Week 2 Day 1
Assignments

Topics:

Today: Getting Started

  • Doing Science

Today: Chapter 1 Observing Motion

  • Motion Diagrams
  • Particle Model
  • Describing Motion
  • Motion Definitions

Next Time: Chapter 1
Observing Motion

  • Adding & Subtracting Vectors
  • Velcocity & Acceleration

Announcements

  • See me after class if you still need to make-up Pre-course diagnostics
  • Problem with due date on Jan 14 HW (extended to Wednesday)
  • Policy on Late Homework
    • Paper HW - 10 % reduction per day after start of class
    • WebAssign HW
      - each student entitled to 6 extensions during the semester
      - email request for extension on day assignment is due
      - extended assignment must be completed before the start of the next class
      - solutions posted after the end of next class
  • WebAssign Log in

Username => (All Caps) 1st three letters of your first name
+ up to 1st five letters of last name – John Smith => JONSMITH

Institution => (all lowercase) ucf

Password => last 5 numbers of your Student ID # (SSN)

Assignments

  • Due Today
    HW extended due to WebAssign Problems
  • Due Wednesday
    WebAssign: Jan 14 HW + paper
    Workbook 1a
    : 1-9
  • Due Friday
    Workbook 1b: 10,11,16,18,21-25

Activities

  • Doing Science
    • Observations
    • Making Models
    • Predictions
    • Testing Predictions/Models
  • Motion Diagrams
    • Particle Model
    • Watch the walk
    • fan cart
    • Projectiles
    • Which Way?
  • Brainstorm describing motion
  • Motion Definitions
    • position
    • displacement
    • distance
    • average speed
    • average velocity