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February 26 |
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missing a lab score? need an updated lab score? (we overlooked something the first time or you provided additional information?) you must come IN PERSON with the appropriate lab book (no scores appear in your books for D2, D3, D6, as we gave everyone a perfect score) |
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February 23 |
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bring a musical instrument to class (that you can play at least a couple notes on) |
block G: bring a musical instrument to class (that you can play at least a couple notes on) |
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check the final exam schedule so that you know where the rooms are |
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lab
C6 continues |
lab
C6 ends |
lab
C6 ends for block G; we will spend 20 minutes on musical instruments; 10 minutes on nodes and antinodes in percussion instruments; you get the other 20 minutes to finish (and get checks for lab C6) lab C6 pretty much ended yesterday for block A; tomorrow is last chance for checks in class (but you must have finished today) |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
and 8(77) make sure that the following "formulas" NEVER appear on a homework or the final exam friday: wavelength = 2L/n f = v/(2L) or some variant thereof the only formulas, that may appear in a chapter 14 problem are v = f x wavelength (v = f l) and v = (T/m )1/2 |
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February 12 |
February 13 |
February 14 |
February 15 |
February 16 |
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if you are missing class later in the week, please choose a partner who is also missing class |
you are
expected to have parts 1 and 2C,D done by the beginning of today's class if you are in block A and parts 1 and 2C done at the beginning of today's class if you are in block G |
prelab to part 3 (that's both A and B) of lab C6 must be done -- in the labbook -- before class today... we will grade it first thing |
ab C6 continues the planner is in the cubbyhole of the fron desk if you havent signed recently |
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block A (and some of block G) needs to figure out
which way the air vibrates in a resonating pop bottle (with a standing
wave) the answer was explained to you in last week's reading, but it's also in tomorrow's reading |
continue with lab C6 |
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know the precal of adding two sinusoidal waves Contemporary Precalculus through Applications, 2nd ed (the NCCSM precal book) pp. 424-425 |
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14(58) |
14(59a) |
14(86) |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
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for 70, include a diagram of the wave shape that covers 1 second of time..... label your diagram with the beat period, the period of the pitch you hear, axes labels, etc monday, show and tell: 14(63) homework for monday: |
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February 5 |
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February 9 |
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for G block A is bringing gloves or an equivalent |
block G is bringing
gloves or an equivalent |
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spread over 2 facing pages BEFORE coming to class lab C4 in RED book for both classes bring gloves! if you are missing class, you will want to have this done before today, because results will be due monday; you will need at least one partner |
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you
will be expected to describe the resonance phenomenon in words ditto for damping block G will also explain why the gravitational energy of a spring [ m g L (1 - cos q] turns into a new formula that looks remarkably like the spring energy formula [1/2 k Dx2] when q is small block A has to finish up problem 13(69) that we didnt quite finish at the end of class friday to find the fraction of a period that a pendulum spends between "A" and "A/2" |
"waves on a spring" lab for block A we still havent done "damping" (section 7 of chapter 13, so be ready to do that) also lab C3 for block A in RED book |
lab C3 for block G in RED book |
lab C4 prelab done and data table spread over 2 facing pages BEFORE coming to class |
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13(7-8) (this finishes all of chapter 13) |
know the different types of waves; know the properties of waves; know what can happen to a pulse traveling along a wave
know how a speaker works: TWTW pp. 240-241 p. 228 in NEW edition speaker-in-action applet |
does a vertical spring have spring energy when it's at rest at equilibrium? check this spring applet! |
14(8 up to mid-page 457) |
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read
problem 8(24) do problem 8(25 part c ONLY) does the answer depend on the mass of the |
bring
results of superposition
of waves applet (exercise set #1) on
paper
to class (if you don't have it I will have to ask yo to leave class to go do it, and you will miss the lab and have to make it up on your own) |
bring
results of superposition
of waves applet (exercise set #2 on
paper
to class (if you don't have it I will have to ask yo to leave class to go do it, and you will miss the lab and have to make it up on your own) |
prelab to lab C4 |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
spring lab C2 yes, you will be turning in the lab book today and we will be grading parts III and IV |
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13(47) the first part of this problem is an inelastic collision! remember those? what physics principle applies? (assume that it's a horizontal spring) 13(21) |
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you can check your answers with this spring applet 14(5) |
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finish lab C3 |
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test answers are posted; you can talk about the test of last week |
even answers to chapter 14 are posted on the bulletin board outside of the classroom |
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January 29 |
January 30 |
January 31 |
February 1 |
February 2 |
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Chapters 19, 20, 22 but on anything covering electric and magnetic fields, forces, and energy |
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Chapters 19, 20, 22 but on anything covering electric and magnetic fields, forces, and energy |
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block
A: test |
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last day on spring lab; you should be finished with part III by friday |
block
A does conservation of energy block G does new reading on pendulums: do you see evidence for the three things that go together: simple harmonic motion; a restoring force (F = - k times displacement from unstretched); an energy that depends on displacement squared? |
block A does new reading on pendulums: do you see evidence for the three things that go together: simple harmonic motion; a restoring force (F = - k times displacement from unstretched); an energy that depends on displacement squared? |
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(doesn't this mean you have read the previous 4 sections??) |
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block A: 13(5) (doesn't this mean you have read the previous 4 sections??) |
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G:
13(35) |
G:
13(14) A: 13(35) |
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13(14) |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
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block G.... you might want to do this early in the week, so it doesnt interfere with your test-studying |
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through part III |
through part III |
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