LESSON PLAN FOR TUESDAY, 02/04/2014:

LESSON PLAN FOR TUESDAY, 02/04/2014:

SCIENCE:   The Science of the Winter Olympics continues.  Watch the following video:

NBC LEARN:  Alpine Stability and Vibration

About the Video

Stability & Vibration Damping in Alpine Skiingdiscusses the methods and importance of damping vibrations in alpine skiing. Featured athletes are Iraq war veteran and Paralympian Heath Calhoun and three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso, both of whom will be competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . Also featured are Kam Leang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and carbon nanotube expert at the University of Nevada , Reno , and Tom Watson, an off-road motorcycle engineer who helped design the shock absorption mechanism for Heath Calhoun’s mono-ski. The video points out that vibrations cause skis to intermittently lose contact with the snow surface, which results in a loss of control and speed. The carbon nanotube technology, which is incorporated into the construction of skis, and the fluid-based shock absorber in Calhoun’s mono-ski both allow enhanced damping of vibrations and therefore more consistent contact with the snow, allowing skiers to go faster.

Video Timeline

0:00 0:14 Series opening

0:15 0:58 Introducing Mancuso and Calhoun

0:59 1:43 Why vibrations matter to alpine skiers

1:44 2:02 Introducing Leang

2:03 3:12 Explaining how skis are constructed using nano-materials

3:13 3:34 Calhoun’s mono-ski and vibration

3:35 4:17 Introducing Watson who designs a shock absorber for Calhoun

4:18 4:52 Explaining how Calhoun’s shock absorber works

4:53 5:16 Summary

5:16 5:32 Closing credits

NOW WATCH THE VIDEO:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/science-winter-sports-alpine-stability-vibration

READING/RESEARCH/WRITING:

Look up one of these two Olympians and tell about him/her:  Heath Calhoun or Julia Mancuso.

Where is this person from?

1. What made this person learn to ski?
2. What awards has this person won?
3. Why has this person been so competitive?
4. What date and time will this person be competing in the Olympics?  (Write it down and be sure to watch the event(s).)
5. If this person doesn’t win in the Olympics, should he/she quit skiing?  Why

          or why not?

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PHOTOGRAPHY:   Continue your photography challenge. 

JOURNALING:  Your prompt for today is:

Who is your number one hero (or heroine) and why?

            

 ECOLOGY: 

Read about an alpine biome:

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/alpine.htm

 then watch this youtube video about the alpine biome:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JqQCq8FOUU

What did you learn that you didn’t know?

GRAMMAR:

Do the activities on pages 32 and 33 in the book Teach Terrific Grammar.”  Bring them to Gramma to check.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Learning the States in the United States of America :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2CNZIlVIg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlRdfza8jHI

Which video will help you most to learn the States?

ART:

See Chuck for CorelDraw lesson.

 IT’S A WRAP!  HAVE A GOOD DAY.  I LOVE YOU A BUNCHA BUNCHES!

GRAMMA