Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Work & Energy, Momentum, and Circular Motion
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Energy
Guiding Questions
(6) Science concepts. The
student knows that
changes occur within a
physical system and
applies the laws of
conservation of energy and
momentum. The student is
expected to:
What does a force
diagram tell you?
(A) investigate and
calculate quantities using
the work-energy theorem
in various situations;
(EOC Readiness
Standard)
(B) investigate examples
of kinetic and potential
energy and their
transformations;
(EOC Readiness
Standard)
(C) calculate the
mechanical energy of,
power generated within,
impulse applied to, and
momentum of a physical
system;
(EOC Readiness
Standard)
Revised Spring 2014
What is the difference
between weight and
mass?
How does friction
affection motion?
If you push an object
twice as far while
applying the same
force you do
(a) twice as much work
(b) four times as
much work
(c) the same amount of
work
Designated Six Weeks: Third Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 Days each topic
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Work
Labs:
Kinetic Energy
Work-Kinetic Energy
Theorem
Potential Energy
If you do work on an
object in half the usual
time, your
power output is
(a) half the usual power
output
(b) the usual power
output
(c) twice the usual
power output
Gravitational
Potential Energy
A bow is drawn so that
it has 40 J of potential
energy. When fired, the
arrow will ideally have
a kinetic energy of
(a) less than 40 J
(b) more than 40 J
(c) 40 J
Power
Elastic Potential
Energy
Spring Constant
Mechanical Energy
Lab: Exploring Work
and Energy
Resources/
Weblinks
Text: Texas Physics,
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2015
Note packets, Graph
matching software
Lab: Bungee Jumping
Energy
Lab: Work & Kinetic
Energy
ELPS:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx
.us/rules/tac/chapter0
74/ch074a.html
2C: Question Answer 4J:
Draw and Write 1C: Word
Knowledge
App: Coach My
Video, iTunesU –
TASA Physics
Energy Transformations
on a Roller Coaster
http://www.physicsclassro
om.com/mmedia/energy/c
e.cfm
Roller Coaster Physics
http://ffden2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall20
02.web.dir/shawna_sastam
oinen/roller_coasters.htm
Calculating Mechanical
Energy
http://physics.weber.edu/s
chroeder/eee/chapter2.pdf
Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Work & Energy, Momentum, and Circular Motion
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
College and Career
Readiness Standard
C. Forces and motion
3. Understand the
concept of momentum
D. Mechanical Energy
1. Understand potential
and kinetic energy
2. Understand
conservation of energy
3. Understand the
relationship of work and
mechanical energy
Revised Spring 2014
Guiding Questions
How do machines lift
heavy objects?
How is energy
conserved on a roller
coaster?
How is energy
transformed in a light
bulb?
Specificity
Work is related to the
change in kinetic energy
(positive or negative).
No work is done by
gravity on a bowling
ball that rolls
along a bowling alley
because
(a) no force acts on the
ball
(b) no distance is
covered by the ball
(c) the force on the
ball is at right angles to
the ball's motion
(d) no potential
energy is being
converted to kinetic
energy
(e) its kinetic
energy remains constant
Designated Six Weeks: Third Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 Days each topic
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Potential vs. Kinetic
Energy
http://jersey.uoregon.
edu/vlab/PotentialEne
rgy/
Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Work & Energy, Momentum, and Circular Motion
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: Third Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 Days each topic
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Momentum
Guiding Questions
Momentum
(6) Science concepts.
The student knows
that changes occur
within a physical
system and applies
the laws of
conservation of
energy and
momentum. The
student is expected to:
What is the physics of
billiard balls?
(C) calculate the
mechanical energy of,
power generated
within, impulse
applied to, and
momentum of a
physical system;
(EOC Readiness
Standard)
(D) demonstrate and
apply the laws of
conservation of
energy and
conservation of
momentum in one
Revised Spring 2014
What is the difference
between elastic and
inelastic collisions?
What are some
examples of kinetic
and potential energy
and their
transformations?
A freight train rolls
along a track with
considerable
momentum. if it rolls
at the same speed but
has twice as
much mass, its
momentum is
(a) zero
(b)doubled
(c) quadrupled
(d) unchanged
The difference
between impulse and
impact force
involves the
(a) distance the force
acts
(b) time the force
acts
(c) difference
between acceleration
and velocity
(d)mass and its effect
on resisting a change
in momentum
A bullet is fired from
a gun. The speed of
Lab: Impulse &
Momentum
Impulse
Perfectly Inelastic
Collision
Elastic Collision
Resources/
Weblinks
Text: Texas Physics,
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2015
Lab: Conservation of
Momentum Virtual
Lab
Note packets, Graph
matching software
Exemplar Lesson
Collisions
TEKS 6C
Elastic and Inelastic
Collisions
Lab: Elastic &
Inelastic Collisions
Exemplar Lesson
Project: Egg Drop
TEKS 6C
ELPS:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx
.us/rules/tac/chapter0
74/ch074a.html
3J:Chunking Input
2C: Question Answer
4K: Draw and Write
http://hyperphysics.phyastr.gsu.edu/hbase/elacol.h
tml
Inelastic and Elastic
Collisions
http://vod.esc11.net/videos
/pmp/videos/wm/300k/8V
H0518_300k.wmv
Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Work & Energy, Momentum, and Circular Motion
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
dimension; (EOC
Readiness Standard)
College and Career
Readiness Standard
C. Forces and motion
3. Understand the
concept of
momentum
Revised Spring 2014
the bullet will
be about the same as
the speed of the
recoiling gun
(a) because
momentum is
conserved
(b) because velocity
is conserved
(c) because both
velocity and
momentum are
conserved
(d) if the mass of the
bullet equals the mass
of the gun
(e) none of these
Designated Six Weeks: Third Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 Days each
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Work & Energy, Momentum, and Circular Motion
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Rotation
Guiding Questions
4(C) analyze and
describe accelerated
motion in two
dimensions using
equations, including
projectile and circular
examples;
(EOC Supporting
Standard)
Where does the
object fly if the
string is cut while
the object is moving
in UCM?
5(A) research and
describe the historical
development of the
concepts of
gravitational,
electromagnetic,
weak nuclear, and
strong nuclear forces.
(EOC Supporting
Standard)
5(B) describe and
calculate how the
magnitude of
gravitational force
between two objects
depends on their
Revised Spring 2014
What causes an
object to stick to a
wall during UCM?
How is a pizza
spun?
How does a
washing machine
work?
A phonograph record
player has constant
rotational speed. The
speed of the record
relative to the pickup
needle is greatest:
Designated Six Weeks: Third Six Weeks
Days to teach: 5 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Centripetal
Acceleration
Lab: Rotation Lab
(spinning table)
Gravitational Force
Lab: Inquiry Top
Lab
Torque
(a) at the end of the
record
(b) at the beginning
of the record
(c) everywhere because
it has the same speed
anywhere on the record
The chef at the
infamous Fattening
Tower of Pizza
tosses a spinning disk of
uncooked pizza dough
into the air.
The disk's diameter
increases during the
flight, while its
rotational speed
(a) remains constant
(b) increases
(c) decreases
Lab: Torque Lab
Lever arm
ELPS:
http://ritter.tea.state.
tx.us/rules/tac/chapt
er074/ch074a.html
3H: Question
Answer
1C: Word
Knowledge
5B: List/Sort/Label
Resources/
Weblinks
Text: Texas Physics,
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2015
Note packets, Graph
matching software
Circular Motion and
Momentum
http://player.discov
eryeducation.com/in
dex.cfm?guidAssetI
d=FD477B3D555A-4790-9EA1CE3E3B6BE967&b
lnFromSearch=1&p
roductcode=US
Hearne ISD
Course: Physics
Unit: Work & Energy, Momentum, and Circular Motion
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
masses and the
distance between
their centers.
(EOC Readiness
Standard)
College and
Career Readiness
Standards
E. Rotating systems
1. Understand
rotational kinematics.
2. Understand the
concept of torque
3. Apply the concept
of static equilibrium
4. Understand
angular momentum
Revised Spring 2014
Science
Designated Six Weeks: Third Six Weeks
Days to teach: 5 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks