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Monday,
October 25
Tuesday,
October 26
Wednesday,
October 27
Thursday,
October 28
Friday,
October 29
class
 
 
  
 
coming attractions:

final exam: election night
reading
(always done
before class)
 7(1)
 7(2, 3):
know the definition of kinetic energy and how they derived it
 8(1):
know (1) what the difference between a conservative and non-conservative force is and (2) how to tell whether a force is conservative or not
examples 8-5, 8-6, 8-7 and pages 216-217 
 
in-class
presentation		 9(11)
7(3)
8(58)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
9(12, 13)
 
7(20,51)
 
8(55, 57) 
lab
 
 lab A10 due
 
 
 
other
 
 
 
 amnesty day likely to be next Monday -- November 1
(any labs that were not graded... not completed, not handed in on time, etc can receive partial credit)

 
Monday,
October 18
Tuesday,
October 19
Wednesday,
October 20
Thursday,
October 21
Friday,
October 22
class
 
 test on chapters 5, 6, 12(1-3)
  
bring spark sheet to today's class for lab A10 
 
reading
(always done
before class)
 9(1)
 
9(2, 7) 
9(4)
mostly about systems where Fnet,ext = 0
9(3)
mostly about systems where Fnet,ext does NOT = 0
in-class
presentation		 9(16)


problem 9(3) except the cat is running north; the dog & cat collide and stick together; find the final velocity of the dog-cat mess after the collision
(entirely ignore the owner)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
9(23)
 
9(15)
 
 9(64; hint: why do you only have to conserve horizontal momentum in this problem?)
&
9(18, except just find the final velocity (speed & direction) of the astronaut
lab
 perform your
A 10 collision on the air 
table some time
before tomorrow's class
read the A10 handout (back side) so you know what you are going to do 
 
other
bulletin board needs problem solutions 
 
 

 
Saturday-Sunday,
October 9-10
Monday,
October 11
Tuesday,
October 12
Wednesday,
October 13
Thursday,
October 14
Friday,
October 15
class
 
bring to class a list of 5-6 important things/properties about Newton's gravity law 
  
 bring calculations to class that we didnt finish yesterday
 prelab for A10
(in GREEN book)
reading
(always done
before class)
finish chapter 6; finish chapter 5
12 (1 - 2 up through
p. 351)
finish 12(2) 
12(3) 
 
in-class
presentation
6(49)
canary sheet problem 3

written
homework
(by 5 pm)
6(45)
6(47)
  but calculate the ratio of N/(mg) instead of N at both top and bottom
canary sheet problem 6
&
6(78)
 
canary sheet problem 7

&

12(6)
lab
 acclerometers
available
for lab A8a
from
1- 4:30 pm
(everything must be returned by 5 pm)
see --> 
by the beginning of class, complete lab A8a ("the swings") in the ORANGE lab book 
 
 
 
other
 
 come to tutorial or office hours this -->
week to practice inequality problems 
 

 
Monday - Tuesday,
October 4-5
Wednesday,
October 6
Thursday,
October 7
Friday,
October 8
class
 students have fall break; teachers have work days
  
 have you turned in your GREEN lab book
(which hopefully
has a completed
A7 A & D in it)?
 
reading
(always done
before class)
 
if you have a chance when you get back,
read 6(5) up through the first equation (that's about  1/3 of a page) and then the text on page 160-161 but not the examples (that's another half page)
6(5) up through the top of page 161

know the magnitude and direction of the circular acceleration
 
in-class
presentation


6(73)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)


 
1) 6(67) 

2) the woman in the bucket problem:

mass (woman) = 50 kg
mass (bucket) = 25 kg
acceleration (upwards)
 = 2.0 m/s2

find the tension in the rope
&
the apparent weight of the woman

(and, yes, you need a force diagram for both the woman and the bucket)
lab
 
 
 
 
other
 
 
 

 
Monday,
September 27
Tuesday,
September 28
Wednesday,
September 29
Thursday,
September 30
Friday,
October 1
class
 
short prelab in elevator lab A6
(see email)
  
see lab below 
 
reading
(always done
before class)
 5(5)
bottom, p. 123 - bottom, p. 125 
 kinetic friction
6(1) up through the end of example 6-1, page 140
p.141 (example on kinetic friction),
and static friction up to example 6-3 on p.143
static friction continues: example 6-3 up to the end of section 6(1)
in-class
presentation		 lab A5
(brought to class completed)

6(35)

6(4) but only the kinetic friction (coefficient part)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
5(25) [instead of doing what the problem asks, just find the acceleration of the skier]

&

5(27)

(and you've already read pp. 129-130, right?)

only 1 problem, since you had the prelab yesterday:

6(29) [you must do 2 force diagrams: one for the massless pulley and one for  the hanging mass] 
 
finish elevator lab in ORANGE book and turn 
lab
 
prepare lab book for elevator lab 
 
 prepare GREEN lab book for kinetic friction lab
A7 part A only
prepare GREEN lab book for static friction lab

A7 part D but only draw the force diagram at write the 2 net force equations
other
 
 
 test corrections due for block B
 test corrections due for block A

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