TEXTBOOK:      Chapter 3, Section 3.1 - 3.6, pages 31 - 40.
                   Chapter 4, Section 4.1 - 4.6, pages 48 - 60 and Section 4.8, pages 62-63. 

OBJECTIVES:

• Distinguish between vector and scalar quantities.

• Calculate graphically the sum of two or more vectors given both magnitude and direction of the vectors. 

• Calculate graphically the difference between two vectors given both magnitude and direction of the two vectors. 

• Resolve any given vector into perpendicular components. 

• Calculate the sum of two or more given vectors by the method of trigonometric resolution into components. 

• Determine the equilibrant of a vector system if given two or more initial vectors. 

• Use video analysis to understand the motions of a projectile in flight. 

• Calculate the range of a projectile fired horizontally from a height, give its initial velocity and the height it is fired from; verify the results of this by performing an experiment. 

• Calculate the resultant velocity of a projectile from knowledge of its horizontal and vertical components. 

• Calculate the range of a projectile fired from ground level if given its initial velocity and the angle of firing. 

• Calculate the range of a projectile if fired from a height at an angle if given the initial velocity, the angle, and the height. 

• Given functions x(t) and y(t) which describe projectile motion, determine the components, magnitude, and direction of the particle's velocity and acceleration as functions of time. 

• Analyze the uniform motion of a particle relative to a moving medium such as a flowing stream. 

• Relate the observations made by an observer in one frame of reference to those of an observer in another frame of reference through the technique of the transformation of relative velocities.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	DATE
DISCUSS	Adding Vectors Graphically	October 4
DISCUSS	Adding Vectors Analytically	October 6
EXPERIMENT	Force Table	October 8 October 12
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 3.1 - 3.3,  and do Problem  Set #1: p. 45 , # 2, 3, 5, 7.	October 12
COMPUTER  ACTIVITY	The Lobbed Ball	October 13
DEMONSTRATION	Dropping & Fired Bullet	October 14
DISCUSS	Three Types of Projectile Motion Problems	October 14
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 3.4 - 3 - 7, pages 40 - 43 and do Problem Set #2: page 46,  # 11 - 19 odd	October 14
EXPERIMENT	Lowe's Eye I	October 15
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 4.1 - 4.4, pages 49 - 54 and do Problem Set #3: pgs. 67 - 68, # 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15.	October 15
COMPUTER  ACTIVITY	Projectiles II	October 19
HOMEWORK	Conceptual Question Sheet - Two Dimensional Motion.	October 19
DEMONSTRATION	Monkey and Banana	October 20
DISCUSS	Conceptual Worksheet	October 20
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 4.5 - 4.6,  pages 54 - 60 and do Prob Set # 4:  pgs 68 - 70, # 17, 19, 29, 31, 33, 37.	October 20
EXPERIMENT	Lowe's Eye II	October 21
EXPERIMENT	Lowe's Eye III	October 21
TEST	Two Dimensional Motion	October 26

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