Today: 

• Electricity Quiz
• Work on solar cookers
• Make-up time

Homework:  

• Turn in missing assignments
• Bring books to class

Today: 

• Car files
• Go over answers to Electricity Quiz Review
• Optics -- refraction and reflection
• Refraction and Reflection Practice

Homework:  

• Study for electricity quiz.  Questions will come from Electricity Quiz Review.

Warm-Up: 

What will happen if I run 115V of household current through a pickle?

Why?

Today: 

• Finish motors
• Complete quiz review
• Wiring activity?

Homework:  

• Electricity Quiz Review

Today:

• Discuss Test questions -- force vs speed
• Waves
  • Waves notes, part 1 (filled-in answers)
  • Listen to some sounds
  • Waves practice #1

Videos from last year:

• Warm-up:  Doppler and Sonic Booms
• Waves notes part 1
• Waves notes part 2

Homework:  Blocks A1/2 and A3/4 -- complete #1-23 on waves practice sheet.  Block A5/6  -- no homework.

Today:

• Test review
  • Spreadsheet problems -- Practice Test #1.  Be prepared for the relative positions of the cells to be different. 
• Begin next topic:  Waves
  • Waves notes, part 1 (filled-in "answers from last year)
  • Waves practice #1

Homework:

• Test next class.
• Bring snow clothes next Wednesday.  We will try the snow lever (weather permitting, and assuming it doesn't break during an earlier block).

Today:

• Review Excel Spreadsheet
• Tie a trucker's hitch
• Physics of the Winter Olympics
• Practice Test #1

Homework:

• Test on the 2nd class day after break.

Class 50 

Today:

• Revisit arch construction.
• Igloo Pictures
• How to use Excel
• Practice Test #1

Homework:

• Finish practice test

Class 49 

Warm-Up: 

1.  How does an arch (like the one on the right) support itself?

2.  The arrows in the second diagram represent forces of different magnitudes and directions, acting on an object.  In which direction will the object move?


3.  In the third diagram on the right, which of the two arches  is most stable?

4.  In a stable arch, what type of force plays the biggest role -- compression, tension, or bending?


5.  If you hold an egg in your palm and squeeze it, why is it so hard to crack? 

6. How did Mr. Stapleton design this stable arch? Link

Today:

• Build an igloo
• Practice Test #1

Homework:

• ?

Today:

• Check homework problem.
• Activity:  creating and testing simple machines.

Homework:

• Bring snow clothes on Monday!

Warm-Up: 

When a wooden dart was fired into the class pendulum, the pendulum's mass was 0.722kg.  The dart's mass was 0.023kg.  After the collision, the pendulum swung to a height of 0.76m.  What was the dart's mass before the collision?

Today:

• Example mechanical advantage calculation
• Calculate the mechanical advantages of ten machines.

Homework:

• Ballistic pendulum problem #2.

Warm-Up: 

1. Have you ever tied a trucker's hitch?
2. A trucker's hitch includes a simple machine that has^* a mechanical advantage of two.  Explain.
video

Today:

• Discuss homework
• Return Quizzes
• Ballistic Pendulum Calculations
• Calculate mechanical advantages

Homework:  None

Today:

• Quiz:  Momentum and Impulse
• Ballistic Pendulum Calculations
• Mechanical advantage activity (simple block and tackle)

Homework:

• Read textbook section 8.7.  Answer review questions 5,14, and 16, on page 117.

Today:

• Check/review homework.
• Determine the velocity of a projectile shot at a ballistic pendulum.
• Log on to a computer and complete Momentum and Impulse Practice Problems, in Excel

Homework:

• Quiz next class over impulse and momentum notes, textbook questions, nerf dart calculations, and ballistic pendulum calculations.

Today:

• Finish the notes on impulse and momentum
• Discuss Nerf Darts -- What is the relationship between pvc length and dart speed? 
• Nerf dart impulse and ballistic pendulums
• Video:  supersonic ping pong ball

Homework:

• Finish all of the problems in the "momentum notes" handout.
• Calculate the average force that propelled your Nerf dart during it's fastest launch.

Other:  Mythbusters season 1 episode 12 chicken gun

Today:

• Finish the notes on impulse and momentum
• Nerf dart activity.  Make a Nerf dart fly as fast as possible, powered only by compressed air.

Homework:  None

1.  What will happen if I hold a tennis ball on top of a basketball and drop them to the floor together?

2.  What if I reverse their positions?

3.  Have you ever been whipped by a towel?

4.  Do you know how to maximize the effectiveness of a towel whip?

Today:

• Check/review homework.  [Read sections 7.1-7.3, in the textbook.  Answer questions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 on page 99.]
• Notes:  Momentum and Impulse
• Investigate the relationship between barrel length and Nerf dart velocity.  Try to decelerate a Nerf dart without damage to the dart.

Homework:

• Read textbook sections 7.4-7.5.    Answer questions 12, 13, 15, and 17.

Today:

• Return and discuss exams
• Notes:  Momentum and Impulse
• Photograph and disassemble cars

Homework:

• Read sections 7.1-7.3, in the textbook.  Answer questions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 on page 99.

, 1/9

Warm-Up: 

1) How does a trebuchet turn human energy to potential energy to kinetic energy?
2) When a trebuchet is firing, is it best for the counterweight to move fast or slowly?

Today:

• 15 Minutes of work time. 
• Finish reviewing exam
• Answers to Midterm Review

Homework:

• Complete the rest of the midterm review.
• Brief Essay -- Due today, on exam day, or by the end of the quarter.  Here's the school writing rubric.

Class 38 

Today:

• Review answers to Review through part III, #20.
• Answers to Midterm Review
• Finish Lab Tasks (last page of midterm review)
• Work time.

Homework:

• Complete the rest of the midterm review.
• Brief Essay -- Due Friday, 1/10/14 or on exam day.  Here's the school writing rubric.

, 1/6

Warm-Up: 

How does a "Newton's cradle" work?

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/cradle.htm

Today:

• Grades have been updated.  Some of you need to take the car quiz.
• Review answers to part 1 of midterm review (#16).
• Complete Lab Tasks (last page of midterm review)
• Review work time.

Homework:

• Complete Midterm Review through #20 of part III.
• Brief Essay -- Due Friday, 1/10/14 or on exam day.  Here's the school writing rubric.

Someone winds up a rubber band car and then releases it.  The car accelerates, decelerates, and eventually stops. 

1. Describe the energy transformations (changes in type of energy) that take place during this process. 
2. At what point(s) is work done, and what is the effect of that work?

Today:

• Return tests
• Begin Midterm Review
• **Self-generated, HANDWRITTEN notes will be allowed for use on the midterm exam.  You may create one page (one side of an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper) of notes for use on the exam.  "Self-generated" means that you must create this sheet yourself.  It may not be simply copied from another source (e.g. another student).  This is in addition to the formulas that will already be provided.

Homework:

• Complete part 1 of the midterm review.
• Brief Essay -- Due Friday, 1/10/14.   Here's the school writing rubric

, 12/19

Warm-Up: 

1.  What's the terminal velocity of a snowflake?  http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:23207/eth-23207-02.pdf

2.  How wide was the largest recorded snowflake?

3.  What is the difference between a "snowflake" and a "snow crystal?"

4.  How do you fold paper to cut a perfect snowflake?http://ms-t-inc.com/pdf-file/snowflak.pdf

Final car standings:

[Note: a few numbers seemed way off, so I adjusted them to more reasonable values.  If you have evidence that I sold you short, please show me the evidence.]

Today:

1. Congratulations to Ashlyn Nuckols, Sonja Unica, and Sarah Root!  Their car reached 6.1m/s (13.6 mph)! 
2. Quiz
3. Collect the necessary data to complete your car's row in this spreadsheet:  Cardboard Car Data -- Version 2.0  Including measuring your car's force of rolling friction, using the ramp.  You can complete this data table next class.

Homework:

• None.

, 12/17

Warm-Up: 
Guess how this thing is supposed to be used to fix a car's steering? (Hint:  a bolt and wing nut go in the hole.

Today:

1. Check/review practice quiz.  Solutions to practice quiz.
2. The group with the confirmed fastest run by the end of the day today will be declared the winners.  If any group beats their record next class, an additional prize will be provided.
3. Get a still photograph of your car.
4. Collect the necessary data to complete your car's row in this spreadsheet:  Cardboard Car Data -- Version 2.0  Including measuring your car's force of rolling friction, using the ramp.  You can complete this data table next class.

Homework:

• Study. Videos of solutions to the practice quiz are on MisterStapleton's YouTube Channel
• Quiz next class

Today:

1. Hand out practice quizzes.
2. Fine-tune cars.  If you want more parts, e-mail me a file and give me cardboard.
3. Collect the necessary data to complete your car's row in this spreadsheet:  Cardboard Car Data -- Version 2.0  Including measuring your car's force of rolling friction, using the ramp.

Homework:

• Complete practice quiz. 
• Quiz next Thursday.
• Final road test next class.

Today:

1. Check/review problem set 3, 10-13 and problem set 4.
2. Assemble and test cars.  Hole reinforcers and wooden rubber band cleats are available. 
3. Test cars. Assess the effect of lubrication on rolling friction -- try ramp and velocity measurement without lubrication before trying it with lubrication.
4. Collect data and enter into this spreadsheet.  Cardboard Car Data -- Version 2.0

Homework:

• Think of ways to make your car go even faster.

Today:

1. Check/review problem set 3, 1-9.
2. Work on car analysis problems.  Finish problem sets 1 and 2, all questions.  Check your progress by entering answers into this spreadsheet:  Car Analysis Spreadsheet
3. Assemble cars.  Hole reinforcers and wooden rubber band cleats are available. 
4. Test cars  Assess the effect of lubrication on rolling friction -- try ramp and velocity measurement without lubrication before trying it with lubrication.
5. If your car is not ready today, or if you are missing some parts, turn in the correct file and/or cardboard

Homework:

• Finish problem set 3 and complete problem set 4.You can check your answers with the spreadsheet above.  If you start getting wrong answers, and you can't figure out why, just keep going.  Since you use previous answers to calculate later answers, you won't get the later problems right if you got the earlier problems wrong.  That's okay.  There will be a way to find out if you did the later ones right without doing them all over again.

1. What can we do with a bowling ball hanging on a long, thin cable?

2. How can we measure and compare the forces of "rolling friction" that act against various rubber band cars?

3. How can we decrease the force of rolling friction?

Today:

• Send Mr. Stapleton your car files, and give him cardboard. 
• Work on car analysis problems.  Complete problem sets 1 and 2 by the end of next class.  Check your progress by entering answers into this spreadsheet:  Car Analysis Spreadsheet

Homework:

• Complete Car Analysis Problem set 3 (#1-9).  You can check your answers with the spreadsheet above.  If you start getting wrong answers, and you can't figure out why, just keep going.  Since you use previous answers to calculate later answers, you won't get the later problems right if you got the earlier problems wrong.  That's okay.  There will be a way to find out if you did the later ones right without doing them all over again.

, 12/3

Warm-Up: 

Download this file, and then open it in Rhino.  Use the parts to build the box shown on the right.  The first person to build a box gets some fruit snacks!
(Hint:  use the "move" command in the "transform" menu.  Make sure "Osnap" is turned on and "end" is chosen.  You will also need to rotate one side 90 degrees.)

Today:

• Rule changes:   Maximum allowed force = 100N.  Maximum allowed bounding box volume = 800in³.
• Design Car version 2.0.  Confirm that your car does not exceed 800in³
• Create laser cutting layout for car 2.0.  Upload to the "iteration 2.0" folder in your class' cardboard car google drive folder by the end of class.
• Find/provide cardboard for car version 2.0.  Give this to Mr. Stapleton.

Homework:

• None

Today:

• Finish collecting work/energy/efficiency data
• Work in library:  redesign cars, finish entering data into google spreadsheet.  Rhino help for car iteration 2.0

Upcoming Deadlines: 

• Each group member must e-mail Mr. Stapleton a jpeg rendering of your new car (version 2.0) with the parts that he or she created shown in color.  The rest of the car should be grey.  Each group member must contribute changes to the car, even if they are cosmetic.  This individual e-mail is not due until December 5th.
• The group must upload a version car "version 2.0" laser cutter file to the appropriate Google Drive folder by the end of next class (December 3rd).
• The group must turn in cardboard sufficient for cutting parts with the file uploaded to the Google Drive folder.  This is due by the end of class on December 3rd.

Homework:

• Find and prepare cardboard.

Today:

• Work, energy, and efficency notes and problems.
• Due Today:  Finish entering data into the google spreadsheet.

Homework: 

1. What determines a rubber band car's energy input?  In other words, how can you increase or decrease a car's energy input?
2. By watching cars, how can you tell which cars have the greatest energy output?
3. Suppose a car has an energy efficiency of 50%.  What does that mean?
4. What kinds of things affect a car's efficiency?

Today:

• Check/review homework questions.
• Test your car (Version 1.0) and determine its maximum velocity.  Enter that velocity in to the class Google spreadsheet.
• If there's time, determine your car's energy input.  Calculate its energy output and efficiency.  Enter those values into the Google spreadsheet.

Next Class:  Finish determining your car's force, energy, efficiency, etc.

Any time:  Create a new laser cutting layout file and put it in the appropriate folder in your Google drive.  Give Mr. Stapleton the correct size cardboard, and he will cut the parts for you before the next class.

Homework:

Today:

• Torque notes/problems/questions
• Assemble and test cars
• Plan improvements to your car
• Begin assembling a car project slideshow.

Next Class:  Re-design cars; design Version 2.0. 

Any time:  Create a new laser cutting layout file and put it in the appropriate folder in your Google drive.  Give Mr. Stapleton the correct size cardboard, and he will cut the parts for you before the next class.

Homework: finish the back side of the Torque notes/problems/questions sheet

Today:

• Find and cut cardboard.
• Merge wheels into one file for cutting on the laser cutter. 
• Torque notes/problems/questions

Ideas:

• Virtual Spare parts "bins" (wheels, frames, cross-members...).  If you don't see what you're looking for, ask.

Homework:

Class 24  Friday, 11/8
Warm-Up: 

Today:

• Finish wheel design. 
• Create 3-D rendering of your car and email the rendering to Mr. Stapleton
• Specific directions for turning in today's assignments:

1. Email wheel renderings of your assignment to Mr. Stapleton.  Include…
   1. In the subject line, include “[your name] wheel rendering”
   2. Attach your jpeg rendering
   3. Include the volume of your bounding box in the email message or subject line
2. Email your group's wheel cutting layout file.  Name the file “[group names] v1 wheels [h x v]”.  The “h” and “v” in the file name should be the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your cardboard, in inches.

Next Class: 

• Find and cut cardboard.  Turn-in cardboard to Mr. Stapleton for creation of your wheels.
• Submit your wheel cutting layout file.
• Notes and problems relating to cars.  Topics may include torque, friction, energy, work...

Videos:

Homework:

• If you want special cardboard, find some and bring it to next class.
• Make sure that you have turned in your car rendering and that your group is prepared to quickly submit your wheel cutting layout file.

Today:

• Design new wheels, using Rhino

Handouts: 

Videos:

Homework:  None

Today:

• Measure Version 0.0 maximum velocities.
• Enter your maximum velocity from your fastest two runs here:  https://docs.google.com/a/ccsuvt.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AloRMN0SDDG4dDgtdmNqQWZWX1pldXB1THNlZ0xESUE&usp=sharing

Handouts: 

Videos:

Homework:  Enter your data in to the spreadsheet by next class

Today:

• Return tests
• Assemble cardboard cars.  Use Rhino to figure out assembly.

Handouts: 

Videos:

Homework:  Keep an eye out for more good cardboard

Today:

• Test
• Cardboard car demo
• Get cardboard.  Laser cut and construct car bodies.

Handouts:  None 

Videos:

Homework: 

Today:

• Check and review Practice Test (A5/6 gets another 10 minutes to finish)
• Preview of car project -- check laptops for Rhino installation.  Which ones are missing Rhino?  Will it open and operate?  Watch laser cutting in Fab Lab (D104)?

Handouts:  None 

Videos:

Homework: 

• Bring in a piece of single-ply cardboard (about 3/16") from which a 7" x 17" rectangle can be cut.  Ideally, the grain of the cardboar should run in the long direction.
• Study for test.

Class 18  Wednesday, 10/23
Warm-Up: 

Today:

• View some videos from last class
• Rubber-Band Car Problems
• Newton's Laws Practice Test

Handouts: 

• Rubber-Band Car Force Problems
• Newton's Laws Practice Test

Videos: 

• Video of warm-up activity -- action/reaction pendulum slingshot
• Video explaining how to solve the rubber band car force problems

Homework:  Complete Practice Test?

1. In this case, why wouldn't you be able to walk to the edge of the room?

2. Describe what you could do in order to escape.

Today:

• Finish Newton's 2nd Law Practice -- parachuter question
• Newton's Laws Hovercraft Experiments

Videos: 

• John and Pat Coriolis  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-zxfdEAsA4
• Christina and Ryan orbit tug-of-war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jz-8ya-F4g
• Emily with bike tire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKAFqyy5s3w
• Faris spinning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xl6XyvnHuQ
• Mr. S. with leafblower thrust http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7i40CGGKFw
• Sophie and Alyssa PVC trick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jni5F2Dd1Q
• Dom and Adam orbit tug-of-war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4eBbCC3aKc
• Southern Hemisphere Slow Motion Coriolis (from EPS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtKKGVN3oPE
• Northern Hemisphere  Slow Motion Coriolis (from EPS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3BGo1HwhsY

Homework: 

What made some rockets successful?  What made others unsucessful?  How might you make your rocket go higher and come down slower?

Today:

• Video of leading rocket after round 1 of testing -- Kara and Christina 
• Practice Problem
• Finish rocket video analysis.  Complete and e-mail a Rocket Analysis Spreadsheet to Mr. Stapleton
• Last chance to fix up your rocket.  Final launch next class.  You might want to play with this rocket simulation spreadsheet.

Homework:

1. Complete Practice Problem #2.  Click the link to see it.  It is on its own page. 
2. Finish anything you didn't finish in class

Today:

• Analyze rocket videos. Complete and e-mail a Rocket Analysis Spreadsheet to Mr. Stapleton
• Fix-up rockets.

Handouts: Rocket Analysis Spreadsheet directions

Homework: none

In the classroom...

1. Record the empty (dry) mass of your rocket.
2. Record the water level to which you have filled your rocket (so that you can later determine water mass).

Outside...

1. Form a line
2. Remove the bottle cap before you approach the launcher.
3. Immediately before launching, have one group member stand beside (not in front of) the launcher (to allow scaling of the video).
4. Count down loudly and pull the launch cord gently.
5. The group member who stood next to the launcher before the launch must stand next to the fallen rocket after it has reached the ground (again, to allow scaling of the video).
6. Clean up the launch area.

Today:

• Review homework
• Launch rockets
• Clean up

Videos: 

Homework: none

Today:

• Notes:  Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws  Filled in version of this year's notes (pdf)
• Finish rockets by next class. 

Videos:  Newton's 1st Law Notes from last year Newton's 2nd Law Notes (also from last year)

Handouts:

• Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws  -- Filled out version

Homework: Complete 1st and 2nd Law Practice

Today:

• Return tests.
• Work on rockets

Homework:

Today:

• Mr. Stapleton still in Idaho. 
• Construct rockets.
• Clean up and put things back
• Store your rockets in the appropriate bag.  Put usable spare parts in the spare parts bag.

Homework:

• Gather rocket materials (if there's something else that you need)

Today:

• Mr. Stapleton is gone to Idaho.  Ms. Serabian is here.
• Test
• Research and design rockets
• Turn in rocket design sketch sheet.

Links:

• How to make 3 fins out of a 2 liter bottle.
• Mr. Stapleton's basic design used in this video
• How to make a simple parachute

Homework:

• Gather rocket materials (if they are not provided) and bring them to next class.

Warm-Up: 

It is possible to pull the paper out from under the pen without tipping the pen.  How can it be done?  Why does that work?

Today:

• Check and review practice test.  Test next class
• Remind me who brought in bottles.
• Introduction to rocket design -- make paper rockets.

Videos:

• Answers to the homework -- Motion Problems
• Practice Test Answers -- page 1
• Practice Test Answers -- pages 2-4

Homework:

• Study for test.  Review the practice test and all notes except for Newton's laws.

Today:

• Go over motion problems
• Match velocity graphs to distance graphs.
• Donuts for Spool Tractor contest winners -- Pat Brodeur and Jon Palmer.  Here's a link to a slow motion video of their spool tractor.
• Mr. Stapleton gone on Friday and Tuesday.

Videos:

• Answers to the homework -- Motion Problems
• Practice Test Answers -- page 1

Plan for the Week:

• Wednesday -- check/discuss practice test.  Make paper rockets.
• Friday -- Mr. Stapleton gone.  Test.  Research and design bottle rockets.
• Tuesday -- Mr. Stapleton gone.  Build bottle rockets

Related Links:

• Fast car accelerations
• New "fastest" car 
• new land speed record

Videos:

• Newton's 1st Law Notes (from 2012)

Handouts:

• Motion Practice Test
• Newton's 1st Law

Homework:

• Finish the practice test
• Test on Friday

Class 6 Thursday, 9/12/13

Warm Up: 

What would happen if you made a hole through the center of the Earth, and you jumped in?  If you came out the other side, where would you be? (antipodes map)

Excel spreadsheet -- falling through the earth

Today:

• Return Quizzes
• Motion problems and calculating acceleration
• Work time.  1) Complete video analysis.  Staple your video analysis graph sheet to your logger pro graph sheet.  2) Complete the motion problems -- due next class.

Handouts:  "Working With Motion Formulas"

Video:  This is a great video explaining the entire motion formulas handout -- except for the fact that I accidentally had the camera in low resolution mode (long story).  At least you can hear clearly.

Homework:

• Look for 2-liter bottles!  Bring them to class.  Please!
• Complete problems 1-10 at the end of the  "Working With Motion Formulas" handout

Class 5

Warm Up: 

The sets of dots on the right represent frames of video taken of two different balls that are falling from the sky.  The video camera takes pictures at a constant rate of 30 fps (frames per second).  One of the balls is in free-fall.  The other ball is falling at a constant velocity.

1. Which ball is accelerating?

2. How can you tell?

3. What do you think "free fall" means, from a physics standpoint?

Today:

• Quiz -- velocity and acceleration
• Finish spool tractors; turn-in graphs of position vs time.  On your graph, show calculations for the velocity of your fastest run.
• Use slow motion video (and this spreadsheet) to create higher-quality graphs of position vs time and velocity vs time.  Use your velocity vs time graph to determine your spool tractor's maximum acceleration.

Homework: Look for 2-liter bottles!  Bring them to class.  Please!

Warm Up: 

1.  A car circles a track at a constant speed of 70mph.  Is its velocity constant?

2.  Records of 132 cats that jumped from windows of buildings showed a 90% survival rate.  The average drop was 5.5 floors. 

Today:

• Check/review homework
• Acceleration Notes  I put a video of these notes on youtube. 
• Work on spool tractors; create graphs of position vs time.  Calculate velocities.  Print a graph for your fastest run. 

Homework:

• Quiz next class over velocity notes and acceleration notes.  Know the answers to all of the questions, and be able to solve similar problems.

Warm-Up:  The graph on the right shows the positions at different times for seven different people.  On a sheet of paper, list all of the people who are...

1. moving at a constant speed
2. moving backward (toward the sensor)
3. not moving at all
4. accelerating
5. decelerating
6. accelerating the fastest
7. moving at the fastest constant speed

Today:

• Turn in course expectations signature if you haven't already.
• Does anyone have 2-liter bottles to turn in?
• Return papers
• Finish velocity notes
• Work on "spool tractors."  Try to achieve the highest measurable (with a motion detector) velocity.
• Next class -- calculate spool tractor accelerations 

Homework:  Complete the last page of the velocity notes handout.

Warm Up Question:

When you throw a "frisbee," it is often advisable to tilt the fast side of the disc downward. 

1. Which side is the fast side?   2. Why tilt it downward? 

3.  Why is "frisbee" in quotation marks?

4.  What's the connection to the PVC pipes you saw last class?

Today:

• Warm-up
• Turn in course expectations if you have had them signed
• Motion matching activity
• Velocity notes
• Clean up.

Handouts:

• Velocity Notes

Video:

• Velocity Notes (video taken last year)

Homework:

• **Get course expectations sheets signed and returned by next class.  (A56 can have an extra day.)
• We will be needing bottles in the near future.  Bring in 2-Liter bottles (or any other large bottles with caps that are compatible with 2-liter bottles -- must be for carbonated drinks).  They are not due next class.

A-Day: Wednesday, 8/28.

Physics 100: Mr. Stapleton

Warm Up Question:

Spin one of the "sprotating cylinders" by pressing one end until it squirts out from under your finger.  Try pressing the other end.

When the cylinder is spinning, why do you only see the symbol that you press?

Slow motion

Today:

• Learn names/pronunciations
• Fill out info sheets
• Enter attendance
• Slideshow(s)
• Go over course expectations, class overview
• Mr. Stapleton background, philosophy, etc.
• Itroduction to lab next class: Motion Detecting, part 1 (matching graphs)

Handouts:

• Course expectations
• Motion Detecting, part 1 (matching graphs)
• Student Information Sheet

Homework:

• Sign and return course expectations by next Wednesday, 9/4.  Turn in the whole sheet.  If you need another copy, print one from this website. [I forgot to tell A5/6 to do this.  They can have more time.]