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Unit 1, Day 1: MomentumHW Due: N/A

January 13th (odd) or 14th (even)

Agenda Seating Chart and Attendance (2 min) Welcome Back (5 min) Announcements (7 min) Intro Activity for Momentum (10 min) Booklet Notes for Momentum (12 min) Practice for Momentum (15 min) Update Learning Log (3 min) Break (5 min) Project Description (20 min) Project Research(23 min) Write Down Assigned HW (3 min)

Seating Chart & Attendance

Please sit in your old seat

Seating charts are temporary until project

groups are made (which require work on your

part)

Welcome Back!

Discuss with neighbors: If you had to repeat

one of the days from Winter Break, which day

would it be and why? Let everyone share for

one minute!

Share out with class.

Announcements Pick up slingshot art by Friday 1/17. Winning tickets on the

DP.

Updated Office Hours:

Monday Morning: 8 AM – 9 AM

Wednesday Afternoon: 4 PM – 5 PM

Thursday Afternoon: 4 PM – 5 PM

Friday Morning: 9 AM – 10 AM

New Office Hour Policy: Students with academic grades lower

than 75% will be required to attend office hours at least once

a week until grade is adjusted.

Academic: Essential Skills Part of Grade

Announcements

New Policy: Dress Code

Collar must be seen, even if you have a hoodie on

New Policy: Behavioral Reflection

Will be enforced this semester

Warning Teacher Discussion Reflection Hour

Served during same time as Office Hours

You will write a reflection and then debrief with teacher

If you get a 3rd BR parent call home

If you do not serve BR within one week parent call home

Announcements

New Policy: Homework

You have a new YouTube Video homework due each day

When you walk into class, you will take a homework quiz

Homework quiz is open note

Notes must be in the booklet (to be described)

DP Information

Do not go to YouTube Channel to get homework

First go to DP, since sometimes there will be additional

homework assignments

Information on all documents. NO EXCUSES!

What Do You Already Know? (TPS)

Notebook

Date: 1/13 or 1/14

In your notebook, take a couple minutes to

write down:

What do you think “momentum” means?

When has you heard the term used?

Share with your neighbor your thoughts

Share out to the class

Intro Activity for Momentum

Crumple up a piece of paper to the size of a tennis ball

Notebook

Write down observations from activity

Activity #1: Throw paper ball as hard as possible at a group

member. Throw tennis ball as hard as possible without

causing injury at a group member. Write down observations.

Activity #2: Throw tennis ball slowly as possible at a group

member. Throw tennis ball as hard as possible without

causing injury at a group member. Write down observations.

Intro Activity Reflection – Think Pair Share

Based on that activity, brainstorm about and

answer the following question:

If a semi truck and a car are moving toward you at

the same speed (let’s say 5 mph), which one

would be more difficult to stop? Why? Assume

you can survive the impact…

Intro Activity Reflection – Think Pair Share

Based on that activity, brainstorm about and

answer the following question:

If two identical cars are moving toward you at

different speeds (let’s say 5 mph and 50 mph),

which one would be more difficult to stop? Why?

Assume you can survive the impact…

Making the Booklet Stack the papers as shown and then line them

up:

17 1815 16

13 1411 12

9 10

9 10

11 12

13 14

15 16

17 18

Making the Booklet Now fold over the top part and line up as

shown. Staple top as closely as possible.

9 10

11 12

13 14

15 16

17 18

1

3

57

24

6

81 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11 12

13 14

15 16

17 18

Making the Booklet

SEMESTER 2 UNIT 1

MOMENTUM

John Doe Period 1-3

Notes on Momentum

Left Numbers always represent the upper

page

Right Numbers always represent the lower

page

Show how to number these

Writing on the upper portion (Page 1)

Write neatly

Try to make your notes look exactly like mine

Update Learning Log Put 1/13 or 1/14 in the “DATE:” row of the first

column Rate how you well you think you academically

know: Knowledge Target 1: I can define and solve for

momentum. Rate 5-9

5: “I have no idea what’s happening” 6: “I get momentum, but can’t solve it” 7: “I can sometimes understand and solve

problems” 8: “I usually can understand and solve problems” 9: “I always can understand and solve problems” 10: Do not rate yourself as a 10. This is for

exams and projects. You can always improve!

Break 5 minute break

Project Description

Your Mission:

Tell a story and enlighten your peers about one of

the following human rights issues. Please note

that you should be advocating for the OPPOSITE

(so if you think any of these are not issues: don’t

choose those ones and start having real

conversations with someone that has dealt with

the following):

Project Description Discrimination based on disability (also called

ableism)

Project Description Discrimination based on sexual orientation

Project Description Lack of Access to Adequate Housing

Project Description Lack of Access to Health Care

Project Description Lack of Access to Quality Education

Project Description School-to-Prison Pipeline

Project Description Racial Disparity in Sentencing

Project Description Lack of a Living Wage

Project Description Lack of Access to Quality Food

Project Description Human Trafficking

Project Description Racial Profiling

Project Description Domestic Violence

Project Description

**Note: If you are interested in a different

topic, you MUST discuss it with Mrs. Larkin to

be approved to ensure it is in fact a HUMAN

RIGHTS issue.

The Deliverable Enlightening Entertainment

To Enlighten: Give someone greater knowledge & understanding about a subject or situation

The Deliverable

http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDofsLTo8u4

Enlighten your peers about a human rights

issue while entertaining them with a Rube

Goldberg Machine. This type of machine is

named after Reuben Goldberg (1883-1970), a

cartoonist and engineer famous for his

cartoons that showed complex gadgets that

completed simple tasks.

Due Dates

Start of Wed (1/15) or Thu (1/15): Completed research worksheet

(EACH)

Start of Fri (1/17): Completed brainstorming worksheet from (EACH)

End of Thu (1/23) or Fri (1/24): Two steps are built and function.

End of Fri (1/31): Four steps are built and function. Rough draft of

presentation.

End Wed (2/5) or Thu (2/6): Six steps are built and function.

Start Mon (2/10) or Tue (2/11): All eight or more steps are built and

function. Final draft of presentation completed. (EACH) member’s

descriptions and calculations of potential energy, kinetic energy, and

work changes in the project are turned in.

Guidelines

Platform: 2ft x 2ft x 2ft (you’re responsible for height)

The Task: relevant to human rights topic

Disability: light, Sexual Orientation: Balance, Housing: Key

Drop

Starting Step: One human action

Number of Steps: 8 or more

Definition of Step: Cause and Effect

Required Steps: Rising and Falling

One object reaches height of 2 ft, One object reaches height of

0 ft

Guidelines

Prohibited Types of Steps: Electrical or

Chemical

Decoration: Each step must be decorated in a

high quality manner that represents a piece of

the story of your human rights topic. (Tells a

story)

Time: 30 seconds – 5 minutes

Presentation

Speech: Story of human rights issue relating to

each step of the Rube Goldberg

3-5 minutes long

Each person speaks for equal amount of time

Speech can take longer than the actual RG

Attempts: 1st attempt fails one free restart. 5

minutes to trouble shoot, then 2nd attempt starts.

Operation: Only interaction is first step.

Construction Materials

Safe Materials:

cardboard, wood, Styrofoam, paint, magnets, straws, paper

clips, string, coins, balloons, rubber bands, sand, toothpicks,

marbles, nuts and bolts, plastic containers, plastic tubing, etc.

Prohibited Materials:

firecrackers, fire, dangerous chemicals, unsafe items.

Also Prohibited:

power tools (other than glue guns), any part of “Mousetrap”

Diversity of Materials: cannot be built from only one

material

Expectations Work Time:

Also work outside of class. Construction due at end of period, so walk

into class prepared to finish stage during class.

Supplies:

Basic supplies will be available, but no guarantees. You are

responsible for add. materials that you want.

Stealing:

Stealing or “borrowing” other groups’ materials results in a referral to

the office with a likely suspension as well as a major point reduction

on the machine. If anyone sees this behavior and does not report it,

they will receive the same treatment. This behavior will not be

tolerated.

Checklist

Don’t Lose the Checklist! (It should stay

attached to your project packet anyways, so

don’t lose that either).

Contract

Understand rules, guidelines, & expectations

No “borrowing” or destroying other groups’ stuff

Individual credit: human rights topic research, Rube

Goldberg idea research, calculations, descriptions (of

PE, KE, and work)

Group Credit: Machine and presentation.

Divide work evenly; you will grade each other.

Uncooperative members will be removed and do the

project alone for a max of 70% credit.

Contract

Once you get your group assignments:

Circle your period

Date: 1/13 or 1/14

Print your names neatly

Then sign your names

Grouping

You will list three human rights topics that you

find interesting. You will then do research on

each of the topics. Students who turn in

completed, high-quality research will be given

priority for the groups they would like to be in.

Low-quality or absent research will result in

you being randomly placed.

Due Wednesday 1/15 or Thursday 1/16

Project Research

Research the 3 Human Rights Topics that you

are interested in. Find 3 credible articles and

fill in the table summaries for them.

You may use computers or electronics.

Texting or other social media use of phones

will result in them being taken away and given

to the principal’s office.

Homework

Write down in homework planner (also found

on DP)

YouTube Video for Impulse

Take notes for Wed/Thu’s quiz

Finish “Human Rights Topics Research Worksheet”

Due Wed/Thu major factor in whether you get a topic

you like