Thursday, 8/15:  Seating Chart, Phone pouches, Introductions, Hand out papers & Princeton Review Guides, Discuss Syllabus, Safety Contract, Discuss WebAssign (found Clever Portal), Google Classroom, Introduce Class Website,  Videos form previous instructor, Take a look at the Unit packet for class notes) & Demo Packet (for understanding class demos), Discuss Velocity & Acceleration, Do PASCO Accelerometer Demo, Notes on Newton's Laws, Student Questionnaire 

HW:  Bring back signed safety contract that is signed, Complete Student Questionnaire

Friday, 8/16 (1/2 period):  Turn in Safety Contract & Student Questionnaire, Hand out formula sheets for APC, Lab Activity:  Vernier Force Sensor, Discuss directions of v vs. a, Discuss Newton's Laws, Define and Discuss the calculation of friction, 

HW:  Complete pages 1 & 2 from "Review of v & a packet

Monday, 8/19:  Review v & a (pages 1 & 2), Discuss Newton's Laws, Start taking notes for Unit A, Start NSL Packet, Discuss Calculation of frictional force, elevators, inclined planes, Atwood's Machines 

HW:  1st WebAssign has been assigned.  Please get your journal ready and start this WebAssign. (Due Thursday!) 

Tuesday, 8/20 (1/2 period):  Review last thoughts from yesterday on Atwood's Machines, Continue with Newton's Second Law situations, try NSL packet with a partner, Intro Vernier Lab on NSL

HW:  WebAssign A1 (due on Thursday--Get your WebAssign Journal ready for this assignment.)

Wednesday, 8/21:  Review NSL with multiple objects, continue with block on a block physics, Intro Lab, Start Lab

HW:  Complete pages 3, 6, 7 from Newton's Second Law with multiple objects packet

Thursday 8/22 (1/2 period):  Finish NSL Lab, Continue to discuss block on a block physics problems,  Discuss Circular Motion,

HW:  Finish Lab & Packet on multiple objects

Friday 8/23:  Collect lab, Last discussions on NSL and multiple objects, Discuss Uniform Circular Motion (UCM)-tangential velocity, centripetal force and acceleration,  demos, FBD in vertical circular motion, practice problem, Loop the Loop Demo 

HW:  WebAssign A2

Monday 8/26 (1/2 period): Hand back labs & Discuss, Single problem review with block on a block (new problem), Review Circular motion, Demo with cup of water, 2 tension problem 

HW:  WebAssign A2 

Tuesday 8/27:  Demo with cup of water, Review of circular motion, Flying Pig Demo,  Introduce idea of Torque, Torque Feeler Apparatus,  Demo with 2 clamps attached to meter sticks, (which rotates more easily?)Do a few examples of torque calculations, Discuss Equilibrium for Torque, Boom Demo, Discuss Inertia, Discuss sheet with 4 ways to determine the rotational inertia/moment of inertia of an object, Newton's Second Law for torque, Ranking Task on Rotational Motion

HW:  WebAssign A2 

Wednesday 8/28 (1/2 period):  Review Boom Demo,  Discussion of Moment of Inertia (demo sheet on 4 ways to determine I), Quick Calculation for system of point masses, Discuss Parallel Axis Theorem, Demo:  Ring/Disk down an incline, 2 meter stick demo

HW: WebAssign A2 & A3

Thursday 8/29:  50 minute period, Science NHS (flyer with link to apply can be found below),  AP Classroom Codes, Quiz, Circular Motion Problem (afer quiz), 2 meter stick demo

HW:  WebAssign A3

Friday 8/30:  25 minute period, Hand back quizzes, Discuss quiz,

HW:  WebAssign A3 (due date has been changed to Thursday, September 5!)

Monday 9/2: Labor Day (No Classes)

Tuesday 9/3:  Continue Discussion of Torque, Rotational Inertia, Rotational Acceleration, Reminder of Rotational Kinematics equations/Bridge Equations, 2 Ranking Tasks,  2 meter stick demo, beaker demo, Derivation for a pulley with mass, Discuss Lab,  Begin Lab

HW:  WebAssign A3 & A4 

Wednesday 9/4 (1/2 period):  Discuss Atwood's Machine with a pulley that has mass (and Rotational Inertia)--3 equations & 3 unknowns, Time for WebAssign

HW:  WebAssign A3 & A4

Thursday 9/5:  Discuss Parallel Axis Theorem for meter stick rotated about the end, Begin Review for Unit A Exam, Any ? concerning the review sheet (anything on this sheet that we need to revisit?), Begin review Slides to Unit A,  At halfway point in class go back to lab and work on rotational inertia apparatus experiment,

HW:  WebAssign A4

NOTE: Test on Unit A on Monday, September 9! (Newtons Laws, Energy, UCM, & Rotation)

Monday 9/9:  Test on Unit A:  Newton, Energy, & Rotation

Tuesday 9/10 (1/2 period):  Review Test on Unit A