tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53490324507557014802012-02-16T05:47:03.672-08:00cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-12490790391846231042010-09-16T18:48:00.000-07:002010-09-16T18:58:18.304-07:00The test Monday will cover the basic math needed to be successful in the course. This is the material we have been covering in class (metric, measurements dimensional analysis--units, and chapter 2.1--2.5). Watch the 6 videos on the website <a href="http://www.brightstorm.com/science/physics/introduction-to-physics">introduction to physics</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-1249079039184623104?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-62867934777286786122010-08-27T19:32:00.000-07:002010-08-28T15:55:26.793-07:00Starting September 7, 2010<br /><br />Course outline and procedures<br />Physics math pretest<br />Chapter 1 objectives (One week)<br /><br /> 1. The students will understand the nature of physics and <br /> its application to our daily lives.<br /> 2. The students will understand the basic math required to be <br /> successful in this course.<br /> 3. The students will understand the metric system and <br /> convert between metric units.<br /> 4. The students will understand the difference between science and technology.<br /><br />Homework: Read chapter 1 and answer questions #1-13<br /> View, comment and understand the 6 videos on the website:<br /> <a href="http://www.brightstorm.com/science/physics/introduction-to-physics">Check videos</a><br /><br /><br />Quizzes on lecture topics<br /><br />Test on chapter<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-6286793477728678612?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-27400165819441300232010-08-25T19:40:00.000-07:002010-08-25T19:42:07.622-07:00This site has short videos on most of the topics we will be studying this year.<br /> http://www.brightstorm.com/science/physics<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-2740016581944130023?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-53522974941533319772010-08-25T19:28:00.000-07:002010-08-25T19:31:47.387-07:00<strong>First Quarter</strong><br /><br />Chapter 1 About Science 1 week<br />Basic math<br />Scientific method<br />Measurements<br /><br />Chapter 2 Linear Motion 2 weeks<br />Speed-distance-time<br />Acceleration<br />Free fall<br /><br />Chapter 3 Projectile Motion 2 weeks<br />Vectors<br /><br />Chapter 4 Newton's First Law 3 weeks<br />Mass, Inertia<br />Equilibrium<br />Vectors<br /><br /><strong>Second Quarter</strong><br /><br />Chapter 5 Newton's Second Law 2 weeks<br />Mass, Force, Acceleration<br />Friction<br />Falling/air resistance<br /><br />Chapter 6 Newton's Third Law 1 week<br />Interaction of forces<br /><br />Chapter 7 Momentum 2 weeks<br />Impulse<br />Collisions<br />Conservation of momentum<br /><br />Chapter 8 Energy 3 weeks<br />Work/power<br />Potential/Kinetic energy<br />Conservation of energy<br />Simple Machines<br /><br /><strong>Third Quarter</strong><br /><br />Chapter 9 Circular Motion 1 week<br />Rotation/revolution<br />Centripetal force<br /><br />Chapter 21 Heat 2 weeks<br />Measurement<br />Heat capacity<br /><br />Chapter 22 Heat Transfer 1 week<br />Conduction<br />Convection<br />Radiation<br />Global Warming<br /><br />Chapter 25 Vibrations and Waves 1 week<br />Wave types<br />Wave length, speed, frequency<br />Doppler effect<br /><br />Chapter 26 Sound 1 week<br />Sound waves<br />Speed of sound<br />Frequency<br />Beats<br /><br />Chapter 27 Light 2 weeks<br />Electromagnetic radiation<br />Speed of light<br />Polarization<br /><br /><strong>Fourth Quarter</strong><br /><br />Chapter 28 Color 1 week<br />Color spectrum<br />Reflection<br />Transmission<br /><br />Chapter 29 Reflection & Refraction 1 week<br />Reflection<br />Mirrors<br />Refraction<br />Prisms<br /><br />Chapter 30 Lenses 1 week<br />Images<br />Converging<br />Diverging<br />Ray diagrams<br /><br />Chapter 32 Electrostatics 1 week<br />Electrostatic charge<br />Conductors/insulators<br /><br />Chapter 34 Electric Current 1 week<br />Current<br />Voltage<br />Ohm's law<br />AC/DC<br />Chapter 35 Electric Circuits 1 week<br />Series<br />Parallel<br />Combination series-parallel circuits<br /><br />Chapter 36 Magnetism 1 week<br />Magnetic fields<br />Domain theory<br />Motors<br /><br />Chapter 37 Electromagnetic Induction 1 week<br />Generators<br />Transformers<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-5352297494153331977?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-44602622850105593672009-09-16T21:06:00.000-07:002009-09-16T21:24:54.297-07:00Look up the background and history of the metric system on the Internet. 1. What are the metric units for length, mass, and volume (liquids and solids)? 2. What are the closest English units for each? 3. Know the conversion factors in each category for changing large to small and small to large. Assignment due 9/23/09. Test on that day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-4460262285010559367?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-53737889552267851162009-09-08T16:16:00.001-07:002009-09-08T16:19:37.920-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KtoWP18MYA8/SqbmbOXo_7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/anmRbIPM9Kw/s1600-h/_MG_7260.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379240160328744882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KtoWP18MYA8/SqbmbOXo_7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/anmRbIPM9Kw/s320/_MG_7260.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-5373788955226785116?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349032450755701480.post-3279488050759713012009-09-08T15:54:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:05:07.616-07:00<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1d29e18535a332da" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1d29e18535a332da%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331666452%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DCEE060F6FCB522326876920B1B5A6B9A9BF5F0C.5BACD0AE3CBD0863700395BFBA3A51B4940B2A93%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1d29e18535a332da%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Do_PeFJCY6gFaZy43PU6vhjDxALM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1d29e18535a332da%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331666452%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DCEE060F6FCB522326876920B1B5A6B9A9BF5F0C.5BACD0AE3CBD0863700395BFBA3A51B4940B2A93%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1d29e18535a332da%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Do_PeFJCY6gFaZy43PU6vhjDxALM&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5349032450755701480-327948805075971301?l=bethelchristianphysics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cvandercookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243769145118301523noreply@blogger.com0