Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Quiz: Kinetic Energy and Conservation of Energy




What to know for the quiz:

- Calculating Kinetic Energy
- Conservation of Energy 
(figure out kinetic energy or potential when you know one and total energy)
All these were covered on Day 3 and 4 of Conservation of Energy

Good Luck!

Conservation of Energy Day 4

Conservation of Potential and Kinetic
AIM: SWBAT determine how much kinetic or potential energy is in a system with 80% accuracy on the exit slip.

Agenda
1. Do Now - Kinetic and potential energy - 10 min
2. Energy Conservation reading - 15 min
3. Xmen clip - 5 min
4. Comparing potential energy - 10 min
5. Pole Vaulting Clip - 5 min
6. Manga Guide to Physics - Conservation of mechanical energy - 15 min
7. Finding potential and kinetic energy with conservation - 15 min
8. Conservation of energy bicycle - 10 min
9. KE and PE HW - 5 min


Energy Skate Park
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What is pole vaulting?

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Conservation of Energy Day 3

Measuring Kinetic Energy


AIM: SWBAT complete problems to measure kinetic energy with an equation with 80% accuracy on the exit slip.

Agenda
1. Do Now - 10 min
2. Kinetic energy video - 10 min
3. James Joule reading - 15 min
3. Kinetic Energy notes - 10 min
4. Kinetic Energy White Board Practice - 25 min
6. Exit Slip - 10 min
7. Kinetic Energy HW













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