Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Homework due November 29

Read pp. 197-199 (stop at Angular Acceleration); pp 201-203; pp. 211-213
Do problems
p. 200 #8
p. 223 #73

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Homework due November 21

Problems:
  • pg 308 #66, 69, 75
  • pg 309 #78
Homework Harvest on Monday November 21.  2 stamps each for chapters 4, 7, 9, 10, 11


Unit test on Chapters 9, 10, 11 on Wednesday November 23



Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Homework due November 17

Read Chapter 11
Do problems

  • pg 292 #14 (ignore bar graphs)
  • pg 301 #27, 28
  • pg 306 #33
  • pg 307 #53

Monday, November 7, 2011

Homework Due November 15

Ch. 10 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines
  • read pp. 257-265 (note: pp. 266-268 won’t be covered until after Ch. 11)
  • p. 265, problems #17, 21
  • p. 278, problems #37, 44, 46, 59
Work = Force x distance

Homework Due November 10

Problems
  • p. 235 #12
  • p. 245 #31
  • p. 250 #34
  • p. 252 #73
  • p. 253 #80,82

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Homework Due November 4

Do problems:
  • p. 192 #60
  • p. 193 #77
  • p. 194 #90, 96
Also: Read Hewitt pp. 181-187
(Ocean Tides, Black Holes)
(time permitting on Wed or Fri)

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Agenda for Oct 31 and Homework Due Nov 2

Do Now
Please consider these released STAR test questions:
A communication satellite is in a circular orbit around Earth. If the speed of the satellite is constant, the force acting on the satellite
  1. is zero.
  2. is decreasing.
  3. points toward the center of Earth at all times.
  4. points in the direction that the satellite is moving.
A satellite that is moving in a circular orbit around Earth and maintaining a constant speed will experience a
  1. changing gravitational force toward Earth.
  2. net gravitational force toward Earth.
  3. changing acceleration away from Earth.
  4. net acceleration away from Earth.

Agenda

  • return homework harvest from chapter 6
  • finish calculations for circular motion
    • lab
      discussion of lab
  • Introduction to Universal Gravitation
    • Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
    • Galileo
    • Copernicus
    • Tycho Brahe
    • Johannes Kepler
      • Kepler's 1st law
        • the paths of the planets are ellipses, with the Sun at one focus.
      • Kepler's 2nd law
        • an imaginary line from the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals.
        • Kepler's 2nd law
      • Kepler's 3rd law
        • The squared quantity of the period, TA, of object A divided by the period, TB, of object B, is equal to the cubed quantity of object A’s average distance from the Sun, rA, divided by object B’s average distance from the Sun, rB.

    • Isaac Newton
      • Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
        • The gravitational force is equal to the universal gravitational constant, times the mass of object 1, times the mass of object 2, divided by the distance between the centers of the objects, squared.
        • mathematical relationships
        • direct (linear) with masses
        • inverse square with radius (distance)

Quickie Quiz

Homework
  • Ch. 7, Read pp. 171-183 (stop at Two Kinds of Mass)
  • Do problems:
    • p. 178 #7, 9
    • p. 185 #18
    • p. 191 #46, 47, 55

Friday, October 21, 2011

Homework due October 25

Read Chapter 6, Read pp. 153-156
Do Problems:
  • p 156, #17, 18
  • p 165, #49

Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday, October 10, 2011

Homework Due October 13

Do problems

  • p. 114 #73, 74, 75, 77, 82
  • p. 115 #98


Major Unit  Test on Thursday October 13

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Monday, October 3, 2011

Homework Due October 6

Do problems #56, 64, 68, 69, 70, pg 113

Reminder: Newton's Laws Test October 13!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Homework Due October 4

Read Chapter 4.3, pp 102 - 107
Do problems:
  • pg 95, #11, 13
  • pg 101, #24
  • pg 107 #38
  • pg 112 #43, 48
Quiz on Einstein Movie and Due South "Seeing is Believing" on Oct. 4th

Homework Due Sept 30

pg. 107 #36
pg. 112 # 41,42,47,53

Friday, September 16, 2011

Homework due Sept 20

Read Chapters 4.1, 4.2; pg 86 - 101
Do problems:
  • #14, pg 95
  • #22, 25, pg 101

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Homework Problems due September 14

Homework: p. 83,  #109, 113


Agenda for Monday:  

  1. Finish tennis ball lab
  2. in-class discussion of chapter 3 problems

Other announcements:

  1. Homework Quiz on Wednesday.
  2. Binder check on Wednesday!
  3. Major Unit Test on Linear Motion on Friday.
  4. Peer-to-Peer tutoring on Tuesday after school, 3:00 - 3:45, room 201

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Monday, August 29, 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Homework due Friday August 26

Track meet lab due
we'll have a small quiz too on what we've discussed so far, and also a chapter 1 HW quiz.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Homework for Monday August 22

assigned on Thursday:
Read Chapter 1.1 pp. 2-10
Do problems 13,16,17
Get contract signed

Saturday, August 6, 2011

For parents and students of my 2011-2012 physics classes, stay tuned to this page! I'll post homework and agendas here.

Looking forward to the new school year.

Mr. Gould

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Homework for April 14-15, 2011

  1. Chapter 20 - Static Electricity
    1. Read Entire Chapter!
      1. do problems MC 28, AC 33, 34, p. 558

Monday, April 11, 2011

Agenda and Homework for April 12-13, 2011

  • Homework:
    • Chapter 19 reading

      • READ ONLY pp 515-517 (Through Double-Slit Interference -red)
      • Diffraction Gratings pp 527-530
    • Problems
      • pg 531 SR 28, 30
      • pp 536-537 MP 47, 58

Monday, March 21, 2011

Homework posted for March 22,23, 2011

Homework
  • Read Chapter 18 Refraction and Lenses
    • READ ONLY:
      • pg 485 Refraction of Light;
      • pg 491 Dispersion of Light.
    • do problems on pp 508-509 AC 53, 60