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Math and Safety
Home Study: Sci. Not. video Lab Saftey Rap
Kinematics in 1-D
Essential Knowledge Quiz
Home study: displacement: video Giancolli pgs. 20-21 Knight pgs.6-8
Home study: frame of reference: video -first 5 min Giancolli pgs. 20-21 Knight pgs.6-8
Home study: avg. velocity video Giancolli pgs. 21-22 Knight pgs. 9-10
Home study: x vs. t graph: video video2 Giancolli pgs. 38-39 Knight pgs. 31-34
Home study: acceleration: video Giancolli pgs.24-28 Knight pgs. 42-44
Home study: v vs. t graph: video Giancolli pgs.38-39 Knight pgs. 39-41
Home study: a vs. t graph: video Knight pgs. 43 and 46
Home study: solve a problem: video Giancolli pgs.30-32 Knight pgs. 50-52
Home study: Using g: video Giancolli pgs. 32-37 Knight pgs. 52-54
which ball hits the ground first
TEST
Dynamics
Incorrect Laws of motion video- this is what students often think!! its all wrong.
Home study: Newton's 1st Law: video Giancolli pgs. 78-80 Knight pgs. 103-107
Home study: Newton's 2nd Law: video or video Giancolli pgs. 80-82 Knight pgs. 115-117
Home study: Freebody Diagrams: video video Giancolli pgs. 87-93 Knight pgs. 118-120
Home study: Friction: video Giancolli pgs. 96-97 Knight pgs.109-110
Home study: Newton's 3rd Law: video video Giancolli pgs. 83-86 Knight pgs. 120-123
Good Example problem video
Good music: Here and Here and Here and Here and Here and Here!!! Which is your fav? Wanta make your own, I'll link to it.
EN Quiz on Forces
two-body problems video video video Atwood's video
Vectors
Home study: What are vecotors video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: vector components video1 video2 Giancolli pgs. 89-95 Knight pgs.
Home study: 2-D Force Problem video video video <-- Make a tree map of these three videos.
Projectiles
Home study: Horizontal projection video Giancolli pgs. 58-65 Knight pgs.84-88
Home study: Angled launch video Giancolli pgs. 58-65 Knight pgs. 84-88
WRAP PROJECTILES UP video
monkey and hunter here shoot and drop here Hewitt Demo here
QUIZ
EXAM practice here
Work and Energy
Home study: work / power video video video Giancolli pgs. 146-150 Knight pgs. 290-297
Home study: Forms of Energy video K video U video Giancolli pgs. 150-153 Knight pgs. 298 -306
Home study: spring Energy video Giancolli pgs. 311-312 Knight pgs. 303
Home study: Conservation of Energy video Giancolli pgs. 158-165 Knight pgs. 307-309
Open system with work video video2
Skate Park Phet wkst Phet website
Essential Knowledge Quiz here
mixed review solutions here
TEST
Momentum
Momentum EN Quiz
Car Crash Video wkst
Home study: p=mv and conservation video video examples video video Giancolli pgs. 180-187 Knight pgs. 260-269
Elastic and Inelastic collisions be able to explain the differences video
Home study: Impulse video Giancolli pgs. 180-187 Knight pgs. 261-266
Home study: video elastic and inelastic collisions Giancolli pgs. 187-190 Knight pgs. 274-275
Fyenman on conservation laws
TEST
Circular Mo/ Gravity/ SHM
Home study: SHM Spring video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: SHM Pend video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: SHM graph video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
What is gravity? video and Are Astronauts weighless video
TEST
Rotation
Home study: rotational Velocity and Radius video video2 video3 Giancolli pgs. 209-214 Knight pgs. 201-203
Home study: torque: video video2 Giancolli pgs. 217-219 Knight pgs. 204-211
Home study: rotational momentem video Giancolli pgs. 228-230 Knight pgs. 276-280
Gyroscopic Precession video
Home study: rotational energy: video Giancolli pgs. 225-227 Knight pgs. 300-301
bullet block video - you must watch all three!! link from one video to the next
Essential Knowledge Quiz
Waves
Home study: wave definitions video Giancolli pgs. 326-330 Knight pgs. 447-483
Home study: reflection/interferance/standing wave video video2 Giancolli pgs.330-333 Knight pgs.507-511
Home study: Sound video Giancolli pgs.347-353 Knight pgs.487
Home study: Resonance video Giancolli pgs. 334, 354-355 Knight pgs.516
Home study: Doppler video Giancolli pgs. 365 Knight pgs. 495
Home study: Beats video Giancolli pgs. 362 Knight pgs.
Watch this video then write a clear coherent paragraph that describes how the sound is made and why there are different tones produced.
Bill Nye on waves - a fun waste of time
TEST
Electrostatics
Home study: Millikan's Oil Drop Exp. video
Home Study: Charge
Home study: Coulomb's Law and Coulmb's Law2 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
TEST
DC Circuits
En Quiz
Home study: Ohms law and Resistivity video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: Resistors in Series video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: Resistors in Parallel video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: Light bulb bright ness video video2 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: combo video1 video2 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
Home study: Kirchhoff Laws video1 video2 video 3 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.
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