Monthly Archives: August 2014
022 – Individual Practice and Digital Portfolio Updates
Today was a pretty simple day. We talked for just a few minutes at the beginning of the class and then they had time to work on Practice 5. This is the last of the translating motion representations that we are … Continue reading
021 – The Final Practices (until more are needed)
We started the class looking solving a system of motion equations to find when two bicyclists would meet. We then looked at the similarities/differences between our velocity equations. The first one is change in position / change in time. The second … Continue reading
020 – More Car Crashes…
We finished up the last car crash from Friday and talked about how the motion representations can be helpful in solving them. We also talked about accuracy in a hand-drawn x-t graph vs. one created with Desmos or graphing paper. We … Continue reading
019 – Lab Practical
Today I rolled out the good old CV Lab Practical. Two constant velocity buggies are setup on opposite sides of the room (3-5m apart) and will run into each other. The students are given a sheet of paper with a … Continue reading
018 – Understanding V-T graphs
We tried to pick up the pieces after yesterday’s lab. Many students (like I assumed) did not understand what we were trying to do with the motion matching. [I’ll be changing this up next year for sure]. My big frustration is … Continue reading
017 – Acting Out Motion
Today we are working with the Vernier Labquests to try to act out some motion. A quick thanks to Fran Poodry (@MsPoodry) and @VernierST for helping me find the motion matching on the Labquests. I gave the students several different setups … Continue reading
016 – HW Check, Feedback and More
In most classes we went through last weeks homework assignment. (Practice #1 and #2 ~ similar to OShea’s Stuff). I was reading about feedback and I recognize that I am pretty horrid at it. Its so much easier to just give a … Continue reading
014b – Awesome Stuff #2
DORK Club. I have a few students (seniors) from last year that stayed a couple days after school and we played some Board Games. They mentioned that we should have a board game club and I said that I wouldn’t … Continue reading
015 – Mindset
I initially wanted my students to watch a video on Mindset (Carol Dweck-type stuff), but couldn’t get the YouTube link thru the school firewalls. So today (just in time after the first assessment) we talked about what the differences between … Continue reading
014 – Assessment!
On this Friday we had the very first Constant Velocity Quiz. I assessed them on CVPM.1 – I can translate from one motion representation to another for an object with a constant velocity, and CVPM.2. I differentiate between position, distance, displacement, … Continue reading
ANuetzel 180 Days of CP Physics 