Week of 9/25 -9/29
Monday & Tuesday (9/25 & 9/26): Test on Unit 1--Kinematics
Wednesday & Thursday (9/27 & 9/28): Begin Unit 3--Newton's Laws, Hand out Packets & Learning Targets, Review Newton's 3 Laws, Explain the purpose of creating a Free-Body Diagram (FBD), Practice with FBDs (gravitational force, normal force, tension force, & frictional force), Start pages 4 & 5 from packet, Review Test
HW: Finish pages 4 & 5 from packet
Friday & Monday (9/29 & 10/2): Check HW, Review HW, Intro FBD Activity, Start FBD Activity, Turn in Lab, Discuss the difference between Mass & Weight
HW: Complete Page 9 of Newton's Laws Packet
Week of 10/2 - 10/6
Tuesday & Wednesday (10/3 & 10/4): Check HW, Review HW, Discuss Right-Triangle Trig, Practice worksheet on Trig, Discuss Resolution of Force Vectors, Work in the Newton's Laws Packet (pages 7-9)
HW: Work on WebAssign (Due Tuesday!), complete page 10 from packet
Thursday & Friday (10/5 & 10/6): Check HW, Review HW, Discuss Vector Components and adding vectors using components, Complete worksheet on computing vector components and Vector addition using components, Work on WebAssign
HW: Continue working on WebAssign (due on Tuesday morning)
**Note 1: If you have not finished your registration process for AP, it is now time to do so through the district.
**Note 2: Some time next week (10/10 - 10/13) there will be a quiz on drawing and analyzing FBDs to calculate either the net force or the acceleration of an object.
Week of 10/9 - 10/13
Monday (10/9): No Classes
Tuesday & Wednesday (10/10 & 10/11): Hand out worksheet from last time to those who were not in class last time, Discuss 2-D Static Equilibrium, Complete Page 11 in packet, Discuss Non-Equilibrium and determine the difference, Complete worksheet with graphing/Linearization,
HW: Complete 2 AP Practice Worksheets
Thursday & Friday (10/12 & 10/13): Quick Quiz on FBD & Newton's Second Law (Equilibrium), Check HW, Review HW (AP Worksheets can be difficult--We will work to make you feel more comfortable with them!), Review Equilibrium on an incline (# 5 on page 14), Discuss accelerated motion (Non-Equilibrium), Jump ahead and do problems 3 - 5 on page 23 in packet
HW: Start Next WebAssign
Week of 10/16 - 10/20
Monday & Tuesday (10/16 & 10/17): Discuss Elevator Physics (Scale Reading = Apparent Weight), When do you appear to weigh more or less when you are traveling in an elevator?, Discuss Friction (Static vs. Kinetic), What does the coefficient of Static or Kinetic friction represent?, Complete box of bananas problem (page 21) in packet, Intro Force Sensor/Friction Lab, Start Lab, Complete Lab, Turn in Lab, Hand back Quizzes
HW: Finish Lab & Continue with WebAssign
Note: Test on Newton's Laws Unit will take place on October 24 & 25 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Wednesday & Thursday (10/18 & 10/19): Exit Slip from last time, Review elevators & friction, complete problems on elevators & friction in packet (pages 16, 17, 22, 23, 27, & 28)
HW: Continue with WebAssign (Newton's 2nd Law & Review MC--2 assignments)
Reminders & Important Points:
Test on Tuesday & Wednesday of next week! (October 24 & 25)
WebAssign Journals will be collected on test day!! (Bring them to class!)
Friday & Monday (10/20 & 10/23): Any ? on WebAssign, Review for test, Set of Google Slides (File & Answer Key on the Newton's Laws page of this Website), Ranking Tasks Packet (FIle & Answer Key on the Newton's Laws page of this website), Hand out copy of practice MC test (key on the Newton's Laws page of this website)
HW: Complete MC WebAssign & Study for Test!
****WebAssign is due on Tuesday morning for ALL classes! (One class the due date was marked incorrectly as Monday. This has been changed to Tuesday!)****