Monday, March 3, 2008

Asked if any questions on Rocket 2 Lab due tomorrow.

Projectile motion quiz with rocket (1 page). Students went over quiz on board. Showed how to sketch in vx, vtot, and vy.

Lecture on Relative Velocity
Po Boy example
Relative Velocity Equation
Examples of boat crossing stream heading straight across and then actually traveling straight across. Example of plane flying though air.

Examples:
Plane taking off (into the wind to maximize lift)
Plane landing (into the wind to minimize runway distance)
Rain streaks on car window

Handed out RA 3.1 - ran out, will hand out rest tomorrow. Due Wed
Work on problems from worksheet

Tomorrow we do the Hit the Bar Lab - prepare your calculations.