Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Story
Subject: Conceptual Physics
Topic: About Science and Mechanical Equilibrium (ch1 &2)
Dates: 1/5 – 1/19 2012
NOTE: At teacher discretion, daily lesson plans may change as necessitated by the needs of the
learning environment.
Standards to be covered:
• SCSh1 – Students will evaluate the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness and
skepticism in science.
• SCSh2 – Students will use standard safety practices for all laboratory and field
investigations.
• SCSh3 -Students will identify and investigate problems scientifically.
• SCSh4 – Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and
manipulating scientific equipment and materials.
• SCSh5 – Students will demonstrate the computation and estimation skills necessary for
analyzing data and developing reasonable scientific explanations.
• SCSh6 – Students will communicate scientific investigations and information clearly.
• SCSh7 – Students will analyze how scientific knowledge is developed.
• SCSh8 – Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
• SP1Students will analyze the relationships between force, mass, gravity, and the motion
of objects.
•
SP1b – Compare and contrast scalar and vector quantities.
•
SP1h – Determine the conditions required to maintain a body in a
state of static equilibrium.
Thursday
1/05
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
What is
physics
about?
Daily 10
Welcome,
introduction, seating
chart, syllabus,
expectations
Chapter 1
guided reading
(About
Science)
Guided lecture with
power point –nature
of science
Video C101 –
scientific method
(1.1,1.2)
Friday
1/06
Standard
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
Why is math
the language
Daily 10
Collect information
sheets, guided
metric prefixes
quiz to be
of physics?
reading
Tuesday
Guided lecture and
video (P101) with
note taking guide –
quantities and metric
prefixes (1-02,1-03)
Collaborative pairs metric prefixes
worksheet
Metric prefixes to
learn
Monday
1/09
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
Why is math
the language
of physics?
Daily 10
Guided lecture and
video (P102) with
note taking guide –
scientific notation
and metric
conversions (1-05,109)
metric prefixes
quiz tomorrow
Worksheet on
scientific method and
conversion factors
Tuesday
1/10
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
Why is math
the language
of physics?
Daily 10
metric prefixes quiz
conversion
problems
Guided lecture and
video (P103) with
note taking guide –
conversions and
using calculators (111,1-14)
Complete ch1 notes
with power point –
Class work/
homework –
conversion problems
Wednesday
1/11
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
Why is math
the language
of physics?
Daily 10
Guided lecture and
video (P104) with
note taking guide –
precision, accuracy
and sig digs
Quiz tomorrow
on precision,
accuracy and
sig digs
Worksheet on sig digs
Quiz tomorrow on
precision, accuracy
and sig digs
Thursday
1/12
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
Why is math
the language
of physics?
Daily 10
Quiz on precision,
accuracy and sig digs
guided reading
ch 2
Hooke’ Law lab
Complete ch 1 notes
Guided lecture and
video (P105) with
note taking guide –
Variables and
rounding (1-10,1-23)
Class work/
homework – guided
reading ch 2
Friday
1/13
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
What are the
requirements
for
mechanical
equilibrium?
Daily 10
Guided lecture with
power point
mechanical
equilibrium, vectors
Collaborative pairs concept development
Homework:
2-1,2-2
Monday
1/16
Tuesday
1/17
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
What are the
requirements
for
mechanical
equilibrium?
Daily 10
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
What are the
requirements
for
mechanical
equilibrium?
Daily 10
Guided lecture and
video (P201) with
note taking guide –
Vectors and angles
test Thursday
HOLIDAY
Worksheet on
vectors
Wednesday
1/18
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
What are the
requirements
for
mechanical
equilibrium?
Daily 10
Lab – formulating
hypotheses,
accumulating data
and making
conclusions
Test tomorrow
Study guide on About
Science and
Mechanical
Equilibrium
Thursday
1/19
Standard:
EQ:
Activator:
Teaching Activities:
Homework:
SCSh1-8,
SP1b,h
What are the
requirements
for
mechanical
equilibrium?
Daily 10
Test ch 1&2
guided reading
ch3
Class work/
homework – guided
reading ch3