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November 24 25 26 27 28

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Sections 7.5 - 7.8, 8.5

Due Today:  Assignment 3-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Work the UW Way (Solutions)

Work-Kinetic Energy the Appel Way
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Optional: Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem the UW Way (Solutions)

Work and Energy Goodness (Solutions)

 

Block Schedule -- Odd Periods

Due Today:  Assignment 3-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Power and Potential Energy
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Work and Power Through to Your Potential Goodness (Solutions)

 

No Class

 

No School

 

No School

 

November 17 18 19 20 21

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  None Until Thursday

Due Today:  Assignment 2-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Test #1

Free Response Fun (Solutions)

 

 

In Class:  Test #2

 

No Class

 

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Sections 7.1 - 7.4

Due Today:  Spring Mini-Lab Checked Off

In Class:  Work no Calculus, and Dot Product
Notes
PowerPoint
Sample Questions
Solutions

Importance of Springs and Springs in Parallel and Series
Notes
Video
Sample Questions
Solutions

Spring Mini-Lab

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Work Using Calculus
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

November 10 11 12 13 14

No School

 

No School

 

No Class

 

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Assignment 2-9 (Solutions)

In Class:  Show Me the Goodness! Forces Free Response Fun (Solutions)

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version):  Show Me the Goodness! Forces (Solutions)

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Mandatory Safety Assembly Possibility 1

Due Today:  Assignment 2-10 (Solutions)

In Class:  Key Mass'ter Lab Quiz

Forces and More Goodness (Solutions)

 

November 3 4 5 6 7

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  Sections 6.2 and 6.3

Due Today:  Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)

In Class: Finish Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pictures

 

Due Today:  Pre-lab for Whirling Good Time (Solutions)

In Class:   More Circular Motion and Accelerated Frames of Reference
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Key Mass'ter Lab (Lab Quiz Friday, Nov. 14)

 

Modified Schedule -- Veteran's Day Assembly

Due Today:  Assignment 2-8 (Solutions)

In Class:  Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

 

October 27 28 29 30 31

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  Sections 5.7, 5.8, and 6.1

Due Today:  Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Newton's Laws Goodness (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  Friction
Warm-Up Question
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

 

No Class

 

In Class:  Force Your Way Through Lab (Lab Quiz Friday, Nov. 7)
Notes
Handout
Notes from Whiteboard 1
Notes from Whiteboard 2

 

Last Day of First Quarter

Due Today:  Assignment 2-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pictures

 

October 20 21 22 23 24

Unit 1: Kinematics

New Plan:

In Class:  Introduce Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Original Plan In Class:  Test #1

 

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Reading:  Sections 5.1 - 5.6

In Class:  Test #1

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Free Body Diagrams
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Free-Body Diagrams Handout

Bonus Stuff:

UW Tutorial Day 1 (Solutions)

UW Tutorial Day 2 (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  More with Free-Body Diagrams
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

October 13 14 15 16 17

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Section 4.6

Due Today:  Assignment 1-16 (Solutions)

In Class:  Relative Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-17 (Solutions)

In Class:  Show Me the Goodness!  Two-Dimensional and Relative Motion (Solutions)

No Class

 

In Class:  Appel's Projectile Motion Challenge (Score Sheet Due Friday)

 

Modified Schedule -- Homecoming Assembly

Due Today:  Assignment 1-18 (Solutions) and Projectile Challenge Score Sheet

In Class:  Prep for Test

Work on Unit 1 Progress Check

 

 

October 6 7 8 9 10

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 4.4 - 4.5

Due Today:  Galileo Lab Report

In Class:  Graphing and Calculus Quiz

Small Dose of Projectile Goodness (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-14 (Solutions)

In Class:  Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

No Classes -- Super Wednesday

 

All Seven Periods

Due Today:  Assignment 1-15 (Solutions)

In Class:  Roundabout Goodness (Solutions)

No School

 

September 29 30 October 1 2 3

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 3.1 - 3.4, 4.1 - 4.3 and Vectors Reading

Due Today:  Assignment 1-10 (Solutions)

In Class:  Vector Pre-Test (Solutions)

Introduction to Vectors

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce 2-D Motion and Horizontally Launched Projectiles
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-12 (Solutions)

In Class:  Horizontal Projectile Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Monkey Gun with a Focus on Angled Projectiles / Derive Height and Range Equation
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: HIB

Due Today:  Assignment 1-13 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Projectile Motion Goodness (Solutions)

 

September 22 23 24 25 26

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Section 2.9

Due Today:  Assignment 1-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Next Level Graphing Techniques and Analysis
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

In Class:  Day o' Calculus

I Will Derive Video

Day o' Calculus Handout

** If you have already completed a class in calculus, please bring something to quietly work on.

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-8 (Solutions) and Galileo Data

In Class:  Galileo Lab (Due Monday, 10/6)
Introduction
Handout
Data Tables

Due Today:  Assignment 1-9 (Solutions)

In Class:  Linear Motion Free Response Fun (Solutions)

 

September 15 16 17 18 19

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7

Due Today:  Assignment 1-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Linear Motion and The Big Five Kinematic Equations
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Take the Big Five for a Drive (Solutions)

No Class

 

Due Today:  Uncertainty in Data Lab Tables

In Class:  Uncertainty in Data Lab Quiz

Linear Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Begin What Does Motion Look Like in Graphs?
Notes
Sample Graphs

Due Today:  Assignment 1-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  What Does Motion Look Like in Graphs?
Notes
Sample Graphs 

Creating Graphs
Notes
Sample Question
Solutions

Graphing Standards

Good Graphs vs. Bad Graphs 

September 8 9 10 11 12

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8 and Freefall Reading (If curious, here's the original version of this reading:  Freefall Reading-Original)

Due Today:  Assignment 1-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Dimensional Analysis
Notes
Handout
Filled In Copy

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Displacement and Velocity
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

In Class:  Uncertainty in Data Lab (Quiz and Tables Due Thursday, 9/19)
Introduction
Instructions
Sources of Uncertainty
Data Tables
Station Instructions

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Welcome

Due Today:  Assignment 1-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Lab

Introduce Acceleration Including Freefall
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

September 1 2 3 4 5

No School

 

First Day of School

Modified Schedule -- Short Periods

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 - 1.6

In Class:  Welcome to Physics by Appel / Introduction to Measurements and Uncertainty

 

No Class

 

In Class:  More with Measurements and Uncertainty

Some Rules and Regs

Modified Schedule -- Welcome Back Assembly

In Class:  Sources of Uncertainty / Sig Figs / Accuracy and Precision
Notes
PowerPoint
Sources of Uncertainty

August 25 26 27 28 29

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