MEGA curriculum sample: accessible text version

This is a text companion to the existing four-page public MEGA customer preview. The comparison, worked example, lab excerpt and Motion pacing excerpt below follow the preview’s reading order. It is a sample, not the complete purchased curriculum.

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Page 1: Curriculum MEGA overview

Grades 9–12 · NGSS · Full year

Complete lesson sequence
Practice with keys
8 escape rooms
22-lab bundle
Tests + pacing guide

The overview shows the worked velocity example and conservation of momentum lab excerpt transcribed below. A small inset is labeled “Case 7 · The Circuit Breaker” and “Station A: Power Surge Log Analysis.” The inset’s small data table is not transcribed here; see the original PDF.

Page 2: Choose your curriculum

The same full-year foundation in every tier.

All three include

8 units · Lessons · Practice with answer keys · Classroom activities · Warm-ups · Tests · Pacing

CORE: Full-year CORE curriculum.
PLUS: Full-year CORE curriculum + 8 escape-room investigations.
MEGA: Full-year CORE curriculum + 8 escape-room investigations + separate bundle of 22 NGSS labs.

CORE already includes classroom activities. The 22-lab bundle is an additional MEGA component.

Motion · Forces · Momentum · Gravity · Electrostatics · Energy · Electric Circuits · Waves

Page 3: Actual lesson and resource samples

Model → Measure. Students move from models to measured evidence.

Worked model: Velocity Calculation

What is the velocity of the car during Segment A of this trip? (from 0 to 10 seconds)

Velocity = slope of line segment A.

v = rise ÷ run = 60 m ÷ 10 s.

Answer: v = +6 m/s.

Data-collection lab: Conservation of Momentum Lab (Version A)

Purpose

We will be performing a series of collisions and explosions using the Smart Carts to determine how an object’s mass affects its final velocity. We will also experimentally verify that the Law of Conservation of Momentum is valid for a system with two objects.

Procedure

In this experiment, we will be performing five different tests (4 collisions and one explosion):

Elastic Collisions
1. A moving cart crashing into a stationary cart with equal mass.
2. A moving cart crashing into a stationary cart with a much greater mass.
3. A collision of two carts with the same mass moving towards each other.
4. A collision of two carts moving towards each other, one cart with a much greater mass than the other.
Explosion
Two stationary carts with the same mass are propelled from one another with a plunger.

Part 1: Elastic Collisions (Bouncy) — Trial A

A moving cart crashing into a stationary cart of equal mass.

Place one cart near the middle of the track. Place the other cart near one of the ends of the track. Push the cart on the end toward the middle cart with a decent shove.

The sample data table has blank rows for Cart 1, Cart 2 and Total. Its column headings are:

Mass of cart, m (kg): divide grams by 1000.
Initial velocity, v_i (m/s).
Final velocity, v_f (m/s).
Change in velocity, Δv = v_f − v_i.
Initial momentum, p_i = mv_i.
Final momentum, p_f = mv_f.
Change in momentum, Δp = p_f − p_i.

Concept → Calculation → Investigation. Real lesson and lab pages from the bundle.

Page 4: Motion pacing guide excerpt

A full-year teaching sequence. Pacing guide sample · included in CORE, PLUS and MEGA.

Unit 1: Motion Outline

Note: This schedule can be modified as needed. For example, the practice assignments can be given as homework, or started in class and finished as homework. For classroom or homeschooling teachers, this schedule can be modified into a longer or shorter timeline. You may also consider adding in activities or using online simulations to elaborate on some of these concepts. If you choose to modify the unit, it is still recommended to keep the order of the sequence the same as shown in this outline.

The following day labels and suggested times reproduce this preview excerpt; they are not a guarantee of course length.

Day 1

Do Motion Warm Up #1. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
1.1 Introduction to Motion lecture slides. Take notes. (1 hour)

Day 2

Do Motion Warm Up #2. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
Complete P1.1 Motion Intro assignment. After completing, check work with the answer key. (1.5 hours)

Day 3

Do Motion Warm Up #3. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
1.2 Graphing Motion lecture slides. Take notes. (1 hour)

Day 4

Do Motion Warm Up #4. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
Complete P1.2 Graphing Motion assignment. After completing, check work with the answer key. (1.5 hours)

Day 5

Do Motion Warm Up #5. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
1.3 Acceleration lecture slides. Take notes. (1 hour)

Day 6

Do Motion Warm Up #6. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
Complete P1.3 Acceleration assignment. After completing, check work with the answer key. (1.5 hours)

Day 7

Do Motion Warm Up #7. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
Complete Unit 1 Activity: Motion Scavenger Hunt. After completing, check work with the answer key. (1 hour)

Day 8

1.4 Gravitational Acceleration lecture slides. Take notes. (1 hour)
Do Motion Warm Up #8. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)

Day 9

Do Motion Warm Up #9. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
Complete P1.4 Gravitational Acceleration assignment. After completing, check work with the answer key. (1.5 hours)

Day 10

Do Motion Warm Up #10. Check the answer key or go over the answer with the student. (15 minutes)
Complete Unit 1 Motion Crossword. Check work with the answer key. (1 hour)

Actual resource excerpt · Unit 1: Motion.

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