weekly lesson plan

Lesson Plans for the Week of: August 25 - 29

Differentiated Physics
Day	Topic	Assignments
Monday	- Students start collecting data for the M&M lab (due Tuesday). Answer questions on lab sheet - Prepare a whiteboard for the M&M experiment answer the following questions for the lab: How much would 100 m&m’s weigh? Given the weight of the bag, how many m&m’s are in the bag? Given the cost of one bag, what would 1 kg of m&m’s cost?	M&M lab (due Tuesday)
Tuesday	-JR M&M Lab -Students start presenting their whiteboards for the M&M lab Introduce yourself Each person must participate in the presentation Students not presenting take notes and summarize information presented -On the big whiteboard introduce the concept of Math models -Have each group write the math model for their data on the big whiteboard.
Wednesday	-Physics pre test -Start reading Hand out Reading I Graphical method -Hand out Graphical methods summary -Demonstrate how to enter data into graphical analysis (teacher lead using the computer)
Thursday	Research project, meet in the media center
Friday	Research project, meet in the media center

Physics
Day	Topic	Assignments
Monday	- Students start collecting data for the M&M lab (due Tuesday). Answer questions on lab sheet - Prepare a whiteboard for the M&M experiment answer the following questions for the lab: How much would 100 m&m’s weigh? Given the weight of the bag, how many m&m’s are in the bag? Given the cost of one bag, what would 1 kg of m&m’s cost?	M&M lab (due Tuesday)
Tuesday	-JR M&M Lab -Students start presenting their whiteboards for the M&M lab Introduce yourself Each person must participate in the presentation Students not presenting take notes and summarize information presented -On the big whiteboard introduce the concept of Math models -Have each group write the math model for their data on the big whiteboard.
Wednesday	-Physics pre test -Start reading Hand out Reading I Graphical method -Hand out Graphical methods summary -Demonstrate how to enter data into graphical analysis (teacher lead using the computer)
Thursday	1/2 the class work on Unit 1: Graphing practice 1/2 class go over the rules for sig figures. Work on Unit 1: Significant digits worksheet
Friday	Switch: 1/2 the class work on Unit 1: Graphing practice 1/2 class go over the rules for sig figures. Work on Unit 1: Significant digits worksheet

Pre IB-Physical / GeoScience
Day	Topic	Assignments
Monday	-Hand in temp graph - Go over web site, how to access: http://isite.lps.org/jrynear/web/ -Science research project Time line Expectations Sample projects
Tuesday	-Science research project Time line Expectations Sample projects
Wednesday	-Media specialist will give a presentation to help you get started with your science research project
Thursday	-Meet in the media center Go over resources available to LHS students Group 4 project for the IB program
Friday	-Meet in the media center Go over resources available to LHS students Group 4 project for the IB program