• Warm-up: for fun mainly
• Class expectations
• Ball drop vs. Ball toss with video camera
• HW: For tomorrow: read chapter 1; Make graph predictions for ball drop activity (x vs t, y vs t, y vs x)
• HW for Wednesday, bring in a million

• Chapter 1 reading quiz
• Discussion: How do you read a physics text?
• Course description document handed out and discussed
• Whiteboard and discuss graph predictions from yesterday's

HW: Bring in a million

• Assessment: Force Concept Inventory (not for a grade)
• Discuss the millions that people brought in

HW: Get on the HW service (see APPB page) and answer the question (assignment 1)

• Collectconsumables fee
• Hand out computer use policy
• VideoDisc Frames of Reference/ Discuss reference pts and coordinate systems
• How to get on HW service
• Vector Lecture
• HW: HW service #2

• Collect consumables fee

and signed computer use policy
• Area Activity: Find the area of an irregular shape. What did you do? What is area?
• HW: HW service #3

• Warm-up: Confidence?
• Went over HW Service, deadline extended for HW 3
• Rules for Vector addition (also component method)
• Vector problem
• Cool-down:How fast? 
• HW: Voluntary presentations on Chap. 2 Problems 36-51

• Warm-ups: How Fast (ver. 2)?  Where in the World (2 versions)?
• HW presentations
• Terms: Clock reading, time interval
• HW Service #4

• Warm-up: Same speed?
• Announcement: memorize equations (quiz Fri. Chapter 2)
• Terms: Average, Instantaneous, position, delta __
• HW:  HW Service assignment 5 (make-up if you want it)

• Discussion: HW service problem questions
• Lab: Comparison of blinky buggy w/ cart on a ramp
• HW: Chap 2 probs 16, 32, 52, 78

• Quiz: Memorized equations from Chapter 2 and trig functions, sig fig rules (poss.)
• Lab time
• HW: Turn in a rough draft of your lab on Tues. 

Quizzes back

Linearizing graphs

HW: Read Chap 3 & write a memo

Discussed Lab Drafts

Graphs of cart data (pos-t, vel-t, vel-pos)

HW: Do all three graphs, try to linearize the vel-pos graph

Show me your attempt at linearized graphs.  Reif linearized them.  Talked analysis about them

Complete discussion of the three graphs (derived kinematics equations from the graphs)

Analyzing motion graphs

Collect one of the six graphs I put on the board

HW: MC 1-5, w/ justification

Problem-solving approach.  Example Problem

Kinematics stacks

HW: Chapter 3 Problems 12, 14, 16, 18, 26

Whiteboard the Kinematics Stacks Worksheet

HW: Study for Chap 3 Equations Quiz

Finish Kinematics Stacks

HW: Study for quiz on Kine Stacks

Finish problems from Friday

Free Fall Lab: Take data 

Finish Data collection for Free Fall lab 

Section 3.6 Problems: Dropping or throwing up/down an object

HW: Chap 3 probs 81-83, 86, 85 or 87  pick a partner and a problem for presentation tomorrow

HW presentations

Quiz Sections 3.1-3.5

Go over the quiz

HW: Full solution for Chapter 3 Problem 86.   Email a classmate with a question for the test.  Answer the email.  Forward the response you get to me

Quiz: Sec. 3.8 problems

Go over quiz

Review Sheet for Test 1

Lab reports in

Demo: Independence of 90 deg vectors 

Component velocity activity

Demo: Time of flight independent of horiz motion 

Partner for HW: Chap 3 probs 92, 93, 95, 96, 97

VideoPoint examination of a projectile-Confirm all the facts of a projectile that we talked about yesterday

HW Service Assign 8

Projectile Challenge

Last Day Quarter 1

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