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May/June Assignments--IB Physics 1
2016-17 school year


Monday, May 1

Tuesday, May 2

Wednesday
May 3

Thursday, May 4
Pre-lab and begin to learn how equipment works for Uniform Circular Motion lab (set of 3 lab activities)
​Lab instructions and analysis expectations

Friday, May 5
Lab:  Uniform Circular Motion--continued

Monday, May 8
continue working on lab.  Due, submitted to turnitin.com, by Tuesday, May 16.

Tuesday, May 9
​continue working on lab.  Due, submitted to turnitin.com, by Tuesday, May 16.

Wednesday,
May 10


​continue working on lab.  Due, submitted to turnitin.com, by Tuesday, May 16.

Thursday, May 11

​continue working on lab.  Due, submitted to turnitin.com, by Tuesday, May 16.

Friday, May 12
​continue working on lab.  Due, submitted to turnitin.com, by Tuesday, May 16.

Monday, May 15
​continue working on lab.  Due, submitted to turnitin.com, by Tuesday, May 16.

Tuesday, May 16
Post-lab discussion of uniform circular motion

Wednesday
May 17
​Practice problem (group work--not a warm-up), UCM
Practice IB questions worksheet--due Friday

Thursday, May 18
Practice Problems in class  (ppt)

Friday, May 19
Correct worksheet together in class (here's the worksheet--key at the end, last 2 pages)

Monday, May 22
SBA Testing: short periods

in class--group/partner work to analyze the flying pig.  Lab sheet needs to be taped in your journal.

Reminders:
WA due Wednesday
Quiz Wednesday
Journal Check will be either this Friday or next Monday--depends on what we can get done in the short periods :) )

Tuesday, May 23
Work period on WA; Study for quiz

Wednesday, May 24
Quiz: Uniform Circular Motion

Thursday, May 25
SBA testing; short periods
intro to Silverwood trip and the rides we'll be studying
​brainstorm with team all the physics of the rides

Friday, May 26
SBA testing; short periods
Group work--make mind-map of the physics of the Silverwood ridesl

Monday, May 29
No School--Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 30
begin work on data booklet for Silverwood

Wednesday, May 31
continue pre-trip preparations
Thursday, June 1
pre-trip preparations; work on preparing your data booklet and lab equipment packet
Friday, June 2
Silverwood--gone all day
Students who do not go on the trip have a research-based data collection assignment to complete by Monday
Monday, June 5
Compile data for rides (finish data booklet); work on analysis for assigned rides.
Journals will be graded in class tomorrow (since I forgot to give you the list of expected items before the field trip last Friday.

Reminder, your journal should have the following:
31 warm-ups/journal entries , starting at January 31 (things not otherwise listed below)

Labs:
Coasters, Swings, and Springs (data/observations worksheet)
conservation of energy
Specific Heat (calorimetry)
Gas Pressure vs. Volume:  Data tables, graphs, final statement
Heat Engines (Prelab, data and observations, graphs for each part)
Bowling Ball obstacle course reflection sheet
Flying Pig data and calculations

Other worksheets/questions:
Thermal Questions wksheet (the one that says "due 3/14")
Thermal worksheet: kinetic energy and temperature
Mythbusters: 360 swing video worksheet
UCM IB questions worksheet

Tuesday, June 6
Senior finals: periods 5 and 6
Score journals--in periods 5 and 6 the senior journals will be scored by juniors not taking a test.
Wednesday, June 7
Thursday, June 8
Friday, June 9
Monday, June 12
Tuesday, June 13
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Wednesday, June 14
Thursday, June 15
Friday, June 16
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