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Standard: SPS8b 

Essential Question:  How does force determine motion?

Focus:  Forces that inhibit motion

Warm up: Topic - Force (Click here)

Work time: 

* Notes:  Forces 

* Motion IQ

* Crumple Zone

* Newton's Second Law - calculations

Homework: 

1st and 2nd periods - Read pages 68 - 82.  Do problems 6 and 7 on page 74

4th Period: 

read pages 270 - 274 Do problems 5 and 6 on page 274

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter 2/Section 3 & Chapter 3/Section 1

4th Period: Chapter 8/ Section 2 & Section 3

Standard: SPS8b

Essential Question:  How does force determine motion?

Focus:  Force and Newton's  Laws of Motion

Warm up: Topic - Gravitational Pull (Click here)

Work time: 

* Finish Newton's Second Law calculations

* Friction and the Curve Ball

* Mass vs. Weight - "How Much Do You Weigh"

Homework: 

1st and 2nd periods - Read pages 68 - 82.  Do problems 6 and 7 on page 74

4th Period: 

read pages 270 - 274 Do problems 5 and 6 on page 274

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter 2/Section 3 & Chapter 3/Section 1

4th Period: Chapter 8/ Section 2 & Section 3

2 

Standard: SPS8c and d 

Essential Question:  How are mass and weight related?

Focus:  Force and Newton's Laws of Motion

Warm up:  Topic - Weight vs. Mass (Click here)

Work time: 

* Finish Mass vs. Weight - "How Much Do You Weigh"

* F = ma and Football

*Notes: Conservation of Momentum

Homework: 

1st and 2nd periods - Read pages 100 - 115. 

4th Period: 

read pages 297 - 306

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter

4

4th Period: Chapter 9/ Sections 3 and 4

3 

Standard: SPS7 

Focus:  Energy

Essential Question:  What are the forms of energy?

Warm up:

Topic - F = ma (Click here)

Work time: 

*Notes:  Types of Energy  video

Homework: 

1st and 2nd periods - Read pages 100 - 115. 

4th Period: 

read pages 297 - 306

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter

4

4th Period: Chapter 9/ Sections 3 and 4

Standard: SPS8e 

Focus:  Energy

Essential Question:  How doo machines help make work easier?

Warm up: Topic - F = ma (Click here)

Work time: 

* Finish Types of Energy video and notes  (video)

*Forms of Energy Worksheet

Homework:  Study for unit test (Study Guide)

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter

4

4th Period: Chapter 9/ Sections 3 and 4

Labor Day - No School

Standard: SPS7 and 8

Essential Question:  How are force and motion related? How is energy conserved?

Focus:  Review for unit test

Warm up:

This graph shows the potential and kinetic energy of a roller coaster.  Describe the most likely movement of the roller coaster. 

Work time: 

* Review Activities

Homework: 

Study for Unit Test (Study Guide)

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter

4

4th Period: Chapter 9/ Sections 3 and 4

9 

Standard: SPS7 and 8

Essential Question:  How are force and motion related? How is energy conserved?

Focus:  Review for unit test

Warm up:

Monster Mike’s truck decelerates from 72 m/s to 0 m/s in 6s.  What is his rate of acceleration?

Work time: 

* Review Activities

Homework: 

Study for Unit Test (Study Guide)

Textbook:

1st and 2nd Periods:  Chapter

4

4th Period: Chapter 9/ Sections 3 and 4

Unit Test - Newton's Laws of Motion and Forms of Energy

Warm up: The sum of all the kinetic energies of the molecules in a substance would represent the substance’s __________ energy

a.      Chemical

b.      Mechanical

c.       Potential

d.      Thermal

Standard: SPS8e 

Essential Question:  What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Focus:  Work and Power

Warm up:

1.       Which example involves the transformation of chemical energy directly into radiant energy?

a.       Combustion

b.      A glow stick

c.       Photosynthesis

d.      A hydroelectric dam

2.      What is an example of mechanical energy being changed to heat energy?

3.      What is the Law of Conservation of Energy

Work time: 

1st and 4th:

*Notes - Work

*Calculating Your Work and Power

2nd:

Selected reading - cooperative groups

Homework: 

 1st and 2nd periods - Read pages 126-137 

4th Period: 

read pages 284-290

Textbook:

1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 5

4^th period – Chapter 9

14 

Standard: SPS8e 

Focus:  Work and Power

Essential Question:  What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up:  

Earth formed from a small clump of interstellar dust and gas. Over the early part of Earth’s history, the young planet grew in size and mass. Which graph BEST represents Earth’s gravity during that time of growth?

Work time: 

2nd Period

*Notes - Work

All:

*Notes - Power

* What is Work

*What is Power

Homework: 

 1^st and 2^nd periods – questions 1-7 page 131

4^th period – questions 1-8 page 290

Textbook:

1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 5

4^th period – Chapter 9

15 

Standard: SPS8e 

Focus:   Work and Power

Essential Question:  What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up: There are many types of factors that have an effect on the force of gravity on an elephant. Which of the following will LEAST affect the force of gravity between the earth and an elephant?

a.        The elephant eats 50 pounds of grasses.

b.        The elephant climbs to the top of a tall Himalayan mountain.

c.        The elephant walks to a new location across the flat savanna.

d.        The elephant gets on the space shuttle and becomes the first elephant in space.

Work time: 

*Understanding Power

*Mechanical Advantage – notes and worksheet

*Simple Machines – Levers; cooperative groups

Homework:  1^st and 2^nd periods – questions 1-7 page 131

4^th period – questions 1-8 page 290

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 5

4^th period – Chapter 9

16 

Standard: SPS8e 

Focus:  Mechanical Advantage/Simple Machines

Essential Question:  What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up:   

Consider a situation where you are playing air hockey with a friend. The table shoots small streams of air upward to keep the puck afloat and to minimize friction. When you barely tap the puck forward, it

slows and stops.

continues to accelerate.

moves backward with an equal and opposite velocity.

moves with a constant speed until hitting the other end.

Work time: 

*Finish Simple Machines – Cooperative Groups

*Finish Notes on Mechanical Advantage

*Using Levers

*Mechanical Advantage

*Gravity/Conservation of Energy

Homework: 

1^st and 2^nd periods – read pages 138 - 147

4^th period – read pages 291 - 296

Textbook:

1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 5

4^th period – Chapter 9

17 

Standard: SPS8

Focus:   Practice using equations for motion

Essential Question:  How does force relate to motion and how is it calculated?

Warm up:   

Jeff is a landscaping contractor and lifts a rock weighing 600 pounds by wedging a board under the rock. Jeff weighs 150 pounds and puts all of his weight on the lever. How much mechanical advantage did the lever provide to Jeff in lifting the rock?

Work time: 

*Finish simple machines – cooperative groups/mechanical advantage/   

   using levers

*Review of mathematical equations

*Calculating Work

 Homework:   

1^st and 2^nd periods – read pages 138 - 147

4^th period – read pages 291 - 296

Textbook:

1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 5

4^th period – Chapter 9

18 

Standard: SPS8e 

Essential Question:  What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Focus:  Mechanical Advantage/Simple Machines

Warm up:  

KE = ½ mv² A jogger with a mass of 60 kg is moving at a speed of 3.0 m/s.  what is the jogger’s kinetic energy?

Work time: 

*Reading through the Curriculum

*Torque and First Class Levers

Homework: 

 1^st and 2^nd periods – questions 1-7 page 131

4^th period – questions 1-8 page 290

Textbook:

1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 5

4^th period – Chapter 9

21 

Standard: SPS7b 

Focus:   Thermodynamics

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter?

Warm up: 

Elevators lift loads by employing a motor and a complex system of pulleys.  If an elevator converts all the energy used to work, (no heat or friction is generated), how many Joules would be required to lift a 2,500 N load 15m?  (This is about 5 stories in a building)

Work time: 

*Progress Reports

*Video – Thermodynamics

Homework:  1^st and 2^nd periods – read pages 158-163

4^th period – read 324 - 330

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 6

4^th period – Chapter 10 

22  

Standard: SPS7b 

Focus:   Thermodynamics

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter?

Warm up: 

Work time: 

*Finish Video – Thermodynamics

*Notebook quiz – simple machines

Homework:  1^st and 2^nd periods – read pages 158-163

4^th period – read 324 - 330

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 6

4^th period – Chapter 10 

23 

Standard: SPS8e 

Focus:  Mechanical Advantage/Simple Machines

Essential Question:  What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up: 

Work time: 

*Activity - Pulleys

Homework:  1^st and 2^nd periods – page 163 #1-7

4^th period – page 330 #1-7

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 6

4^th period – Chapter 10 

24   

Standard: SPS7b 

Focus:   Mechanical Advantage/Simple Machines/Thermodynamics

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter?

Warm up: 

Work time: 

*Analysis for pulley activity

*Video Notes - Specific Heat

Homework:  1^st and 2^nd periods – page 163 #1-7

4^th period – page 330 #1-7

All periods - Begin alternative energy source project (decide on your alternative energy source)

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 6

4^th period – Chapter 10 

25                             

Standard: SPS7b 

Focus:   Thermodynamics

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter?

Warm up: 

Work time: 

*Specific Heat Worksheet

*Temperature Worksheet

*Reading across the curriculum - convection currents and hurricanes

Homework:  Research for project - find three sources of information on your alternative energy source

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 6

4^th period – Chapter 10 

Standard: SPS7b  SPS8e

Focus:   Review for Unit Test

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter? &

What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up: Click here

Work time: 

*Tables 3 and 4 - Pulley Activity

*Review for Unit Test

Homework: 

*Alternative Energy Project

*Study for Unit Test

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapters 5 and 6

4^th period – Chapters 9 and 10 

Standard: SPS7b 

Focus:   Research for Alternative Energy Project

Essential Question:  How are people working to conserve sources of energy?

Warm up: Click here

Work time: 

*Research for Alternative Energy Project using laptops

Homework: 

*Alternative Energy Project

*Study for Unit Test

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapters 5 and 6

4^th period – Chapters 9 and 10 

Standard: SPS7b  SPS8e

Focus:   Review for Unit Test

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter? &

What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up: Click here

Work time: 

*Review for Unit Test

Homework: 

*Alternative Energy Project

*Study for Unit Test

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapters 5 and 6

4^th period – Chapters 9 and 10 

Standard: SPS7b  SPS8e

Focus: Unit Test

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter? &

What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up: None

Work time: 

*Third Unit test - work,  simple machines, thermodynamics

*Individual Reading

Homework: 

*Alternative Energy Project

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapters 5 and 6

4^th period – Chapters 9 and 10 

Standard: SPS9

Focus:   Electricity

Essential Question:  How do the arrangement and energy of particles determine the phases of matter? &

What is work and how do machines help us accomplish it?

Warm up: None

Work time: 

*Alternative Energy Project due

*Begin electricity

Homework: 

Textbook: 1^st and 2^nd period Chapter 7

4^th period – Chapter 11