Sunday, November 1, 2009

Week of 11/2 - 11/6

Monday, 11/2
- Handout: General 2D Motion
- In Class: Solving 2D Motion Problems
HW: 2D Motion #1-3

Tuesday, 11/3
- PROFESSIONAL DAY

Wednesday, 11/4
- Check/Review HW
- Sample Problem: Serway #3
HW: Serway #4, 5

Thursday, 11/5
- Check/Review HW
- Projectile Motion
- DEMO: Moving Cart Catches Ball
HW: Quadratics Wksht (all)

Friday, 11/6
- Check/Review HW
- Equations of Motion for Projectiles
- Sample Problems: Ch 3 #13, 15, 17
HW: Ch 3 #19, 22

Week of 10/26 - 10/30

Monday, 10/26
- Practice Problems (handout)
HW: Finish Practice Problems

Tuesday, 10/27
- Review Practice Problems
- Review quiz from last week
HW: Test Prep Problems

Wednesday, 10/28
- Review Test Prep problems

Thursday, 10/29
- Ch 2 Exam

Friday, 10/30
- Intro to 2D Motion
- displacement and velocity in 2D
- unit vector notation

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Week of Mon 10/19 - Fri 10/23

Monday, 10/19
+ Quiz: Motion in a Straight Line / Free Fall
HW: Read Ch 2.7 (p. 34-35) ; Problem #58 (p. 40)

Tuesday, 10/20
+ Check/Review HW
+ Review Quiz
+ Motion Graphs
+ Review Example #16 (p. 34)
HW: Ch 2, #45, 51 (p. 39)

Wednesday, 10/21
+ DUE: Free Fall Lab
+ Review HW
+ Activity: Make a Motion Graph
HW: Complete the analysis for the activity

Thursday, 10/22
+ Average vs. Instantaneous Velocity/Acceleration
+ Interpreting Motion Graphs using Secant & Tangent Lines
+ In Class: Interpreting Graphs
HW: Ch 2, #59, 60 (p. 40)

Friday, 10/23
+ Check/Review HW
+ Concepts and Calcuations (groups)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Week of 10/12 - 10/16

This week we will cover Days 8-13 on the Forecast.

Monday, 10/12
+ COLUMBUS DAY / NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, 10/13

Today we will complete only part of Day 10 from Forecast.
+ Review #8 - 10 from handout (from Thursday)
+ Review Motion Questions (from Friday)
+ DEMO: Free Fall
HW: Using the data from the demo, create two graphs:
  • height (m) vs. time of fall (sec)
  • height (m) vs square of time of fall (sec^2)

Wednesday, 10/14

+ notes on free fall
+ equations for free fall
+ Sample Problems Ch 2 #41, 46
HW: Please complete the following...
  • (1) Read 2.6 Freely Falling Bodies (p. 30 - 34)
  • (2) Re-do Examples 10 & 11 using t = 1 s and 2 s
  • (3) Handout (Free Fall) #11 - 14

Thursday, 10/15
+ Check/Review HW
+ CYK: Ch 2 #37, 39
+ Prep for Lab (instructions, setup)

Friday, 10/16
+ LAB (Free Fall)

Monday, October 5, 2009

Week of 10/5 - 10/9

Monday, 10/5
+ Lab (Avg vs. Instantaneous Speed)

Tuesday, 10/6
+ Library
    - Word and Excel

Wednesday, 10/7
+ Notes on acceleration
+ Practice Problems
+ HW: Ch 2 #19, 21, 25, 29

Thursday, 10/8
+DUE Lab Report
+ Check/Review HW
+ Handout #8-10
+ HW: Finish #8-10

Friday, 10/9
+ Motion Questions