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How Stuff Works! and How Things Work
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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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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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block A: 13(5) (doesn't this mean you have read the previous 4 sections??) |
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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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January 22 |
January 23 |
Januar 24 |
January 25 |
January 26 |
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(lab day for G) block G bringa RED book to class |
block A brings RED book to class lab day for block G block G bring GREEN book to class for spring lab C2 |
block A starts
spring lab and brings GREEN book to class for spring lab C2 block G continues spring lab |
bring a flash drive to save your data!! |
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block
G: last chance to practice right-hand rules & builds motors and generators in lab D10 |
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A: last chance to practice right-hand rules & builds motors and generators in lab D10 block G starts the spring lab.... there is a prelab |
block A starts spring lab block G does part II of the spring lab (if you didnt get checks for numbers 7 and 8 of part I yesterday, you can get them today if you show me at the very beginning of class) |
block
A does part II of the spring lab (if you didnt get checks for numbers 7 and 8 of part I yesterday, you can get them today if you show me at the very beginning of class) block G finishes part II |
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________________________ block G: Motors and Generators: Walker 23(6 but dont worry about the equations) TWTW 300-301, 304-305 TWTW new editon 280-281, 284-285 be able to list the things necessary to make a motor; list the things necessary to have a generator; how are a motor and a generator related to each other)? |
block A: Motors and
Generators: Walker 23(6 but dont worry about the equations) TWTW 300-301, 304-305 TWTW new editon 280-281, 284-285 be able to list the things necessary to make a motor; list the things necessary to make a generator; how are a motor and a generator related to each other? _________________________ block G: pp. 152-153 (on springs and Hooke's law), p. 405... "x" means "displacement from the unstretched length" in all these sections |
pp. 152-153 (on springs and Hooke's law), p. 405... remember that the book's "x" really means "delta x" = "displacement from the unstretched length" in all these sections block G: 13(2) and read over part B of the lab so that you know what you are expected to do |
13(2) and read over section II of the lab so that you know what you are expected to do both groups: know how to write the general equation for simple harmonic motion, and know how to solve for each of the 4 constants in that equation [I am relying on your knowledge from precal here, although everything is contained in Walker 13(2)] |
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G: 22(14) (make sure that you do a force diagram, net force equation, etc.) block A: Force and Field directions pictures on top and bottom of the orchid sheet: |
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A: 22(14) (make sure that you do a force diagram, net force equation, etc.) block G: prelab to spring lab C2 |
block A: prelab to spring lab C2 |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
follow the usual force diagram procedure (Walker does a similar problem on pp. 722-723, but he does not do very well at following OUR established procedure -- get out those guides to force-diagram problems! -- I'm sure you will do much better) for challenge 1 and some of the later challenges, you will need to have access to the Charged Particle software because it shows you time, tells you if your solution is correct, allows you to make measurements, etc. (you can do most of challenge 1, however, without the software, and I encourage you to do so) Charged Particles users guide including how to install the software |
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dc motor ac generator Faraday's law |
take physics
electives survey |
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January 15 |
January 16 |
January 17 |
January 18 |
January 19 |
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block G, you'll need to be extra-prepared to finish lab, because it MUST be done in one sitting |
test covers anything related to circuits and includes building and measuring; this means it includes (this may not be an exhaustive list): labs D3, D4, D6, D7; the half-test and the ohms-law quizlet; chapters 21 and the parts of chapter 20 related to circuits, 26(1) on ac voltage and current |
both blocks do lab D9 |
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see the Tuesday block for what it covers |
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block
A: some new circuit stuff; block A -- hopefully you have been doing
some practice problems from the text; bring any to class that you had
trouble with block G: lab D8 |
blocks
A and G: lab D9 (you dont need to read the lab in advance; you wont need a lab book) |
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block G: 22(1,8) what block G should know: the direction of the magnetic field of the earth; what ferromagnets are and how they got to be magnets |
22(2) know what produces a magnetic field.... know what magnetic fields act on.... know how to find the direction of the magnetic force |
Walker 22(1) and figures/captions 22-(19,20,22,25,27) |
22(8) block G 22(2: part on circular motion and 3: up to helical motion) |
know what produces a magnetic field.... know what magnetic fields act on.... know how to find the direction of the magnetic force |
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block
G: Force and Field directions pictures on top and bottom of the orchid sheet: |
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Tuesday, January 9 |
Wednesday, January 10 |
Thursday, January 11 |
Friday, January 12 |
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bring BOTH lab books to class! lab practical half-test (see below) for both classes it will go in RED lab book; remember to bring it! .... you will not be able to start the test without it block A will also start lab D6 in GREEN book in the first half of the lab period and have the lab test in the 2nd half of the block |
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what we'll do in class |
we will put the 25W and 100W light bulbs in parallel in a circuit and see how they behave (as opposed to putting them in series as we did last thursday) and if there is time, start/continue lab D6 |
lab practical half test on circuit measurements and calculations; bring RED book! material covered: labs up to and including D4; reading up to and including 21(3) you will be able to use your textbook, lab book, circuit guide, and notes and green handout (see below); however the test will be timed and if you have to look up or re-read things, you will not finish very much |
start lab D7 it goes in the same book as D6 (GREEN); same partners as D6 (assuming that you have finished lab D6 and gotten all checks) |
work on D7 |
work on D7 |
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block G: the part of 21(4) on resistors in parallel block A: the part of 21(4) on resistors in series |
GREEN handout on resistivity block A: the part of 21(4) on resistors in parallel |
24(1) sometime
this week on duke voltage difference and why it is 120 volts
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homework (by 5 pm) |
20(19 a and b) in addition, you and your partner need to spend 3 - 4 hours outside of class this week, working on labs D6 and D7 they need to be finished by friday! D7 could take 4 - 6 hours do not wait till the end of the week; trust me, there will be a multimeter shortage! if you are working outside of class and need a multimeter, you will need to ask a teacher for one, and return it to a teacher's hands! |
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advice for D7: follow directions on handout! as soon as you have written down the loop rules, the junction rules, and ohm's law for each resistor, get those equations initialed by one of the work service students that should be all you need to calculate the currents through and voltage differences across each resistor after you do each measurement (matching calc just mentioned), get another initial and move on to the next circuit ALSO IMPORTANT: get one of the work service students to teach you how to use an extra bare wire to measure a current when you have a parallel branch in your circuit |
advice for D7: follow directions on handout! as soon as you have written down the loop rules, the junction rules, and ohm's law for each resistor, get those equations initialed by one of the work service students that should be all you need to calculate the currents through and voltage differences across each resistor after you do each measurement (matching calc just mentioned), get another initial and move on to the next circuit ALSO IMPORTANT: get one of the work service students to teach you how to use an extra bare wire to measure a current when you have a parallel branch in your circuit |
all four D7 circuits should be finished by today! |
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January 3 |
January 4 |
January 5 |
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bring RED lab book to class |
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what we'll do in class |
lab D4 continues in RED book |
integrate what we learned in Ohm's law lab (D4) with textbook reading |
a quizlet on lab D4 (and to some extent labs D2 and D3) and the associated reading (although this quizlet is important in that it takes stock of your knowledge about circuits, it will count less than 1% of this trimester's grade |
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if not, it cant wait till thursday |
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also for block G: the part of 21(4) on resistors in series |
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none |
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(no topics class is taught during blocks D or E this trimester) |
and had it graded before break if not, it would be nice to plot it and construct the matching table before class today |
(separate plot/table for part B data and for part C data) guidelines for perfect graphs are in the back of your lab book; please read! guidelines for matching tables are partly there; these are 5-column matching tables: math variable, physics variable, slope/intercept from graph; expected slope/intercept (from measurements); % difference where appropriate |
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