Additional computational problems on centripetal motion. Meant to challenge honors students.

This is a fun activity to do with students near the end of the projectile unit. I divide my classes into groups of 4-5 and set up a tournament bracket. I provide students with an abundance of tools/instruments (motion detectors, photo gates, stop watch, rulers, scale, etc.) to see which ones they choose to use and why.

I started this lesson off with showing my sudents this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdKI6WS7ghE ). I created this lesson before the opening of this ride so it is now a bit dated. However, the assignment will still work or it can be revised to account for new information on the slide. I use the assignment with my honors classes to challenge them and give them a real world application. There is a small part of the assignment that requires trigonometry. Most of my honors students have had trig but I worked this part of the assignment with the class just in case.

Can be used as part of assessments or as practice. A variety of topics are in the document.

Used as a summative assessment towards the end of the semester to analyze student grasp of conceptual knowledge. Students are given the freedom to convey their knowledge in any format they prefer.

Could be used as summative assessment at the end of any desired unit. Good for relating class content to relevant every day application.

Used in accelerated motion unit. Helps to solidify conceptual knowledge of acceleration. Utilizes mathematical equations.

Used during kinematics unit. Students find velocity and acceleration of passing cars after measuring distance and time.

Format for physics lab reports provided at AP training.

Can be used as a pre/post test to evaluate student growth in Newtonian Mechanics. Post test should be administered after forces, Newton's Laws, free fall, projectiles, circular motion and momentum have all been covered (around March in IAG).

Can be used as a pre/post test to evaluate student growth in Newtonian Mechanics. This version is scaled back for students with a lower reading level. Post test should be administered after forces, Newton's Laws, free fall, projectiles, circular motion and momentum have all been covered (around March in IAG).

Challenging quiz for honors students. Formative assessment to analyze student progress during projectile motion unit. Computational problems on horizontally launched projectiles and two conceptual problems on projectiles launched at an angle.

Additional computational problems dealing with Hooke's Law. Meant to challenge honors students

Additional acceleration problems I used to challenge my honors students. More math intensive.