Mrs. DiFilippo

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• You need a Spiral notebook for this class!
• Books
• Projects
• Grades
• Rules
• Use the school staff website links to get to my email or website www.sanjuan.edu/domain/2525

• According to Sheldon

• DiFilippo is a spanish word
• I like spiders
• I (sometimes) teach math

• I lived in Fiji
• My favorite actor is Johnny Depp
• My BFF is Mrs. Timm

• I am ballroom dancer (think dancing with the stars)
• I paint oil landscapes
• I ride a motorcycle to school

• My favorite food is chocolate
• I brew my own beer
• I graduated from SJHS

• Get yourself a spiral notebook by Monday
• I have some for sale $2 each

• Make a large shape on a piece of blank paper
• Divide the shape into at least 4 parts
• Put the following into 3 of the parts: your name, PHYSICS, and a picture or icon connected to the study of physics
• Outside the shape, write out 2 truths and a lie about yourself
• Cut this all out and glue or tape to your notebook cover

• Number your notebook pages (front and back preferred) from 1-150
• Use the template provided to write a letter introducing yourself to me (cover letter)
• Get your parents to read pages 1-2 and sign at the bottom of page 2
Page 3 Thinking skills Rubric
Page 4 Physics Notebook Rubric

• Notebooks will be collected and graded every week (Mondays for periods 1/3; Tuesdays for periods 5/6/7)
• Table of contents will be posted on schoology every friday
Page Assignment Date
1 Physics Syllabus
2 Cover letter
3 Notebook Rubric
4 Thinking skills rubric
8/14
8/14
8/17
8/17

Day 1: How does the mass hung on a spring affect how much it stretches?
• Materials: spring, masses, ruler
• Method: you decide what needs to be done
• Record everything on your handout

• Copy your pattern Day 1 answers on a white board (10 minutes)
• Share out results
• Gallery walk starting at your lab bench and travel clockwise (10 minutes)
• Record differences that you see (at least 3)
• While rotating, stamp your paper
• Finish your notes and graph
• Finish Patterns Day 1 handout p5

• Draw pictures to show what/where you measured
• Line graphs show continuous data (not bar graphs)
• Use Meters not inches
• Start numbering graphs at 0
• Stretch is the Dependent variable on the y axis
• Mass is the Independent variable on the x axis
• Use vocab when possible (label mass and distance/stretch on your graph)
• Need at least 3 data points (more are better!)
• This pattern is called: LINEAR p5

Class conclusions: p5

Day 2: How does the length of a pendulum affect its period?
• Materials: string, mass, ruler, stopwatch
• Method: you decide what needs to be done
• Record everything on your handout and draw your graph and the pattern on the white board
• You have 20 minutes to complete this!
• Share out results
• Class conclusions go on page 6

Make a graph period time (seconds) vs length of the pendulum
• The dependent variable
(?) goes on the side
• The independent variable (?) goes on the bottom
• Start numbering from 0

Look at the whiteboards around the room.
List (at least) 3 differences that you see
1.)
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.) p6

p6
• The pattern is similar to, but different from day 1
• Use graph paper to see the true pattern
• Use line (or curve) of best fit
• Measuring more times and using the average is better than measuring each thing only one time
• Time always goes on the bottom

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Conceptual Physics Book
Page Assignment Date
1 Physics Syllabus 8/14
2 Cover letter
(signed by parent!)
8/14
3 Notebook Rubric 8/17
4 Thinking skills rubric 8/17
5 Notes/Pattern sheet Day 1-2 8/7-8/19
6 Notes 8/19
7 Introducing your science textbook
8/20
8 Notes/Pattern sheet Day 3 8/21

Day 3: How does the diameter of a hose affect the distance of the water stream?
• Materials: 3 hoses, 2 meter sticks
• Method: you decide what needs to be done
• You need 20 minutes to complete this!
• Make a graph
• Share out results on Monday
• Monday notebook check for periods 1-3
– Tuesday for periods 5-7

Make a graph diameter of the hose vs distance the water shoots out
• The dependent variable
(?) goes on the side
• The independent variable (?) goes on the bottom
• Start numbering from 0
Whiteboard your data and graph, explain the pattern
10 minutes before sharing

p8
• Need to measure the diameter of the hose before graphing (to make a line graph)
• Correctly identify the independent variable
(pipe diameter is the x-axis on the graph)
• The largest hose went the shortest distance.
This pattern is opposite the others we studied
• The pattern name is INVERSE

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Day 4: How does the distance a notecard is from a light source affect the size of the shadow it casts?
• Materials: flash light, card, meter stick
• Method: set the flashlight at one end of the meter stick, and the whiteboard at the other.
Move the card
• Record everything on your handout
• You have 20 minutes to complete this!
• Completed handout and class conclusions go on one page of your notebook Get a stamp!
p8

Make a graph distance from the light source vs the size of the shadow
• The dependent variable
(?) goes on the side
• The independent variable (?) goes on the bottom
• Start numbering from 0
Whiteboard your data and graph, explain the pattern and draw a picture
10 minutes before sharing

p9
• Need to measure the correct distance (from the flashlight to the card)
• Dependent variable (shadow) goes on the side of the graph
• More data points made the pattern a curve
• Today’s pattern is INVERSE SQUARE

p9

Day 5: How does the number of paperclips affect the distance of attraction to a magnet?
p10
• Materials: bar magnet, paper clips, ruler
• Method: you decide what needs to be done
• Record everything on your handout
• You have 20 minutes to complete this!
• Completed handout and class conclusions go on one page of your notebook
• Get this page stamped

Pattern Day 5 (con’t)
White board your graph and name the pattern
Class Conclusions: p10
Reflection: Did you graph the correct pattern?
List 3 things that contribute to getting the correct pattern

Day 6: How fast can you make a fan spin with solar cells?
p10
• Materials: motor/fan, 3 solar cells
• Method: you decide what needs to be done
• Record everything on your handout
You have 20 minutes to complete this!
• Get your paper stamped when finished

• Answer all the questions for Conceptual Physics
• Now using Active Physics label each question with an “S” for similar/same or “D” for different
• Each answer “D” requires that you add how AP is different from CP in another color (highlight OK)
• When you finish, answer the following on page 7:
1.) What do you like about the CP book?
2.) What do you like about the AP book?
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