Vectors Lesson Plans: scroll through the unit, click on linked lessons
* missing lessons are part of the motion unit
Lesson 1: Motion Diagrams*
Engagement: Think Time: Draw a picture of a fast duck and a slow duck
Activity 1: Experiment with motion diagram machines
Activity 2: Notes: Motion Diagrams
Activity 3: Chapter 3 Review (p. 60): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Homework: Section Review 3.1 (p. 46): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Lesson 2: Intro to Vectors
Engagement: Think Time: Draw a picture of a fast duck and a slow duck.
Activity 1: Notes: Vectors & Scalars
Activity 2: Game: Escape Zero
Activity 3: Start the homework early
Homework: Read Glencoe Physics (p. 49-51): Time Intervals & Displacements, Study Guide p. 14 & 15
Lesson 3: Coordinate Systems
Engagement: Send a volunteer out of the classroom
Activity 1: Students give directions from point A to point B
Activity 2: Notes: Coordinate Systems & Intervals
Activity 3: Section Review 3.2 (p. 51): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Homework: Read Glencoe Physics (p. 53-59): section 3.3, Worksheet: Motion Diagrams & 3 Study Guide p. 16 on the back
Lesson 4: Average Speed/Velocity & Acceleration*
Engagement: After today we should be able to solve real problems.
Activity 1: Example (p. 59): make a motion diagram of this problem
Activity 2: Notes: Speed, Velocity, & Acceleration
Activity 3: Section Review 3.3: 3.1, 3.2
Homework: Chapter 3 Review (p. 61): 13-19
Lesson 5: Tank Lab (Day 1): Make a position vs. time graph*
Engagement: Today we are going to do a lab
Activity 1: Explanation
Activity 2: Data Collection
Activity 3: Graphing Data
Homework: Read Glencoe Physics (p. 63-66): section 4.1a, 4 Study Guide p. 20 & 21
Lesson 6: Tank Lab (Day 2): Make a velocity vs. time graph*
Engagement: Today we are going to finish our lab
Activity 1: Demonstration: how to do math in Excel
Activity 2: Calculate: Velocity
Activity 3: Graph: Velocity vs. Timer
Homework: Chapter 4 Review (p. 77): 1-6
Lesson 7: Graphical Vector Addition (Day 1)
Engagement: Think Time: Predict what will happen when two identical cars, traveling at the same speed collide at right angles?
Activity 1: Notes: Vector Diagrams & Adding Vectors Graphically
Activity 2: Guided Practice: Adding Vectors Graphically
Activity 3: Start the homework early
Homework: Chapter 4 Practice Problems (p. 67): 1-4
Lesson 8: Graphical Vector Addition (Day 2)
Engagement: Ask for a volunteer
Activity 1: The Paper River ← a toy tank drives across a ‘river’ (taped together paper)
Activity 2: Solving problems with the paper river
Activity 3: Chapter 4 Practice Problems (p. 67): 5-10
Homework: Section Review 4.1 (p. 71): all
Lesson 9: Graphically Subtracting Vectors
Engagement: Think Time: What happens when two cars have a head-on collision?
Activity 1: Notes: Subtracting Vectors ← Subtracting Vectors.ppt
Activity 2: Example Problem ← Subtracting Vectors.ppt
Activity 3: Worksheet: Subtracting Vectors
Homework: Study Guide p. 22 (on the back of Subtracting Vectors)
Lesson 10: Practice Adding & Subtracting Vectors Graphically ← lesson not yet written
Engagement:
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Activity 2:
Activity 3:
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Lesson 11: Pythagorean Theorem
Engagement: Think/Pair/Share: How would you find the displacement between my desk and the art room door. ← going through the door makes a right triangle
Activity 1: Example problem where the Pythagorean Theorem applies
Activity 2: Notes: Pythagorean Theorem
Activity 3: Example: #1 on Pythagorean Theorem
Homework: Worksheet: Pythagorean Theorem
Lesson 12: Law of Cosines
Engagement: Think/Pair/Share: How would you find the displacement between the sink and the art room door. ← going through the door makes an obtuse triangle
Activity 1: Example problem where the Pythagorean Theorem doesn’t apply
Activity 2: Notes: Law of Cosines
Activity 3: Example: #1 on Law of Cosines
Homework: Worksheet: Law of Cosines
Lesson 13: Find the Displacement through the Wall
Engagement: Ask for two volunteers.
Activity 1: Explanation of the lab
Activity 2: Make instructions for another pair
Activity 3: Follow another set of instructions
Homework: Read Glencoe Physics (p. 72 – 76): section 4.2, Write/Explain (in your own words): What are components of vectors?
Lesson 14: Trig. Identities
Engagement: Read student definitions of components.
Activity 1: Example: Chapter 4 Practice Problem (p. 76): #16
Activity 2: Handout: Trigonometry
Activity 3: Helpdesk: kids who need help work with me, everyone else starts the homework
Homework: Worksheet: Trig. Identities
Lesson 15: Components
Engagement: Write a new definition of the component of a vector.
Activity 1: Handout: Vector Addition
Activity 2: Notes: Components
Activity 3: Example: #1 a & b on Components
Homework: Worksheet: Components
Lesson 16: Vector Word Problems
Engagement: Today is your last chance to figure out these word problems before the test
Activity 1: Review compass directions
Activity 2: Chapter 4 Review (p. 79): 26, 27, 28, 29
Activity 3: Begin the homework
Homework: Practice Problems (p. 76): 15-18
Lesson 17: Vector Assessment
Engagement: Today you get to show me what you know
Activity 1: Last minute review
Activity 2: Vector Test
Activity 3: Reading Assignment
Homework: Reading questions