PH 306
General Physics
WEBASSIGN
READING QUIZZES
CP = Conceptual Physics P3 = Physics: Principles and Problems
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dAY 52 monday november 5 |
DAY 53 tuesday november 6 |
Day 54 WEDNESday november 7 |
Day 56 THURSday november 8 |
Day
57 FRIday november 9 |
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Test on Work and Energy | Circular Motion | Universal Gravitation | Circular Motion Lab | Satellites and Kepler’s Laws |
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none | none |
Reading
Quiz on
due by 1:00 pm |
Read Lab M12 Circular Motion
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Reading Quiz on Satellites due by 10:30am
Know how to derive Kepler’s Third Law from Newton’s Second Law and the Law of Universal Gravitation – see P3 pp. 182-183
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
none |
CP Chapter 12
(all Sections) Chapter 13 (Sections 1-3 only) + P3 Chapter 6 p. 141 "The four fundamental forces" |
CP Chapter 14 + P3
Chapter 8 CP Chapter 9 Section 6 |
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| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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| web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | Web Assign on Circular Motion and Gravitation due by 5pm | ||||
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monday october 29 |
DAY 48 tuesday october 30 |
Day 49 WEDNESday october 31 |
Day 50 THURSday NOVEMBER 1 |
Day 51 FRIday NOVEMber 2
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| Class topic
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Solving Problems |
Elastic and Inelastic
Collisions DEMO http://courses.ncssm.edu/physics/ ILD/ballisticpend.htm
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Lab M17 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions read but don't print! |
Circular Motion | |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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read the handout do not print it! be able to participate in class for extra credit |
Read the lab handout; wear appropriate shoes to class if you plan to run up the staircase ! | CP Chapter 9 Sections 1-4 + P3 Chapter 7 Section 3 up to “Changing Circular Motion” | ||
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
CP Chapter 8 section 2 | ||||
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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submit DEMO |
WebAssign on Conservation of Energy due by 10 pm |
submit
TEST CORRECTIONS |
Submit answers to Reading Quiz on Circular Motion by 2:00 pm | |
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50 Minutes TEST MONDAY!!! work as many problems as you can, come by my office, go to the tutorial! |
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dAY 43 monday october 22 |
DAY 44 tuesday october 23 |
Day 45 WEDNESday october 24 |
Day 46 THURSday october 25 |
Day 47 FRIday october 26
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Pulleys Demo/Lab Calculations |
Kinetic and Potential Energy
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Conservation of Energy DEMO |
Lab M15
read, study, DO NOT print! |
Conservation of Energy
and Presentations |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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none | none |
Read handout for Lab M15 –
wear closed-toed shoes today !
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Bring to class your written-out answers to CP Chapter 8 Problems 38 and 41 |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
none | none |
P3
Chapter 11 section 2 up to “Analyzing Collisions”
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none | none |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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Webassign on Pulleys |
WebAssign on Work and Kinetic Energy |
none see class prep |
P3 Chapter 11 Problems 48 and 62; follow the procedure we have used in class all week; draw the work/energy bar graphs for each problem – you must use work/energy – no DVAT’s allowed !
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| web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | Work and Kinetic Energy | ||||
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dAY 38 monday october 15 |
DAY 39 tuesday october 16 |
Day 40 WEDNESday october 17 |
Day 41 THURSday october 18 |
Day 42 FRIday october 19
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| Class topic
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Work and Simple Machines; Mechanical Advantage; Efficiency | Pulleys | Kinetic Energy |
Quiz on Simple Machines and Work (tba) |
90 Min TEST Kinematics Dynamics Work and Energy |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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Know the definitions of effort (input) force, load (resistance, output) force, mechanical advantage, ideal (or theoretical) mechanical advantage and efficiency and calculate those things for problem P3 10(49) | none | none | none | |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
P3 Chapter 10 section 2 up to “Compound Machines” + CP Chapter 8 sections 7, 8 and 9 |
(TW)2 pp.8-17 and 54-61 (new edition) or pp. 10-21 and 58-65 (old edition)
Optional: (TW)2 pp. 20-29 (new edition) or pp. 22-31 (old edition) |
P3 Chapter 10 pp. 223-225 + Chapter 11 section 1 up to “Stored Energy” | none | |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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Do P3 Chapter 10 Problems 18 and 39 – see special instructions at bottom of schedule!
Inclined Plane lab report due in class Deadline for corrections
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none | P3 Chapter 10 Problem 39; for the book problem, calculate the work done by every force acting on the crate; for all work calculations, indicate how you found the angle between force and displacement | WebAssign on Machines and Work | |
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Special instructions for Friday’s homework: in both problems, assume that the object is pushed at a constant velocity; in addition to answering the book’s questions, follow the usual procedure (diagrams, force diagram, etc), and calculate the work done by every force on the object; show (by putting appropriate arrows underneath every work calculation you do) how you found the component of the displacement in the direction of the force whenever you calculate a work. |
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dAY 33 monday october 8 |
DAY 34 tuesday october 9 |
Day 35 WEDNESday october 10 |
Day 36 THURSday october 11 |
Day 37 FRIday october 12
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| Class topic
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Week 8 Goals Friction |
Friction, cont’d | Inclined Planes and Work | Work | Work and Simple Machines; Mechanical Advantage; Efficiency |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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Read the Friction Lab handout – prepare the prelab | none | none |
Know the general formula for work, and know three ways that work can be zero Get a copy of The Way Things Work this week (or find someone you can borrow one from)
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Know the definitions of effort (input) force, load (resistance, output) force, mechanical advantage, ideal (or theoretical) mechanical advantage and efficiency and calculate those things for problem P3 10(49) |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
P3 Chapter 6 “The Friction Force” (starting on p. 130, up to bottom of p. 133) | none | none | P3 pp. 227-229 “Constant Force at an Angle” up to “Finding work done when forces change” – ignore the first Example Problem but study carefully the second one! | P3 Chapter 10 section 2 up to “Compound Machines” + CP Chapter 8 sections 7, 8 and 9 |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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P3 Chapter 6 Problems 31 and 33
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none | Due in class: complete your report for the Friction Lab |
Do P3 Chapter 10 Problems 18 and 39 – see special instructions at bottom of schedule !
Inclined Plane lab report due in class Deadline for corrections
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| web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
Special instructions for Friday’s homework: in both problems, assume that the object is pushed at a constant velocity; in addition to answering the book’s questions, follow the usual procedure (diagrams, force diagram, etc), and calculate the work done by every force on the object; show (by putting appropriate arrows underneath every work calculation you do) how you found the component of the displacement in the direction of the force whenever you calculate a work. |
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dAY monday october 1 |
DAY 29 tuesday october 2 |
Day 30 WEDNESday october 3 |
Day 31 THURSday october 4 |
Day 32 FRIday october 5
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no class extended :) |
Terminal Velocity Weight and Apparent Weight
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Connecting Newton’s Laws and DVAT Problems
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Quiz
on
Newton’s Laws
Connecting Newton’s Laws and DVAT Problems, cont’d |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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none | none | none | none | |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
P3 Chapter 6 p.134 about Air Drag and Terminal Velocity + CP Chapter 5 Section 7
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P3 Chapter 6 Section 2 up to “The Friction Force” |
none | none | |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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P3 Chapter 6 problems
38 and 40 due in class
Corrections for Collisions Quiz due by beginning of class |
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dAY 24 monday september 24 |
DAY 25 TUESday september 25 |
Day 26 WEDNESday september 26 |
Day 27 THURSday september 27 |
Day 28 FRIday september 28
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| Class topic
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Week 6 Goals Analyze Basketball bounce Lab |
Newton’s First and Second Laws; Force Diagrams |
Newton’s Third Law Mass and Weight Newton’s Laws in terms of acceleration
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Problem Solving
Force Diagrams
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Lab M10 – Measuring Acceleration with a Picket Fence |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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none |
Prepare for Quiz on Collisions, Impulse and Momentum |
none | none |
Prepare prelab for Lab M10 |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
none | CP Chapter 4 Sections 5-7, Chapter 5 Sections 1-4 and 6, and all of Chapter 6 | none | none | |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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submit M5 problems 30 and 31 Ch. 9 red book + procedure + Force diagram (define your system)
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Report for Basketball Bounce Lab due in class |
Submit answers to Reading Quiz on Newton’s Laws by 9:30 am Wear closed-toed shoes!
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none |
on Newton’s laws due in class
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dAY 19 monday september 17 |
DAY 20 TUESday september 18 |
Day 21 WEDNESday september 19 |
Day 22 THURSday september 20 |
Day 23 FRIday september 21
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Day 24 monday september 24
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| Class topic
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Week
5 Goals
Center of Mass Velocity in Collisions Data Collection |
Air Table Analysis Discuss Formulae!
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Conservation of Momentum in
Collisions and Explosions
QUIZ dvat
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Impulse and Change in Momentum
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Basketball Bounce Lab
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Analyze Basketball bounce Lab |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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Read Instructions for
Lab M5 wear shoes!
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Calculate the initial and final CM velocities for the two example problems page 209 in the reading – use the formula we discussed in class on Tuesday
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Print out and read Lab M8
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
CP Chapter 4 Sections 1 through 4 |
P3
Chapter 9 pp. 208-212
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CP Chapter 7 sections 1
through 4
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P3
Chapter 9 sections 1 and 2 (except “Angular Momentum”)
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| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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WebAssign
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Due in class: P3
Chapter 9 problems 38 and 41 – follow the procedure !
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Prelab for Lab M8 due in class
35 and 36 Ch.9 Red book
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submit M5 problems 30 and 31 Ch. 9 red book + procedure + Force diagram (define your system) |
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| web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | Practice DVAT due as specified | CM due as specified | ||||
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dAY 14 monday september 10 |
DAY 15 TUESday september 11 |
Day 16 WEDNESday september 12 |
Day 17 THURSday september 13 |
Day 18 FRIday september 14
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| Class topic
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Week 4 Goals
on Projectile Motion |
Projectile Motion |
Lab
on Center of Mass |
Center of Mass
Position Lab cont'd Balancing Objects |
Center of Mass Velocity |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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submit answers to the Reading Quiz | Bring your CP book to class; submit answers to Reading Quiz on Center of Mass by 8am – wear shoes !!! | Bring your CP book to class |
Read Instructions for
Lab M5 wear shoes! |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
P3 Chapter 4 Section 1 up to “Subtracting Vectors” + Chapter 7 section 2 up to “Projectiles Launched at an Angle |
none | CP Chapter 10 | none | CP Chapter 4 sections 1through 4 |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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Red Textbook In Ch. 5 problems 56 and 70 Follow the procedure discussed in class + for both of the two problems plot the 3 graphs: position vs time velocity vs time acceleration vs time |
Graph Handout from Friday |
Red Textbook Ch. 5 problem 76 + plot the 3 graphs: position vs time velocity vs time acceleration vs time Follow the 7-step procedure ! You need to repeat the procedure for each part (since each part is really a separate problem)
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POSTED HWK for Monday
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WebAssign Practice DVAT Problems Submit Corrections |
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| monday september 3 |
DAY 10 TUESday september 4 |
Day 11 WEDNESday september 5 |
Day 12 THURSday september 6 |
Day 13 FRIday september 7 |
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| Class topic
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Week 3 Goals | Lab M9, cont’d; Acceleration and Free Fall | DVAT Formulas and Free Fall | DVAT Problems and Free Fall, cont’d | |
| CLASS PREPARATION
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Read the lab instructions for Lab M9 – we will be in lab, so wear shoes! | Bring to class your laptop (if you have one) with Graphical Analysis software; | Bring to class your laptop; finish filling in Time and Position columns of Lab M9 data table before class (Results 1a on the lab instruction sheet) | none | |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
none | P3 Chapter 5 Section 3 up to “Displacement under Constant Acceleration” and Section 4 up to the Example Problem | P3 Chapter 5 pp. 99-101 + the Example Problem in section 5.4 | none | |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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none |
on Acceleration and Free Fall due by 8pm the best is trying to submit your answers BEFORE coming to class! please print your form confirmation and submit it
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none | WebAssign on Acceleration due by 5pm | |
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| DAY 5 monday AUGUST 27
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DAY 6 TUESday AUGUST 28 |
Day 7 WEDNESday AUGUST 29
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Day 8 THURSday AUGUST 30 |
Day 9 FRIday AUGUST 31 |
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| Class topic
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Week 2 GOALS Continue Lab M2 Parts D,E,F,G |
Position vs Time and
Velocity vs Time graphs Continue lab M2 |
continue M2 |
finish lab M2
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position vs time and vel vs time graphs cont'd Quiz on Kinematics
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| CLASS PREPARATION
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Know how velocity appears on a position vs time graph and how displacement appears on a velocity vs time graph be prepared for the lab |
lab |
Be ready to take the
oral quiz on Part I in class today
lab |
Be ready to take the
oral quiz on Part I in class today
– Get your checks from a teacher or approved lab assistant for the ends of parts D and E (at least) before class |
Bring to class your solution to P3 chapter 5 problem 20 + sketch the velocity vs time graphs for both cars on the same velocity/time axes |
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reading:
Always complete reading before class! |
P3 Chapter 5 section 2 |
none | none | read CP chapter 2 sections 1-3 for a review | nothing new |
| Homework: (in the bin before your class starts)
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see WebAssign |
Sample Problem 0103
bring your written-out solution to class |
none |
see Web Assign with the due in class Lab M2 report (with all checks completed) due at beginning of class |
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| web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems |
Kinematics I Web Assign due by 6 pm |
RESCHEDULED Kinematics I WebAssign due by 8 pm |
Kinematics II
WebAssign due by 10 am |
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