Weeks of 9/18 - 10/15
Tuesday & Wednesday (9/16 & 9/17): Test on Unit 1--Kinematics in 1-D
Thursday & Friday (9/18 & 9/19): Hand out Unit 2 Packets, Discuss Newton's 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Laws while explaining topics of force, net force, inertia, Action/Reaction, Direct & Inverse relationships, etc., Introduce Concept of Free-Body Diagrams (FBD's), Practice a few FBD's, Hand back the tests
Monday & Tuesday (9/22 & 9/23): Re-Discuss Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, Continue with Free-Body Diagrams, Discuss more types of forces (gravity, normal, tension, friction), Introduce FBD activity, Start Activity
HW: Finish FBDs from packet (pages 4 & 5)
Wednesday & Thursday (9/24 & 9/25): Check HW, Review 2nd page of FBDs, Introduction to vectors, right-triangle trigonometry, Discuss addition of vectors in 2 methods, Vector components, Adding 2 vector using components, Try a couple examples,
HW: Finish the vector components worksheet (page 5), Work on WebAssign (Due on Wednesday!)
Friday & Monday (9/26 & 9/29): Hand back FBD labs, Go through correct answers to the lab, Check Vector Component Worksheet, Discuss Finding the angle of the resultant vector, Any ? on vector components, Do Force components worksheet from packet, Practice with Newton's Second Law, Eventually getting to 2-D problems using FBDs,
HW: WebAssign (Due on Wednesday!)
**Note: WebAssign notebooks will be collected on the day of the next test!
Tuesday & Wednesday (9/30 & 10/1): Any ? on WebAssign, Complete Mass versus Weight pages in packet (pages 6 & 7), Re-Discuss Newton's Second Law (Equilibrium & Non-Equilibrium), Go over page 9 in packet, Try page 10, Start Equilibrium Problems
HW: Next WebAssign is ready for you! This WebAssign (10 problems) is due next Thursday, October 9!
Thursday & Friday (10/2 & 10/3): Any ? on Equilibrium Problems, Quiz on FBDs and equilibrium, Demos on Newton's Laws, Equilibrium Problems for objects on an incline
HW: WebAssign due next Thursday
Monday & Tuesday (10/6 & 10/7): Hand Back Quizzes, Introduce topic of friction, Discuss Static vs. Kinetic Friction, Discuss Coefficients of Friction, Do page 17 in packet, Discuss Newton's Third Law, Discuss Elevators
HW: Work on Second WebAssign (Due on Thursday)
Wednesday & Thursday (10/8 & 10/9): How is WebAssign going?, Try a few problems of various types as a group, Intro Friction Lab, Start Lab, Turn in Lab (If your group is finished)
HW: Work on Second WebAssign (Due on Thursday @ 8:20 AM)
Tuesday & Wednesday (10/14 & 10/15): Finish up Material for the test, Discuss Newton's Third Law (Action/Reaction), Worksheet on All 3 Laws, Discuss Ranking Tasks, Start the Ranking Task Packet, Any Additional Questions on Material?
HW: Start Review WebAssign (Due on Monday 10/20)
Thursday & Friday (10/16 & 10/17): Review for Newton's Laws Test, Set of Google Slides (answers are on the Unit 2 page of this site), Further Discussion on Ranking task packet (answers are on the Unit 2 page of this site), Discuss 2 Body Problems (worksheet that was given in class--This is NOT on the unit 2 test!)
HW: Start Review WebAssign (Due on Monday 10/20 @ 8:20 AM!)
Notes for end of unit:
Test on Newton's Laws is scheduled for Monday (October 20)/Tuesday (October 21)
MC WebAssign is due on Monday October 20 @ 8:20 AM!
WebAssign Notebooks will be collected on the day of the test!
Ranking Task Packet answers are on Unit 2 page of this site.
Unit 2 Packet answers are also on Unit 2 page of this site.
Monday & Tuesday 10/20 & 10/21): Test on Unit 2: Newton's Laws
25 MC & 3 FR
NOTE: There is a problem with ClassLink/WebAssign. I am aware of the issue. If the problem is fixed, the WebAssign will be extended another day. Keep Studying as the test will proceed as planned.
Extra Note: The WebAssign is back up. It has been extended an extra day. It is now duw by Wednesday morning @ 8:20 AM!