Monday, October 21, 2013

Monday: Direction of Forces, Newton's 2nd law practice

HMWK for Wednesday:   Read p. 104-111; p. 111#2-8  (should be review based on what we've done in class)
Also, due next Monday:  Read p. 112-117 (including the black page!) and p. 117#1-6.  (on #1, note that it doesn't matter whether the wall moves or not - you can even scratch that part out in your book!)

Today in class we will do a demonstration involving the direction of net force on an object, then talk about the direction of the net force in a car crash and vehicular safety in general as it relates to F = ma.

We'll look at some science in the news, watch a quick video for National Earth Science week, and have time to work on a review worksheet.

Friction Lab prep today; bring your lab worksheet and journal tomorrow!

Wednesday we'll probably focus on momentum and Newton's 2nd law verification with a demonstration and individual video analysis.  Thursday we'll see how much of this relates to car crashes with a fun video, and Monday we'll focus our attention on Newton's 3rd law, which has the most fun implications I think.
Test will be late next week; then we will make one more step into Physics with Work and Energy!

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