Advanced Physics I (AP-C)
updated:  09/04/08 05:14 PM
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Two AP problem sets are due this week; the first one is pretty short
  Due Time Monday  Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
class   no class

Labor Day

 last day of practice in chapter 2 no class

EXCEPT for people who have not completed end trimester calculus

    
reading
 		 before
class,

except on Wednesday

   finish chapter 2 sometime today

but skip 2(7) if you have not worked with integrals before

   Read about Jerk in preparation for class

3(1-5); this should be review

 3(6-7)
homework 8 AM          
class       Problems 3(18, 20EF) for class presentation  

 
5:30 pm
(before floor is locked)		 did you remember to turn in your homework if you didnt turn it in last friday?

black box on 4th floor

  

1)  2(32E)

     a) What is the magnitude and the direction of the acceleration?

    b) What is the velocity at t = 2.0s?

    c) What is the position at t = 3.0s?

2) 2(21)

 		   AP Problem Set 4
due
lab 8 AM          
class         pendulum lab due

ELab1

bring laptop to class for lab if possible... install Logger Pro from moodle software in advance if you don't already have it. Mac users get it from here.

submit your group's two logger pro files with complete answers to Elab1 to Moodle by next Monday at 8 am

 
6 pm          
other 8 AM     a challenge:
(if you are trig-calculus proficient):

find the equation of motion for a mass on a vertical spring such that it satisfies Newton's 2nd law at any point in the motion:

Fnet = -kx