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Chapter 9
(Omit sections 2, 9 & 10)

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Updated 2.14.2011

Monday, February 14

  • 1st/2nd
  • Chapters 7 & 8 Test
  • *Intro. to materials science
  • Density
  • 5th/6th
  • Chapters 7 & 8 Test
  • *Intro. to materials science
  • Density
  • 7th
  • Chapters 7 & 8 Test

Tuesday, February 15

  • 1st/2nd
  • Walking on broken glass/laying on a bed of nails
  • Intro. to Eureka Lab
  • *Eureka Lab
  • 5th/6th
  • Walking on broken glass/laying on a bed of nails
  • Intro. to Eureka Lab
  • *Eureka Lab
  • 7th
  • Intro. to materials science
  • Density
  • Pressure

Wednesday, February 16

  • 1st
  • Pressure at depth
  • Caisson disease
  • Pressure at altitude
  • Gauge pressure
  • 5th
  • Pressure at depth
  • Caisson disease
  • Pressure at altitude
  • Gauge pressure
  • 6th/7th
  • Walking on broken glass/laying on a bed of nails
  • Pressure at depth
  • Intro. to Eureka Lab
  • *Eureka Lab

Thursday, February 17 and Friday, February 18 – No School – Parent/Teacher Conferences

Monday, February 21

  • 1st/2nd
  • Pressure and Density Problems due
  • Hints for tomorrow's problems
  • *Archimedes' Principle
  • 5th/6th
  • Pressure and Density Problems due
  • Hints for tomorrow's problems
  • *Archimedes' Principle
  • 7th
  • Pressure and Density Problems due
  • Pressure at altitude
  • Gauge Pressure
  • Hints for Monday's problems

Tuesday, February 22

  • 5th
  • P. 312; 14-15, 19-22 due
  • Go over problems
  • Pascal's Principle
  • 6th/7th
  • P. 312; 14-15, 19-22 due
  • Go over problems
  • *Intro. to Sink or Swim? lab

Wednesday, February 23

  • 5th/6th
  • Eureka! Lab due
  • Intro. to Sink or Swim? lab
  • *Sink or Swim? lab
  • Archimedes' Principle
  • 7th
  • Eureka! Lab due
  • Lab Q&A
  • Archimedes' Principle

Thursday, February 24

  • 5th
  • Pascal's Problems Due
  • Some more Buoyancy examples
  • Draft marks on ships Link 1 | Link 2
  • Proportion of object submerged as related to its density as proportional to the fluid's density
  • 6th/7th
  • Pascal's Problems Due
  • Proportion of object submerged as related to its density as proportional to the fluid's density
  • Some more Buoyancy examples One more buoyancy example: Volume of ballast tank for a submarine to accelerate upward with drag
  • Draft marks on ships Link 1 | Link 2
  • Proportion of object submerged as related to its density as proportional to the fluid's density
  • *One more buoyancy example: Volume of ballast tank for a submarine to accelerate upward with drag

    Friday, February 25

    • 5th
    • One more buoyancy example: Volume of ballast tank for a submarine to accelerate upward with drag
    • Dynamic fluid intro; laminar and turbulent flow; air resistance; water drag
  • 6th/7th
  • Dynamic fluid intro; laminar and turbulent flow; air resistance; water drag
  • *Field trip to vivarium
  • Finish Continuity of Flow
  • Volume flow rate
  • Continuity Equation example

    Monday, February 28

    • 5th/6th
    • P. 313; 26-28, 30-31 due
    • Go over problems
    • *Finish Continuity of Flow
    • Volume flow rate
    • Continuity Equation example
    • 7th
    • P. 313; 26-28, 30-31 due
    • Go over problems

    Tuesday, March 1

    • 5th/6th
    • Drag
    • Continuity of Flow
    • Volume flow rate
    • *Continuity Equation examples
    • 7th
    • Drag
    • Continuity of Flow
    • Volume flow rate

    Wednesday, March 2

    • 5th
    • Lab makeups
    • Work on labs, review and homework
  • 7th
  • Lab makeups
  • Work on labs, review and homework
  • Mass flow rate
  • Power to lift fluids

    Thursday, March 3

    • 5th
    • Sink or Swim? lab due
    • Field trip to aquariums
    • eductor mass flow example
  • 6th/7th
  • Sink or Swim? lab due
  • Bernoulli's examples (Torricelli's equation and change in pressure due to change in velocity)
  • Intro. to Bernoulli's Principle (ball demos)
    • Show Bernoulli's formula
    • pitot tubes
  • *Use of eductor
  • velocity due to drop in height

    Friday, March 4 – No school – Vacation

    Monday, March 7

    • 5th
    • Use of eductor
    • Bernoulli's examples (Torricelli's equation and change in pressure due to change in velocity)
    • Intro. to Bernoulli's Principle (ball demos)
      • Show Bernoulli's formula
      • pitot tubes
    • 6th/7th
    • How do the blower demonstrations work?
    • DVD demonstrations
    • *Ultimate guide to planes

    Tuesday, March 8

    • 5th
    • P. 314; 40–46 due
    • go over homework
    • Air pressure and weather
    • 6th/7th
    • P. 314; 40–46 due
    • go over homework
    • Air pressure and weather
    • *Work on review problems

    Wednesday, March 9

    • 5th
    • Chapter 9 Review Due
    • 7th
    • Chapter 9 Review due

    Thursday, March 10

    • 5th
    • Chapter 9 Test
    • 6th/7th
    • Chapter 9 Test
    • *Intro. to Chapter 10