Find a car that has a five star driver rating. _____________________________
Find a car that has a three star driver rating. _____________________________
Watch the videos of both undergoing a front end collision.
What happens to the crash test dummy in each. Be specific.
What safety features does it have? Be specific
Add to your thoughts by going here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/escape/timecar.html
Which would make a better demolition derby car, in your opinion?
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Blue Book Analysis vs. Safercar.gov
Kenz's and Devin's group: http://t.co/2VQmy07tYk
Marshall's group: http://t.co/WLFpDksXi6
Chaunda's group: http://t.co/hQdgVhMDT8
Zoe's group: http://t.co/r2KULubSlU
Using these cars, (or send me a tweet with different ones), go to safercar.gov and look at three cars. Rate the safety of three cars, making some type of chart to support your reasoning (hint--use a rating scale or look at p. 8)
CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING
argument for each
Show Christine or Mrs. D your group's evidence.
Then, go to page 9 of your book and write in YOUR NOTEBOOK the answers to questions 1, 2, and 3.
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Wednesday: Write the answers to the journal questions in your notebook.
Read p. 11, Physics Talk. (pair read, talk, and create pair examples)
Come up with four examples each of the two physics words on the right.
Read p. 12.
Class discussion questions:
How do the safety systems from yesterday impact the possibilities suggested on p. 12?
Answer the Journal Write and the What do you Think Now on p 13
Physics to Go #1
Marshall's group: http://t.co/WLFpDksXi6
Chaunda's group: http://t.co/hQdgVhMDT8
Zoe's group: http://t.co/r2KULubSlU
Using these cars, (or send me a tweet with different ones), go to safercar.gov and look at three cars. Rate the safety of three cars, making some type of chart to support your reasoning (hint--use a rating scale or look at p. 8)
CLAIM
EVIDENCE
REASONING
argument for each
Show Christine or Mrs. D your group's evidence.
Then, go to page 9 of your book and write in YOUR NOTEBOOK the answers to questions 1, 2, and 3.
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Wednesday: Write the answers to the journal questions in your notebook.
Read p. 11, Physics Talk. (pair read, talk, and create pair examples)
Come up with four examples each of the two physics words on the right.
Read p. 12.
Class discussion questions:
How do the safety systems from yesterday impact the possibilities suggested on p. 12?
Answer the Journal Write and the What do you Think Now on p 13
Physics to Go #1
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Powers of 10
http://www.powersof10.com/film
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Constellations
For the last two weeks, we have been studying HOW BIG the universe is, and HOW it was made. Today, you will be creating a personal 2-sided model on your understanding. A model can be a picture or a concept map with explanation, or a series of statements or a story that are somehow connected. At any rate, your model is UNLIKE anyone else's, because you are a UNIQUE person. TO start this activity, I would suggest you look around at the links, writing yourself notes and sketching ideas for at least 30 minutes.
SIDE 1: Tell me about our star, our solar system, our local galaxy, and the local galaxy cluster. In some way, represent the following
Please give any mini-marshmallows that you brought to Melyssa. Melyssa will label them and put them in the wooden back cupboard and we will use them for tomorrow.
Hand these models in at the end of the hour.
LINKS:
Supernovas
Local Universe
Doppler Effect
Powers of TEN
History of the Universe
Planet Quest
Galaxy Zoo
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Constellations
For the last two weeks, we have been studying HOW BIG the universe is, and HOW it was made. Today, you will be creating a personal 2-sided model on your understanding. A model can be a picture or a concept map with explanation, or a series of statements or a story that are somehow connected. At any rate, your model is UNLIKE anyone else's, because you are a UNIQUE person. TO start this activity, I would suggest you look around at the links, writing yourself notes and sketching ideas for at least 30 minutes.
SIDE 1: Tell me about our star, our solar system, our local galaxy, and the local galaxy cluster. In some way, represent the following
- stellar life cycle
- terrestrials
- gas planets
- asteroid belt
- Kuiper belt
- powers of 10
- life
- gravity
- orbit
- Milky way galaxy
- black hole
- spiral arms
- energy
- pieces smaller than atoms
- fusion
- galaxies
- size of the universe
- local galaxies
- stars
- chemical elements
- speed using the Doppler effect
- supernovas
- dust clouds (nebulas)
Please give any mini-marshmallows that you brought to Melyssa. Melyssa will label them and put them in the wooden back cupboard and we will use them for tomorrow.
Hand these models in at the end of the hour.
LINKS:
Supernovas
Local Universe
Doppler Effect
Powers of TEN
History of the Universe
Planet Quest
Galaxy Zoo
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Our Sun
Life Cycles
What happens as a star moves through its life cycle? This is a journey to find out. For each step, I need to know the following
- the size of the star
- what it is made of
- the tools we can use to study it
- the balance between pressure and gravity
- if fusion is happening
- if burps or eruptions are happening
Monday, October 7, 2013
Earthquake Measurement
Earthquake strength is measured by S and P waves.
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/Labs/SeismicWaves/
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm
A lab to do
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/virtualearthquake/vquakeexecute.html
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/Labs/SeismicWaves/
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm
A lab to do
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/virtualearthquake/vquakeexecute.html
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Our Dyanmic Earth
- Plate tectonics
- Seafloor spreading: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/p_seafloorspreading.html
- Volcanos
- Ring of Fire
- New Madrid Fault http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/awareness/nmsz.html
Use the Internet to research the geographic region known as the Ring of Fire. They should look at the following Web sites and others they can find by searching:
National Geographic: Forces of Nature—Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
PBS: Savage Earth
USGS: Active Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics, "Hot Spots" and the "Ring of Fire"
USGS: Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
PBS: Savage Earth
USGS: Active Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics, "Hot Spots" and the "Ring of Fire"
USGS: Ring of Fire
As they go through the sites, answer these questions:
- Where is the Ring of Fire?
- Why is it called the Ring of Fire?
- What does the Ring of Fire have to do with plate tectonics?
- What events on the Earth's surface tend to occur in this region more frequently than in other regions of the Earth? Why do they occur here?
- What do trenches and mountain ranges have to do with the Ring of Fire and plate tectonics?
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
What should you do about it?
Climate change. It matters.
Today, you need to figure out what we should do for climate change. It must involve the following:
a) bringing the geochemical cycles into balance
b) deciding what you do should do differently to reduce your carbon footprint
c) figuring out how methane and carbon dioxide move around the geochemical cycles
d) deciding if there is technology out there to store carbon or methane, or if it still needs invented
e) deciding on what the best strategies should be to control energy and population
EEEEEEEEK. That's a lot of information to process.
First, break it down.
Define the following:
Today, you need to figure out what we should do for climate change. It must involve the following:
a) bringing the geochemical cycles into balance
b) deciding what you do should do differently to reduce your carbon footprint
c) figuring out how methane and carbon dioxide move around the geochemical cycles
d) deciding if there is technology out there to store carbon or methane, or if it still needs invented
e) deciding on what the best strategies should be to control energy and population
EEEEEEEEK. That's a lot of information to process.
First, break it down.
Define the following:
- geochemical cycle
- carbon footprint
- methane
- carbon dioxide
- energy sink
- population control
Now, figure out where each of those fit in the
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Find out how population changes the geochemical cycles
Find out about your carbon footprint by using a calculator or two (there are dozens)
You will turn in your group notes and a poster at the end of the class.
The poster should identify the three most important worries we have about climate change.
It should also identify what YOU can do differently
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Geochemical cycles
http://www.colorado.edu/GeolSci/courses/GEOL1070/chap04/chapter4.html (take a look at the pictures of all the cycles
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