Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 - Block 1

Final Exam

Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 - Block 3

Final Exam

Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 - Block 1

Final Jeopardy Review

Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009 - Blocks 1 and 3

Went over Kepler's laws worksheet.

Very Odd Orbit of Mercury

Went over review sheet of topics on final

Final for Block 1 is Thursday, Jan 29, 2009
Final for Block 3 is Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009

Monday, Jan 26, 2009 - Blocks 1 and 3

Gave a second quiz on torques - this time a bar problem.

Asked what student's remembered from the Hewitt video.

Zapped the law of gravitation to derive Kepler's laws. Went over several examples of close is fast.

Did not have time to do Orbit of Mercury so instead, for fun, showed parts of 3rd Rock From the Sun - The Physics of Being Dick. Block 1 liked it. Block 3 not so much so instead I started going over the Kepler's Laws Worksheet.

Friday, Jan 23, 2009 - Blocks 1 and 3

Answered any remaining questions on the torque worksheets.

Quiz on canoe problem.

Finished Hewitt video on Gravity.

Several students did not complete the Kepler's Laws worksheet so I asked them to finish it for Monday.

Thursday, Jan 22, 2009 - Blocks 1 and 3

Went over problems on Statics and Equilibrium worksheet. Many students did not complete the worksheet so I gave a bit of time in class for students to work on them before continuing to go over the problems.

Started Hewitt video on Gravity. Discussed revolution in thinking caused by the Law of Universal Gravitation.

Showed how the inverse square law results from our world with 3 spacial dimensions.

Handed out Worksheet on Kepler's Laws as homework.