Friday, March 19, 2010

More Energy

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Working on Energy :)

The analysis questions for the Pulley Lab are due today. After the bellwork, you had time to work on those or your homework:

HW: Energy I front
HW: Energy I back:


Here is the bellwork:

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pulley Lab

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week we are completing a lab about pulleys. The Analysis Questions are due on Thursday.

Pulley Lab

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Energy/Work/Machines Practice

I was gone for half the day Wednesday, and Thursday is half gone due to an assembly and notebook checks, so for these two days your assignment was to work on a couple of practice worksheets:

HW: Machines I
Concept-Development 8-2



Honors class only (extra credit for non-honors):
Alligator and Energy Graph TIPER



These are all due on Monday. Here is a hint for one of the assignments:

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Machines



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Monday, March 8, 2010

Energy Practice

Today we took some time to work through a classic energy problem on bellwork:


Then you had a little time to finish off your homework. Due today:

Crossword puzzle with work ranking task on the back
Energy walk-through (half sheet)
Concept-Development 8-1

New homework, due tomorrow:
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Friday, March 5, 2010

Power

First we made our way through the bellwork, finishing in a teensy bit of notes about power:



Then we walked and ran up and down the stairs to get the feel of low power and high power. Finally, the Energy Walkthrough and Concept-Development 8-1 were assigned (due Monday) and some time given to work on them.

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Work

I know this looks like a lot of notes, but they are pretty spread out...



Practice for regular classes:

Practice for honors class:
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Mechanics Post-Test

Today we took a multiple choice mechanics post-test. This is the same one we took back in November. I will get the scores back in a couple of weeks and will assign extra credit based on your score.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Unit 9 Test: Momentum

Today is the Unit 9 Test: Momentum. If you are absent today, please take this test after school by next Tuesday.

Reminder: the end of the quarter is next Thursday, so make sure the table of contents in your notebook is up to date; we will be doing notebook checks on Thursday, March 11th.