Week 3 Day 1
Assignments

Topics:

Today: Section 2
Principles of Balancing

  • More Principles of balancing
  • Numbers and location
  • Designing an Experiment
  • Finding a pattern

Next Time: Section 2:
Principles of Balancing

  • Testing the pattern
  • The Balance Equation
  • Turning Effect

Announcements

  • I will give advance notice of when lab goggles are needed
  • Printed Syllabi are available
  • Everyone should now be using a computation pad notebook for your class and experiment notes.

Assignments

  • Due Today
    From Physics by Inquiry: Vol. 1
    Problems 1.1 & 1.2, page 129
  • Due Thursday (in your notebook and on a paper to turn in)
    • What things can you change that do affect the balance?
    • What things can you change that do not affect the balance?
    • What observations/experiments did you do in class that support your findings?
    • Do the predictions for Experiment 2.7, parts (a) and (b). Be ready to test your predictions at the start of class on Thursday.

Activities

  • Properties of Matter Section 2
    More Principles of balancing
    • Experiment 2.1
    • Experiment 2.2
    • Experiment 2.3
    • Exercise 2.4
    • Experiment 2.5
    • Experiment 2.6