Digital Agenda October 31: Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system. 



Objectives

·      1. Students obtain and evaluate information about the relationship between potential and kinetic energy by completing taking notes and answering thinking questions in the Potential Energy Helping Quadrant with a 3 or better

1. Do Now: Kinetic and Potential Energy Pre-Quiz





Potential Energy Helping Quadrant







Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how to create electric and magnetic fields

2. Watch THIS MYTHBUSTERS EPISODE that tests whether or not an electromagnet can deflect bullets.

3. Watch THIS DOCUMENTARY about how magnets work

4. Play the roller coaster building game 

5. Watch THIS MYTHBUSTERS CLIP about a magnetic motor

6. Watch THIS BILL NYE on energy

7. See how potential and kinetic energy work in THIS ROLLER COASTER SIMULATION

Digital Agenda October 30: Magnetism Critical Juncture Assessment

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives

·      1. Students will analyze and describe magnetic field data from the test launches, and use the evidence to write a CEREAL paragraph with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

Click to take the CRITICAL JUNCTURE ASSESSMENT




ONLY AFTER YOU ARE DONE


1. Watch THIS VIDEO
2. Watch THIS VIDEO
3. Listen to THIS AWESOME PODCAST about how scientists have revised their theory of how the dinosaurs died
4. Listen to THIS AWESOME PODCAST about how scientists have discovered that plants can hear

Digital Agenda October 29: Magnetic Field Data CERL

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives

·      1. Students will analyze and describe magnetic field data from the test launches, and use the evidence from their evaluation to refute the claim that the magnets were misaligned on Tuesday by writing a CERL paragraph with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

·        

1. Do Now: Magnetic Fields Pre-Quiz

Handout




Link: Magnetic Fields Simulation

Digital Agenda October 28: Refuting Claim 1 Using Magnetic Field Data

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives

·      1. Students will analyze magnetic field data from the test launches, and use the evidence from their evaluation to refute the claim that the magnets were misaligned on Tuesday by writing a CERL paragraph with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

·        

1. Do Now: Magnetic Fields Pre-Quiz


Handout




Link: Magnetic Fields Simulation

Digital Agenda October 22: Electromagnetism Cornell Notes

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.



Objectives

·     1.  Define electromagnetism, and explain how electromagnets create magnetic fields, and how they are used by watching a video, taking Cornell notes, and passing a post-quiz with a 3 or better.

1. Do Now: Magnetic Fields Pre-Quiz


Independent
1. Title Your Cornell Notes, "Electromagnetism Cornell Notes" and set them up. DUE MONDAY OCTOBER 28
(In order to leave, you must have ALL of the vocabulary done, and the questions answered up to #4. the rest is HW if you do not finish)

2. Watch THIS BRAIN POP VIDEO and take the following Cornell Notes:
Username: 123dog
Password: 123cat

Vocabulary
Electromagnet
Bar Magnet
Magnetic Field
Wire
Electric Current
Polarity
Coil
Solenoid
Electric Motor
Circuit Breaker

Questions
Review about regular magnets...:
1. Explain the features of a bar magnet, and draw it.
2. Describe what the magnetic field off of a bar magnet looks like. Draw it.
3. Explain how bar magnets attract and repel each other
Electromagnets...
4.  How are magnetic fields created with electricity?
5. Describe and draw what the magnetic fields around an electromagnet looks like.
6. Describe the 3 ways you can change the magnetic field of an electromagnet.
- distance
- current
- polarity
7. Why do YOU think coiling the wire in an electromagnet strengthens the magnetic field?
8. Describe how solenoids are made.
9. Describe the differences AND the similarities between a regular magnet and an electromagnet.
10. Explain the importance of electromagnets in motors.

Summary: Today I learned.....



Cornell Notes Criteria for success:
- Notes are set up in Cornell Note format
- All vocabulary is defined in student friendly language (not copied from google)
- 8 or more of the questions are answered fully AND correctly, using information and examples from the video
- A summary of what was learned is at the bottom, using 2-3 complete sentences.

4= All success criteria is met
3= 3/4 success criteria is met
2= 2/4 success criteria is met
NP = none of the success criteria is met


Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how to create electric and magnetic fields

2. Watch THIS MYTHBUSTERS EPISODE that tests whether or not an electromagnet can deflect bullets.

3. Watch THIS DOCUMENTARY about how magnets work

4. Play the roller coaster building game 

Digital Agenda October 21: Magnetic Field Modeling

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives
1. Students will obtain information about the patterns of attractive and repulsive forces in a magnetic fields, then use that information to add field lines to a visual model of a system of magnets to represent attraction and repulsion by drawing Magnetic Fields and answering mandatory questions 16 and 17 with a 3 or better according to the rubric.



1. Do Now: Magnetic Fields Pre-Quiz





Handout: Magnetic Field Modeling 


Link: Magnetic Fields Simulation

Digital Agenda October 15: Evaluating evidence about Magnets

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives

·      1. Students will analyze and evaluate evidence about magnetic force and determine that some evidence is not convincing because it does not isolate variables, by completing the Evidence Evaluation Handout, and mandatory question 10 with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

1. Do Now: Magnetism Pre-Quiz


2. Stations

Collaborative

Evaluating Evidence Handout

Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how to create electric and magnetic fields

2. Watch THIS MYTHBUSTERS EPISODE that tests whether or not an electromagnet can deflect bullets.

3. Watch THIS DOCUMENTARY about how magnets work

4. Play the roller coaster building game 

4. Exit Slip: Magnetism Post-Quiz

Digital Agenda October 14: Geomagnetism Continued

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives

·      1. Students will use evidence to support how the Earth creates it's own magnetic fields by finding the best text evidence in an article that supports their prepped responses, and by answering group questions in the Geomagnetism Helping Quadrant with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

·    

1. Do Now: Geomagnetism Pre-Quiz


2. Stations

Collaborative


Geomagnetism Helping Quadrant

Digital Agenda October 11: Geomagnetism

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

MS-PS2-5. Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.



Objectives

·      1. Students will explain how the Earth creates it's own magnetic fields by reading and article and answering questions in the Geomagnetism Helping Quadrant with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

·    

1. Do Now: Geomagnetism Pre-Quiz


2. Stations

Collaborative


Geomagnetism Helping Quadrant

Digital Agenda October 9: Magnetism Lab

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.



Objective

·      1. Students will use hands on materials and a digital simulation to ask questions, and investigate how magnets repel and attract objects at a distance by completing the intro to magnetism lab, and answering mandatory questions 16,17, and 18 with a 3 or better according to the rubric.

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1. Do Now: Intro to Magnetism Pre-Quiz



2. Intro to Magnetism Lab

Digital Agenda October 7: Magnetism Cornell Notes

Standards:
MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.



Objectives

·        1. Define magnetism, and explain how magnets attract objects by watching a video, taking Cornell notes, and passing a post-quiz with a 3 or better.

1. Do Now: Intro to Magnetism Pre-Quiz




Independent
1. Title Your Cornell Notes, "Magnetism Cornell Notes" and set them up (Due Friday). (In order to leave, you must have ALL of the vocabulary done, and the questions answered up to #4. the rest is HW if you do not finish)

2. Watch THIS BRAIN POP VIDEO and take the following Cornell Notes:
Username: 123dog
Password: 123cat

Vocabulary
Magnet
Magnetic Field
Magnetic Domain
North and South Poles
Magnetite
Compass
Electromagnet
Attract/Attraction
Repel/Repulsion

Questions
1. What is a magnet?
2.  List 3 metals that magnets are attracted to.
3. Compare and contrast the arrangement of the magnetic domains inside of normal materials, and the arrangement of the magnetic domains inside of magnets.
4. Describe what happens when all of the magnetic domains inside of a material are all facing the same direction.
5. When the magnet comes in contact with the paperclip:
    a) what happens to the magnetic domains in the paperclip?
    b) why does the paperclip temporarily become a magnet?
    c) Draw a model of the paper clip before, during, and after it comes in contact with the magnet.
6. How does distance affect how strongly a magnet attracts a metal?
7. What happens when a North and South pole come into contact?
8. What happens when two North Poles come into contact?
9. What makes magnetic Metals different from other metals?
10. Explain how compasses work.
11. Explain how electromagnets work, and draw a model.

Summary: Today I learned.....

Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how to create electric and magnetic fields

2. Watch THIS MYTHBUSTERS EPISODE that tests whether or not an electromagnet can deflect bullets.

3. Watch THIS DOCUMENTARY about how magnets work

4. Play the roller coaster building game 

Digital Agenda October 3: Forces and Motion Unit Test

Standard: MS-PS2-2  Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Objective: 

1. Analyze an object’s mass, speed, acceleration, and applied force from word problems to calculate for forces applied to an object, the acceleration of the object, the Speed of the object, and net force on the object to be able to collect evidence for a change in motion by passing both the written and digital portions of the forces and motion test.



1. Take Both parts of the Motion Test

Multiple Choice Take Thursday 10/3

Free Response  Take Friday 10/4









After you are done, you may 
Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Watch THIS BILL NYE on Momentum

2. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how changing masses affect the amount of force needed to move an object

2. Play the NET FORCE GAME and try to beat a score of 6 (the highest anyone has scored has been 19)

3. Watch THIS VIDEO on roller coaster Physics

4. Play the roller coaster building game 

Digital Agenda October 2: Momentum Practice Problems

Standards:
MS-PS2-2:  Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.




Objectives

·     1. Students will use the momentum formula, p=mv, to calculate at least 7/9 practice problems correctly

1. Do Now: Momentum and Collisions Pre-Quiz




Practice Handout



Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Watch THIS BILL NYE on Momentum

2. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how changing masses affect the amount of force needed to move an object

2. Play the NET FORCE GAME and try to beat a score of 6 (the highest anyone has scored has been 19)

3. Watch THIS VIDEO on roller coaster Physics

4. Play the roller coaster building game 

Digital Agenda October 1: F=ma review

Standards:
MS-PS2-2:  Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.




Objectives

·     1. Students will  calculate the force, mass, or acceleration using the formula F=ma correctly for at least 7/9 practice problems on the Netwon's 2nd Law practice handout.

1. Do Now: Newton's 2nd Law Pre-Quiz





Newton's 2nd Law Handout


If you are having trouble, try watching THIS TUTORIAL VIDEO


Optional (ONLY AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED!!!!)
1. Play with this PhEt simulation to explore how changing masses affect the amount of force needed to move an object

2. Play the NET FORCE GAME and try to beat a score of 6 (the highest anyone has scored has been 19)

3. Watch THIS VIDEO on roller coaster Physics

4. Play the roller coaster building game