ENERGY COLLEGE PREP PHYSICS

WORK AND ENERGY
HONORS PHYSICS

TEXTBOOK: Chapter 5, pages 166 – 192.

OBJECTIVES:

Display an ability to calculate work done by a force.

Identify the force that does the work.

Understand the relationship between work done and energy transferred.

To be able to define kinetic and potential energy.

To be able to calculate kinetic energy and apply the work-energy theorem.

To demonstrate an ability to solve problems involving gravitational potential energy.

To be able to state the law of conservation of energy.

To demonstrate an ability to solve problems using the law of conservation of energy.

Differentiate between work and power and correctly calculate power used.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	DATE
EXPERIMENT	Making the Grade	December 18
DISCUSS	Work, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Conservation of Energy	January 5
EXPERIMENT	Cadillac vs Porsche	January 5
MULTIMEDIA	Ball & Nose	January 6
DISCUSS	Power	January 6
EXPERIMENT	Power	January 6
HOMEWORK	Read pages 168 - 171; Problem Set #1: page 170, # 1, 2, 3; page 193, # 7, 9, 10.	January 6
EXPERIMENT	Lowe's Eye IV	January 7
HOMEWORK	Read pages 172 - 178 (ignore section on elastic potential energy); Problem Set #2: page 178, # 3, 4, 5, 6, 8.	January 7
HOMEWORK	Read pages 179 - 183; Problem Set #3: page 182, # 2, 3, 4; and page 195, # 27, 29.	January 9
MULTIMEDIA	Energy - MU	January 9
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	Work and Energy Problems	January 12
HOMEWORK	Conceptual Questions - Work and Energy.	January 12
DISCUSS	Conceptual Questions	January 13
TEST	Work and Energy	January 15

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