TEXTBOOK:        CHAPTER 16; Sections 16.1 to 16.7; pages 346 - 360.

OBJECTIVES:

• Determine the spring constant for three springs and verify Hooke's Law.

• Explain how motion in a reference circle and sinusoidal motion are related to simple harmonic motion.

• Explain the meaning of the following words for a mass vibrating at the end of a spring: amplitude, displacement, frequency, and period.

• State and apply the relationship between frequency and period for simple harmonic motion.

• Sketch or identify a graph of displacement as a function of time, and determine from such a graph the amplitude, period, and frequency of the motion.

• Given a sinusoidal curve, to be able to write an equation for the displacement along the x-axis; use this equation to determine the velocity and acceleration by finding the first derivative and the second derivative.

• Identify points in the motion of a simple harmonic oscillator where the velocity is zero or where it achieves its maximum positive or negative value.

• Identify points in the motion of a simple harmonic oscillator where the acceleration is zero or where it achieves it maximum positive or negative values.

• Define simple harmonic motion in terms of restoring force (or acceleration) and displacement.

• Derive a formula for acceleration (in SHM) from Newton's second law and Hooke's law. 

• Derive and apply the expression for the period of oscillation of a mass on a spring.

• Write an expression for the force exerted by an ideal spring and for the potential energy stored in a stretched or compressed spring.

• Explain how the kinetic, potential, and total energies are related as a system vibrates. Solve problems involving the interchange of energy in an oscillating system.

• Analyze the motion of a physical pendulum in order to determine the period of small oscillations.

• Draw a force diagram for the simple pendulum and derive the expression for the period of a simple pendulum.

• Solve problems using the formula for period of a pendulum.

• Test the effect of certain variables of the period of a pendulum.

• Use a computer or graphing calculator to find the relationship between two variables.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	DATE
EXPERIMENT	Hooke's Law	April 12
EXPERIMENT	Spring to Speed	April 15
EXPERIMENT	Investigating a Spring	April 16
HOMEWORK	Problem Set #1: Read Sections 16.1 to 16.3 (pages 347 - 352)  and do problems on pages365 - 369;  # 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19..	April 16
MULTI-MEDIA	Simple Harmonic Motion	April 26
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	Worksheet: Frequency, Period, Amplitude	April 26
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	Worksheet: Data Analysis Problems	April 26
HOMEWORK	Problem Set #2: Read Sections 16.4 to 16.5  (pages 352 - 355) and do problems on pages 365 - 369; # 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41.	April 26
EXPERIMENT	Simple Harmonic Motion and the Motion Detector	April 27
HOMEWORK	Problem Set #3: Read Section 16.6  (pages 355 - 358) and do problems on pages 365 - 369; # 42, 43, 45, 48a, 49.	April 27
EXPERIMENT	Tick - Tock	April 28
HOMEWORK	Conceptual Question Worksheet	April 28
DISCUSS	Conceptual Worksheet	April 30
DISCUSS	Physical and Torsional Pendulums	April 30
TEST	Oscillations	May 3

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