| Week | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
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| 1 | 13 Jan
-Introductions | 15 Jan
-Need to Know | 17 Jan
-Box Stops at the Edge First Homework Due: Writing assignment to explain the difference between playing and investigating. Submit online before class.
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| 2 | 20 Jan
No Class | 22 Jan -Box Stops at the Edge-Focus on Experiment/Poster | 24 Jan -Box Stops at the Edge-Focus on CAC Homework Due: Writing Assignment (Article #1)
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| 3 | 27 Jan -Writing Lab Reports/Inquiry Learning Cycle
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29 Jan -Squishy Circuits Exploration-Focus on Questions |
31 Jan -Squishy Circuits-Focus on Experimentation/Quick and Dirty/Graphs Homework Due: Stopping at the Edge Lab Report.
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| 4 | 3 Feb -Squishy Circuits-Experimentation/Posters |
5 Feb -Squishy Circuits-CAC |
7 Feb -Balances and uncertainty-Mass of Pennies with uncertainty -Understanding density Homework Due: Squishy Circuits Lab Report
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| 5 | 10 Feb -Density of Pennies and uncertainty-Begin Density Experiments Homework Due (Online):
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12 Feb Density Experiments with uncertainty-graphs, posters, CAC -d vs V and d vs m |
14 Feb Online Class
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| 6 | 17 Feb Pendulum - explore/experiment-Challenge (3 sec), List Variables -Quick and dirty, data not for lab Homework Due: Density Lab Report. |
19 Feb Pendulums-Choose a different variable, collect data (8 pts, 5 times each) -Poster, with data for lab report |
21 Feb Online Class
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| 7 | 24 Feb Pendulums-Choose third variable -Collect data, create poster for second lab report -Gather more data and create poster fro data collected quick and dirty the first time Homework Due: Pendulum (I) Lab Report |
26 Feb Pendulum/CAC |
28 Feb Online Class
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| - | 2 Mar Spring Vacation |
4 Mar Spring Vacation |
6 Mar Spring Vacation |
| 8 | 9 Mar Balls and Ramps-challenge (5 sec) -list questions and identify possible variables -quick & dirty expt with graph (3 points, extremes and middle) |
11 Mar Balls and Ramps-recollect data -more points (10), more trials per point -poster -for Balls & Ramps (I) Lab Report |
13 Mar Online Class
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| 9 | 16 Mar Balls and Ramps-new expt, use clamps, etc. to stablize -different variable vs speed -at least 8 points, poster -for Balls & Ramps (II) Lab Report |
18 Mar Balls and Ramps-change length w/o changing height -change height w/o changing length -angle, etc. (see class data to decide) -posters for CAC Homework Due: Balls and Ramps (I) Lab Report |
20 Mar Online Class
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| 10 | 23 Mar Balls and Ramps - All-long ramp -acceleration Homework Due: Balls and Ramps (II) Lab Report
Homework Due: Exploring Ramps
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25 Mar -Balls and Ramps/CAC |
27 Mar Online Class
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| 11 | 30 Mar Balancing Metersticks |
1 Apr Balancing Metersticks |
3 Apr Online Class
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| 12 | 6 Apr -Meterstick CAC (15 minutes)-Conservation of Energy, KE, PE, W Homework Due: Balancing Metersticks Lab Report
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8 Apr -Finish conservation of energy-Experimentally determine W for Bouncy Ball -Bouncy Ball Exploration (60 cm) |
10 Apr Easter Break |
| 13 | 13 Apr -Bouncy Ball Experiment (How W changes with height, size, mass, density, hardness, etc.) |
15 Apr -Finish energy posters/CAC-Relate to balls and ramps/pendulums -multitrack expt -Our eye, eye fatigue -How to get colors by absorption -Green leaves, red tomato Homework Due: Explain why leaves are green.
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17 Apr Online Class
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| 14 | 20 Apr Final Project - develop exploratory activity, launch, at least three possible questions to investigate, possible experiments for at least one question, probable results for the chosen question.Homework Due: Topic and list of materials for final project.
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22 Apr Final Project - try and revise launch/questions/experimentHomework Due: Possible launch, exploration and questions for final project that someone else could follow. |
24 Apr Online Class
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| 15 | 27 Apr Last Class - finish final project including poster |
As Scheduled Final Project / CAC - show all posters for all projectsHomework Due: Final Project Lab Report |