Regular Physics Lessons 25-26
Week: 11/10-11/14
Monday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Science Appetizer: Fire in Zero g-video
Discussion: Free Fall
HW:

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Science Appetizer: Slinky Drop-video
Individual Practice: Free Fall concept questions
Q&A: Free Fall Concept Questions
HW: Free Fall online Quizzz

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Partner Practice: Free Fall Problems #1

Thursday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Individual Practice: Free Fall Review

Friday:Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Individual Practice: Free Fall Online Quiz

Week: 11/3-11/7
Monday: Student Holiday

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Q&A: Motion Quiz
Partner Practice: Lab: Investigating Gravity

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall
Activities: Partner Practice: Lab: Investigating Gravity
Individual Practice; Free Fall Notes

Thursday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall (Explore)
Activities: Partner Practice: Free Galileo Escape

Friday: Topics: Kinematics: Free Fall (Engage)
Activities: Partner Practice: Free Galileo Escape (finish if needed)
Individual Practice: How High Could You Jump

Week 10/27-10/31 **Pyramid Matching/Monster Track

Monday: Topics: Kinematics: Graphing Motion (Engage)
Activities: Lab: Graphically Representing Motion
Absent: complete PhET moving man lab

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics: Graphing Motion (Explain)
Activities: Discussion: Motion Graphs
Partner Practice: Graphing Task Cards

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics: Graphing Motion (Explore)
Activities: Partner Practice: Graphing Task Cards
Matching scenario and graph

Thursday: Topics: Kinematics: Graphing Motion (Elaborate)
Activities: Discussion: Graphing Motion (MOPS handout)
Q&A: Graphing Task Cards

Friday: Topics: Kinematics: Graphing Motion (Evaluate)
Activities: Individual Assessment: Motion Graphs Quiz

Week 10/20-10/24

Monday: Topics: Graphing Motion (Engage) **Do webquest first then stations
Activities: Individual Practice: Graphing Webquest

Tuesday: Topics: Graphing Motion (Explain)
Activities: Partner Practice: Graphing Stations
HW:

Wednesday: Topics: Graphing Motion (Engage)
Activities: Partner Practice: Graphing Stations
HW:

Thursday: Topics: Graphing Motion
Activities: Q&A: Graphing Stations
Lab: Representing Motion

Friday: Topics: Graphing Motion (Explore)
Activities: Lab: Representing Motion
HW:

Week 10/13-10/17

Monday: School Holiday

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Extend)
Activities: Q&A: Kinematics Circuit
Partner Practice: Kinematics Escape Room

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Extend)
Activities: Science Appetizer: Scalar vs Vector
Partner Practice: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Domino Puzzle
Q&A: Domino Puzzle
HW:

Thursday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Evaluate)
Activities: Test: Velocity and Acceleration
HW:

Friday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Evaluate)
Activities: Test Corrections
HW:

Week 10/6-10/10

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics
Activities: Lab: Constant Velocity Cars Experiments
HW: none

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Extend)
Activities: Science Appetizer: Scalar vs Vector
Partner Practice: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Domino Puzzle
Q&A: Domino Puzzle
HW:

Thursday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Explore)
Activities: Partner Practice: Kinematic Matching
HW:

Friday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Explore)
Activities: Partner Practice: Kinematic Matching

Week 9/30-10/3

Monday: Topics: Kinematics
Activities: Metric Test Corrections
Individual Practice: CER for Race Walking lab
HW: unfinished lab portions

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics
Activities: Lab: Constant Velocity Cars Experiments
HW: none

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics
Activities: Lab: Constant Velocity Cars Experiments
HW: none

Thurs-Fri Fall Break

Week 9/22-9/26: Kinematics

Monday: Topics: Kinematics (Engage)
Activities: Discussion: Kinematics (Velocity and Acceleration)
Individual Practice: Formula Challenge (FA)
HW: Formula Challenge #13-20

Tuesday: Topics: Kinematics (Explain)
Activities: Science Appetizer: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration (FA)
Partner Practice: On Your Mark
HW: Unfinished problems

Wednesday: Topics: Kinematics (Explore)
Activities: Lab: Race Walking

Thursday: Topics: Kinematics (Explore)
Activities: Lab: Race Walking

Friday: Topics: Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration (Extend)
Activities: Science Appetizer: Scalar vs Vector
Partner Practice: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Domino Puzzle
Q&A: Domino Puzzle
HW:

Week: 9/15-9/19

Monday: Student Holiday

Tuesday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis (Elaborate)
Activities: Individual Practice: Metrics Conceptual Practice
Guided Practice: Dimensional Analysis 1 (Part 3)
HW: unfinished problems

Wednesday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis (Evaluate)
Activities: Q&A: Data Analysis
Practice: Mixed Review

Thursday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis (Evaluate)
Activities: Test Dimensional Analysis

Friday: Topics: Kinematics (Engage)
Activities: Individual Work: NBC Learn: Kinematics of Hockey and Football

Week: 9/9-9/13: Dimensional Analysis

Monday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis
Activities: Science Appetizer: Scientific Notation and Metric Prefix (FA)
Discussion: Dimensional Analysis
HW: none

Tuesday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis
Activities: Group Practice: Dimensional Analysis
Partner Practice: Metric Conversion Practice (FA)
HW: Unfinished problems

Wednesday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis
Activities: Dimensional Analysis 1
HW:
Thursday; Topic: Data Analysis (graphing skills)
Activities: Group Practice: Data Analysis

Friday; Topic: Data Analysis (graphing skills)
Activities: Group Practice: Data Analysis

Week 9/1-9/5

Monday: Holiday

Tuesday: Topics: Scientific Method: Making Observations
Activities: Individual Practice: Identifying Variables (FA)
Q&A: Identifying Variables
Partner Practice: Interpreting Data

Wednesday: Topics: Scientific Method (Extend)
Activities: Science Appetizer: Vocab Domino Check (FA)
Q&A: Interpreting Data
HW:

Thursday: Topics: Scientific Method
Activities: Evaluation: Test Scientific Method
HW:

Friday: Topics: Dimensional Analysis
Activities: Individual Practice: Test Corrections: Scientific Method test (diff)
Individual Practice: Pirates and the World’s Roundest Object
HW: unfinished problems

8/25-8/29
Monday: Topics: Scientific Method TEKS: 1A-B, 2A-G (Engage/Explain)
Activities: Partner Practice: Scientific Method Sort
Discussion: Steps of Scientific Method
HW:

Tuesday: Topics: Identifying experimental variables TEKS: 1A-B, 2A-G
Activities: Science Appetizer: Review of experimental variables
Discussion: Experimental Variables and Empirical Evidence
Partner Practice: The Simpsons Do Science
HW:

Wednesday: Topics: Scientific Method (Explore)
Activities: Lab: What’s in the Bag
Individual Practice Reinforcement-Scientific Processes
HW: Reinforcement-Scientific Processes

Thursday: Topics: Scientific Method (Extend)
Activities: Science Appetizer: Vocabulary Sort and Hypothesis vs Theory (FA/RT)
Partner Practice: Interpreting data
HW:

Friday: Topics: Scientific Method: Making Inferences
Activities: Partner Practice: Buried Ship Mystery
Discussion: Buried Ship Mystery

Week 8/18-8/22
Monday: Topics: Classroom/Laboratory Safety
Activities: Science Appetizer: Finish crossword puzzles and Review
Partner Practice: Equipment Labeling
HW:

Tuesday: Topics: Lab Safety and Equipment (Explore) TEKS: 1A-B, 2A-G
Activities: Partner Practice: Safety Questions
Discussion: Classroom/Laboratory safety procedures
HW:

Wednesday: Topics: Lab Safety and Equipment (Engage) TEKS: 1A-B, 2A-G
Activities: Science Appetizer: Equipment Tarsia Puzzle (FA)
Individual Practice: Equipment Bingo (FA)
HW: Review equipment for comprehension quiz

Thursday: Topics: Lab Safety and Equipment (Evaluate) TEKS: 1A-B, 2A-G
Activities: Individual Evaluation: Comprehension quiz lab equipment
Q&A: Comprehension Quiz: lab equipment
HW: review lab safety rules and procedures for test

Friday: Topics: Lab Safety and Equipment (Explain) TEKS: 1A-B, 2A-G
Activities: Evaluation: Lab Safety test
Q&A: Lab Safety Test

8/11-8/15
Monday: No School

Tuesday: No School

Wednesday: Topics: Class Introduction (Engage)
Activities: Cryptography Who-Dunn-It
HW:

Thursday: Topics: Course Introduction/Safety
Activities: Partner Practice/Whole Group Discussion: Explore Course Syllabus and 360 Class Tour (Explain)
Partner Practice: Safety Symbols and Scenarios
HW: Contract Signed

Friday: Topics: Class Introduction/Procedures (Explore)
Activities: Individual Practice: Start Equipment Crossword puzzle recall
HW: Contract signed