Team 8-2 Science/Week of April 16th

Week of April 16th

World's Tallest Coaster - at 456 feet - is Kingda Ka at Six Flags, New Jersey - This monster propels you to 128 mph (America's fastest coaster) - plummets you down a 90 degree angled drop - all in 1 minute!  Calculate the acceleration on this Baby!

Monday: 1. p. 20-27 and Truck Lab checked 2. Add Inertia, Force, Net Force, and Momentum to your Vocab Sketches - checked Wed. 3.  Study Island - you have 2 weeks to finish ALL Tests! 

Tuesday: Motion and Forces Quiz 1 over pages 5-27 in your Workbooks

Motion and Forces Quiz 1

Wednesday:  1.  p. 28-36 WB; questions 1,2,6,7,9,10,12,14,16 - due Thursday 2.  Vocab Sketches checked Thursday - you should have 12 done!  3.  The Newton Labs begin - all due Monday

Thursday:  WB p. 37-41; questions 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, and 1-9 p. 41
due Monday


Friday: Nothing new assigned

What exactly does this mean?

Inertia?

Team 8-2 Science/Week of April 9

Welcome Back!

Week of April 9th

Motion and Forces Continues

Newton's Cradle 

Our Week

Monday: 1. Give back Astro exams  2.  Finish Reaction Speed Activity  3. Vocab sketches due Wednesday ( position, reference point, motion, speed, vector, velocity, acceleration, and centripetal acceleration) 4. p. 5-14 in workbooks - Questions 5,9,12,14,17, and 1-11 on p. 17 - due Wed.

Tuesday: 1.  Work on vocab sketches and p. 5-14 in workbooks

Wednesday:  1. Check vocab sketches and workbook pages  

2. p. 20-27 - Questions 6-11, and 1-13 p. 27 due Friday 3.  Roller Coaster Videos Activity due Thursday


World's Fastest Roller Coaster


Kingda Ka Front Row Seat


Diamond Back Kings Island

Thursday:  1.  Finish Roller Coaster Video Act. - due  2.  Toy Car Racing Lab Act. due Monday

Friday: 1.  Finish Toy Car Racing Lab


STUDY ISLAND CONTINUES! 13 days to go to finish all!!

OAA Review Topics

Mon.-Tues. - Rock Cycle 


Rock Cycle Interactive

Wed.-Thurs. - Weather Maps


Fri. - Study Island

Question of the Week

Pictured above is the ISS streaking above Michigan!  It looks like it is heading right for the Big Dipper!  The ISS takes 92 minutes to orbit the Earth one time at an altitude of 240 miles above the Earth.  What is the ISS's average speed as it orbits the Earth?