1. First day of school ‘A’ day

2. Monday, 8/21 Unit1: Introduction to Physics
Welcome to Physics
Upcoming Dates
Friday, 8/26 – Math Review Sheets Due
Monday, 8/28 – science skills Quiz
Wednesday 8/30- Unit 1 Test

3. Little about me.. From Amarillo, TX Married and have two sons, 6 and 1
My fifth year here at Grapevine HS
I have taught AP Physics, Physics, IPC, and Biology
Coached football and basketball previously at Grapevine
This year am teaching Physics and IPC

4. Lauren
Married 10 Years, Friday

5. Jace
6 years old

6. Miles
1year old

7. Education Graduated from West Texas A&M Memberships
M.Ed. Educational Leadership
B.S. Biology, double minor Mathematics and Engineering Technology
Memberships
Tri-beta, Biological Society
Sigma Alpha Pi, NSLS
Received National Engaged Leadership Award
Gamma Beta Phi, National Honor Society
Kappa Delta Pi, Educational Honor Society

8. Hobbies
Hang out with my wonderful wife and son Fishing Boating Tubing Horseshoes Biking Watching football

9. Syllabus and norms

10. Student Questionnaire
Complete the student questionnaire

11. Google Classroom
Go to Google Classroom and join our class

12. CER Rubric Review Read through the CER rubric
This rubric will be used throughout the year in grading writing assignments

13. Using rubric, score the following conclusion

14. Using rubric, score the following conclusion

15. Using rubric, score the following conclusion

16. Using rubric, score the following conclusion

17. Challenging a Claim
Aristotle, the philosopher, made the claim that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects. Your job is to challenge that claim.

18. Experiment
Design an experiment that can test this claim. Collect enough data to convince your teacher that the claim is correct or incorrect.
Individually, on a clean sheet of paper, write out your experimental procedure using bullet points or numbered steps (don’t include trivial or obvious things such as “gather materials”, and a neat data table showing the data you collected.

19. Write up your conclusion
Using the CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) format, write a conclusion from your data.
Write a clear claim
Indicate how the data supports your claim
Attempt to explain why using what you know so far…