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Monday,
August 29
Tuesday,
August 30
Wednesday,
August 31
Thursday,
September 1
Friday,
September 2
class
bring spring lab books to class

bring to class the 3 important "D" principles,
one each from chapter 7, 8, and 9

each principle will look like

D something  =  something else
it's ENERGY DAY

know
1) where the spring energy formula came from
(i.e., how they derived it)

2) how to do conservation of energy problems
(which
D  principle is involved?)


also, the goldfinch problem [13(21)]:

where (in what position) is the acceleration a maximum?
 bring your second (unused as of yet) lab book to class, because we might use it in lab today
 
 bring an example of resonance with you to class (a pair of people can get together and bring one example)
reading
(always done
before class)
 
pp. 186-189
&
finish 13(5)

see above entry in
"class"
new reading:
3 spring/energy examples in
chapter 8:
pp. 207, 215, 216


but we are having a lab quiz that covers everything we have done so far
(if you have kept up with the  lab work and reading, there's no need to study)
13(6) on pendulums,
another example of SHM

in your reading, look for
1) an SHM  equation
2) a restoring force equation
3) an pendulum energy equation that looks like the spring energy equation
13(7,8)

be able to define and talk about damped motion and about resonance
in-class
presentation
6(55)

13(13)

8(16a)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
6(17)

&

the list of D principles
 
13(14) with the following change and addition:

1) instead of what the problem says,  at time = 0, the displacement is  0.023 meters
(but, use the same amplitude and same period as given in the text)
&
2) find the equation of motion (i.e., A, B, C, and D)

then do what the problem asks: find out the position at the time given in the problem

&

6(18)
(i think this problem has an inequality in it)
 
 13(41b)
&
13(66)

assume that the 13(41b) spring is horizontal
(because it's easier)
lab
 finish data collecting
(parts 1 - 3) in spring lab by the end of the day
& get all checks
(checkers available after school and during tutorial until 6:30 pm
 
 
 spring lab
(parts 1 - 4) due
at 5 pm
 
other
 

 
 


 
Tuesday,
August 23
Wednesday,
August 24
Thursday,
August 25
Friday,
August 26
class
 
 
IMPORTANT:
if i am keeping your spring, and you want it and i'm not here, it's in one of the plastic baggies, just inside my door, under the light switch


i am hoping that you have finished through part 2, #6b in lab yesterday...

question  #6b asks you about 4 different ways in which the two different oscillations (#5 and #6a) could be different

once you have done #6b (or thought about the two different graphs that could result), make a list of the 4 things  that could be different about the graphs of the 2 oscillating masses
 bring to class the 3 important "D" principles,
one each from chapter 6, 7, and 8

each principle will look like

D something  =  something else
reading
(always done
before class)
 
pp. 149-150 (on springs),
p. 391

13(1-2) 
13(3) and some of 13(4) 
in-class
presentation

none this week


written
homework
(by 5 pm)
 
none this week
 
 
lab
bring one of your lab books 
finish prelab to C2 through part (4) on the bottom of the first page of the lab handout,
if you can

spring lab begins
(bring your lab book)
spring lab continues 
work on the lab some on your own thursday or friday?

today is the last day we use the lab in class
other