Physics Boot Camp Part 1 of 3: Motion

This is a five session class designed to prepare students to excel in a future high school physics course.  The class consist of five 90-minute face-to-face sessions and assigned Minds on Physics© game modules played outside of class. Minds on Physics© functions as homework for practice and assessments for feedback. Students and parents will receive weekly progress updates. Access to a one-year subscription for Minds on Physics© is provided for all students.

Face-to-face, synchronous learning, will be an inquiry-based discovery of physics concepts through the creation and analysis of visual, graphical, and mathematical models. Experiments will be designed and data will be collected through virtual web-based interactives. Google Sheets will be used to create graphical models of data collected. Students will present the models to each other for peer review, then test the models for their predictive abilities. [This process meets the curricular competencies of: questioning and predicting; planning and conducting; processing and analyzing data and information; evaluating; applying and innovating; and communicating.] Students will be supplied with resources to explain and support the physics concepts developed and tested during the inquiry portion of class time.

Homework and Assessments of Understanding will be done asynchronously through the Sudden Death (for credit) mode of the Minds on Physics©  application (MOPs).  Test it out by clicking on this link:  https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mop/Kinematic-Concepts/Scalars-and-Vectors/Mission-KC1

The Class Syllabus is as follows:

First Class - 
   Face2Face: 
        Introduction to the physics of uniform motion through:
        experimental design
        graphical methods used in physics
        mathematical modeling. 
   Concept review: 
        scaler and vector quantities
        distance and displacement
        speed and velocity
   MOPs: 
        Mission KC1: Scalars and Vectors
        Mission KC2: Distance and Displacement
        Mission KC3: Speed and Velocity
        Mission KG1: Basics of Position-Time Graphs, 
        Mission KG4: Slope Calculations for Position-Time Graphs

Second Class - 
   Face2Face: 
        Introduction to the physics of accelerated motion through: 
        experimental design
        graphical methods used in physics
        mathematical modeling.
   Concept review: 
        uniform and accelerated motion
        graphical, visual, and mathematical models of motion
   MOPs: 
        Mission KC4: Acceleration
        Mission KC5: Oil Drop Representations
        Mission KC8: Position-Time and Velocity-Time Data
        Mission KG1: Basics of Position-Time Graphs
        Mission KG2: Shape and Slope of Position-Time Graphs
        Mission KG3: Matching Motion and Shape on a Position-Time Graph, 

Third Class - 
   Face2Face: 
        Deep-dive into vector analysis of velocity and acceleration
        application of kinematic equations. 
   Concept review: 
        uniform and accelerated motion
        graphical, visual, and mathematical models of motion
   MOPs: 
        Mission KG4: Slope Calculations for Position-Time Graphs
        Mission KG5: Basics of Velocity-Time Graphs
        Mission KG6: Interpreting Velocity-Time Graphs
        Mission KG7: Interpreting Velocity-Time Graphs 2
        Mission KG8: Slope and Area of a Velocity-Time Graph
        Mission KG9: Graphs and Oil Drop Diagrams
        Mission KG10: Common Misconceptions Concerning Motion Graphs
        Mission KG10: Common Misconceptions Concerning Motion Graphs

Fourth Class - 
   Face2Face: 
        Introduction to free-fall and 2D motion
        the kinematic equations in 2D
   Concept review: 
        Vector addition
        component and resultant vectors
        trigonometry in physics
   MOPs: 
        Mission VP1: Vector Direction
        Mission VP2: Vector Addition Diagrams
        Mission VP3: Vector Addition Applications
        Mission VP4: Adding Right Angle Vectors
        Mission VP5: Vector Components

Fifth Class - 
   Face2Face: 
        The three types of projectile motion
           Vertical
           Horizontal
           Angled
   Concept review:
        the problem solving process
        Your Physics Tool Box
        setting yourself up for success
   MOPs: 
        Mission VP6: Relative Velocity and River Boats
        Mission VP7: The Nature of a Projectile
        Mission VP8: The Acceleration and Velocity of a Projectile
        Mission VP9: Velocity Components for a Projectile
        Mission VP9: Velocity Components for a Projectile