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September Assignments--IB Physics 2
2016-17 School Year


Thursday, Sept. 1
1st day of school!

Ice breaker game

Please fill out the following survey before class next Tuesday!  Beginning of the Year Survey!



Friday
Sept. 2

Review of last year's topics
Part 1: individual attempt at worksheet
Part 2: group peer-check of same worksheet



Monday, Sept. 5
No School--Labor Day!

Tuesday, Sept. 6
Mini-lab:  effect of stretch distance on the spring force of a hanging spring
Due Thursday Beg. of Per. (BoP)

Wednesday
Sept. 7

Finish lab, work on analysis
Analysis and graph due in class tomorrow

WA Spring Forces due Friday (it's a short assignment)  There is 1 bonus question (the last question).  That one is due by Monday.

Thursday
 Sept. 8
Lab Due--correct in class
video demonstrations:  Hooke's Law, Elastic Limit, Springs in series and parallel
We will continue the demos (and filling in the note sheet) tomorrow

Friday, Sept. 9
Video Demos and Notes:
​Intro to Simple harmonic Motion (SHM) and oscillations

Monday, Sept. 12
Exploratory lab: Day 1--Mathematical Model of SHM--today, just get used to the set-up.
save graphs and files so you can access them any day you're working on the lab
answer Questions found in Evaluation sections in your journal ​in place of warm-ups for the next couple days.

Tuesday, Sept. 13
Exploratory lab: Day 2--Mathematical Model of SHM
save graphs and files so you can access them any day you're working on the lab
answer Questions found in Evaluation sections in your journal ​in place of warm-ups for the next couple days.

Wednesday
Sept. 14
Continue lab (Mathematical Model) if necessary

​Begin Lab 2: Kinematics of SHM
Again, put your observations/answers to Evaluation section questions in your Journal

HW:​  post-lab for lab 1 (on WebAssign) due Friday

Thursday Sept. 15
Work on  Lab 2: Kinematics of SHM

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Friday, Sept. 16
Lab work day--finish data collection, if necessary; work on analysis;
HW:  Lab 2 analysis

HW:  WA:  SHM 1--Kinematics of SHM--due next Wednesday

Monday, Sept. 19
post-lab discussion
Notes: Kinematics of SHM
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Tuesday, Sept. 20
Practice drawing SHM graphs, derivation of graphs' equations
video demos: non-SHM oscillations; inertial balance; phase shift
pre-lab--planning

Please don't forget you have a WA due on Tuesday of next week (day of your quiz)

Wednesday, Sept. 21
Lab: Inertial Balance--relationship between the mass and the oscillation frequency

Due on Monday, Oct. 3:  Formal lab report--procedure through data analysis
Tips for writing a procedure
Grading rubric for Design/Data Analysis  (don't worry about the last page of this--we will not be writing a conclusion for this lab.  Stop after you've made a statement regarding the answer to your lab from your graph's results.)
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Please get enrolled in our class for www.turnitin.com:
Period 2--enrollment code = 13638742, password = physicsrocks
Period 4--enrollment code = 13639103, password = physicsrocks

Thursday, Sept. 22
work on lab and/or WebAssign

Friday, Sept. 23
In-class review and practice

Monday, Sept. 26
work day on WebAssign and Lab.  Expectation is that you are academically productive.

Tuesday, Sept. 27
Quiz:  Simple Harmonic Motion
Wednesday,   Sept. 28
Notes/discussion/demonstrations:  Pendulum SHM behavior
Thursday, Sept. 28
Energy in SHM systems  (notes/discussion)
Friday, Sept. 30
Notes/discussion:  Damping in oscillating systems

HW:  Inertial Balance lab is due on Monday.  Please submit a copy to www.turnitin.com AND bring a hard copy in to class on Monday.  You are to submit the procedure and the data analysis sections of the lab.
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