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General Physics / 2nd Period / 2007-08 / 1st Semester

Most recent update December 12, 2007 4:18 PM

Schedule

  • Friday, August 24th - Class begins
    • Introduction to the course
      • Student Survey
      • Distribute & Disucss Syllabus
      • Demonstrate:
        • teacher's website
        • course weblog
        • public folders
      • Talk about the physics Homework Parties
    • HW: Get your syllabus signed (if you lost it, there's a copy posted on my homepage)

 

 

  • Week of Monday, Sept 3rd - Unit I: 1-Dimensional Motion
    • Monday - Labor Day Holiday
    • Day 1 - Activity Schedule
      • Acceleration
      • Introduction to the Big 3 Kinematic Equations
      • HW: p. 49 # 1-5 (answers to 1, 3, & 5 are in the back of the book...post to the public folders if you want to check the answers to 2 & 4) // If you want review, read pp. 48-49
    • Day 2 - Activity Schedule
    • Day 3 - Activity Schedule
      • Quiz Canceled, we'll have it Day 1 of next week
      • Continue with the Big 3
      • HW: HW Sheet - Big 3 Problems // Study for the Quiz on Monday (I'll give you the big 3 equations, you don't need to memorize them). You don't need to turn these in, but here's some extra practice problems from the book incase you want more to help you study p. 58 # 3,5 // p. 59 # 1,2,3
    • Friday - Mass of the Holy Spirit

 

  • Week of Monday, Sept 10th - Unit I: 1-Dimensional Motion
    • Day 1
      • Quiz 1b
      • Introduce gravitational acceleration, g = -9.8m/s^2 (or we can round to -10m/s^2)
      • Introduce Big 3 in y-direction
      • HW: pg 64 # 4 (answer: #4a: -22.1 m/s, #4b: 2.25 s) // pg. 65 # 1-4 (answer: #2: 11m)
    • Day 2 - Meeting Day
      • Practice Big 3 in y-direction
      • Dropping Lab
      • HW: Finish Lab Calculations (we'll do percent error tomorrow)
    • Day 3
      • Practice Big 3 in y-direction (dropping, throwing up, and throwing down)
      • HW:pg 64 # 3, 5, 6
    • Day 4
      • Writing the Quadratic Formula Program in your TI calculator
      • Graphing x-t, v-t
      • Practice with Graphing
      • HW: Big-3 Practice Problems & Graphing Worksheet - do pgs 1, 2 & 3 only (we did pg 1 in class and will do pg 4 next week) // Finish Quiz 1b Corrections for Day 1

 

 

  • Week of Monday, Sept 24th - Unit I Exam // Unit II: 2-Dimensional Motion
    • Day 1
      • Exam Review
      • HW: Study for Exam
    • Day 2 - Meeting Day
    • Day 3
      • Independence of x & y motion
      • Demo: Shot vs Dropped Ball
      • HW: pg 102 # 1 & 4
    • Day 4
      • 2-D Motion Practice Problems
      • HW: 2-D Motion HW Sheet (#3 on the sheet will prepare you for the lab on Monday -- give it a good effort and use the public folders if you have questions) // Work on exam corrections (due Day 2)

 

  • Week of Monday, Sept 31th - Unit II: 2-Dimensional Motion
    • Day 1
      • HW Review
      • 2-D Motion
      • Prep for Lab tomorrow
      • HW: HW Sheet - Prep for Lab // Finish exam corrections (keys posted in 310...get help from TAs)
    • Day 2 - Meeting Day
      • Lab - Marble in the Cup
      • HW: pg 114 # 31, 32, 36
    • Day 3
    • Day 4
      • Shooting projectiles at angles
      • Finish in-class worksheet on velocity vectors at angles
      • HW: pg 104 # 1, 2, 4 (problem 1 is doable, but I shouldn't have included 2 & 4 so feel free to skip those) // Study for quiz on Day 1, which covers material from this week, including the worksheets.

 

 

  • Week of Monday, Oct 15 - Midterm Exams & Quarter Break
    • Monday
      • Exam 2: 2-Dimensional Motion
      • HW: None...enjoy the break!

 

  • Week of Monday, Oct 22 - Unit III: Newton's Laws
    • Day 1
      • Newton's 1st Law
      • What is a force? What is inertia? - Worksheet
      • Introduction to Free Body Diagrams - Worksheet
      • HW: Finish the back of the worksheets from class
    • Day 2
      • Newton's 2nd Law
      • F=ma
      • Gravitational Force (Weight) & Normal Force
      • HW: pg 135 # 1, 2, 3 // pg 138 # 1, 2, 3, 5 (you must draw free body diagrams for the problems on pg 138)
    • Day 3
      • Newton's 2nd Law
      • Elevator Problems
      • HW: Finish worksheet from class // study for quiz tomorrow (I'll provide you with equations)
    • Day 4
      • Quiz 3a
      • Newton's 2nd Law
      • Friction Forces
      • Force of Static Friction & Force of Kinetic Friction
      • HW: None!...but take a look at Monday's homework if you want to get a headstart

 

 

  • Week of Monday, Nov 12 - Unit III: Newton's Law of Gravity

 

  • Week of Monday, Nov 19 - Unit III: Newton's Law of Gravity Exam // Thanksgiving Break
    • Day 1
      • Exam Review
      • Keep test corrections so you can study them tomorrow.
      • HW: Study for Exam tomorrow (it covers Newton's 3 laws of motion & his law of gravity) - Here are some more Newton's laws practice problems (see public folders for a key and questions)
    • Day 2
      • Exam 3.2 - Newton's Laws of Motion & Newton's Law of Gravity
      • HW: None...enjoy the Thanksgiving break and be thankful!

 

 

  • Week of Monday, Nov 26 - Unit IV: Momentum & Energy
    • Day 1
      • Introduction to Momentum: p = mv
      • Conservation of Momentum: p_i = p_f
      • HW: pg 209 # 1,2,3 // pg 219 # 1, 2
    • Day 2 - Meeting Day
      • Conservation of Momentum
      • HW: pg 224 # 1, 3 // pg 229 # 2a, 3a, 4a
    • Day 3
      • Introduction to Impulse: J = delta-p
      • Redefine Force: F = J / delta-t
      • HW: pg 211 # 1,2,3 // pg 224 # 5
        • answers: 1) 380 N, 2) 16 kg m/s, 3a) 9 m/s right, 3b) 15 m/s left // 5a) 3 kg, 5b) 5.32 m/s
    • Day 4
      • Quiz 4A - Momentum
      • FCI Diagnostic Exam
      • HW: Finish exam corrections // Get supplies for Christmas drive

 

  • Week of Monday, Dec 3 - Unit IV: Momentum & Energy
    • Day 1
    • Day 2
      • Conservation of Energy Problems
      • HW: Finish Energy Problems (you may skip the roller coaster problem)
    • Day 3
      • Quiz 4B
      • Roller Coaster Problem
      • HW: Work on Practice Exam (you should have at least half of it done by Day 4)
    • Day 4
      • Exam Review: Momentum & Energy
      • HW: Study for Exam on Day 1

 

  • Week of Monday, Dec 10 - Unit IV Exam // Final Exam Review // Final Exams Begin
    • Day 1 - Activity Schedule
      • Exam 4: Momentum & Energy
      • HW: None
    • Day 2 - Activity Schedule
    • Day 3 - Activity Schedule
      • A few reminders about the final exam and review session
      • EGG DROP ACTIVITY
        • Your group will fabricate egg support devices using any or all of the materials given to you in class. I will provide you with tape, equal in length to the width of the bench at the front of the classroom. You can deform, break, shred, or otherwise mutilate any of the materials except the ziplock bag, which must be intact and closed with your egg inside.
        • You will have 30 minutes to construct the device, after which time it will be dropped from the roof of SI.
        • Rubric is as follows:
          • 20 points: The egg lands uncracked and unbroken
          • 15 points: The egg cracks within the container but does not break
          • 10 points: The egg breaks within the container
          • 0 points: The egg spills out
          • -10 points: The egg spills out due to carelessness and/or horseplay (teacher's discretion)
      • HW: Study for Final Exam...see material posted under Day 2. Don't forget to review your quizzes and exams
    • Thursday
      • Final Exams (English)
    • Friday
      • Final Exams (Language & Social Science)

 

 

  • Week of Monday, Dec 17 - Final Exams
    • Monday
      • Final Exams (Math)
      • *** FINAL EXAM REVIEW SESSION 12:30 PM IN ROOM 313 ***
    • Tuesday
      • Final Exams (Science & Religious Studies)
      • 8:30 - 10:00 FINAL EXAM
        • You will be given this equation sheet
        • You can use a 3x5 note card with anything you want written (not typed or xeroxed) on the notecard. It will be collected with the exam.

      *** END OF SEMESTER STAR PARTY TUESDAY, DEC 18, 6 PM, MEET AT THE FLAGPOLE ***

      We'll celebrate the end of our first semester, do some astronomy observing, and just hang out!!!