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Gravity and Circular Motion
Block
1
Dec 8
2
Dec 12
Class
•Why it is important to consider the weight of a barrel of bricks
Due
Turn in: Force Lab (Des, CE)
Read: 5.1-3
Check #1: (Ch 5): 1, 3, 4(9.7 m/s), 6(3.6 m/s/s)
Read: 5.5
Check #2: (O+G): -3, -2, -1, 0 (Ch 5): 7, 14(4480 N, 339 N)
Read: 5.6-8,10
Check #3: (O+G): 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
Read: 5.9
Check#4: (O+G): 8, 9, 10, 11
Check#5: (Ch 5): 16(1.7 m/s, 3.3 m/s), 29, 43, 48(7080 s)
•Centripetal Force
•RPMs, RPS and velocity
•Centripetal vs. Centrifugal
•The F word
•Motion in a vertical circle
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•Fundamental forces in Physics
3
Dec 14
4
Dec 16
5
Jan 4
6
Jan 6
Jan 10
•Orbit and Gravity Worksheet (handout)
•Universal Gravitation
•Geosynchronous orbit
Quandary about orbit
•Models of orbital mechanics
•Escape Velocity
•Orbit lab intro
•PreQuiz 5.1 – Orbit and gravity (handout)
•Orbit Lab (Handouts at computer)
•Skill Set 5.1
•Orbit Lab
Energy!!!!
Turn In: Homework (5 stamps)
Turn In: Orbit Lab
(Yippee-Skippee)
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Assignments
1 Lab:
Orbit Lab – Computer simulation of orbit – in class
1 PreQuiz/Skill Set
5.1 – Orbit and Gravity
Homework from 5 nights
Handouts:
Syllabus-Gravity and Circular Motion
Prequiz-05.1
Worksheet-OrbitAndGravity
Lab-Orbit (class copies)