IB Physics
Linear Kinematics (Chapter 2) Syllabus
Text: Physics 5th edition by Douglas Giancoli[1] Cover[2] it and bring it to class by the 3rd class meeting for 10 points toward your grade.
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Block[3] |
Class |
Due on this class[4] |
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1 Sept6/7 |
•Check out textbooks •Calculating Speed •Speed Trap lab outside •Hand out Course Policy •Syllabus/Course Policy •Information card •Calculating Uncertainty |
Bring: Your smiling face Bring: Your schedule Bring: Paper and pencil Turn in: Completed information card
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2 Sept 10/11 |
•Tour of the room •Calculating Uncertainty (Finish and turn in Speed trap) •Dimensional analysis •Significant Digits examples and whiteboard •Hand out sig figs and uncertainty worksheet |
Bring: A calculator (every day hereafter :-) Turn in: Speed trap (In class) Read: 2.1-.3[5] |
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3 Sept 12/13 |
•Quiz on Course policy •Check covers on textbooks •Grade quiz in class •Go over significant digits and uncertainty with partners •Calculating Speed •Tips on solving these first problems •Vector nature of velocity +WB •Assign Problem Set (PS) 2.6 |
Read: and study Course Policy Bring: Your textbook for this class, with a cover on it Check: (2.7#1) Sig Figs and Uncertainty worksheet[6] |
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4 Sept 14/17 |
•Velocity and Acceleration L/D and WB •Calculating "g"s •Lateral Accelerometer assignment •Velocity, acceleration, displacement L + WB |
Read: 2.4-.6
Check: (2.7#2):1-9[7], Gen. Prob. 63 |
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5 Sept18/19 |
•Position time graphs L/D + WB •Velocity time graphs L/D + WB •Assign PS 2.10 |
Read: 2.8 Check: (2.7#3):10-17, Gen. Prob. 61, 64, 72
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6 Sept 20/21 |
•Set up partners •Quiz 2.6[8] •Free Fall and Terminal Velocity L/D •Prep for Measuring the velocity of an air rocket |
Read: 2.7 Check: (2.7#4):18-31, Gen. Prob. 62, 66
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7 Sept 24/25 |
•Measuring the Initial Velocity of an Air Rocket lab[9] •Solve a problem with your quiz group •Assign Plot Matching lab |
Check: (2.8#1):32-50 Bring: A warm or rain coat Turn in: PS 2.7: 1-31 plus uncertainty sheet work. (4 stamps) |
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8 Sept 26/27 |
•Assign Moving Plots lab In class time to work on: •Plot Matching lab •Moving Plots lab •PS 2.10 •Questions from PS 2.10 |
Check: (2.8#2):51-59, Gen. Prob. 65, 68, 71 |
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9 Sept 28 Oct 1 |
•Quiz 2.10 In class time to work on: •Plot Matching lab •Air rocket calculations •Moving Plots lab |
Check: (2.8#3): HFIII 1-4, Gen. Prob. 67, 69
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10 Oct 2/3 |
In class time to work on: •Air rocket calculations •Moving Plots lab |
Check: (2.8#4): HFIII 5-8, Gen. Prob. 60, 70, 73 |
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11 Oct 4/5 |
Test on Linear Kinematics[10] Work (quietly) on: •Moving plots lab
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Turn in: Plot Matching lab Turn in: Air rocket calculations (DC, DPP, Plb, CE)[11] Turn in: PS 2.8 32-59 plus HFIII (4 stamps) |
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12 Oct 8/9 |
•Tests back •Introduction to vectors •Judging of lateral accelerometers |
Turn in: Moving Plots lab (DA, DPP, CE) Turn in: Lateral Accelerometer lab Bring: Your Lateral Accelerometer |
Internal Assessment:
Air rocket calculations (DC, DPP, Plb, CE)
Moving Plots lab (DPP, DC, CE)
[1] Pronounced “John Kahle”. Seriously.
[2]You can use a paper or stretchy cover if you wish.
[3] This is the block of the syllabus, and the numbers that follow are the dates that they will happen, the first is for A day classes, the second for B.
[4]Note that this column is for readings, things to be brought to class completed, or things to be turned in. This is the due date for these things, not what you do after the class described to the left. If the item is checked, that refers to problems you should have completed by that class. I will start the class by coming around and stamping them, so have them out. . So on block 2, for example, you will turn in your speed trap lab from the first day.
[5]Section 2.1 in your book - it starts on page 19
[6] Do what you need to do – spend about 30 minutes. The word problems at the bottom are more challenging.
[7]These are your daily problems. The “2:” in front of them means they are from Chapter 2. Be sure to do the Problems, not the Questions. (If you are IB, you should try to answer the questions as practice) Between every class I would like you to spend about 30 minutes on homework. If you are really bored with the problems we solve in class, try the more challenging ones. (They are marked in the book with Roman numerals I, II, III. The General Problems are more challenging as well) If you are struggling a little in class, then choose the less challenging ones. You can check odd problem answers in the back of the book, and evens on the website. Don’t waste your time doing problems that are too hard, or too easy, and if you are stuck, you can often find help on the website. Don’t feel you need to do every problem assigned. I will stamp your 30 minutes of homework at the beginning of the next class, and we can go over some of the problems then. (You can get EC putting a problem on the board)
[8]These take about 20-30 minutes. There is a time limit.
[9]This lab is outdoors, and we will avoid downpours and temperatures below 45oF only, so bring your rain jacket and be prepared to go outside in a light drizzle or in cooler temperatures. If it is canceled, it will fall on the next appropriate day. In the event that we are rained out for many days in a row, we will drop this day from the syllabus, and have the test one block earlier.
[10]You have the entire block to work on it, but no more. People usually finish early, so bring something to work on or read.
[11]These are the items on the internal assessment that I will score for that particular lab. For class points, you need to do what the lab asks, for IB assessment; you may need to do more. If you are an IB student, you may affix a practical work cover sheet to the front of the lab, and indicate which areas you want me to score.