Wednesday, April 1 – Friction and Designing Experiments

Current unit: Dynamics – Friction

• Attendance
  • Sit according to the chart
• Review homework – Worksheet – Friction
  • Worksheet Solutions – Friction
• Whiteboard physics
  • Mitchell Hooper – How Many 4th Graders Does it Take to Beat the World’s Strongest Man? (Start at 6:57 – 11:52)
  • Worksheet – The Scientific Method – go over independent, dependent, and control variables
• The Scientific Method
  • Groups of 4
    • Read all of the procedures
    • Create a common set of procedures
  • As a whole class
    • Choose 1 group’s procedures as the starting point
    • Go through each group – is there anything to add?
    • Create a class set of procedures
  • Will run the experiment on Monday
• Wrap-up
  • Thursday: if you want, bring a computer for the Hooke’s Law lab
  • Monday: bring a cup for the taste test experiment