February 2011 Archives

We continued our explorations of the Cronian Planetary system.

We began discussing Work, Power, and Simple Machines:Work & Simple Machines.pptAnd we practiced calculating work:
PSif30.bmp

We worked on calculating Gravitational Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy:
GPE WS.xls

We deconstructed the "Jupiter" video and will conclude it tomorrow.

We performed the data collection on the Gravity Racers laboratory:

Gravity Racers Lab 2010.docx

Grade reports were distributed, and Thursday's test discussed.
We watched a short video about Jupiter to begin our investigations of the Jovian planets.

Both of these Guided Readings are due Tuesday, 22 Feb, and weredistributed after the test on Thursday:
PSGR4.1.docx
PSGR4.2.docx
We began discussing the forms of energy:

Newton's Laws of Motion.ppt

Students turned in the two graphing WSs and completed the "Speed Challenge" lab:
Speed Challenge 11.doc

Students finished scaling the interiors of the Terrestrial worlds. A moon map project was begun, but may be canceled due to scaling issues.

We solved the problems from yesterday's worksheet, then worked the following worksheet:
PSif0017.bmp
For homework, they were to complete the following worksheets:

Initial math was introduced to begin scaling the solar system.

We discussed the differences between the definitions of speed and velocity.
Students were asked to complete the Determining Speed WS:
PSif0015.bmp

After our crater-making experiments on Wednesday, we continue our exploration of the relationships between Mercury and Earth's moon, Luna. Analytical and objective problems will follow next week.

Today, we took a re-test of the Heat and Phase Change principles. We will continue our investigation into speed and acceleration next week...