity of projectiles at any time.

Homework:

• Drafts of science fair research plans. Due Fri 10/19/2007.

CPS Practice Problems with Conservation of Momentum

In Class:

• Practice problems (overhead notes) on conservation of momentum.
• Time to work on homework.

Homework:

• CPS HW 2.4: Conservation of Momentum. Due Fri 10/19/2007.

RPS Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law

In Class:

• Quiz 3.1: Newton's Second Law. Time limit: 30 min.
• If students finish early, they may:
• finish RPS Lab 3.1: Car Push (collected today)
• start homework due tomorrow
• Start Lecture on Projectile Motion. Notes available here, but no video today.

Homework (due Thu 10/18/2007):

• Read pp. 100-102 in textbook
• RPS HW 3.3: Newton's First Law and Circular Motion.

HPS Review HPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law with Vectors

In Class:

• Review HPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law with Vectors.

Homework:

• Read pp. 100-109 in textbook.
• Reminder: science fair research plans are due Friday (all paperwork for human subject groups).

CPS Conservation of Momentum

In Class:

• Retests on Quiz 2.1: Speed and Velocity
• Take notes on Conservation of Momentum

RPS and HPS: Newton's 1st Law of Motion and Circular Motion

In Class:

• Lecture on Newton's First Law of Motion (Law of Inertia)
• Lecture on Circular Motion
• Lecture notes here.

Homework:

• RPS only: Study for quiz tomorrow on Newton's Second Law of Motion
• HPS only: HPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law with Vectors. Due Wed 10/17/2007
• Both RPS and HPS: Lab 3.1: Car Push due. Data for absentees available here by class:


• B period
• C period
• E period
• F Period

CPS Class time to work on Momentum worksheet

In Class:

• Time to work on CPS HW 2.3: Momentum.
• Announce retest on quizzes 2.1: Speed and Velocity for tomorrow.

Homework:

• Study for retest quizzes
• Finish CPS HW 2.3: Momentum if not done in class.

RPS and HPS: Lab 3.1: Car Push

In Class:

• RPS classes only(C, E, and G periods): Quiz announced for Wednesday 10/17/2007. Quiz will cover Newton's 2nd Law of Motion.
• Go outdoors and do Lab 3.1: Car Push. Collect data, gather and copy once back indoors.

Homework:

• Work on lab. Lab is due Wed 10/17/2007, but it's a good idea to get started on it tonight.

CPS Momentum Lecture

In Class:

• Present notes on overhead on Momentum.
• Begin work on CPS HW 2.3: Momentum.

Homework:

• Continue working on CPS HW 2.3: Momentum (Due Tue 10/16/2007).

RPS More Complex Problems with Newton's Second Law

In Class:

• Review and pass in RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I and RPS HW 3.2: Newton's Second Law II.
• More Complex vertical problems with Newton's 2nd Law of Motion.

Homework:

• Read RPS Lab 3.1: Car Push. Due Mon 10/15/2007. Weather permitting, we will do the lab Monday.
• Wear or bring sneakers for class on Monday.

HPS Newton's Second Law, Vectors, and Pythagoras

In Class:

• Discuss some more complex problems involving Newton's Second Law of Motion. (See video with RPS class).
• Using vectors and Pythagorean theorem to calculate net force on a body when individual forces are at right angles to each other. (no video for this part.)

Homework:

• Read HPS Lab 3.1: Car Push. We will do this lab (weather permitting) on Monday.
• Wear sneakers for lab on Monday.
• Make progress on science fair project. Research plans will be due Friday 10/19/2007.

CPS Speed & Velocity Quiz and Momentum

In Class:

• Quiz 2.1: Speed and Velocity.
• Start lecture notes on Momentum. This was cut short due to poor discipline and behavior in the classroom.

RPS Class time to work on Newton's Second Law problems

In Class:

• Review RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I. Mr. Yamashita works out a few of the answers on the board for the class.
• Time to work on RPS HW 3.2: Newton's Second Law II. Small group/partner work encouraged. This assignment should make the other one a bit easier.

Homework:

• Due date for RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I extended to 10/12/2007.
• RPS HW 3.2: Newton's Second Law II. Due 10/12/2007.

HPS Review RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I

In Class:

• Review RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I.
• Discuss Science fair research questions: some teams shared their research questions, and Mr. Yamashita commented on them.

Homework:

• RPS HW 3.2: Newton's Second Law II. Due 10/12/2007.
• Due date for RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I extended to 10/12/2007.

CPS Practice for Quiz

In Class:

• Practice problems with speed formula in preparation for tomorrow's quiz.
• Some students still needed time to work on previously assigned homeworks.

Homework:

• Study for quiz.

RPS and HPS Going Vertical with Newton's Second Law

In Class:

• Hand back and review Test 2: Motion and Momentum.
• Going Vertical with Newton's Second Law of Motion: problems involving force due to gravity.
• Notes available here.

Homework:

• RPS HW 3.1: Newton's Second Law I. Due Thu 10/11/2007.

CPS Rework HW 2.1 and 2.2

In Class:

• Hand back CPS HW 2.1: Speed and CPS HW 2.2: Velocity and Acceleration. Allow students class time to fix/review/complete problems. Assignments that were handed in on time earlier have been corrected, but not graded. Hand in assignments at the end of the period for final grading.

Homework:

• If above assignments are not done by end of class period, do them for homework.

RPS Start Unit 3: Newton's Laws

In Class:

• 10 minutes to finish Tests (if needed). Students who are done with test already may use this time to work on homework for tomorrow.
• Forces Introduction: net force, balanced and unbalanced forces, demos and activities (including tug-o-war).
• Newton's Second Law of Motion: information and practice problems.
• Notes available here.

Homework:

• Read pp. 78, 94-95. Do practice problems on p. 95 (will not be collected).

HPS Start Unit 3: Newton's Laws

In Class:

• 10 minutes to finish working on tests (if needed). Students who are done with test may begin homework for tomorrow.
• Forces Introduction: net force, balanced and unbalanced forces with demos and activities, including tug-o-war. Discuss net forces using vectors.
• Newton's Second Law of Motion: Basics and practice problems.

Homework:

• Read pp 78, 94-95, do practice problems on p. 95 (will not be collected)

CPS Develop a Velocity/Acceleration Experiment

In Class:

• Short demo using variously shaped slides and marbles.
• Predict: Marble will roll to the end of which slide (there are four) in the shortest period of time? Do experiment and evaluate.
• Predict: Marbles will fly the farthest off the end of which ramp? Do experiment and evaluate.
• Rest of class: design any experiment involving velocity and acceleration. Perform experiment and write observations.

Homework:

• Get progress reports signed. Due Tues 10/9/2007.

HPS and RPS Test Day

In Class:

• Test 2: Motion and Momentum.
• The test was a little long, so some extra time (about 10 minutes) will be given to those students who requested it to complete the test on Tuesday during class. Completed tests will be graded over the weekend.

Homework:

• Return progress reports with parent/guardian signatures if not already done.

CPS Velocity and Acceleration Notes

In Class:

• Lecture notes on velocity and acceleration. Reinforces information that students had to look up for CPS HW 2.2: Velocity and Acceleration.
• Various discussions about movies featuring Chinese stars, such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat, and others.

RPS and HPS Test Review Day

In Class:

• Hand back homework, review any questions students have on them.
• Test review day! (Test is tomorrow, Friday, 10/5/2007)
  
• Test topics:
• Motion, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration:
• definitions, similarities and differences, SI units, problems using formulas.
• speed (or velocity) = Δp/Δt
• acceleration = Δv/Δt
• momentum = m ∙ v
• Graphs of motion:
  
• position vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs.
• Interpret and create graphs of motion
• Momentum and conservation of momentum
• Other skills that will be useful:
• SI unit conversion
• converting minutes:seconds time format to seconds
• honors only: significant figures

Homework:

• Study for test. Optional: create index card of notes.

CPS Intro to Velocity and Acceleration

In Class:

• Time to work on CPS HW 2.2: Velocity and Acceleration. Students have not yet had lecture on this material, so this is a "learn-as-you-go" type of worksheet activity. Mr. Yamashita and textbooks are available as resources.

Homework:

• Continue to work on CPS HW 2.2: Velocity and Acceleration.

HPS Intro to Vectors

In Class:

• Science Fair discussion time: log books and research plans.
• Review and pass in HPS HW 2.5: Conservation of Momentum.
• Introduction to Vectors: drawing them and finding their sums graphically.

Homework (Due Thu 10/4/2007):

• Bring in science fair log books for checks.
• Research plans (human subject/hazardous materials projects only)

RPS Review Conservation of Momentum

In Class:
Today was a little different in each class, as the amount of time spent on reviewing homeworks as they were handed out varied considerably. In the E period class, we never started the "Motion Bingo" game, as the homework review took over the whole class period.

• Review conservation of momentum.
• Review RPS HW 2.6: Acceleration II and RPS HW 2.7: Momentum.
• Review and hand in RPS HW 2.8: Conservation of Momentum. Use this as more practice time solving conservation of momentum problems.
• Play "Motion Bingo." (Time permitting) This game (and answers) is available online through the "Practice Quizzes" link of this blog.

Homework:

• Begin reviewing material for Friday's test.

CPS Motion and Speed I worksheet.

In Class:

• Time to work on CPS HW 2.1: Motion and Speed I. Small groups with Mr. Yamashita helping out as needed.

Homework:

• Finish handout if not completed by the end of class.

RPS Conservation of Momentum

In Class:

• Review RPS HW 2.6: Acceleration II and RPS HW 2.7: Momentum.
• Conservation of Momentum
• Bowling ball demo
• Work through problems of elastic and inelastic collisions.

Homework:

• RPS HW 2.8: Conservation of Momentum. Due Wed. 10/3/2007

HPS Conservation of Momentum

In Class:

• Science fair
• Draft versions of research plans due Thu 10/4/2007 for human subject-based projects. (Will be later due date for other projects.) All students should be making good progress on the research plan at this point.
• Science Fair Log book check will happen Thu 10/4/2007: pass in log books then.
• Conservation of Momentum
• Bowling ball demo, example problems on board.

Homework:

• HPS HW 2.5: Conservation of Momentum. Due Wed 10/3/2007.

CPS Graph Speed Data

In Class:

• Graph speed (position vs. time) data collected during class on Friday.
• Discuss what line direction and steepness equate to on position vs. time line graphs.

RPS Momentum

In Class:

• Test announced. Will be Friday 10/5/2007.
• Momentum: Intro & Practice Problems.
• Class time to work on RPS HW 2.7: Momentum and RPS HW 2.6: Acceleration II in small groups/partners.

Homework (all due Tues 10/2/2007):

• Read pp. 112-116 in textbook.
• RPS HW 2.6: Acceleration II
• RPS HW 2.7: Momentum

HPS Review of Momentum and Significant Figures

In Class:

• Test announced. Will be Friday 10/5/2007.
• Reminder of after school meetings today for science fair projects with human subjects.
• Review HPS HW 2.2: Significant Figures and HPS HW 2.3: Momentum I.
• Start Conservation of Momentum Problems

Homework:

• HPS HW 2.4: Acceleration II. Due Tues 10/2/2007.