Friday, October 28, 2011

Potential Energy Quiz!

SWBAT answer quiz questions with 80% accuracy on Schoology.

Agenda:
1. Take 15 minutes to watch videos, look over HW study for the quiz, and sign in to Schoology.
2. Put away all papers aside from scratch paper. CLOSE THE BLOG PAGE. You may NOT look at the blog during the quiz. Your time to study is during the beginning of class
3. Silently take the quiz
4. Complete the early finisher word search.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Conservation of Energy Day 2

Potential Energy



SWBAT calculate the amount of potential energy different objects have by using an equation with 80% accuracy on an exit slip

1. Do Now - Potential vs Kinetic energy - 10 min
2. Manga Guide to Physics - 20 min
3. Calculating potential energy notes - 10 min
4. Potential Energy White boards 15 min
5. Partner work - 10 min
6. Potential energy HW
7. Exit slip - Potential Energy CST questions










Videos/links for extra help:




What Is Potential and Kinetic Energy?


What do Potential and Kinetic Energy look like?


Help with Solving problems for Potential and Kinetic Energy:

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Conservation of Energy Day 1

AIM: SWBAT create a comic strip explaining gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy with 80% accuracy.

Agenda
1. Do Now - Examples of energy changing forms- 10 min













2. Nuclear energy video - 5 min
3. Brainpop- Potential Energy and Gravitational Energy w/ wkshts- 15 min
4. Bill Nye - Energy w/wksheet - 30 min
5. Create a comic strip showing the transfer of kinetic energy into potential energy and potential energy back into kinetic energy - 15 min