Newton's Laws of Motion

You will create a movie or podcast showing, explaining or demonstrating Newton's 3 Laws of Motion.

Ideas:
-You could make a podcast like the "Element" podcast, that is mostly descriptive.
-You can make a movie where you film objects demonstrating each law.
-You can make a movie where you film yourselves demonstrating each law.

You will have two class periods to complete this assignment, before we begin working on our next design challenge.

The final movie is due by Feb 22nd in my inbox or on the FB group wall.

Terminal Velocity!

Gravity

Motion pHet Labs

Today, you are going to explore two virtual labs. Use the pdf that I emailed earlier to complete your assignment. Put your answers in Pages, and email your assignment at the end of class.

Forces and Motion:  http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion
Projectiles:  http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion

REMEMBER:  Click the green "Run Now" button to use the tutorial.
 ----ALSO, you cannot use these tutorials on your iPad, because they require Flashplayer...use a computer for the virtual lab, but put your answers in Pages!

Motion Graphs and Inclined to Roll Lab

-You've received an email, today.  Open the attachment in iBooks and complete your work on graphing in a Pages document titled: "Motion Graphs and Inclined to Roll Lab"

-Inclined to Roll Lab

1.     Develop a question and hypothesis regarding how a car’s speed is affected by a hill’s angle.

2.     Collect the following: toy car, meter stick, protractor, tape, wooden board, small piece of cardboard, supports to prop up the board (like books), and a stopwatch (your iPad can function as a protractor and stopwatch).

3.     Mark a starting line, in tape, on your board.  Mark a finish line, in tape, on the floor about 1.5 m from the board.  Measure your total distance from starting to finish and record somewhere.

4.     Investigate your hypothesis!  Consider using multiple trials for accuracy!

5.     Record your data in Pages.

6.     Create a graph from your data.

-Answer the following questions for a conclusion:

1.     Which is your manipulated variable and which is your responding variable in this experiment?  Explain.

2.     Describe the relationship between the car’s speed and the angle of the ramp.  Give examples from your data.

3.     Describe any flaws or inaccuracies in your results.  Were your measurements of distance, angles and time accurate?  How might they be improved.

Classwork 1/18-1/19 & 1/20-1/23

1.  Doppler Effect Writing Prompt
    -Read pages 46-47
    -Create a pages document for today (subject heading as the date)
    -You hear the faint sound of a helicopter in the distance.  Describe what is happening as the sound approaches.
    -Would you hear a change in pitch if you are on a moving train and the train's whistle blows?  Explain.

2.  EMS movie
    -create a diagram of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
    -label each type of wave
    -include some type of picture/example of that electromagnetic energy
    -come up with an original mnemonic device to remember the order of the waves.

3.  Prisms and Spectroscopes
    -Experiment with the prisms and spectroscopes
    -Describe how this works and what you are seeing on today's Pages document

4.  Explain the following on your Pages document in AT LEAST 3 SENTENCES
    -Why/how do we see colors?
   -What if our eyes could see the entire electromagnetic spectrum?
    -Which type of wave is most important to you and why?