Unit: Rotational Motion
- due Tues, Apr 21 - Herbert's Moped
- due Wed, Apr 22 - Herbert's Top, Rotational Motion and Kinematics Problems 1, 2
- due Thurs, Apr 23 - Rotational Motion and Kinematics Problems 3, 4, 5, 7
- due Fri, Apr 24 - Herbert Cracks the Whip
- due Mon, Apr 27 - Text p. 236 # 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 52
- due Tues, Apr 28 - Uniform Circular Motion - 1, Rotational Motion #2,
- due Wed, Apr 29 - Rotational Motion #2, 3, Herbert's Amusement Park #1
- due Thurs, Apr 30 - Josie's Adventures #1, 2, 3
- due Fri, May 1 - Herbert's Amusement Park #3
- Tues, May 5
- Due Tues, May 5 - Unit Review - Circular Motion Problems 1-7, Walking in a Physics Wonderland 1,2,4,6,7
- Fri, Apr 24 - BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK
- Wed April 29 is a half day (30 minute classes)
Unit Links:
- Basic Rotational Quantities summary
- How radians compare to arclength and radius
- Explanation of the Right Hand Rule (aka the cross product)
- Centripetal Force explanation
- Car on a banked curve applet
- Practice for the next unit - Make your own roller coaster!
- more roller coasters
- Physics of a carousel and of a coaster
- How Roller Coasters Work - with video, pictures, and applets
- Test your reaction time here!
Next Topic: Cedar Point - Create Your Own Lab!
Unit: Waves
- due Mon, Mar 23 - Surfing Waves on the Internet
- due Tues, Mar 24 - Waveform and Vibration Graph
- due Wed, Mar 25 - Sounds like fun
- due Thurs, Mar 26 - Sound and the Fury
- due Fri, Mar 27 - Don't Interfere Unless You Are a Wave
- due Mon, Mar 30 - Standing Around Waving
- due Wed, Apr 1 - Reflecting on Life
- due Thurs, Apr 2 - What's Your Angle?
- due Tues, Apr 7 - Critical Problems
- due Thurs, Mar 18 - Wave Goodbye to the Last Unit - Inquiry Springs Lab (one due per group)
- due Tues, Mar 31 - Reflections Inquiry Mirror Lab (one due per group)
- Wed, Apr. 9
- Due Wed Apr 9 - Unit Review
- Extra Assignment - Unit Review #2
- Wed March 23 is a half day (30 minute classes)
- Fri Apr 3 is a shortened schedule (35 minute classes)
- Mon Apr 6 was a Snow Day! In April! Such Craziness...
- Thurs, Apr 10 is the last day of class before spring break
Unit Links:
- Huron has an internet radio station! We have celebrities in our midst... Click here to listen to River Rat Radio
- How internet radio works
- How satellite radio works
- Green Energy from ocean waves?
- Doppler Effect
- Constructive and Destructive Interference applet
- Physics of music - Fourier Series applet
- Refraction applet
- Make your own hologram?
- How a violin string vibrates
- Propagation of an electromagnetic wave applet
Next Unit: Rotational Motion
Unit: Circuits
- due Tues, Mar 3 - Resistors in Series worksheet
- due Wed, Mar 4 - Irresistible Parallel Resistor Problems worksheet (back of Resistors in Series)
- due Mon, Mar 9 - Circuit Analysis Ex 1
- due Wed, Mar 11 or Thurs, Mar 12 - Circuit Analysis with Bill's Laws 'Ohmwork (back of Circuit Analysis Ex 1 worksheet), Circuit Worksheet I
- due Fri, Mar 13 - Circuit Analysis II worksheet (back of Circuit Worksheet I), Circuit Analysis 3 worksheet
- due Mon, Mar 16 - Read Section 18.5 in text, Probs. p.585 #22, 80, 81, 82, 83
- due Wed, Mar 18 - Quiz Review
- due Fri, Mar 6 - Circuits Lab (one due per group)
- Wed, Mar 18
- due Fri, Mar 13 - Cedar Point Trip payment #2 ($25 of $55 or balance leftover)
- due Fri, Feb 20 - Faraday questions and essay
Unit Links:
- Make your own circuit!
- Overview of series and parallel circuits
- How can surge protectors save energy? (includes MythBusters video clip)
Next Unit: Waves
Unit: Electric Potential, Voltage, Electrical Current, Power
Homework:- due Tues, Feb 10 - Electric PE worksheet
- due Wed, Feb 11 - Electric Potential & Potential Energy worksheet (back side of Electric PE sheet)
- due Thurs, Feb 12 - Current Voltage Resistance Questions
- due Fri, Feb 13 - Current/Ohm's Law worksheet
- due Tues, Feb 17 - Joule's Law (back side of Current/Ohm's Law worksheet)
- due Thurs, Feb 19 - Unit Review - Electric PE worksheet, A Potentially Powerful Review worksheet
- due Thurs, Feb 12 at the end of the hour
- Thurs, Feb 19
- due Wed, Feb 18 - Cedar Point Trip payment #1 ($30 of $55)
- due Fri, Feb 20 - Faraday questions and essay
Unit Links:
- Electric Potential Energy applet
- More explanations about Electric Potential
- Why thunderstorm sprites are like E-fields in parallel plates
- Voltage and Current applet
- Resistance and Current applet
- James Joule the Brewer
- Lighting - How it works, some cool pictures
- Helpful Equations and information
Unit: Electric Force, Electric Fields
- due Wed, Jan 28 - Take Charge! Problems worksheet, finish Tech/Project questionnaire
- due Thurs, Jan 29 - Electric Force Lab Pre-questions
- due Fri, Jan 30 - Log/Log graphing worksheet #2,3,6,7
- due Mon, Feb 2 - for lab, finish 4 slopes on log/log graph paper
- due Tues, Feb 3 - Electrifying Force Problems worksheet, finish in-class problems
- due Wed, Feb 4 - Electric Field Due to a Single Charge - A, D, E, F, don't forget the LAB write-up!
- due Fri, Feb 6 - Enticing Electric Force and Electric Field Problems (Quiz Review worksheet)
- due Wed, Feb 4
- Friday, Feb 6
- Ben Franklin's Kite experiment
- Charge by Induction applet
- Charge by Induction movie
- Electric Field Lines applet
- Electric Field Lines applet number two
Next Unit: Electric Potential, Voltage, Electrical Current, Power
