Wednesday, April 15 – Dynamics Quiz Prep

Current unit: Dynamics

• Attendance
  • Sit where you want
  • Please pay close attention – lots of material to cover today
  • Get out a paper and pencil for drawing free body diagrams (FBD’s)
• Dynamics quiz tomorrow: Thursday, April 16
• Lab – Hooke’s Law – students who have not completed it make up during a FIT period
• How to prepare for a test
  • Preparation before the test vs. during the test
  • In general vs. physics/math specific
• Quiz review
  • Free body diagrams
    • Static (not moving – flat and inclined floor)
    • Sliding (flat and inclined floor)
    • Rolling (flat and inclined floor)
    • Projectile
      • Randy Johnson hits bird (0:26)
  • Worksheet – Dynamics Review
    • Worksheet Solutions – Dynamics Review
  • Make up a problem, find the answer, and ask Mr. Renwick to double-check your work
• Kinematics Project Part 1 – Background Research and Hypotheses
  • Assessment does not include planning and conducting
  • Computers available today (room 370) if you want to work on the project
  • Due by end of class tomorrow (Thursday, April 16)
  • Friday: generate procedures, and prepare to run the experiment
•  Wrap-up
  • Quiz tomorrow