1/16

Objective:  SWBAT prepare for tomorrow's test on Thermodynamic Processes.

Warm Up:  During which thermodynamic process is
a)  Q = 0?
b) W = 0?
c) delta U = 0?

1/11

Objective:  SWBAT distinquish between the types of Thermodynamic processes and identify them on a P vs. V graph.

Warm Up:  Write down the 0th, 1st, and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics.  What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics a restatement of?

1/8

Objective:  SWBAT review for tomorrow's test on Ch 12 - 14.

Warm Up:  Pick up a review packet and do questions 3 and 5.

1/3

Objective:  SWBAT determine the energy needed to change the phase of a substance.

Warm Up:  Determine the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water from -5oC to 125oC (Hint:  the constants you need are on the worksheet I gave you yesterday).

1/2 2013!!

Welcome Back and Happy New Year!

Objective:  SWBAT calculate the energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance.

Warm Up:  Pick up two worksheets.  Everybody up and stand in a line along the back of the classroom.  Time for 22 questions........

12/10

Objective:  SWBAT determine the pressure exerted by a fluid.

Warm Up:  Pick up two "In-class example" sheets and staple.  Do problems 1 and 2.

12/5

Objective:  SWBAT determine the energy of a spring in simple harmonic motion.

Warm Up:  Define mechanical energy.  Then write an equation for  mechanical energy that includes terms for all of the types of energy we have studied so far in class.  (No numbers, just symbols in the equation.)

12/3

Objective:  SWBAT determine the factors that affect the oscilation of a spring and a pendulum.

Warm Up:  Pick up two worksheets and staple together.  Answer question #1.

11/29

Objective:  SWBAT review for tomorrow's test on rotational kinematics and torque.

Warm Up:  Get out your in class example packet and solve #6.

11/26

Welcome Back!

Objective:  SWBAT practice solving problems in rotational kinematics and complete a short activity on torque.

Warm Up:  Pick up one handout.  Solve problem #1.

11/19

Objective:  SWBAT examine the history and development of safety features in automobiles.

Today's Assignment:  Watch the movie "Modern Marvel's Car Crashes".  Choose a safety feature in automobiles that you would like to research.  Write a 500 work typewritten report on the history, development and physics behind your safety feature.  Due Tuesday Nov 27th.

11/15

Objective:  SWBAT review for tomorrow's test on momentum.

Warm Up: A bullet is shot into a suspended block of wood as shown on the board.  Find the initial velocity of the bullet.

11/9

Objective:  SWBAT design a lab using a ramp and two marbles that demonstrates that momentum is conserved in a two dimentional collision.

Warm UP:  Pick up a lab worksheet.  Form a group of 4.  How can I determine the speed of a marble that has traveled down a ramp?

11/08

Objective:  SWBAT understand the concept of center of mass.

Warm Up:  Where is the center of mass on a meter stick?  on a person? on a hammer? on a donut?

11/02

Objective:  SWBAT apply the work energy theorem to solve problems involving energy.

Warm Up: A firework rocket is launched from rest.  425 J of work is done on the rocket by the propellent to cause the rocket to reach a height of 29 m.  Ignoring air resistance (and the loss of mass due to the burning of the propellent) determine the final velocity of the rocket.

11/1

Objective:  SWBAT calculate conservation of energy problems.

Warm Up:  If the speed of a pendulum is 5 m/s at the bottom of it's swing, what is the height  of the pendulum when it has speed of 2 m/s?

10/31

Welcome back from our mini hurrication.  That storm was spooky!

Objective:  SWBAT understand how work, power and energy are related.

Warm Up:  Pick up an inclass review packet.  Do problem #1.

10/25

Objective:  SWBAT use the pHet site simulations to understand Conservation of energy.

Warm Up:  Get out your netbook, log onto Edmodo.  Open the file for Energy Park 1 and the Energy Park Sim.  Get to work!

10/24

Objective:  SWBAT calculate work and power.

Warm Up:  List the key equations for work, power and energy.  Then determine the potential energy of a 5 kg box at the top of a 5 m high ramp that is at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal.  If the ramp is frictionless, what is the speed of the box when it has slide half way down the ramp?

10/23

Objective:  SWBAT determine the work and power needed to walk vs. run up a flight of stairs.

Warm Up:  Pick up a worksheet and turn in your chapter outline.  Define the terms work, power and energy.