Physics
Unit 1 Calendar (2013)
Date
Day Topic/Activity
Text
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8/2
1
Introduction to Course; Go over syllabus; Class P &P
Textbook distribution; Unit 1 Preface (if time permits)
8/2
2
Bubble-ology Lab, Unit 1 Preface (Slides 1-5)
22 - 27,
37
8/2
3
Study Guide: “Aristotle in Motion”-? –Read section
Sprint Lab!!
22 - 27
8/3
4
Match the Graphs (Slides 10-11)
(Slide 12)- Video Clips &Comparisons for Sprint Lab!!
Unit 1 – Linear Motion (slides1-9)
22 - 28,
37
8/3
5
9/
1
9/
2
Galileo Labs (Slides27-32) – on-line labs (get computers
and wet lab also!!
41 - 44
9/
3
HW 1 Part II:
 Read pages #41 – 47
 Page 54 – Review Questions #2– 17
Page 55 – One-step Calculations #1, 2, 3, 7
44 – 47,
55
9/
4
Acceleration due to gravity- (Slides)
Free Fall Lab- do as lab (Slide)
22 - 28
9/1
5
HW 2- Practice Problems Worksheet
44 – 52
9/1
1
Study Guide: “Freefall – How Fast” – “How Far”- Read
Section
47 – 52
9/12
2
Introduction to Inertia and Newton’s First Law
Exploring Forces (Unit 1 Part II- Slides 1-10)
22 - 32,
35
9/13
3
Parachute Lab (Slides 11- )
22 - 32,
35
HW 1 Part I:
 Read pages #22 – 27, 36
 Page 37 – Review Questions #1-8, 22-25
Acceleration (Slides 13-20) + what is going on in these
graphs (21-24)
41 - 44
41 - 44
Date
Day Topic/Activity
9/14
4
HW 2 is Due:
 Read pages #47 – 53
 Page 54 – Review Questions #18 – 26
 Page 55 – One-step Calculations #4, 5, 6, 8 – 22
 Read pages #27 – 36
 Page 38 – Review Questions #9 – 21
9/17
5
Unit 1 Review
9/18
1
Unit 1 Exam
Out for a walk lab?- do not do
Sensors lab- do not do
Hang Time Lab??- do not do
High Diver Lab- Save for 2d Motion
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