Ms. Johnston’s Weekly Agenda

For the week of November 16-20

(Schedule is tentative and subject to change)

PHYSICAL SCIENCE (periods 1,2,3,5,6 & 8)

Please note that any student scoring less than 70 on an assignment, quiz, or test, has the opportunity to re-do it for a possible 70% passing score.

Current Unit: Forces and Motion

Unit objective (Big Idea): Students will be able to recognize the relationship between motion and force.

Monday: Review of last week- Basic concepts of motion

· Motion is a change in position or distance compared to a reference point.

· Speed is how fast something is moving (60 miles/hour) but velocity is speed plus direction (60 miles/hour East).

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Speed, distance, and time can be calculated using the “magic triangle”

· Acceleration measures how fast velocity of an object changes; either by:

o Speeding Up

o Slowing Down

o Changing Direction

Introduction to Forces

· What is a force?

· What are the three types of forces?

· What happens when the net force is balanced or unbalanced?

· What is the law of inertia?

Tuesday: More practice with Newton’s First Law-

Hands on Activities in Classroom

Wednesday: Force Mass and Acceleration

Thursday: More practice with Newton’s Second Law-

Hands on Activities in the classroom

Friday: Video on Friction

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