Physical Science Activities Activities:

3/18-3/20 OAKS Testing

3/31-4/1 Experiment planning (Heat/ Calorimeters)

4/2- 4/9 experiment setup and Data Collection (3 trials)

4/10, 4/11 , 4/14 Typing Experiment Report

4/15-4/18 Waves Unit (Quiz 4/22)

Physical Science 3/17Warm up:

How is kinetic energy different from potential energy?

Today’s activities:

Overview and review of some topics for the Science State Test

Due today for period 5:

p.441 #11-25

p.443 #1-6

Work, power, energy worksheet

p.427 vocabulary

p.435 #1-8

p.433 #1-5

Physical Science 3/14Warm up:

What is the formula for kinetic energy?Today’s activities: Due today:

p.441 #11-25

p.443 #1-6

Work, power, energy worksheet

p.427 vocabulary

p.435 #1-8

p.433 #1-5

Physical Science 2/18Warm up:

How does pressure affect airplanes?

Today’s activities:

Read pp.398-399.

Write a 1 paragraph explanation about how wings allow planes to fly.

Paper Airplane lab

Physical Science 2/13Warm up:

What are some examples of how pressure affects our everyday life?

Today’s activities:

Notes: Pressure

Assignments due today:

p.390 Vocabulary (from last week)

p.392 #1-5 (as a class)

p.393 #1-9 (from last week)

p. 394 vocabulary

p.397 #1-8

Essay

2/12 Essay

• Students are to write a two paragraph description of pressure and real world examples of pressure affecting objects.

• The paragraphs should discuss the variables that affect pressure (the formula for calculating it), Bernoulli's principle, variations in pressure with changes in depth, and the affect of pressure on humans in various situations.

Physical Science 2/11Warm up:

Which two variable affect pressure? Describe how to change each variable to increase the pressure.

Today’s activities:

Notes: Pressure

p.392 #1-5 (as a class)

Work time on assignments due 2/13:

p.390 Vocabulary (from last week)

p.393 #1-9 (from last week)

p. 394 vocabulary

p.397 #1-8

Physical Science 2/5Warm up:

Pressure is a measurement of force. How do you calculate pressure? (see page 391)

Today’s activities:

Notes: Pressure

Mini quiz

p.390 Vocabulary

p.393 #1-9

Physical Science 2/3Warm up:

Did your egg survive? Which parts of your container allowed it to survive?

Today’s activities:

Typing project report due Wednesday!

Physical Science 1/31Warm up:

Which elements of your engineering design project help protect the egg? What did each element do to reduce the forces on the egg?

Today’s activities:

Egg Drop

Page 385-386 #11-30

Assignment Packet due today:

• Warm up

• Practice problems worksheet

• Newton’s Laws practice problems (CH 12)

• P.385-386 #11-30

Physical Science 1/29Warm up:

State Newton’s Law of Gravitation

Today’s activities:

Mini-drop Prototype

Groups present practice problems

Page 385 #11-23

WED: First prototype mini-drop (in class)

Friday: Full scale prototype drop.

Physical Science 1/28Warm up:

State Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion

Today’s activities:

Groups present design ideas to the class.

Newton’s laws video/ notes

Students create practice problems.

WED: First prototype mini-drop (in class)

Friday: Full scale prototype drop.

Physical Science 1/27Warm up:

State Newton’s Second Law of Motion

Today’s activities:

Newton’s Second Law/ practice problems

Engineering design work time / Sharing / Planning

Physical Science 1/24Warm up:

State Newton’s First Law of Motion

Today’s activities:

Discussion/notes Newton’s Laws of Motion

Review assignment packet requirements (due today)

Introduction to engineering (egg drop protection)