{"id":13961,"date":"2026-04-16T08:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/?page_id=13961"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:08:32","slug":"thursday-april-16-tip-slip-with-excel-and-deadfall-trap-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/classes\/physics-12-2025-26\/thursday-april-16-tip-slip-with-excel-and-deadfall-trap-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, April 16 &#8211; Tip\/Slip with Excel and Deadfall Trap Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/physics-11\/kinematics\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5924\" src=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Apple-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Current unit: <a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-12\/dynamics-forces-in-2d\/\">Dynamics (Forces) in 2D<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physics 12 Attendance\n<ul>\n<li>Sit where you want<\/li>\n<li>If you are not here when the bell goes, you are late (exception: doing announcements)<\/li>\n<li>Write your name on the sheet when leaving the class<\/li>\n<li>No leaving the class with your friend(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Review homework: <a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Worksheet-Modelling-Friction-in-2D.pdf\">Worksheet &#8211; Modelling Friction in 2D<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Worksheet-Solutions-Modelling-Friction-in-2D.pdf\">Worksheet Solutions &#8211; Modelling Friction in 2D<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday, Apr. 24: due date for final individual assignment (no quiz) on modelling motion using Excel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Whiteboards &#8211; solve tip for drum problem<\/li>\n<li>Using Excel\n<ul>\n<li>Get computer from room 370<\/li>\n<li>Graph force needed to tip and slip from theta is 0 to 360\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced: use deltaTheta variable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-12\/static-equilibrium\/deadfall-trap-project\/\">Deadfall Trap Project<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you have submitted your hypothesis and procedures\n<ul>\n<li>Include reasoning (physics) behind your hypothesis<\/li>\n<li>Not many groups found the centres of mass of the objects<\/li>\n<li>Your analysis of the data must include static equilibrium<\/li>\n<li>Averaging: ideally 10+ trials, acceptably 5+ trials, talk with Mr. Renwick if you can only do 1-4 trials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-11\/assessment\/assessing-curricular-competencies\/\">Assessing the lab<\/a> &#8211; will post Deadfall Trap Project Part 2 tomorrow\n<ul>\n<li>Planning and conducting: collecting data<\/li>\n<li>Processing and analyzing data and information: must include free body diagrams with static equilibrium calculations<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating: sources of error<\/li>\n<li>Questioning and predicting: generating 2 new hypotheses based on your results<\/li>\n<li>Applying and innovating: finding real-world applications for your results and\/or new hypotheses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>After talking with Mr. Renwick, start to prepare to run the experiment<\/li>\n<li>Work days today, tomorrow, and next 2 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Due date: Friday, May 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Wrap-up\n<ul>\n<li>Period 3: put up chairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current unit: Dynamics (Forces) in 2D Physics 12 Attendance Sit where you want If you are not here when the bell goes, you are late (exception: doing announcements) Write your name on the sheet when leaving the class No leaving the class with your friend(s) Review homework: Worksheet &#8211; Modelling Friction in 2D Worksheet Solutions &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/classes\/physics-12-2025-26\/thursday-april-16-tip-slip-with-excel-and-deadfall-trap-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday, April 16 &#8211; Tip\/Slip with Excel and Deadfall Trap Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13392,"parent":13206,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13961","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13961"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13971,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13961\/revisions\/13971"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}