An Accelerated Fresh Start

After the Unit 1&2 Test on Wednesday, we burst headlong into the motion of dynamic carts.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Dynamic Cart Data Collection

2) Discussion of Dynamic Cart Position vs. Time

HANDOUTS

1) None today

HOMEWORK

1) Calculate the velocity and average time for each segment of your Position-time graph

In the Shadow of a Looming Test

During the last day of Unit 2, we made final preparations for the impending test on Wednesday.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Review Unit II Review

2) Review Quiz

3) Story Time

4) Equation Highlights

HANDOUTS

1) Equation Sheet

2) Unit 1 & 2 HW Packet Cover Sheet

HOMEWORK

1) Prepare for Unit 1 & 2 Test

2) Prepare Unit 1 & 2 Homework Packet

Average Velocity

In class on Thursday, I mentioned that I would post notes on average velocity. Instead, we will spend some time in class on this tomorrow.

A Constant Sprint to the Finish

On Thursday, we spent a final day examining the relationship between position and constant velocity.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Position/Velocity-Time Quiz

2) Review Unit II Worksheet 5

3) Notes: Scalar versus Vector

HANDOUTS

1) Unit II Review

HOMEWORK

1) Unit II Review

2) Prepare Unit 1 & 2 Homework Packet (due on day of test, 9/23)

Playing Chess in Santa Barbara

On Tuesday, we stopped moving to take a closer look at how position changes affect the velocity of a car, bike, or squirrel.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Review Unit II Worksheet 4 (answers posted on this blog)

2) Position/Velocity vs. Time presentations

HANDOUTS

1) Unit II Worksheet 5

HOMEWORK

1) Unit II Worksheet 5

2) Prepare for Position/Velocity-Time Quiz

Unit 2 Homework

If you would like to review the answers for the Unit 2 homework, clock on the appropriate link below.

Unit II Worksheet 2

Chapter 2 Review Questions

Unit II Worksheet 4

Unit II Worksheet 5

Dune Buggy Lab Report Guidelines

It was brought to my attention that I did not explain how the lab reports are graded. My point system is below:

Format - 5 points

Purpose - 2 points

Apparatus - Extra Credit (up to 2 points)

Procedure - 5 points

Data - 5 points

Evaluation of Data - 25 points

Conclusion - 8 points

Total - 50 points

Click on the following link to download the lab guidelines with point values included:

Lab Report Expectations

If you have specific questions about your lab report, please see me at tutorial or email me.

Picture Me Rolling

On Friday, we shifted our focus to velocity as we again used the motion detectors to graph ourselves.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Mathematical Model Quiz

2) Lab: Motion Detector Lab #2

3) Briefly Discuss Lab Reports

HANDOUTS

1) Motion Maps

2) Unit II Worksheet 4

HOMEWORK

1) Unit II Worksheet 4

2) Finish Motion Detector Lab 2

3) Prepare for Velocity-Time Quiz

4) Rewrite Duner Buggy Lab Report (optional)

Moving at the Speed of Physics

On Wednesday, we took our knowledge of position vs. time and extracted information about velocity.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Introduction to Motion Maps

2) Class Review of Unit II Worksheet 1

3) Velocity vs. Time Graphs

HANDOUTS

1) Unit II Worksheet 2

HOMEWORK

1) Unit II Worksheet 2

2) Textbook Chapter 2 Questions 2-8 (pp. 22-23)

3) Prepare for Mathematical Model Quiz (Review back page of Unit 1 Review)

Do We Know Where We are Going?

On Friday we cast the dune buggies aside and became the objects of motion ourselves.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Lab Report: Peer Review

2) Dune Buggy position-time predictions

3) Lab: Graphing Motion

HANDOUTS

1) Lab Report Expectations

2) Dune Buggy Prediction worksheet

3) Graphing Motion Lab worksheet

4) Unit 2 Worksheet 1

HOMEWORK

1) Unit 2 Worksheet 1

2) Dune Buggy Lab report final (turn in hard copy)

An Epic Prediction

We tested our mathematical models for the Dune Buggy position.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Review Mathematical Modeling

2) Quiz: Slope

3) Dune Buggy Race

4) Dune Buggy Lab: Discuss Evaluation of Data

HANDOUTS

1) Unit 1 Review worksheet

HOMEWORK

1) Unit 1 Review worksheet

2) Dune Buggy Lab rough draft

Predicting Slope

Today we continued to analyze the data from our Dune Buggy Lab using hand-drawn and computer-generated "best-fit" lines.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1) Quiz: Speed and Unit Conversion

2) Dune Buggy Lab: Discuss Procedure, Find Line of Best Fit, and Calculate Slope

3) Graphical Analysis of Dune Buggy Data (computer program)

4) Discuss Mathematical Modeling

HANDOUTS

1) Notebook Organization sheet

2) How to Calculate Slope sheet

3) How to use Graphical Analysis sheet

HOMEWORK

1) Prepare Mathematical Model for Dune Buggy graph

2) Prepare for Slope Quiz