Monday, March 14, 2011

Monday, March 7, 2011

Review for test.

Some students worked on problem worksheet others tried Quia quizzes.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Review. Went over end of chapter questions.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Thursday, Mar 3, 2011

Students divided themselves up into groups of 3 or 4 and did the Ball and Ramp Competition.

Finished Hewitt video and talked about why astronauts in space shuttle appear weightless.

Test on Chapter 2 is next Tuesday.
Bring textbooks to class the next few days.

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011

Answered any questions on problem packet.

Started showing Hewitt video on Vectors and Projectile Motion.
Showed how you can plot trajectories by falling below the no gravity case.

Explained "Tower" problem and described tomorrow's Ball and Ramp Competition.

Test on Chapter 2 is next Tuesday.
Bring textbooks to class the next few days.

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011

Finished graphical method and showed several examples.

Handed out RA 2.5 due tomorrow as a summary of the graphical method.

Monday, Feb 28, 2011

Did all homework problems on board.

Started Graphical Method

Friday, February 25, 2011

Friday, Feb 25, 2011

Quiz on Rockets using Sus-it-out method.

Bike and Bee problem.
There are many ways to solve problems, some easy, some hard. The trick is knowing which method to use.

Reviewed Sus-it-Out method.
Derived the two extra equations for the Equation Method.

Gave the students a packet of problems.
Required them to do problems 10,11,12,14,16,18,19,20

Do others for practice or to prepare for the test.

We will have a test either the end of next week or shortly thereafter.