Date: April 11, 2007
Time:
8 AM to 2 PM
Cost: $30 – Member Schools $125 for Non-Member Schools
See website www.salemcollaborative.org for member list.
Workshop Series Instructor: TBA
Description: Attention middle
and freshman high school science and math teachers – this workshop is for
YOU! Combine a unique tabletop timer/photogate system with an innovative multi-use
car and track system and you have a series of inquiry-based investigations
that reveal many physical and mathematical principles. Newton’s Laws govern
basic physics, and when you can use simple equipment to study those laws
quantitatively, the laws come alive (even for physics phobics)! Topics covered
will be motion, force, energy, momentum, collisions, conservation laws, simple
math and algebra, and graphing. No prior experience necessary!
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Subject Area |
Grade 6 – 8 |
High School |
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Physical Science |
11. Explain and give examples of how the motion
of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and
speed. 13. Differentiate between potential and kinetic
energy. Identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential
energy and vice versa. |
1. Motion and Forces Central Concept: Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation describe
and predict the motion of most objects. 2. Conservation of Energy
and Momentum Central Concept: The laws of conservation of energy and momentum
provide alternate approaches to predict and describe the movement of objects. |
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Technology/Engineering |
1. Materials,
Tools, and Machines Central Concept: Appropriate materials, tools, and machines enable
us to solve problems, invent, and construct. 2. Engineering
Design Central Concept: Engineering design is an iterative process that
involves modeling and optimizing to develop technological solutions to
problems within given constraints. |
1. Engineering Design Central Concepts: Engineering design involves practical problem
solving, research, development, and invention/innovation, and requires
designing, drawing, building, testing, and redesigning. Students should
demonstrate the ability to use the engineering design process to solve
a problem or meet a challenge. |
Please register online at our website www.salemcollaborative.org or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.
Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and bring it to the Workshop
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the workshop.