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October Assignments--IB Physics 2
2018-19 School Year


Monday, Oct. 1
Notes and discussion:  Angular kinetic energy, work, and power
E.c. problem assigned, due tomorrow (last worded slide of the notes)

HW:  Reminder--lab due Friday.  IF you bring me verification that you were taking the physics SAT, and IF you submit your lab to turnitin.com before Monday morning, you can turn in your hard copy of the lab on Tuesday with no late penalty.

HW:  IB Rotations question packet--due Friday (1st attempt), Tuesday for final submission


Tuesday, Oct. 2
Work day on one or more of the following:
  • Mobile project (due tomorrow)
  • Acceleration as a function of Torque lab (due Friday)
  • Rotations review packet (IB questions)--1st draft due Friday, final draft due Tuesday

Reminder--Unit test on Tuesday, 10/9/18

Wednesday,
Oct. 3


Turn in Mobiles
Warm-up question
​Work time on packet and/or lab

Thursday, Oct. 4

Peer Eval of mobile projects

Review/practice problems: Angular momentum; rotational kinetic energy; conservation of energy for a ball rolling down an incline.


Friday, Oct. 5
Review:  Rotational Mechanics
Talk about some of the packet problems--rest of packet due on Tuesday
Packet (fresh copy of the questions)
MarkScheme

Monday, Oct. 8
No School--Teacher Professional Development Day

Tuesday, Oct. 9
Unit Test:  Rotational Mechanics

​Due today--packet of IB test questions

Wednesday
Oct. 10
​PSAT day--only 1st period meets (study hall)

Thursday, Oct. 11
Pre-lab and unit introduction:  Simple Harmonic Motion

Friday, Oct. 12
Lab, Day 1:  SHM Mathematical Model

Monday, Oct. 15
Lab, Day 2: SHM mathematical model

Tuesday, Oct. 16
Lab, Day 3: SHM mathematical model lab (finish); SHM Kinematics and Dynamics (pre-lab and possibly begin collecting data)

Wednesday, Oct. 17
Lab, Day 4:  SHM Kinematics and Dynamics


Thursday, Oct. 18
Lab, Day 5: SHM kinematics and dynamics lab

​Work on analysis questions for all parts once you are done collecting data
There is a WebAssign of post-lab questions, due next Wednesday

Friday, Oct. 19
Day 6: SHM kinematics and dynamics lab  (if necessary...hopefully won't need this time)

3rd lab:  Spring Forces (Hooke's Law)--final graph and conclusion/evaluation due Monday, 10/29  (please upload this one to turnitin.com and bring in your final draft hard copy to class.)

HW:  WA--SHM equations of motion--due Friday (10/26)

Monday, Oct. 22
​​Post-lab discussion and notes:  SHM Equations of Motion

Tuesday, Oct. 23
​​​Notes and practice problems: SHM fundamentals and equations of motion

Wednesday, Oct. 24
Notes/Discussion:  SHM energy transformations


Thursday, Oct. 25
Mini-lab: Pendulum Period
Two graphs, plus answers to the analysis questions, due Tuesday next week.

Friday, Oct. 26
Due:  WA--SHM equations of motion
Quiz: SHM equations of motion

After the quiz, work on your pendulum lab graphs and/or your Hooke's Law conclusion.
Common errors in Conclusions​

Monday, Oct. 29
Introduce IA!  Yay!
Info, including deadlines and scoring guide can be found on the Internal Assessment Page

Tuesday, Oct. 31
Due:  Pendulum graphs and answers to questions

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