Course Description
Equations
science links
uncertainty calculator
Tuesday October 17
no class, due to Senior Class Trip
Monday October 16
no class, due to Senior Class Trip
Friday October 13
defined/discussed momentum and its conservation;
defined/discussed angular momentum and its conservation;
demonstrated conservation of momentum with bicycle wheel and rotating platform
Thursday October 12
no class, due to college fair;
Wednesday October 11
discussed equilibrium and worked a problem;
worked problems from the problem set;
read 229-235 (impulse and momentum)
Tuesday October 10
discussed/demonstrated rotational inertia;
defined/discussed torque;
worked rotational kinematics problem;
read 211-217 equilibrium;
problems pp.223-225 #72-78 even, 82, 84, 87, 88 (due Friday)
Monday October 9
discussed test 6 & 7;
discussed rotational motion through analogy with linear motion;
worked problems involving angular acceleration;
read 201-210 (rotational dynamics)
Friday October 6
no class, due to Fall Festival preparations
Thursday, October 5
test 6 & 7;
read: 196-200 (describing rotational motion)
Wednesday, October 4
reviewed chapters 6 & 7;
worked problems from the problem sets;
test 6 & 7 on tomorrow
Tuesday, October 3
quiz tomorrow on gravitation;
Power Outreach students collected sliding friction lab data;
test 6 & 7 on Thursday
Monday, October 2
reviewed everything done last week for those who were gone on Power Outreach;
worked problems involving gravitation;
quiz tomorrow on gravitation
Friday, September 29
collected data for the Sliding Friction Lab;
briefly considered problems from problem set 7: pp.191-193 #54, 58, 62, 70, 76, 82, 84, 86
Thursday, September 28
discussed satellites and Kepler’s 3rd law of planetary motion;
discussed synchronous-orbit communication satellites and their properties;
get started on problem set 7: pp.191-193 #54, 58, 62, 70, 76, 82, 84, 86
Wednesday, September 27
quiz on centripetal force;
discussed Newton’s expression for universal gravitation;
worked examples of gravitational force;
read: pp.179-185 (using universal gravitation)
Tuesday, September 26
quiz on projectile motion;
worked problems from the chapter 6 problem set;
read: pp.171-178 (universal gravitation)
Monday, September 25
no class, due to View Southern
Friday, September 22
no class, due to Field Day
Thursday, September 21
finished watching the dropped vs. fired bullet thought experiment as investigated by Myth Busters;
discussed/demonstrated The Monkey and the Hunter;
worked on chapter 6 problem set;
continue working on chapter 6 problems: pp 165-167 #52, 56, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68, 74 (due Wednesday)
Wednesday, September 20
pseudo-quiz on projectile motion;
discussed/demonstrated centripetal force and centrifugal force;
began watching the dropped vs. fired bullet thought experiment as investigated by Myth Busters;
start working on chapter 6 problems: pp 165-167 #52, 56, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68, 74 (due Wednesday)
Tuesday, September 19
discussed test over chapters 4 & 5;
discussed projectile motion;
read 153-159 (circular motion)
Monday, September 18
test over chapters 4 & 5;
read: 147-152 (projectile motion);
get the acceleration lab write-up in ASAP
Friday, September 8
no class, due to Community Outreach Day
Thursday, September 7
worked an acceleration problem on a slope;
looked over friction simulations at PhET;
took a brief ride to demonstrate non-anti-lock brakes;
test 4 & 5 will be Monday; BWCA participants need to take it before leaving Sunday
Wednesday, September 6
demonstrated graphical analysis of the acceleration data;
took a brief ride to demonstrate anti-lock brakes, illustrating static vs. kinetic friction;
worked some statics problems;
test 4 & 5 will be Monday; BWCA participants need to take it before leaving Sunday
Tuesday, September 5
quiz on sliding friction;
worked problems from the chapter 5 problem set
Monday, September 4
pseudo-quiz on sliding friction;
worked problems from the chapter 5 problem set;
demonstrated with a spreadsheet the analysis of the acceleration data;
problem set 5 due tomorrow
Friday, September 1
worked an additional sliding friction problems involving angles;
worked in the media center acquiring acceleration data from phone video;
problem set 5 due Tuesday
Thursday, August 31
recollected acceleration data;
worked a variety of sliding friction problems involving angles
Wednesday, August 30
quiz over vector addition;
tried working with acceleration data;
briefly discussed sliding friction;
due date for lab postponed until next week
Tuesday, August 29
pseudo-quiz on analytical vector addition (real quiz likely tomorrow);
went to the media center to extract acceleration lab data from the video;
problem set 5: pp 141-143 #80, 82, 86, 90, 92, 96, 98, 104 (due Monday)
Monday, August 28
discussed/demonstrated graphical vector addition;
discussed/demonstrated analytical vector addition
Friday, August 25
no class, due to senior survival
Thursday, August 24
discussed chapter 4 problems;
discussed the density lab;
tried to upload the video of the free-fall for our acceleration lab;
read: 126-135 (forces and friction)
Wednesday, August 23
discussed Newton’s laws;
demonstrated the 1st law with water cup pyramid;
worked on the density lab write-up (due tomorrow);
chapter 4 problems: p.113 #60, 64, 68, 70, 72, 76, 80 (due next Wednesday)
Tuesday, August 22
discussed Friday’s test;
density lab write-up due-date postponed till Thursday;
read: 96-107 (Newton’s 2nd and 3rd law)
Monday, August 21
no class, due to solar eclipse
Friday, August 18
test 1-3;
read: pp. 87-95 (Newton’s Laws)
Thursday, August 17
quiz on acceleration;
worked problems from the homework set;
test 1-3 tomorrow
Wednesday, August 16
collected data for the Density Lab;
worked more acceleration problems, free-fall problems;
test 1-3 on Friday
Tuesday, August 15
discussed some of the details of doing the Density Lab tomorrow;
worked more acceleration problems, free-fall problems;
look over the Density Lab handout
Monday, August 14
discussed the uncertainty worksheet (due tomorrow);
worked more acceleration problems, free-fall problems;
problems p.81-84 #74, 78, 82, 84, 86, 88, 94, 100, 106, 110 (due Friday)
Friday, August 11
briefly discussed chapter 1 problem set;
reviewed arithmetic with error terms;
discussed graphing with error terms;
Read pp. 65-75 (working with acceleration)
finish up the uncertainty worksheet (due Tuesday)
Thursday, August 10
discussed chapter 1 problem set (due tomorrow);
discussed accelerated motion;
worked problems involving acceleration;
Read pp. 57-64 (acceleration)
get started on the uncertainty worksheet (due Tuesday)
Wednesday, August 9
discussed a few problems from chapter 1;
reviewed working with error terms;
discussed graphing motion (position vs. time);
Read pp. 43-47 (measuring speeds)
problems pp. 25-28 #54, 60, 68, 70, 72, 76, 90 (due Friday)
get started on the uncertainty worksheet (due Monday)
Tuesday, August 8
discussed fundamental units and dimensional analysis;
discussed significant figure rules;
discussed/practiced working with error terms;
Read pp. 31-42 (1-D motion)
Monday, August 7
passed out textbooks; explained course description;
considered some counterintuitive phenomena;
Read pp. 3-14 (units & measurements)