March

2019
PHYSICS UNIT: DYNAMICS &
WORK/ENERGY
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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-Introduction to
Circular Motion
(Student Led
Investigation)

Goal: SWBAT
(1) Describe the
characteristics
or variables
within circular
motion
(2) Analyze the
forces within
circular motion
relate to the
building of a
roller coaster
loop
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-Day 2 of Circular -Day 3 of Circular -Introduction to -Day 2 of Projectile -Day 3 of Projectile
Motion Motion Projectile motion Motion Motion (Student
(Student Led (Benchmark (Student Led (Benchmark Led Lab)
Investigation) Lesson) Investigation) Lesson)
Goal: SWBAT:
 Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT (1) Analyze real-
(1) Calculate the (1) Analyze the (1) Explain the (1) Calculate the world, projectile
acceleration of forces within characteristics range, height, motion examples
circular motion circular motion associated with velocity, and and solve for various
based on the relate to the projectile motion acceleration of variables.
velocity and building of a roller projectile motion
radius coaster loop
(2) Calculate the
period and
frequency of an
object in
circular motion
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End-of-Chapter -Introduction to -Day 2 of work -Day 3 of work -Day 4 of work
Test work
Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT
Goal: SWBAT (1) Use the (1) Use the terms (1) Use the terms of
(1) Use the terms terms of of work, force, work, force, and
of work, force, work, force, and displacement
and and displacement properly in
displacement displacemen properly in describing
properly in t properly in describing events
describing describing events (2) State the
events events (2) State the concept of work
(2) State the (2) State the concept of in their own
concept of concept of work in their words
work in their work in their own words (3) Apply the
own words own words (3) Apply the concepts of
(3) Apply the (3) Apply the concepts of work to their
concepts of concepts of work to their own
work to their work to their own experiences
own own experiences (4) Conduct
experiences experiences (4) Conduct experiments to
(4) Conduct (4) Conduct experiments to determine work
experiments to experiments to determine work done on a
determine work determine work done on a system
done on a done on a system
system system
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-Introduction to -Introduction to -Day 2 of potential -Day 3 of potential -Introduction to
Energy Potential Energy energy energy Gravitational
Potential Energy
Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT Goal: SWBAT
(1) Describe events (1) Define (1) Conduct (1) Conduct Goal: Calculate the
using correctly the potential experiments to experiments to potential energy of
concepts of kinetic energy in their determine what determine what a body
and potential own words variables affect variables affect
energy potential energy potential energy
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-Introduction to -Introduction to -Introduction to Review for test End-of-Chapter
Kinetic Energy Conservation of Energy Transfer Test
Energy (Teacher Led
Goal: SWBAT Instruction)
(1) Relate the Goal: SWBAT
kinetic energy of (1) Identify the Goal: SWBAT
a moving object different (1) explain how
to its mass and types of energy is
velocity energy transformed
(2) Use the terms (2) Explain why throughout a real
kinetic energy, energy life scenario
potential remains the
energy, and same
work in throughout
describing a real world
events correctly example

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