PH 306

 General Physics

CP = Conceptual Physics             P3 = Physics: Principles and Problems

  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
 

Class topic

 

 

Test on Work and Energy Circular Motion Universal Gravitation Circular Motion Lab Satellites and Kepler’s Laws
 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

none none Reading Quiz on

Gravity Fields

due by 1:00 pm

 

Read Lab M12 Circular Motion

 

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

 

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

 

Homework:

 (in the bin before your class starts)

 

none        
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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

 

 

Class topic

 

 

  Solving Problems Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

DEMO

http://courses.ncssm.edu/physics/

ILD/ballisticpend.htm

 

Lab M17

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

read but don't print!

Circular Motion
 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

    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”
reading:  

Always complete reading before class!

      CP Chapter 8 section 2  
 

Homework:

 (in the bin before your class starts)

 

  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
web assign:  Look here for any possible Web assign problems                    
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MONDAY!!!

work as many problems as you can, come by my office, go to the tutorial!

 

 

 

  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

 

 

Class topic

 

 

Pulleys

Demo/Lab

Calculations

Kinetic and Potential Energy

 

Conservation of Energy

DEMO

http://courses.ncssm.edu/

physics/ILD/energycons.htm

Lab M15

Energy -go - Round

read, study, DO NOT print!

Conservation of Energy

and

Presentations

Guideline

 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

none   none
Read handout for Lab M15 – wear closed-toed shoes today !

 

 

Bring to class your written-out answers to CP Chapter 8 Problems 38 and 41

reading:  

Always complete reading before class!

none none
P3 Chapter 11 section 2 up to “Analyzing Collisions”

 

none none
 

Homework:

 (in the bin before your class starts)

 

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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  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

 

 

Class topic

 

 

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

 

 

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  
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)

 

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

 

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.

       

 

  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

 

 

Class topic

 

 

Week 8 Goals

Friction

Friction, cont’d Inclined Planes and Work Work Work and Simple Machines; Mechanical Advantage; Efficiency
 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

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)

 

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)
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)

 

 

P3 Chapter 6 Problems 31 and 33

 

 

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

 

web assign:  Look here for any possible Web assign problems                    
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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.

 

  dAY

monday

october 1
DAY 29

tuesday

 october 2

Day 30

WEDNESday

 october 3

Day 31

THURSday

 october 4
 

Day 32

FRIday

 october 5

 

 

Class topic

 

 

no class

extended :)

Terminal Velocity 

Weight and Apparent Weight

 

 

Lab M12 Riding an Elevator

 

 

 

Connecting Newton’s Laws and DVAT Problems

 

Quiz on Newton’s Laws

Connecting Newton’s Laws and DVAT Problems, cont’d

 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

  none none none none
reading:  

Always complete reading before class!

 
 

P3 Chapter 6 p.134 about Air Drag and Terminal Velocity + CP Chapter 5 Section 7

 

 

P3 Chapter 6 Section 2 up to “The Friction Force”

none none
 

Homework:

 (in the bin before your class starts)

 

   

 

Skydiver homework problem due in class 

Reading Quiz on Apparent Weight due by 9:30am

 

 

  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

 

 

Class topic

 

 

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

 

 

Problem Solving

Force Diagrams

 

Lab M10 – Measuring Acceleration with a Picket Fence
 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

none
 

Prepare for Quiz on Collisions, Impulse and Momentum

none none
 

Prepare prelab for Lab M10 

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)

 

submit M5

problems

30 and 31 Ch. 9 red book

+ procedure

+ Force diagram

(define your system)

 

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!

 

none

Conceptual Questions

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

 

 

Day 24

monday

september 24 

 

 

Class topic

 

 

Week 5 Goals

Center of Mass Velocity in Collisions

Data Collection

Air Table Analysis

Discuss Formulae!

 

Conservation of Momentum in Collisions and Explosions

QUIZ dvat

 

Impulse and Change in Momentum

 

Basketball Bounce Lab

 

Analyze Basketball bounce Lab
 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

Read Instructions for Lab M5

wear shoes!

 

 
 

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

 

 
Print out and read Lab M8

 

 
reading:  

Always complete reading before class!

 

CP Chapter 4 Sections 1 through 4

 
P3 Chapter 9 pp. 208-212

 

CP Chapter 7 sections 1 through 4

 

P3 Chapter 9 sections 1 and 2 (except “Angular Momentum”)

 

 
 

Homework:

 (in the bin before your class starts)

 

WebAssign

 

Three Blocks Problem

   
Due in class: P3 Chapter 9 problems 38 and 41 – follow the procedure !

 

Prelab for Lab M8 due in class

35 and 36 Ch.9 Red book

 

submit M5

problems

30 and 31 Ch. 9 red book

+ procedure

+ Force diagram

(define your system)

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

 

 

Class topic

 

 

Week 4 Goals

Reading Quiz

on Projectile Motion

Projectile Motion Lab

Balancing Objects

Reading Quiz

on Center of Mass

Center of Mass

Position

 

Lab cont'd

Balancing Objects

Center of Mass Velocity
 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

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!

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)

 

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)

 

 

POSTED HWK for Monday

Three Blocks Problem

 

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
 

Class topic

 

 

  Week 3 Goals

lab M9

Lab M9, cont’d; Acceleration and Free Fall DVAT Formulas and Free Fall DVAT Problems and Free Fall, cont’d

PROCEDURE DVAT

 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

  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
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)

 

  none

Reading Quiz

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

 

 

none WebAssign on Acceleration due by 5pm
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DAY 5

monday

AUGUST 27

 

DAY 6

TUESday

AUGUST 28
 

Day 7

WEDNESday

AUGUST 29

 

Day 8

THURSday

AUGUST 30
Day 9

FRIday

AUGUST 31
 

Class topic

 

 

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

 

position vs time and vel vs time graphs cont'd

Quiz on Kinematics

 

 

CLASS PREPARATION

 

 

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
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)

 

see WebAssign   Sample Problem 0103

bring your written-out solution to class

 
none see Web Assign

Kinematics HW Assignment

with the

 Graphs

due in class

Lab M2 report (with all checks completed) due  at beginning of class

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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