Monday, September 10, 2007

Wednesday, August 22: Lab:Displacement;page 19 6,27,49,55; Quiz covering chapter 1 on Friday

Friday, August 24: Quiz chapter 1; page 48 10,22; chapter 2 test is on Thursday, September 6

Tuesday, August 28: page 49 41,42; Lab: Velocity and Acceleration of a Hot Wheels car

Thursday, August 30: page 50 59, 62,67

Tuesday, September 4: Lab:Free Fall of a Marble; chapter 2 test on Sep. 6

Thursday, September 6: Test chapter 2

Monday, Sep. 10: Start chap 3: 2D Motion
HW p74 26,73 and worksheet "Horizontal Launches"
Lab:Projectile Motion-Horizontal Launches

Wednesday, Sep. 12: HW p76 29,55,72; Lab:Projectile Motion-Launched at an Angle

Friday, Sep. 14: video analysis of Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump

Tuesday, Sep. 18: Test on chap. 3

Thursday, Sep 20: start chap 4:Laws of Motion
HW p110 17,55
Lab: Force Components

Monday, Sep. 24: HW p111 24,66,74,75; Lab-Dropping Coffee Filters to Measure Air Resistance

Wednesday, Sep. 26: HW p111 30,62,61; Lab:Connected Masses on an Incline

Friday, Sep. 28: HW p112 42,44,49,69; Lab:Force of Friction

Tuesday, Oct. 2: video:Newton's Dark Secrets

Thursday, Oct. 4: Test on chap. 4

Tuesday, Oct. 9: start chap. 5:Energy
HW p151 18,44,88

Thursday, Oct. 11: Lab:Conservation of Energy using Hot Wheels Cars

Monday, Oct. 15: HW p151 35,52,66,71; Lab:Power (Running Stairs)

Wednesday, Oct. 17: no class

Thursday, Oct. 18: Test on chap. 5

Monday, Oct. 22: start chap. 6:Momentum
HW p182 12,31,37,47,57
take-home test is distributed today (due back on Nov. 6)

Wednesday, Oct. 24: Lab:Conservation of Momentum with Hot Wheels

Friday, Oct. 26: video:Asteroid Apocalypse (shows momentum and energy conservation)

Tuesday, Oct. 30: HW p183 42; take-home test is due on Tuesday, Nov. 6

Thursday, Nov. 1: start chap. 7:Rotational Motion and the Law of Gravity; HW p219 41,44

Tuesday, Nov. 6: take-home test is due today!; HW p219 48,65,70; video analysis of the Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing from a bridge

Thursday, Nov. 8: Lab:Centripetal Acceleration of a Hot Wheels Car in a Vertical Loop

Tuesday, Nov. 13: HW p219 32,33,34; video:Death Star

Thursday, Nov. 15: Test on chap. 7

Monday, Nov 19: Start chapter 8-Rotational Equilibrium
HW: p254 9,16,21,22,29 (just find center of mass for 29)

Wednesday, Nov 21: p258 35,54,82; Lab-Torque

Thursday, Nov 22 through Sunday, Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, Nov 27: start chapter 9: Solids and Fluids
HW: p311 2,7,17; Lab-Breaking Strength of Plastic

Thursday, Nov 29: Buoyant Force
HW: p313 36,77,78

Monday, Dec 3: chapter 13: Vibrations and Waves

Wednesday, Dec 5: work on chapter 13 problems

Friday, Dec 7: The Physics of Christmas