As mentioned in September, the addition of a blog to the class has been an experiment. One thing I’ve come to decide is that it was a mistake to mix all three classes into one blog. So now I’ve set up a new blog for each class:
AP Physics: http://www.gilroyphysics.net/Blog_AP_Phys/
Honors Physics: http://www.gilroyphysics.net/Blog_Hon_Phys/
Space Science & [...]
Here are some useful things for the formal lab due next week (Thu Nov 13).
L0524A (Instructions from class)
L0524R : Rubric for the theory part (including solution)
L0524X : LoggerPro file for making the graph
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Several students make a convincing case that having the take-home due on Friday would be a crushing burden. Since they came to me early and were articulate rather than whiny, I have decided to move the take-home back to its original due date of Tuesday Oct 28.
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Skip part (c) of #2-25. It’s not hard but the wording traditionally causes tremendous angst.
In #2-29: You can’t find oneequation. Instead, you need to find equations for each car. Then think: What does it mean for the police officer to catch up? What is true about x, v, and a at [...]
You can find it here. It will also be on the website under T01.
Several students have told me that there are large numbers of tests this week, compressed into only a few days by the holiday. I will not be grading the labs until early next week at the earliest. Therefore, for this time only, I am willing to move the due date to Monday October [...]
As we cover material, the answers to problems and questions from Giancoli will be posted to this blog. The posts will be protected by a password, which will be given in class. Please do not share the password with anyone. The password will be the same for every protected post.