September Assignments--IB Physics 1
2018-19 School Year

Wednesday,   Sept. 5
Welcome to IB Physics!!

Seating chart
Introductions and ice-breaker

Announcements/To-do's:  WebAssign, turnitin.com, course expectations, safety, class survey

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HW: 
  • Read course expectations--found HERE.  Bring any clarifying questions to class next Monday
  • Print off the expectations' signature sheet (found on the Course Expectations page).  Once you have your clarifying questions answered, sign everywhere there is a request for student signature; have a parent sign everywhere there is a request for parent signature.  Bring this signed sheet back and turn in by Tuesday, Sept. 11.
  • Please read through the District Science Lab Safety contract.  Print off pages 1 and 2 and keep in your notebook/binder.  Print off page 4 and make sure that you and your parent(s) have each signed it in the appropriate space.  This signature sheet is also due to be turned in by Tuesday, Sept. 11
  • Please fill out this survey by next Tuesday, September 11
  • Enroll in this year's class for WebAssign.  Go HERE to find info about WebAssign.  If you have an account from last year (because you took general physics), use the same log-in information, and then enroll in this new class.  If you don't have an account, you can create one easily. :)
  • Enroll in this class for www.turnitin.com

​Please enroll in all of these by next Tuesday (9/11).  See Important Digital Information for more details about all of these!
Thursday, Sept. 6
In-Class reading jig saw--IB Learner Profile
Power Point with Discussion Questions
HW:  Reflection assignment for Learner Profile discussion.  Please upload a Word document to www.turnitin.com by Monday evening.
Friday
Sept. 7
Ice Breaker game!  (20 minute classes...)
Monday, Sept. 10
We get our textbook today!  You'll primarily be leaving it at home and using it as a reading reference throughout the year.  You will also be given access to a digital version.

Warm-up: None today

In-class activity:  Log in to ActivelyLearn.com and join the class (info on worksheet); choose 4 of the 7 articles available and read, answer the guiding questions, and/or take notes on your thoughts and questions that are brought up.  (worksheet for today)

HW:  Whatever articles (of the 4 you choose) you did not finish in class, please finish taking notes on them tonight.
​Homework for tomorrow:  remember what you read; print off notes and answers that you had for each article; be prepared to discuss the question in your groups that you are assigned to tomorrow.  

G4 Project Survey:  Please fill out THIS SURVEY by the end of the week!  You only need to fill it out ONCE, no matter how many IB Science classes you're taking this year.  Please fill it out, regardless of whether or not you've already completed the G4 project last year.
Tuesday, Sept. 11
In-class:  Mini-Socratic seminar (10-15 minutes)
- in groups assigned today, have a respectful discourse on the following question:  Should the US move towards being a fully Metric country in the near future?

- ​In table groups:  Create a poster-sized flyer to persuade others to your side of the question.  Instruction Sheet
  
Poster will be due tomorrow at the end of the period.

HW:  WebAssign #1--Metric Units and Conversions--Due Monday, 9/17, 8 AM
Wednesday
Sept. 12
Finish posters

When/if you finish early, you can work on the WebAssign that is due Monday.  Computers are available, or you can use your phone for this.
Due Monday:  HW1-Metric Conversions.  
Also due Monday:  "Intro to WebAssign"--graded for completion/attempts only.  If you never look at this and try some of the questions, you won't get any credit for it.
Thursday
 Sept. 13
Reminder--Due Monday:  WA #1:  Metric Conversions

Notes/Discussion:  Review of metric units and prefixes

HW:  Assessment Statements 1.1.1 - 1.1.3 -- due Monday, in your Assessment Statement composition book
HW:  Textbook reading:  Please read pages 1-4 (metric system) and 7 (OM) 

Notes and examples:  Order of Magnitude (OM)
Handout: OM Ranges for distance, energies, mass, and time

Journal Question--Entrance Q for tomorrow:  How many times will your heart beat in your lifetime?  We measured your heartrate (beats per minute) in class.  Use that value to get an estimated number of lifetime heartbeats.  Show your work for the calculation. 

​also, if you have not yet done so, please complete the G4 project survey for student information
Friday, Sept. 14

Warm-up:  turn and talk--compare your value for the estimated number of heartbeats in your lifetime with your table group members.  Are the values similar? Are the OMs similar?

short video--TedEd "Scale of the Universe"--fun video that you could watch on your own :)
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In class:  Landscaping dilemma activity

HW:​  Finish calculations for the Landscaping dilemma if you do not finish in class.
Reminder:  Don't forget about the WA: Metric Conversions due Monday as well.
Monday, Sept. 17
DUE:  WA--Metric Conversions
DUE:  Intro to WebAssign

Any problems with metric conversions?
Reminder of fundamental units
Sig. Figs and intro to uncertainty

​HW:  OM Practice worksheet--due Wednesday
HW: WA--OM and Sig. Figs due Wednesday
HW:  A.S. 1.1.4 - 1.1.7 due Friday
Warm-up Packet #1 collected Friday  (should include 6 warm-ups total through Friday, plus your conversions for heartbeats per lifetime, the landscaping dilemma conversion and questions, the OM practice worksheet, plus the measurement mini-lab we'll be doing tomorrow/Wednesday)
Tuesday, Sept. 18
Notes/Discussion:  Accuracy and Precision, experimental errors
How to read a Vernier Caliper and micrometer
Wednesday
Sept. 19
correct OM practice worksheet
​Begin measurement mini-lab
Thursday Sept. 20
​finish measurement mini-lab
Due EOP:  ​Measurement mini-lab

When done with the lab, work on Assessment Statements due tomorrow.  Make sure you get your lab stamped for completion before you leave today!
Friday, Sept. 21
Due:  A.S. 1.1.4 - 1.1.7
Due:  Warm-up packet #1

Quiz:  Metric units and conversions, OM, sig figs, accuracy/precision, experimental errors

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  • Notes/discussion:  Quantifying errors—uncertainties in measurement
HW:  A.S. 1.2.1 - 1.2.7, due Friday, 9/28
Monday, Sept. 24
Notes/Discussion:  Uncertainties in measurement and propagation of errors
Tuesday, Sept. 25
Club Rush--special schedule
In-class interactive warm-ups--determining the density, including uncertainty, for different metals
Wednesday, Sept. 26
Morning:  G4 intro meeting in theater, 8:15 AM :)
Information and due dates

Pre-lab--uncertainties in averages and in graphs; how to get density from a graph

HW:  WebAssign--Uncertainties and Error Propagation--​Due Monday, October 1

Lab:  Aluminum Density
Period today is to collect data (as much as you can...you can finish tomorrow).  9 aluminum objects of different sizes and shapes; use 5 per shape--measure dimensions and masses.  We will be using a graph in order to determine the average density of aluminum.
Thursday, Sept. 27
continue collecting data; computers available to begin working on your report
Lab report--1st draft--due Wednesday, October 3
Final Draft due Friday, October 5
Friday, Sept. 28
Work day on lab report

Lab Resources: Upcoming due dates:
Wednesday, October 3:  1st draft of lab report--bring to class for peer review
Wednesday, October 3:  G4 project Norms due-upload by 4:30 PM
Friday, October 5:  WA--Uncertainties
​Friday, October 5:  Quiz covering uncertainties and propagation of error
Wednesday, October 10:  G4 Project--project plan uploaded by 4:30