| In each meeting there will be laboratory work. During the laboratory you will document your activities by filling in entries in the activity space provided in the laboratory units that make up Physics For Doing. The entries consist of observations, predictions, derivations, calculations, and answers to questions. You may use the same data and graphs as your partners and, of course, discuss concepts with your classmates and the instructor. However, your entries in the activity units must reflect your own understanding of the concepts and the meaning of the data and graphs you present. Each entry should be written in your own words. Below is a weekly schedule of labs. |
| Date | Topic (Lab) | |
| Jan | 12 | Pretest, Position vs Time Graphs (1) |
| 14 | Position vs Time Graphs (1), Velocity vs. Time Graphs (2) | |
| 16 | Relating Position and Velocity Graphs (3), Changing Motion (4), Slowing Down, Stopping, and Turning Around (5) | |
| 19 | MLK Day | |
| 21 | Slowing Down, Stopping, and Turning Around (5) | |
| 23 | Measurement and Uncertainty (6) (making a histogram), Projectile Motion (7) | |
| 26 | Snow Day | |
| 28 | Measurement and Uncertainty (6), Projectile Motion (7) | |
| 30 | Projectile Motion (7) | |
| Feb | 2 | Uniform Circular Motion (8) |
| 4 | Uniform Circular Motion (8) | |
| 6 | Test 1; Uniform Circular Motion (8), Force and Motion I (11) | |
| 9 | Force and Motion I (11); Newton's Third Law, Tension, and Normal Forces (14) | |
| 11 | Newton's Third Law, Tension, and Normal Forces (14) | |
| 13 | Friction and Applying the Laws of Motion (15) | |
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| 6 | Test 2 | |
| 9 | Spring Break | |
| 11 | Spring Break | |
| 13 | Spring Break | |
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| 15 | Test 3 | |
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