Work and Energy

Syllabus, Handouts and PowerPoint lectures for this unit: Calendar | Handouts | Lectures

Labs: Spring Constant Graph

Energy Lab Video (Watch this video first) then one of

(Human Power Output or Determining a Spring Constant or Energy Lab of your own design)

Assessments: 6.0 - Energy Formulas .:. 6.1 - Work and Power .:. 6.2 Conservation of Energy .:. Fall Final

6A. Understand what energy is.

6B. Do calculations with work. (W = Fs)

Read Section 6-1

Read Section 6-4 pp 144-146

6C. Do calculations with gravitational potential energy. (Ep = mgh)

Noteguide06C-PotentialEnergy.docx

Gravitational Potential Energy:

Read Section 6-3

6D. Do calculations with kinetic energy. (Ek = 1/2mv2)

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Intro to springs and Hooke's Law

Read Section 6-4 pp 147-148

6E. Do calculations with force in springs. (F = kx)

6F. Do calculations with energy in springs. (Ep = 1/2kx2)

6G. Solve problems using conservation of energy.

Read Section 6-10

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Conservation of Energy

Read Section 6-6-through 6-9

Classroom video(1/2)

Classroom video(2/2)

Bruce Cockburn

6H. Define Power and solve problems using P = W/t = Fv.

6I. Solve problems with energy and power.

6J. Solve problems using efficiency.

Spring Constant Graph

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