welcome to Physics 352/354 !

2004 - 2005 Syllabus   and Important Stuff           the official time

test advice  and the test corrections policy
how to present a transparency

Walker physics website

AP Physics and FAQ/practice AP problems
North Carolina Physics Curriculum

How Stuff Works! and How Things Work

 

Monday,
August 30
Tuesday,
August 31
Wednesday,
September 1
Thursday,
September 2
Friday,
September 3
class
know where your "basketball" data is in your calculator...
be ready to use it

cherry
sheet #37
we do lab A3; see below

if you didnt  finish the quadratic fit to the basketball data in class Monday, bring it to class today COMPLETED and show me and i'll give you most of the credit
2(32): transfer to middle of a blank page; draw the position-vs-time graph above and draw the acceleration-vs-time graph below

walk-around-quiz
 
 test on 1-dimensional motion
(chapter 2 including all lab stuff)
reading
(always done before class)
2(5,6) 
finish 2(7) 
 
section 4(2) including pictures and captions
 
written
homework
 cherry sheet #37 (CLASS PROBLEM) 

& cherry #41,
Walker 2(73)
to turn in by 5 pm
 
 
2(32): transfer the velocity-vs-time graph to  the middle of a blank page; draw the position-vs-time graph above and draw the acceleration-vs-time graph below
(CLASS PROBLEM)

show work!

  cherry sheets problems 58, 22
 
 
lab
 
prepare GREEN lab book for A3:
usual stuff (ToC; title; goal; date) PLUS
put in the data table we talked about in class Monday morning AND make 4 acceleration predictions


lab A2 due @ 5 pm
 
 
 
other
 

 read test advice (at top of page)

have you put up a problem solution (that we havent done in class or for homework) on the bulletin board in the physics hallway?
 deadline for bulletin board problems is 6 pm today


 
Sunday,
August 22
Monday,
August 23
Tuesday,
August 24
Wednesday,
August 25
Thursday,
August 26
Friday,
August 27
class
Ms. Winborne or I will be here from 1:30 - 4:30 pm
if you need to finish the lab or take the D10 quiz
 last day to bring me $4
 
 
bring ORANGE lab book to class

think more about the kangaroo problem and come with the knowns to class today
(written in your notes)
bring ORANGE lab book to class

you MUST bring a TI-89 to class today THAT WORKS; also bring your link;
we will use data  list columns 1 and 2 in class today, so if you have any important move/data there, store it somewhere else

COMING ATTRACTIONS:
test next friday, September 3;
lab due next tuesday;
monday homework =
cherry sheet #37 (class)  & #41
&
Walker 2(73)

reading
(always done before class)

2(7) up through the last bullet on p. 38

(read  & study the examples in pp 16 - 25 if you skipped them previouslly)
finish reading 2(4) on acceleration 
 all blocks:
2(5)
example 2(11)
[from bottom of page 40 to top of page 43]

 
written
homework

 bring BLUE sheet  to class with velocity-vs-time graph completed
 CANARY sheet  due by 5 pm
bring BLUE sheet  to class with acceleration-vs-time graph completed
(again, think of the 9 intervals as 9 separate problems; dont worry about connecting pieces)

Green sheet (find the 2 missing d-v-a-t formulas) due by 5 pm
bring to class completed: graph of instantaneous-velocity -vs-time for your lab A2 data with a linear fit and the fit parameters (slope and intercept) printed on the graph
(we suggest using the Graphical Analysis software)


bring to class completed: graph of position -vs-time for your lab A2 data with a quadratic fit and the fit parameters (A, B, and C) printed on the graph
(we suggest using the Graphical Analysis software)

due by 5 pm:
2(72)
[chapter 2, number 72]
ALSO
find out how high it goes
(you may NOT assume that it takes 2.0 seconds to reach max height]

lab

 
lab A1 due in GREEN book
by 5 pm

bring ORANGE lab book to class; we start lab A2
(are odd pages numbered in this lab book?)
prepare  ORANGE lab book for lab
(see lab guide)
 see above
see above

we believe that the Graphical Analysis software is downloadble to your computer via the T drive
(under Software)

let me know if  you have trouble
other

 make up a position-vs-time graph for an object that has

1) negative velocity but positive acceleration

2) postive velocity but negative acceleration

 
 


 
Tuesday, 
August 17
Wednesday,
August 18
Thursday, 
August 19
Friday,
August 20
class
 first day
bring $5 for lab books
bring $5 for lab books
 bring $5 for lab books
reading
(always done before class)
 
read all of lab guide
read all of lab guide

if you have time you can read (quickly) chapter 1
(see syllabus for week "0")
pp 16 -25 in chapter 2
(if pressed for time, you can skip the "Examples" in these pages, which are generally shaded in a light color ; instead read these for Monday)

know definitions (bold-face stuff) from the reading; be prepared to write them out in class from memory
written homework
due

 
 none
 none
 none
lab
 we start lab A1:
getting to about C10 is the target
 lab A1:
dress appropriately
(no exposed feet)

oral quiz after part D8/10
lab A1 continues:
dress appropriately
(no exposed feet)

oral quiz after part D8/10
finish up lab A1
by Monday evening

(i will probably be here sometime sunday afternoon in you & your partner want to come in and finish up the lab)

make sure you get to have the oral quiz anytime after  finishing part D8/10

other
 
 number the odd pages in BOTH your lab books