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Walker physics website

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North Carolina Physics Curriculum

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Monday,
December 12
Tuesday,
December 13
Wednesday,
December 14
Thursday,
December 15
Friday,
December 16
class
 see below
 
 50-minute test in
C/D blocks
50-minute test in F block 
 
reading
(always done
before class)
 
we start chapter 4:
read section 4(2)
 
4(3) 
 
show/tell
presentation
blue sheet 58
(car crash)

none

you're practicing for the test



4(12)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
blue sheet 22
&
2(32)
(as we talked about in class, this means putting the velocity-vs-time graph in mid-page and constructing both the position-vs-time above and acceleration-vs-time graph below... also, remember to show all work required for each graph construction)
put one of your practice problem solutions on the bulletin board by today at 6 pm

 
 4(11 part a ONLY but ALSO find the final velocity)

&

4(15)
lab
F block:
 
bring lab A2 part 1b - 1d
completed to class today


all blocks:
bring computer-printed graph of your A2 position-vs-time data to class today with a QUADRATIC FIT to the data
[you should also do parts 2 (ab) of the lab]
get lab ready to turn in...
read over lab and make sure you have done all parts

have you sketched all residuals?

answered all questions?

written a good conclusion?
(lab guide, bottom back page, tells you what to include)
C/D blocks:
lab A2 due
by at beginning of class

F block:
lab A2 due at beginning of class
 
other
 put a solution to one of your practice problems up on the bulletin board

show me results of walk-around quiz by 5 pm today
deadline for bulletin board problems =
 6 pm today
 
 

 
 
Monday,
December 5
Tuesday,
December 6
Wednesday,
December 7
Thursday,
December 8
Friday,
December 9
class
 
 
 C/D blocks:

see lab below
F block:

see lab below
 see lab below
reading
(always done
before class)
  from example 2-10
(p. 39) up through and including example 2-11 (top of p.43)
 example 2-11
(pp 40 - 43)

&

2(4)
 2(5)
example 2-12

&

2(6) 
 
in-class
presentation
re-do the table that you did in class
Friday, but this time for an object that is thrown downward with a speed of
30 m/s (i.e., the object has a speed of 30 m/s at time = 0, the instant at which it leaves your hand)

as on Friday, the table should have 5 columns and 5 rows
(the 5 rows are for  time = 0,1,2,3,4
seconds)

(if you have room in your Friday table, you might put the new entires just to the side of the old entries, but in a different color pen or pencil... this way you can easily compare them)


do Salmon sheet
acceleration-vs-time
graph and bring
to class

(as before, think of the 9 intervals as 9 separate problems; dont worry about connecting pieces)

also, bring the 3 graphs for blue sheet problem #31:

they collectively should occupy the whole page, position-vs-time on top,
velocity-vs-time in middle,
acceleration on bottom

and YES you should put some numbers on the graphs



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]





BLUE
sheet #37 
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
CANARY sheet graph and answers to questions (with explanations)
 answers to yesterday's homework
(and to the SALMON sheet) have been posted
find the missing two formulas
 
 BLUE sheet #41
&
Walker 2(73)

lab
 you should have finished all of lab A1 and written a conclusion by Monday class time

do one last check to make sure that all your numbers have units, no line begins with a number, etc

quiz questions from A1 (to help you annotate your lab books)
 
 

C/D blocks:

prepare 2nd lab book for lab A2
(table of contents AND title/goal/data table)
blue lab books (with A1) due today by 5 pm

F block:

prepare 2nd lab book for lab A2
(table of contents AND title/goal/data table)
C/D blocks:

bring lab A2 part 1b - 1d
completed to class today

(F block: same for monday)

other
 bring 2nd lab book to class
download Graphical Analysis software to your computer
(T drive)
 
 
finish walk-around quiz by monday and show me

 
Monday,
November 28

Tuesday,
November 29
Wednesday, 
November 30
Thursday,
December 1
Friday,
December 2
class
 first day:
bring at least one lab book!
if you didnt bring your lab book to class yesterday,
please make sure you come today with
1) lab guide taped into front/back covers of lab book
2) table of contents filled in with lab title, partner, etc
(see lab guide)
3) number odd pages
4) lab title, etc on first page of the lab
see "reading" and "lab" below
see "reading" & "lab"
below




see homework below
reading
(always done before class)
 
read all of lab guide

if you have time you can read (quickly)

the Preface (to Studnet & chapter 1
(see syllabus link above for week "0")


C/D blocks:

read chapter 2
up through section 3 (p. 24)
(if pressed for time, you can skip the "Examples" in these pages, which are generally shaded in a light color ; instead read these for Friday)

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

read all of lab guide
(again)

F block:

read chapter 2
up through section 3 (p. 24)

(if pressed for time, you can skip the "Examples" in these pages, which are generally shaded in a light color ; instead read these for Friday)

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


section 2(7) up to the top of page 39, where example 2-10 starts
written homework
due

 
 none
 none
 none bring SALMON sheet
to class with
velocity-vs-time graph completed

lab
 
 lab A1:
dress appropriately
(no exposed feet)

know how you're going to find the max/min working range of the motion detector
lab A1 continues
for all blocks:

dress appropriately


oral quiz after part D8/10
lab A1 continues
for all blocks:

dress appropriately


annotate your graphs in part D with
the questions and answers from the oral quiz!!
(you need to draw the graph of the cart/plunger hitting the wall and returning very carefully in your lab book)
finish up lab A1
before Monday classtime

(i should be here sometime 4:30 - 7:30 pm sunday afternoon if you & your partner(s) need to come in and finish up the lab and oral quiz)


other
 
 number the odd pages in BOTH your lab books
 
 
BRING 2ND LAB BOOK TO CLASS ON MONDAY