Physics Instructional Guide

A Physics Toolkit

Physics

Quarter 1

McGraw Hill Module 1

RESOURCES

PACING

● 240 Minutes

Module 1: A Physics Toolkit ● Phenomena: What tools and skills do physicists use? ● Lesson 1: Methods of Science ● Lesson 2: Mathematics and Physics ● Lesson 4: Graphing Data

STANDARD

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

● I can construct an explanation of the structure and function of physics ● I can use mathematics and

No specifc Utah SEEd Standard. This is Physics and Science basics.

computational thinking to analyze data using graphs

CONCEPTS (Nouns)

SKILLS (Verbs)

● Graphing ● Modeling ● Data Collection ● Scientifc Methods ● Mathematical Representations

● Analyze Data ● Obtain, evaluate, and

communicate information

VOCABULARY

● Physics ● Science

● Independent Variables ● Dependent Variables ● Line of best ft ● Inverse Relationship

● Model ● Investigation ● Signifcant Figures ● Inverse-Squared Relationship ● Exponential Relationship

● Scientifc Notation ● Linear Relationship ● Quadratic Relationship

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION ● Skill Building - STEM Unit Project: Have students apply what they learned in the module to their Unit Project ● Extension - Data Analysis Lab: How is string length and the square of the period of a pendulum related? (pg. 27)