Question of the Day #11 Use the factor label method to convert this: 9400mg = ____ kg Sept 22 Today’s Activities: -Correct Homework -Quiz -Forces Notes -Ch 2 Vocab Homework: -Finish Vocab

Do the following in your journal: Write down “Forces Notes” Find the definition of force in Ch 2.1 p17 Look at Figure 2.10 p24. Create your own diagram showing an object with an applied force of 10N to the left and 5N to the right. Below, write what the net force is.

Question of the Day #12 Draw a force diagram of a person sitting in a chair. Sept 23 Today’s Activities: -Newton’s 1 st Law Notes Homework: -None

Question of the Day #13 Copy the Speed triangle from the board a)A ball travels 13m at a speed of 5m/s. How much time did this take? b)How far does a ball go in 20s at a speed of 3.5m/s? Sept 24 Today’s Activities: -Velocity Lab Homework: -Finish lab

Question of the Day #14 An airplane has a speed of 780km/h and it is flying a trip of 1750km. How many hours will this trip take? Sept 25 Today’s Activities: -Pendulum Lab Homework: -None Journal Check on Oct 2 Ch 2&3 Quiz on Oct 2 New lab partner day – partner with someone you haven’t worked with before!

Pendulum lab Available Materials String Washers (one or more depending on variable you are changing) Stop watches Ring stands Rulers Protractors Meter sticks Scissors Other materials available upon request

No Question of the Day Today Sept 28 Today’s Activities: -Pendulum Lab Homework: -None Journal Check on Friday Ch 2&3 Quiz on Friday -Do your experiment, fix and refine your procedure if necessary -Test a 2 nd variable -Get a clean up signature by 8:35 -Lab due by end of class

Question of the Day #15 Draw a force diagram of a toy car that has a 25N force to the right, a 15N force down, a 15N force up, and a 20N force to the left. Answer the questions a) is this car in equilibrium? b) what direction is this car probably moving? c) is it moving at a steady speed? Sept 29 Today’s Activities: -Newton’s 2 nd Law Notes -Homework on Speed & Acceleration Homework: -Finish Homework on Speed & Acceleration Journal Check on Friday Ch 2&3 Quiz on Friday Bring your book tomorrow!!

Question of the Day #16 The initial velocity of a car is 45m/s. It changes its speed to 24m/s in 8.0s. What is the acceleration of the car and is it slowing down or speeding up? Sept 30 Today’s Activities: -Ch 3 Vocab -Ch 2 Review Worksheet Homework: -Finish Ch 2 Worksheet Journal Check on Friday Ch 2&3 Quiz on Friday

Question of the Day #17 A rocket accelerates 445m/s/s. The rocket’s mass is 4580kg. What force do the engines create to accelerate this rocket? Oct 1 Today’s Activities: -Correct homework -Quiz review -Bill Nye Motion Homework: -Prepare for quiz Journal Check tomorrow Ch 2&3 Quiz tomorrow

1.It takes you 35 seconds to run from your house to the bus stop. The bus stop is 250 meters away. How fast are you running? 1.You’re planning a road trip New York. It is 3500 km to get there. If you average 105 km/hr, how much time will you spend driving? Quiz Review

3.If you fly from New York to Los Angeles it takes 4.5 hours. If the jet you’re in averages 715 km/h, what is the total distance? 4. A bullet leaves a gun with a velocity of 450m/s. It takes 30s for it to come to a complete stop. What is its acceleration? Quiz Review

5.Fluffy jumps out in front of a semi truck. The truck slams on the brakes and slows down with an acceleration of 25m/s/s. If the truck has a mass of 3400kg, what is the amount of force the brakes are exerting to stop the truck? 6. A ball falls to earth with an acceleration due to gravity. The force on the ball is 12.5N. What is the ball’s mass? Quiz Review

7. Draw a force diagram of a sailboat that is in dynamic equilibrium. Quiz Review

No Question of the Day Today Oct 2 Today’s Activities: -Journal Check (25min max) -Quiz -Lawn Chair Lift Myth Busters (if time allows) Homework: -None

Question: Can helium balloons lift a man in a lawn chair, and can he use a bb gun to get down? Hypothesis: Claim: Evidence: Reasoning:

No QD today Oct 5 Today’s Activities: -Greatest Discoveries Physics -Ch3 Review WS Homework: -Finish WS

Question of the Day #18 Forces can change an object’s motion. Brainstorm 5-6 different forces that act on objects. Oct 6 Today’s Activities: -Lab Homework: -Finish lab Bring textbook on Friday

Question of the Day #19 Based on yesterday’s lab, what had the biggest influence on the force of friction? Write a claim, provide evidence, and support it with reasoning. Oct 7 Today’s Activities: -Bingo -Question of the day -Finish/turn in lab Homework: -None Bring textbook on Friday

Question of the Day #20 What is the formula for calculating acceleration? What other formula involves acceleration? Oct 8 Today’s Activities: -Acceleration lab Homework: -Finish lab Bring textbook tomorrow!

Groups of 3 Person 1: Direction reader and ball releaser Person 2: Time keeper Person 3: Ball stopper and Data Recorder Get your data, clean up and get a signature, do your calculations, graphs and questions Lab due on Friday

Oct 9 Today’s Activities: -Newton’s 3 rd Law Notes -Which Law is it? and Ch 4 vocab Homework: -Finish Which Law and Ch 4 vocab Question of the Day #21 Write in your OWN WORDS what Newton’s 1 st Law and Newton’s 2 nd Law say. Ch 2-4 Test on Oct 19

Oct 12 Today’s Activities: -Ch 2&3 Explorations WS Homework: -None Question of the Day #22 A couch with a mass of 150kg is pulled with a force of 300N. The force of friction resists the pulling force and equals 200N. What is the acceleration of the couch? (Hint: first draw a force diagram to find the net force) Ch 2-4 Test on Oct 19

Oct 13 Today’s Activities: -Mass and acceleration lab Homework: -None as long as your procedure is written Question of the Day #23 Students want to know how the angle of a ramp affects acceleration of a cart down a ramp. Identify the independent, dependent, and controlled variables (3) in this experiment. Ch 2-4 Test on Oct 19

Now that you have some data… How will you determine acceleration? Do you have a distance? Do you need this? Do you have a velocity? Do you have a time? What will you actually graph? To prove your claim?

Oct 14 Today’s Activities: -Extra credit announcement Homework: -None Question of the Day #24 You and your friend are on ice skates. You push on your friend. What will happen? Why? Draw a force diagram helping you explain. Which of Newton’s laws is this? Ch 2-4 Test on Oct 19 Extra credit due Oct 20

Extra Credit – Newton’s Laws Create drawings of a unique situations that illustrates Newton’s laws of motion. Create a caption that explains the situation and how it applies to the law of motion. Get up to 30pts extra credit in the homework category. 5pts per drawing (neat, colorful, effort) 5 pts per explanation (full & detailed description of situation, full & detailed explanation of how it applies to the law of motion Due on Oct 20 – no late extra credit accepted under any circumstances