UNIT 1 – 1D MOTION – “If it wasn’t painfully difficult, you probably did it wrong.” – Mr. Kulak
Day Topic
1
Intro/Expectations
Mass of Air in Room Lab
2
Finish Mass of Air in Room Lab
3
Fundamental Units
Solving Comparison Problems
Homework
Get required materials and a good night’s
sleep
Math Review, Parts I and II
Math Review, Parts III and IV
4
Review Lab
General Lab Expectations
Intro to Kinematics: distance,
speed, displacement, velocity
Lab – Determine Distance Across
Football Field by Walking
Boris’ Bad Day
6
Acceleration
Tortoise and the Hair
7
8
Constant Acceleration Equations
Quiz – Speed, Velocity,
Acceleration
Car Crash Lab
Kinematics Problems
Find Accel of a Falling Ball using Stopwatch
and Meterstick
11
Ticker Tape: Car Accelerating
Down Ramp, Car in Free Fall
Calculating Acceleration of
Tennis Ball in Free Fall
Movie: Tennis Ball Falling
Free Fall Positioning Worksheet
12
Vertical Throw Lab
Finish Lab
13
Acceleration Due to Gravity WS #1-3
14
15
16
Solving Free Fall Problems
Start Acceleration Due to
Gravity WS
Penny Drop Myth
Quiz – 1D Motion
Graphical Analysis of Motion WS
Graph the Moving Teacher Lab
17
18
19
Notes – GAM
Graph Matching
Picket Fence Lab
20
21
22
Extreme Difficulty Problems
Review
1D Motion Test
5
9
10
Explain Lab: Pictorially, Diagrammatically,
Graphically, and Mathematically
Explain Lab: Pictorially, Diagrammatically,
Graphically, and Mathematically
Finish Worksheet
Finish Acceleration Due to Gravity WS
Finish Graphical Analysis of Motion WS
Finish Lab
Correct GAM WS
Finish Lab
Read Chapter 2
Finish Extreme Difficulty Problems
Reading
Think physics-y
thoughts
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics Lesson 1a-d, Lesson
6a
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics Lesson 2a
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics –
Lesson 1e
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics –
Lesson 6b
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics –
Lesson 2b
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics –
Lesson 5
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics –
Lesson 6c
Physics Classroom –
1D Kinematics –
Lesson 6d-e
Big Ideas:
Kinematics Quantities
Scalar
Position (x)
 Where you are
 [meters] = [m]
Speed (S)
 How fast you are going
 S = distance/time
 [meters/second] = [m/s]
Vector
Displacement (d or ∆x or ∆y )
 Your change in position
 ∆x = (xf – xi) -or- ∆y = (yf – yi)
 [meters] = [m]
Velocity (v)
 How fast you are going in a direction
 v = ∆x/∆t
 [meters/second] = [m/s]
Acceleration (a)
 How fast you are changing your velocity
 a = ∆v/∆t
 [meters/second/second] = [m/s2]
Constant Acceleration Equations
 d = vit + 1/2at2
 vf2 = vi2 + 2ad
 vf = vi + at
Free Fall
 Acceleration is always down at 10 m/s2
Graphs
 velocity = slope of x vs t graph
 acceleration = slope of v vs t graph
 displacement = area under vs vs t graph
 velocity = area under a vs t graph