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Monday, December 13, 2010

Hero Engines Away!

Task 2 is due by the beginning of class on Friday.    COW #15

The following may be helpful or interesting to you as you complete the task:

A Brief History of Rockets
Hero of Alexandria
The Laws of Motion
Laws of Motion Interactive

IXL for this week:
C2, Y6, U5

IXL that should be completed to date:
Z1-Z4
F8, F4, F13
T1-7
C1
Y1
U1-U4

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Balancing Forces and Equations

This week we will be working together to balance or unbalance forces and to balance equations.

Here is the COW of the week, lucky number 14... 


This week we will be exploring the following concepts:
Monomials vs. Polynomials
Keeping Equations Balanced while Solving One Step Equations
Remember:
Identify Inverse Operation
Balance the Equation (What you do to one side you MUST do to the other!!!!
Solve: Isolate the Variable
Check your Solution

Unbalanced Forces
Equal and Opposite Reactions, also known as Newton's Third Law

Videos that might help you this week: