Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wednesday, Sept 29, 2010

Test on Linear Motion

RA 3.1 due Thursday

Tuesday, Sept 28, 2010

Good weather so shot off rockets for Rocket Lab 2

Monday, Sept 27, 2010

Went over problems from packet.

Friday, Sept 24, 2010

End of chapter review.

Gave students time to work on problems from packet.

Thurs, Sept 23, 2010

Collected RA 2.5
Collected Rocket Lab 1 write-up

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Wednesday, Sept 22, 2010

Allow students time to check Rocket 1 calculations

Review Sus-it-out and equation methods
These are great but don't give an intuitive feel

In the rocket lab, you shot the rocket in the air. What is the acceleration of the rocket at the top of its trajectory? Not really intuitive from other methods.

Bike and Bees
Visualize it
Graphs

Go over graphical method of solving equations.

Hand out problems solving strategy sheet

Give out RA 2.5, due Thursday.

Tuesday, Sept 21, 2010

Rocket 1 Lab
Lab write-up due Thursday

Last day to hand in CD 2.2 is Friday.