Physics I Honors
Chapter 2
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Updated 9.28.2009
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Thursday, September 17
- 5th/6th
- Interpreting Graphs due
- Go over Interpreting Graphs
- Work on review
- *Chapter 2: Intro. to Mechanics
- Kinematics vs. dynamics
- Coordinate systems and directions
- 7th
- Interpreting Graphs due
- Go over Interpreting Graphs
- Work on review
Friday, September 18
Monday, September 21
- 5th
- Chapter 1 Test
- 6th/7th
- Chapter 1 Test
- *Chapter 2: Intro. to Mechanics
- Kinematics vs. dynamics vs. statics
- Coordinate systems and directions
Tuesday, September 22
- 5th
- Reaction Time Lab due
- Relative Motion Show the river
- What change means
- Actual formula for v and the hill problem
- Constant velocity vs. instantaneous velocity vs. average velocity
- You walk to the store and back. What is your average speed? Average velocity?
- 6th/7th
- Reaction Time Lab due
- Relative Motion Show the river
- What change means.
- Actual formula for v and the hill problem
- Constant velocity vs. instantaneous velocity vs. average velocity
- Walk from home to store and back. What is your average speed? Average velocity?
- *Graph Matching Lab
- Graphical representation of speed (horizontal, + slope, – slope)
- Slope of x-t line is speed. On curve avg. speed is slope between two points and inst. speed is slope of a tangent line to curve. (Limit definition.)
- Do graphing examples
- Intro. to acceleration
Wednesday, September 23
- 5th/6th
- Return/review tests
- Hand out Graphing Acceleration
- Graphing transforms
- Intro. to Graph Matching Lab
- *Graph Matching Lab
- Work on Graphing Acceleration
- 7th
Thursday, September 24
- 5th/6th
- P. 47; 1-5 and 8-10 due
- Intro. to Graphing Acceleration
- Derive kinematics formulas
- 7th
- P. 47; 1-5 and 8-10 due
- Intro. to Graphing Acceleration
- derive kinematics formulas
Friday, September 25
- 5th
- P. 48; 6-7 due
- 7th
- P. 48; 6-7 due
Monday, September 28
- 5th
- Sign of acceleration is direction of force
- Derive last accel. formula
- Do accleration example problems
- 6th/7th
- Acceleration (Average and instantaneous)
- Derive accel. formulas
- *Finish accel. formulas
- Start acceleration examples
Tuesday, September 29
- 5th
- Graphing Acceleration due
- The sign for acceleration
- Free fall
- Intro. to vel. & accel. lab
- Acceleration examples
- *Intro. to velocity and acceleration lab
- 6th/7th
- Graphing Acceleration due
- The sign for acceleration
- Finish acceleration examples
- Free fall
- *Velocity & Acceleration lab (collect data only)
Wednesday, September 30
- 5th
- *Bring your book today!
- Graph Matching Lab due
- Finish collecting data for lab/work on assignments
- 7th
- *Bring your book today!
- Graph Matching Lab due
- Intro to Velocity and Acceleration Lab
- Work on homework problems
Thursday, October 1
- 5th
- P. 49, 24-29 due
- Go over problems in class
- Work on assignment
- 6th/7th
- P. 49, 24-29 due
- Go over problems in class
- Work on assignment
- *Collect data for Velocity and Acceleration Lab
Friday, October 2
- 5th
- P. 50; 43-45, 53-55 due
- Go over problems in class
- 6th/7th
- P. 50; 43-45, 53-55 due
- Go over problems in class
- Test questions?
- *Intro. to two dimensional motion
- What if relative motion is two dimensional?
- Adding vectors isn't the same as adding numberss
- Finding components of vectors
Monday, October 3
- 5th/6th
- Test questions?
- *Intro. to two dimensional motion
- What if relative motion is two dimensional?
- Adding vectors isn't the same as adding numberss
- Finding components of vectors
- *Chapter 2 Test
- 7th
- Chapter 2 Test
- 5th
- Velocity and Acceleration Lab Due
- Computing angles in vector problems
- A few examples of vector addition with displacement and velocity
- 7th
- Velocity and Acceleration Lab Due
- Computing angles in vector problems
- A few examples of vector addition with displacement and velocity
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