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4/10 & 4/11

4/9/2013

Learning Targets
1. Investigate Pascal's Principle and the affects of pressure in a confined system, analyze how we use to do work in a Hydraulic System.
2. Investigate Bernoulli's Principle and the connection between high and low pressure systems and fast and slow moving fluids.

Unit Test Friday!!!!!

Daily Agenda
HW check
GQ
Pascal's Principle
Bernoulli's Principle
Study Guide

GQ.....
According to Pascal's principle if this guy is pressing on the hydraulic system with a force of 5 newtons, over an area of 10 meters, what is the pressure distributed throughout the hydraulic system?

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4/8 & 4/9 Welcome Back!!

4/7/2013

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Learning Targets
1. Investigate Newton's 3rd Law by evaluating the affects of air pressure.
2. Calculate pressure using force and surface area.

Air Pressure

Body Bag

GQ......
1. How is pressure and force related?
2. List several types of pressure that you are familiar with.
3. How is pressure measured?

force in Fluids

calculating pressure

Daily Agenda
GQ
Force in Fluids
Body Bag
Calculating Pressure

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3/28 & 3/29

3/27/2013

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Learning Targets
1. Apply Newton's 3 Laws to real life phenomena.
2. Calculate force, mass and acceleration of a free falling object.
3. Investigate air resistance as a fluid friction.

Daily Agenda
Parachute Data Tables
Egg Drop

GQ.....
1. How is it possible to minimize the force at which your skydiver/egg hits the ground? Explain.

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3/25 & 3/26 Parachute Week!!!

3/24/2013

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Learning Targets
1. Apply Newton's 3 Laws to real life phenomena.
2. Calculate force, mass and acceleration of a free falling object.
3. Investigate air resistance as a fluid friction.

Surface Areas

Parachute Directions

Daily Agenda
GQ
Skydiver Sketch & Notes
Parachute Activity

HCMS 5th Annual Egg Drop Competition Friday, March 29th Grand Prize: Beast Pizza

GQ in notebooks
1. What is the definition of a force?
2. What is a balanced force?
3. What is an unbalanced force?
4. Draw a sketch of a skydiver on your paper jumping from a plane. In the sketch, label the terms free fall, acceleration of gravity, balanced force, unbalanced force, and air resistance.

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3/22 Flippin Friday - Social Justice Day

3/21/2013

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Women's History Month! Women in Science

Space Dive : Force & Motion

space dive

Daily Agenda
Sit in the front if you have brown eyes.
Sit in the back if you have green or blue.
Turn in your Portfolio & Synthesis
New Unit Tab
Force & Motion Targets

GQ.......
1. Have you ever felt discriminated against, stereotyped or judged? Explain.

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4/10 & 4/11

4/8 & 4/9 Welcome Back!!

3/28 & 3/29

3/25 & 3/26 Parachute Week!!!

3/22 Flippin Friday - Social Justice Day

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