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Monday, September 18 - No class - Teacher Inservice
Tuesday, September 19
- Pretest for describing motion
- Definition of vectors (magnitude and direction) and scalars (magnitude only)
- Difference between distance and diplacement as path dependent and path independent distances
Wednesday, September 20
- Review concepts of distance, displacement, vectors and scalars
- Introduction of average speed and velocity
- Difference between speed and velocity as scalars and vectors
- Calculate the average speed of an object, distance traveled, or time given kinematics data
Thursday, September 21
- Difference between instantaneous and average velocity
- Pictorial diagram discussion
- Work on motion problems
Friday, September 22
- Demonstrate acceleration topics and define acceleration
- PHET simulations about motion
Monday, September 25
- Motion problems due
- Go over motion problems
- Derive kinematics equations from definition of velocity and acceleration
Tuesday, September 26
- Example kinematics problems
- Gravity example problem and g=9.80 m/s^2
Wednesday, September 27
- Intro. to velocity & acceleration lab
- Work on lab
Thursday, September 28
- Continue working on velocity & acceleration lab
Friday, September 29
- P. 61, 17-23 due
- Go over problems
- Work on review
Monday, October 2
- Velocity & Acceleration Lab due
- Chapter 3 Study Guide due
- Go over review
Tuesday, October 3
- Some more practice problems
Wednesday, October 4
- Chapter 3 Test