Major Assignments for January

We have three deadlines students need to meet to be "On Track" in January. I would encourage students who have extra time over vacation to get started right away (it will probably easier while it is fresher in your mind also). Although you need to take your "official" quiz in class, you may practice outside of class to be sure you are prepared.

January 6th - Students need to pass the Force and Motion level 2 Measurement topic test
(HERE). 80% is the target.

January 13th - Students need to pass the Force and Motion level 3/4 Measurement topic test
(HERE). 70% is a "3", 90% is a "4".

January 2oth - Student's demonstrations of the Force and Motion measurement topics are due. The demonstration can be almost anything - an experiment, a poster, a presentation, an engineering design, a research paper, etc. I will work with students in choosing their demonstrations. All demonstrations use the same rubric (HERE), so whatever you choose to do, you must be sure to hit the key concepts.

Homework for December 12 - 21

December 12/13 - Read 5.3, prepare for a quiz.
December 14/15 Read 6.1, prepare for a quiz.
December 16/19 Read 6.2, Prepare for a quiz.
December 20/21 Read 6.3, Prepare for a quiz.

In Class Work for December 6/7 + HW

Your choices are:

Explore Learning (Earn a Lab Work Stamp) - Complete any of the following:
Inclined Plane, Pulleys, Ants on a Slant or Wheel and Axel.

Force and Motion Tests - Work on your Measurement Topic tests for Force and Motion.
HERE is the page.

Hands on - Complete a more detailed version of the pulley lab we did last class. (Lab 4A in the soft cover book).

Engineering. Research "Rube Golberg Machines". Design one (on paper) that uses at least 6 different simple machines.

Problem solving. Do at least 6 problems from 4.1 in the white binder (be sure to SHOW the problem solving method). These are 3 level problems. For 2 level problems, try 4.2.

Homework is to read 5.1 and prepare for a quiz.

December 2/5 Homework.

Read 4.3 and prepare for a Quiz.