Thursday, January 6, 2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011

LAB TIME!!!!

It's been a while since we did a lab in here, so today's lesson was well received.  Students used the lab guide on page 5-9 and 5-10 to guide them in discovering how gravity effects the acceleration of a marble rolling downhill at differing distances.  The goal by the end of the period was to have all of their times recorded.  They were asked to time each distance multiple times until they had 5 timings that were "consistent", then take their average.  Students also should have had enough time to calculate the speed of the marble for each distance.  We will conclude this lab tomorrow with a graphing activity.

No homework was assigned, and the Chapter 5 test is one week from tomorrow.

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