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Academic and AP Physics Homework Assignments
Week of September 11, 2006
Period 2,
Period 5B, Period 6B,
Period 2
DATE |
BOOK |
ASSIGNMENT |
Monday, September 11 |
N/A | For those who were not in class last week, see the listing for the assignment
on Thursday, September 7. |
See Handout
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Answer questions 1-7, 10 (skip 8 and 9).
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Tuesday, September 12 |
See Handout
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Answer questions 8 and 9.
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Wednesday, September 13 |
See Handout
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Finish (redo) any remaining questions.
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Thursday, September 14 |
Lab write-up Due Monday, Sept. 18 | Work on the lab report. It will be due on Monday. Using your data collected in class, prepare a report
as follows:
- Prepare a data table;
- Graph the circumference of the circles vs. diameter; (Check
here for tips on graphing.)
If you want to learn how to use Excel to prepare your graph, check this
site.
- Label each axis;
- Create an appropriate scale;
- Plot the points;
- Draw the best-fit line;
- Calculate the slope of that line;
- Determine the equation of the best-fit line; and
- Explain what the slope represents.
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Friday, September 15 |
See Handout given out today
on problem solving. |
Answer questions 1, 6, 7 and 8.
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Period 5B
DATE |
BOOK |
ASSIGNMENT |
Monday, September 11 |
N/A | For those who were not in class last week, see the listing for the assignment
on Thursday, September 7. |
See Handout
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Answer questions 1-10.
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See WebAssign Assignment |
Answer questions 1-3.
Some possibly helpful resources:
When converting units that have an exponent (square feet (ft^2) or cubic meters (m^3)),
you must separate the units into their component parts. So 300 ft^2 becomes 300 ft x 1 ft.
You must then create two conversion fractions to change each of those units to the desired
unit. Example: Let's change 300 ft^2 to square meters (m^2).
Step 1: Identify the relationship between feet and meters -- 1 m = 3.281 ft;
Step 2: Separate the given units into their component parts. Rewrite 300 ft^2
as 300 ft x 1 ft;
Step 3: Create two conversion fractions that will convert each foot to meters. Because feet are
in the numerator of the given value, feet will go in the denominator of our conversion fractions,
in order to cancel the given units. Meters will go in the numerator of the conversion fraction.
The conversion fraction thus looks like this: 1 m / 3.281 ft.
Step 4: Now multiply the given value (as rewritten into two components) by the two conversion fractions:
300 ft x 1 ft x (1 m / 3.281 ft) x (1 m / 3.281 ft) = ___________m^2.
Step 5: Now solve. By taking this step-by-step, you will never make the mistake of dividing
when you should be multiplying, and vice versa. The solution: 330 ft^2 = 300 divided by 3.281, which
answer is then divided again by 3.281, which gives us 27.9 m^2.
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Tuesday, September 12 |
See WebAssign Assignment |
Answer questions 1-9.
Some possibly helpful resources:
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Wednesday, September 13 |
Lab write-up Due Friday, Sept. 15 | Work on the lab report. It will be due on Friday. Using your data collected in class, prepare a report
as follows:
- Prepare a data table;
- Graph the circumference of the circles vs. diameter; (Check
here for tips on graphing.)
If you want to learn how to use Excel to prepare your graph, check this
site.
- Label each axis;
- Create an appropriate scale;
- Plot the points;
- Draw the best-fit line;
- Calculate the slope of that line;
- Determine the equation of the best-fit line; and
- Explain what the slope represents.
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Thursday, September 14 |
Lab write-up Due tomorrow | See above regarding the assignment.
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Quiz | Prepare for quiz on summer assignment. |
See WebAssign Assignment |
Answer questions on conversion of units and dimensional analysis.
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Friday, September 15 |
See Handout given out today
on problem solving. |
Answer questions 1-10.
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Period 6B
DATE |
BOOK |
ASSIGNMENT |
Monday, September 11 |
N/A | For those who were not in class last week, see the listing for the assignment
on Thursday, September 7. |
See Handout
|
Answer questions 1-7, 10 (skip 8 and 9).
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Tuesday, September 12 |
See Handout
|
Answer questions 8 and 9.
Check out tutorials on:
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Wednesday, September 13 |
Lab write-up Due Friday, Sept. 15 | Work on the lab report. It will be due on Friday. Using your data collected in class, prepare a report
as follows:
- Prepare a data table;
- Graph the circumference of the circles vs. diameter; (Check
here for tips on graphing.)
If you want to learn how to use Excel to prepare your graph, check this
site.
- Label each axis;
- Create an appropriate scale;
- Plot the points;
- Draw the best-fit line;
- Calculate the slope of that line;
- Determine the equation of the best-fit line; and
- Explain what the slope represents.
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Thursday, September 14 |
Lab write-up Due tomorrow | See above regarding the assignment.
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Friday, September 15 |
See Handoutgiven out today
on problem solving. |
Answer questions 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8.
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