Energy Model
Physics 2008-2009
Teacher's notes for the Energy Model

TUE 1/13

1 Defining Energy; Energy storage mechanisms; Energy pie graphs; Worksheet 1a: Qualitative energy pie graphs
 

WED 1/14
H Academic Support Students: Test tickets due

H Worksheet 1b: Energy pie graphs
1 Whiteboard Worksheet 1b
1 Begin ENERGY LAB PART 1: Spring Force to Elastic and Gravitational energy
 

THUR 1/15

H Read Energy Summary
1 Finish and Summarize ENERGY LAB PART 1: Spring Force to Elastic and Gravitational energy
 

FRI 1/16

H* Completed Central Net Force Notebooks due <25 pts>

1* Central Net Force Test < 100 pts>

 
MON 1/19 - Martin Luther King Day - no school

TUE 1/20
0.5 Go over test
0.5 Using Qualitative Energy bar graphs
 

WED 1/21
H Worksheet 2: Qualitative Energy conservation bar graphs
* Quiz 1 Energy Pie Graphs <15 pts>
1 ENERGY LAB PART 2: Gravitational and Kinetic Energy
1 Conclude Energy labs
 

THUR 1/22

H Work on Energy Lab Report (see Lab Report Guidelines) 
1 Whiteboard Worksheet 2
 

FRI 1/23

H Worksheet 3: Quantitative energy conservation
1 Whiteboard worksheet 3
 

MON 1/26

H Read Thomas Friedman article
H Prepare for energy conservation quiz
* Quiz 2: Quantitative energy conservation & bar graph representations
1 Catch-up period

1 LAB: Energy transfer and power
 

TUE 1/27

H*Energy Lab Report due (see Lab Report Guidelines)   < 40 pts>

H Worksheet 4: Energy transfer & power

1 Whiteboard worksheet 4

 
WED 1/28
H Batman questions

2 Batman questions from Six Flags

 
THUR 1/29
H Read Jane Bryant Quinn article

H Worksheet 5: US Energy Consumption and Supply

1 Whiteboard worksheet 5
 

FRI 1/30
1 Begin Rollercoaster Project

 
MON 2/2

2 Finish Rollercoaster Project
 

TUE 2/3

H Read Population & Energy

* Quiz 3: Etrans and Power
 

WED 2/4
H Read about a strange airplane
2 Energy Czar Activity
 
THUR 2/5
H Energy Review sheet
1 Whiteboard Energy Review sheet
 
FRI 2/6 - No School
MON 2/9
H Study for Energy model test: See internet practice problems
2 Begin Impulsive Force Model
 
TUE 2/10
*Rollercoaster Design lab report due <60 pts>
1 Begin Impulsive Force Model
 
WED 2/11
H Test Tickets due
2 Begin Impulsive Force Model
 
THUR 2/12
1 Begin Impulsive Force Model
 
FRI 2/13
*Energy Notebooks due <40 pts>
1 *Energy Test <100 pts>