Tuesday, August 12, 2014

1st semester assignments 2014-15

Friday, August 15
go over syllabus, math check, MasteringPhysics, etc.

Monday, August 18 (1&3) and Tuesday, August 19 (2)
Chapter 1-Representing Motion
1.2 Position and Time: Putting Numbers on Nature
ex p26 4-7
1.3 Velocity
ex p26 8-13
HW p28 48, 49
1.4 A Sense of Scale: Significant Figures, Scientific Notation, and Units
ex p27 18-20
1.5 Vectors and Motion: A First Look
ex p27 27-29
HW p27 31
Lab-Displacement

Wednesday, August 20 (1&3) and Thursday, August 21 (2)
go over HW
Chapter 2-Motion in One Dimension
2.1 Describing Motion
ex p61 6, 8, and MasteringPhysics(MP)-Phet: Moving Man
HW p61 5, 9
2.2 Uniform Motion
ex p62 11, 12
HW p62 14, 16
2.3 Instantaneous Velocity
ex p62 19, 20
2.4 Acceleration
ex p62 21,22
HW p62 25
2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
ex p62 27, 29
HW p63 32, 72 (72 must be done on paper to turn in while the others are to be completed on MasteringPhysics)
Activity-Tracking Speed-Usain Bolt's 100m WR from 2008 Olympics (100 m World Record from 2008) and his even faster 100m WR from the Berlin World Championships in 2009 (current 100 m WR from 2009)

Watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - one dimensional motion

Friday, August 22 (1&3) and Monday, August 25 (2)
go over HW
Lab-Marble Roll
2.6 Solving One Dimensional Motion Problems
classwork p63 35-37
Watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - free fall

Tuesday, August 26 (1&3) and Wednesday, August 27 (2)
2.7 Free Fall
ex p63 38, 40, 42, 45, 62, 64
HW p63 43, 44, 63, 74
Lab-Free Fall
study these problems for the chapter 2 test: p63 9, 19, 32, 43

Thursday, August 28 (1&3) and Friday, August 29 (2)
Test - chapter 2
Watch these videos before next class:
video tutorial - what is a vector and how do I work with them?
video - what does Despicable Me have to say about vectors?

Monday, September 1 - NO School (Labor Day)

Tuesday, September 2 (1&3) and Wednesday, September 3 (2)
Chapter 3-Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
3.1 Using Vectors
3.2 Using Vectors on Motion Diagrams
3.3 Coordinate Systems and Vector Compounds
ex p97 6, 7, 8, 11
HW p97 9, 12
3.4 Motion on a Ramp (Incline)
ex p97 16, 19 (Laurel and Hardy), 47, 55

video-Motion on a Ramp
video demonstration-comparing two ramps
HW p97 17, 18, 53, 54
Lab-Acceleration on an Incline

watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - projectile motion (horizontal launches)

Thursday, September 4 (1&3) and Friday, September 5 (2)
3.6 Motion in Two Dimensions-Projectile Motion
3.7 Projectile Motion: Solving Problems - Horizontal Launches
ex p98 27, 30, 64, 67, 70, 73
HW p98 28, 31, 65, 72
Lab-Projectile Motion (horizontal launches)

watch these videos before next class:
video tutorial - projectile motion (launched at an angle)

 Monday, September 8 (1&3) and Tuesday, September 9 (2)
3.7 Projectile Motion (launched at an angle)
ex p98 29, 32, 69
HW p98 33, 66, 68
Lab-Projectile Motion (angle launches)


Wednesday, September 10 (1&3) and Thursday, September 11 (2)
video-range of a projectile (QR code on p88)
Robbie Knievel Building Jump analysis

video clip of the building to building jump

Friday, September 12 (1&3) and Monday, September 15 (2)
Robbie Maddison Las Vegas Arc Jump analysis

video clip of Robbie Maddison jump

Tuesday, September 16 (1&3) and Wednesday, September 17 (2)
Evel Knievel jump analysis

video clip-Snake River Canyon Jump (from Pure Evel)
video clip-Snake River Canyon Jump
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 1)
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 2)
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 3)
study these problems for the chapter 3 test: p98 28, 32, 66


Thursday, September 18 (1&3) and Friday, September 19 (2)
Test - chapter 3


Monday, September 22 (1&3) and Tuesday, September 23 (2)
Show these videos on the SmartBoard:


·       Circular motion (centripetal acceleration and force, etc) (5:16)

·        Hewitt Drew It centripetal force (7:55)

·        Centrifugal force doesn’t exist (4:03)

·       Circular Motion example problems worked out (9:54)

·        Paul Hewitt swings bucket of water over head (2:38)

·        Physics of NASCAR – turns (5:18)

·       Car drives around a vertical loop – Fifth Gear Loop the Loop (4:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw
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·        Making the Loop-vertical circle problem worked out (3:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ezb0NQm5rw

Wednesday, September 24 (1&3) and Thursday, September 24 (2)
video that leads from linear acceleration to centripetal acceleration
3.8 Motion in Two Dimensions: Circular Motion
ex p98 38, 40, 74

Lab-Circular Motion
HW p98 39, 41, 75, 76a, 78-79


Friday, September 25 (1&3) and Monday, September 29 (2)
video-Newton's Dark Secrets

Tuesday, September 30 (1&3) and Wednesday, October 1 (2)
Force Concept Inventory pretest (we will check your ideas about forces now and then again after finishing our unit about forces)
Chapter 4-Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
4.1 What causes Motion?
ex p126 1-3
4.2 Force
ex p126 4-6
4.3 A Short Catalog of Forces
-give definitions
4.4 Identifying Forces

Force video: Objects and Agents (QR code on p111)
ex p127 7-9
HW p127 10-12
4.5 What do Forces do?
Force video: Newton's 2nd Law - regular vs. diet soda (QR code on top of p115)
ex p127 13-16
HW p127 18, 19, 66
Lab-Superball Bounce (like problem 64)

Thursday, October 2 (1&3) and Friday, October 3 (2)
4.6 Newton's 2nd Law
video: Newton's 2nd Law with agents and objects: table cloth (QR code on left at bottom of p115)
video: suspended balls-which string breaks? (QR code on right at bottom of p115)
video: cart with fan and sail (QR code at top of p116)
video: tension in string between hanging weights (QR code in middle of p116)
ex p127 21-23
HW p127 25, (worksheet "Physics Example Problems for Newton's 2nd Law") - we did not assign the worksheet
4.7 Free-Body Diagrams
ex p128 29-34

HW p128 53, 54, 60, 65
4.8 Newton's Third Law
video: weighing a hovering magnet (QR code on p121)
ex p128 36-38 (for #37, bring 3 students to the front to demonstrate)

HW p130 69-72 (Passage Problem)
 
 
 


Monday, October 6 (1&3) and Tuesday, October 7 (2)
Test - chapter 4
complete "pre-lab questions" of Truss Lab before our next class


Wednesday, October 8 (1&3) and Thursday, October 9 (2)
Chapter 5-Applying Newton's Laws
5.1 Equilibrium
ex p161 3, 5, 7
HW p161 4, 6, 41
5.3 Mass and Weight
ex p162 18, 19, 20
HW p162 21
Lab-Force Components (use Truss lab equipment)


Friday, October 10 (1&3)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab

Monday, October 13 - NO SCHOOL (faculty in-service)

Tuesday, October 14 (2)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab

Wednesday, October 15 - Testing Day for grades 9-11

Thursday, October 16 (1&3) and Friday, October 17 (2)
5.2 Dynamics and Newton's Second Law
video: forces in jumping (QR code on p135)

video-use what you just saw to analyze Blake Griffin dunking
online Dunk Calculator
 ex p161 8, 10, 13, 15, 45, 51
examples worksheet : Newton's 2nd Law

Lunar Lander PhET simulation
Lunar Lander questions
 prepare for rocket launch
HW p161 9, 43, 44, 46, 47, 52, 57


Monday, October 20 (1&3) and Tuesday, October 21 (2)
Lab-Rocket Launch
Rocket Altitude Calculator
 worksheet-rockets


Wednesday, October 22 (1&3) and Thursday, October 23 (2)
5.4 Normal Forces
ex p162 23

HW p162 24
5.5 Friction
video: solving problems using Newton's Laws (QR code on p143)
ex p162 25-28
HW p162 55,70
Lab-Friction (flat and incline)

Friday, October 24 (1&3) and Monday, October 27 (2)
5.6 Drag
ex p162 31,68
HW p162 33,69
video clips-Joe Kittinger and Red Bull Stratos (jumped on Sunday, October 14, 2012)

Red Bull Stratos POV video
new jump from space record (Oct 24, 2014) - Google Exec jump
 finish Friction Lab (due next class)
(Lab-Parachute Army Men)


Tuesday, October 28 (1&3) and Wednesday, October 29 (2)
5.7 Interacting Objects
ex p162 34,35
HW p162 72
5.8 Ropes and Pulleys
ex p162 36,37,38,39,45
HW p162 46,65,74
Lab-Connected Masses

Thursday, October 30 (1&3) and Friday, October 31 (2)
Lab-Friction on an Incline 
Review
Study these for the test: p161 4,21,52,55


Monday, November 3 (1&3) and Tuesday, November 4 (2)
Test - chapter 5

Wednesday, November 6 (1&3) and Thursday, November 7 (2)
Chapter 6 - Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
Circular Motion activities
 6.1 Uniform Circular Motion
6.2 Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion
ex p196 11,13,16
HW p196 15
6.3 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
video: Forces in Circular Motion (QR code at top of p174)
video: Demo-ball leaves circular track (QR code on left at bottom of p174)
video: car driving over a rise (QR code on right at bottom of p174)
ex p196 17,19,44,51
ex p177 EX 6.1
HW p196 20,21
Lab-Circular Motion
HW before your next class, read section 6.4 (pages 179-182) and watch the following video clip: forces in a vertical circle

Friday, November 8 - NO School (8th Grade Day)


Monday, November 10 - NO School (Presidents' Day)

Tuesday, November 11 (1&3) and Wednesday, November 12 (2)
6.4 Apparent Forces in Circular Motion
ex p197 23,24,50,52

Loop-the-Loop car stunt
Loop-the-Loop question (you can fast-forward to 1:42)
Loop-the-Loop answer part 1
Loop-the-Loop answer part 2

Physics of a Car driving around a banked turn
why race cars high in the turns can go faster than cars low in the turns
HW p197 25,45,53
vertical circles
handout-Vertical Circular Motion Examples and Homework
ex problems 1,2,6(a,b), 8 from handout


Thursday, November 13 (1&3) and Friday, November 14 (2)
6.5 Circular Orbits and Weightlessness
6.6 Newton's Law of Gravity
ex p197 30,31
HW p197 33,58,60
6.7 Gravity and Orbits
ex p197 35,37
HW p197 38,39
Online Simulation-Newton's Law of Gravity
test review: study p196 19, 23, 50, 53

Monday, November 17 (1&3) and Tuesday, November 18 (2)
Test - Chapter 6

Wednesday, November 19 (1&3) and Thursday, November 20 (2)
Force Concept Inventory post-test (comparing your answers now to what they were before we studied forces)
Chapter 20 - Electric Fields and Forces
20.1 Charges and Forces
Charges and Forces: Demonstrations (QR code on page 645)
20.2 Charges, Atoms, and Molecules
20.3 Coulomb's Law
Charged Rod and Aluminum Can (QR code on the left of page 652)
Charges and Forces Warm-Ups (QR code on the right of page 652)
ex p670 1,9,14
HW p670 2,4,10,15
Lab-Coulomb's Law

Friday, November 21 (1&3) and Monday, November 24 (2)
20.4 The Concept of the Electric Field
Electric Fields
20.5 Applications of the Electric Field
20.6 Conductors and Electric Fields
20.7 Forces and Torques in Electric Fields
ex p670 18,22,26,30
HW p670 19,23,27,31

complete the following worksheet using the PhET simulations in the link below
PhET simulations: electricity-magnets-and-circuits


Tuesday, November 25 (1&3) and Wednesday, November 26 (2)
Chapter 21 - Electric Potential
21.1 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy (part 1)
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy (part 2)
21.2 Sources of Electric Potential
Sparks in the Air (QR code on page 678)
21.3 Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy
21.4 Calculating the Electric Potential

21.5 Connecting Potential and Field
ex p706 3,12,18
HW p706 4,13,59

PhET simulation: charges and fields
worksheet for charges and field PhET simulation

Thursday, November 27-Sunday, November 30 (NO School - Thanksgiving Break)

Monday, December 1 (1&3) and Tuesday, December 2 (2)
21.6 The Electrocardiogram
21.7 Capacitance and Capacitors
21.9 Energy and Capacitors
ex p706 20,24,30
HW p706 21,23,33,86

PhET simulation: capacitor lab
worksheet for capacitor lab simulation 

Wednesday, December 3 (1&3) and Thursday, December 4 (2)
Chapter 22 - Current and Resistance
22.1 A Model of Current
22.2 Defining and Describing Current

Effect of Electrical Current on the Human Body
ex p735 1,3,10
HW p735 6,9
22.3 Batteries and EMF
ex p735 13,18
HW p735 17


Friday, December 5 (1&3) and Monday, December 8 (2)
22.4 Connecting Potential and Current (Resistance and Resistivity)
video-Determining Resistance (QR code on p721)
ex p735 24,62
HW p735 55,56
22.5 Ohm's Law
video-Basic Cicruits (Energy Ball) - QR code on p724
ex p736 30,51
HW p736 31,60,67
22.6 Energy and Power
video-Practical Electricity Applications (left QR code on p729)
video-Demo:Nichrome wire vs. Copper wire (right QR code on p729)
ex p736 36,40
HW p736 38,39
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take home) - due next class


Tuesday, December 9 (1&3) and Wednesday, December 10 (2)
Chapter 23 - Circuits
23.1 Circuit Elements and Diagrams
23.2 Kirchoff's Laws
ex p770 5,6
HW p770 7,8
23.3 Series and Parallel Circuits
video-Circuits: Warm-Up Exercises (QR code on p745)
video-Demo: Bulbs Connected in Series and Parallel (QR code on p748)
ex p770 10,11,51
HW p770 52,58
23.5 More Complex Circuits
video-Analyzing More Complex Circuits (QR code on p746)
ex p770 17,23
HW p770 18,26

Thursday, December 11 (1&3) and Friday, December 12 (2)
23.6 Capacitors in Parallel and Series
video-Demo: Capacitors in Series and Parallel (QR code on p754)
ex p772 36,38
HW p772 37,39
23.7 RC Circuits
ex p772 40,70,72
HW p772 41, 81-83

PhET simulation - circuit construction
PhET circuit worksheet
Christmas Light Physics
LED physics
LED basic operation
Saving Electricity
How Stuff Works - LEDs
Christmas Tree Lights
Christmas Tree Lights part 2
old-style Blinking Lights
Christmas Lighting Technology


Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule today)
final exam review (chapters 22 and 23 are on final)
finish online circuit simulation

The Physics of Santa
The Physics of Santa - more info
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out