AT Cycle 1

🔴 2: T 9/9, 🟡 4: T 9/9a, 🔵 7: T 9/9 - is struggle bad?

We'll finish whatever we did not finish of yesterday's lesson.  We'll tackle these questions:

• What does it take to learn something?

• What's the difference between learning and practice?

• How can you become a better learner?

• What are the habits and attitudes of good learners?  

We'll take a look at a couple of articles:

1. The Art of Changing the Brain

2. Why I No Longer Use Groups in the Classroom

3. Don't Blink! The Hazards of Confidence

4. Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away

5. Why Students Forget—and What You Can Do About It (drill down)

Then, we'll discuss specific strategies to help us when we struggle:  

• What’s something you want to achieve in this class? 

• What is one new concrete thing you’ll do to work towards your learning goals based on this discussion? 

• What do you need to be willing to do to embrace this new tactic/struggle/attitude?  

• What are some things you can tell yourself along the learning process? 

• What can we (teacher and other students) do to encourage you?  

You'll make your own learning pit poster with self-talk ideas.  We will make a reminder poster for the room to help you. 

Finally, we'll watch a short video on "blended learning" (aka flipped classroom) to learn the mechanics of how much of the learning will take place in this course.  We'll discuss the pros and cons plus strategies for success.

🟥 2: W 9/10a, 🟨 4: T 9/9b, 🟦 7: W 9/10a - free body diagrams

Daily Check-in #1: free body diagrams

Today, we'll do our first daily check-in.  This will test your ability to apply the principles in the free body diagram video.   

❤️ 2: W 9/10b, 💛 4: Th 9/11, 💙 7: W 9/10b - Newton's Second Law problems (part 1)

We'll continue to go through the solutions to the first Daily Check-in.

If there's time, we'll work independently and collaboratively on problems pertaining to Newton's Laws from Chapter 5 in our new Halliday textbook and Chapter 4 in our old Giancoli textbook (indicated with a G) starting at your level.  I will assess your understanding individually and answer your questions as I circulate the room.

Support: 41, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57
Required: 13, 56, 58, 64, G54, G55, G66, G75
Enrichment: 59, 67

Homework:  Continue working through required problems. ❗Assessment on what you should already know going into this class is on Monday, September 15th. 

📕 2: Th 9/11, 📒 4: F 9/12, 📘 7: F 9/12 - Newton's Second Law problems (part 2)

Daily Check-In #2: Friction (7: M 9/18)

After a super brief daily check-in based on the friction video, we'll work independently and collaboratively on problems pertaining to Newton's Laws from Chapter 5 in our new Halliday textbook and Chapter 4 in our old Giancoli textbook (indicated with a G) starting at your level.  I will assess your understanding individually and answer your questions as I circulate the room.

Support: 41, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57
Required: 13, 56, 58, 64, G54, G55, G66, G75
Enrichment: 59, 67

Homework:  Continue working through required problems. ❗Assessment on what you should already know going into this class is on Monday, September 15th. 

Giancoli Answers:

54.  (m1 + m2 + m3)m2g / (m12 – m22)1/2
55.  see picture above
66.  a) (m2 - m1 sin θ) g / (m1 + m2)
       b)  a down (negative) requires m2 < m1 sin θ.
            a up (positive) requires  m2 > m1 sin θ
75.  F = FT1 = FT2 = 1/2 Mg, FT3 = 3/2 Mg, FT4 = Mg

Additional Required Homework:  Watch the two videos and answer the questions ✏️ in Google Classroom by Sunday at 10pm for period 4 and Monday at 10pm for periods 2 & 7:

• Nascar Experience Driver View - Do not watch this whole video - skip to anywhere in the middle and watch at least one minute. Pay attention to going around curves. Audio doesn't matter. 

• Bobsleigh Speed Record - Watch this entire video