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Updated 9.28.2009

Friday, September 11

  • Chapter 1 Quiz
  • Introduction to Domino Effect lab
  • Introduction to Chapter 2 - What we'll be studying - units of motion (speed and its units)

Monday, September 14

  • Intro to lab during 2nd period; 1st period is ready to go
  • Lab: The Domino Effect

Tuesday, September 15 *No first period due to 4Sight testing

  • 2nd period: continue collecting data

Wednesday, September 16

  • Some graphing issues
  • Finish the lab: The Domino Effect
    • Finish your graphs in class and be sure to attach your graph to the lab report

Thursday, September 17

  • Speed vs. velocity (formula, and units for them)
  • instantaneous speed vs. average speed
  • constant velocity vs. changing velocity
  • Do next time question 2-2
  • Bring your calculator to class with you from now on!
    • you ride a bike up the front hill (0.5 mi) at a speed of 2 mph then ride back down at a speed of 32 mph. What is your average speed?

    Friday, September 18

    • Domino Effect lab due
    • Relative speed demonstrations:
      • rivers with tanks
      • gutter river
    • What other forms of relative motion can you think of?
  • Example problems:
    • A car's odometer reads 3962 km at the beginning of a trip and 4004 km at the end of the trip. The trip takes half an hour. Calculate the average speed.
    • A bird flies at a speed of 14 m/s for 5 minutes. What distance did the bird fly?
    • A snail travels 2.3 m in 2 hours. What is its speed in m/s?
  • Work on homework problems

    Monday, September 21

    • P. 26; 26–27, 42, 45 due
    • Look at composite Domino Lab data
    • Intro. to Free Fall Lab

    Tuesday, September 22

    • Free Fall Lab

    Wednesday, September 23

    • Finish Free Fall Lab

    Thursday, September 24

    • Return and review homework
    • Calculating percent difference (handout)
    • DVD videos on #1 and #2 to see linear motion, relative motion and acceleration examples
    • Acceleration and its units (a rate of a rate)
    • (circular motion)
    • Show how to do acceleration problems...
      • What is your final speed if you start at rest and accelerate at 3 m/s2 for 4 seconds?
      • What distance did you travel?
    • Show your work!

    Friday, September 25

    • Isaac Newton

    Monday, September 28

    • Free fall (a=g=9.8 m/s2)
    • Do Concept Development Practice Page 2–2 in class together
    • You drop a ball from the school's roof. The roof is 11 m above the ground. Calculate the fall time and final speed as it hits the ground.
    • A car is moving at 20 m/s when the driver decides to accelerate at 2 m/s2. What is the car's final speed and how far does it travel in this time?
    • Mary jumps straight up with an initial speed of 4 m/s. What is her hang time? How high does Mary jump?
    • Work on homework in class

    Tuesday, September 29

    • P. 26, 28–33, 49–50 due
    • Go over problems in class
    • Galileo's Ball Rolling Experiment
    • Air resistance and symmetry of the motion of a ball being tossed up and falling

    Wednesday, September 30

    • Chapter 2 Review Due
    • Go over in class and answer final questions
    • Extra practice problems are found on page 661 answers

    Thursday, October 1

    • Chapter 2 Test

    Friday, October 2

    • Free Fall lab due
    • Next Time question: Plane with crosswind
    • Be sure you have read Chapter 3 by today
    • Intro. to vectors: components, resultant, etc.
    • Examples: 10 mph boat in 5 mph current moving upstream and downstream

    Monday, October 5

    • Intro. to Flying in the Wind lab
    • X-Plane flight simulation and a look at your aircraft