Introduction to Waves with Pendulums

Before Class Preparation:

  • What is a wave?
  • Bring your favourite song to class
  • Read (or print if your are able) this worksheet

In Class Activity:

  • Group Activity: Pendulum
  • Whiteboard: Sketch a d-t graph for your pendulum

After Class Work:

  • Check Google Classroom for
    • Review Powerpoint used in class: Introduction to Waves
    • Google Form Learning Check in Google Classroom
  • A tutorial of mechanical waves here

Quiz – Grade 11 Review

Before Class Preparation:

In Class Work:

15 minute group discussion
30 minute quiz: Grade 11 Review: Mechanics

Can you:

  • Use kinematics equations to solve for and/or determine all the quantities that describe the
    motion of the fruits?
  • Draw free body diagrams for the fruits during different parts of its motion(s)?
  • Use free body diagrams to explain the motions of the fruits?
  • Use conservation of mechanical energy equations to solve for and/or determine the outcomes of the motion(s)?

After quiz:

Speed of Waves w/PhET

Before Class Preparation:

In Class Activity:

  • Investigate the relationship between the wavelength, frequency, and speed of a wave, and solve related problems

After Class Work:

First Day of Class (G12)

1st Day Homework:

  • ead our Class Setup here
  • Log into Google Classroom
  • Complete the 1st Day Survey
  • Complete “This is a Google Form” practice form
  • Read Course Overview and have your parents fill in the electronic form at the end
  • Prepare to work on your “Getting to know you” Google slide
    • 10 things about yourself that is not obvious
  • At Home Preparation for next class (check the tab above

Biodiversity

Before class preparation

In class activity

  • Interpret qualitative and quantitative data from ecosystems, communicate the results graphically, and explain the importance of biodiversity for all sustainable ecosystems
    • Biodiversity Index Activity and Discussion

After class work