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Updated 9.25.2008

Thursday, September 25

  • 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

Friday, September 26 – No school – Teacher Professional Development Day

Monday, September 29

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

Tuesday, September 30

  • Lab: Flying in the Wind

Wednesday, October 1

  • Continue Lab: Flying in the Wind

Thursday, October 2

  • Questions on Flying in the Wind lab?
  • Show one more simulation of plane flying backward
  • Adding vectors by the parallelogram method (Concept Development 3–2)
  • Adding vectors analytically: using simple triangles (Concept Development 3–2)
  • Example problems
  • Work on homework

Friday, October 3

  • P. 41, 19-25 due
  • Collect homework
  • Horizontal monkey gun example
  • Projectiles (Concept Development 3–1)
  • Intro. to Bull's Eye lab

Monday, October 6 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today

  • Flying in the Wind lab due
  • Bull's Eye lab

Tuesday, October 7 – Nobel Prize in Physics today

  • Finish Bull's Eye Lab

Wednesday, October 8 - Nobel Prize in Chemistry today

  • Nobel Prize info.
  • Do Example Projectile Problems
  • Pass out review and projectile problems

Thursday, October 9 – Nobel Peace Prize today

  • Bull's Eye lab due
  • Finish example problems
  • Work on projectile problems

Friday, October 10 – No school today – Teacher Professional Development Day

Monday, October 13 – No school today – Teacher Professional Development Day

  • Nobel Prize in Economics today

Tuesday, October 14

  • Symmetry of projectile problems
  • Next Time Question 3-1 and monkey gun demos (launch vs. drop and PASCO)

Wednesday, October 15 – PSAT during 1st through 4th

  • Read Chapter 4 by today
  • Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius

Thursday, October 16 - Mr. Flint away at a conference

  • Video: Sailing with Bernoulli
  • Work on Projectile Problems

Friday, October 17

  • Projectiles Problems due
  • Video: Sailing with Bernoulli
  • Transparency: soccer kick
  • Next time question 3-3 in class
  • Crash investigation: bottom of p.8 of Concept Development

Monday, October 20

  • Chapter 3 Review Due
  • Go over review problems
  • Hand out practice test and answers

Tuesday, October 21

  • Chapter 3 Test