Thursday & Friday

Sept 23 & 24

• Lecture:
  • Dozer Challenge
  • finding velocity from the data and graph (dozer challenge data)
  • Motion is relative
• Laboratory
  • Online grade passwords
  • Intro to Physics classroom.com

•  Read:
  • Text Chapter 2.1
• Do:
  • Do this WebAssign by Mondays class WebAssign Kinematics Warm Up #1

Sept. 27 & 28

• Lecture I
  • Describing motion with words
    • Distance, Displacement
    • Speed, Velocity
      • Average and Instantaneous speed
    • Acceleration
• Lecture II
• Describing motion with diagrams
• Laboratory (1 period)
  • Ticker Tape timer. Describing with words.
    • Constant speed
    • Slowing down
    • Speeding up

• Read
  • Text Chapter 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
  • Distance and Displacement
  •   Speed and Velocity
  • Acceleration
  • FYI:
    • What is the difference between average speed and instantaneous speed? This GIF animation from the Multimedia Physics Studios should clear up any confusion.
  • FYI
    • How does a car moving at a constant velocity compare to one that is accelerating? Here's a GIF animation from the Multimedia Physics Studios that may help

Wednesday, Thursday

Sept. 29 & 30

• Lecture I & II & Laboratory
  • Investigations displacement, velocity and acceleration graphs.
    • In class, Displacement - time graphs worksheet.
    • In class, Velocity - time graphs worksheets

• Read: Wednesday
  • Describing motion with position vs. time graphs
• Thursday
• Describing motion with velocity vs. time graphs
• Do

Oct. 1 - 4

• Lecture classes shortened by 5 min.
  • Interactive Lecture Demo's
• Laboratory double period
  • Two types of motion, accelerated and non-accelerated.

• Read
  • Ch. 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 
• Overweekend: review The Physics classroom review reading for the test. Lessons 1,3,4,5,6 Good stuff!
• Do

Tuesday and Wednesday,

Oct. 5 , 6

• Lecture
• Labratory
  • Graph matching

• Read
  •  Read "Introduction to Free Fall" to the bottom of the page
  • The Acceleration of Gravity to the bottom of the page
• -OR-
  • Text Ch 2.5,2.6
• Do

Thursday & Friday

Oct. 7 & 8

• Lecture
  • Free fall class lecture How fast and how far?
  • Laboratory
    • Work on how far and how fast problems
    • Work on how far and how fast problems
• Friday:Test: Chapter 2 Linear Motion & Interpreting graphs of motion.
• Picket fence free fall