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Conceptual Physics Unit #3 (Three Week Schedule)

FORCE IN EQUILIBRIUM, VECTORS & CENTER OF MASS

UNIT LABS: (150) Forces: Lab 3-1 Force Boards (50) Lab 3-2 Forces in a Straight Line (30)   Vectors: Lab 3-3 Vectors (Colored Papers) (20) Lab 3-4 School to O'Hare (20) & Home to School   Equilibrium and Torque: Lab 3-5 Torque See-Saw (30) Lab 3-6 Weigh Your Partner Lab 3-7 Meter Stick Trick (15)   Friction: Lab 3-8 Friction Blocks Surfaces (50)   Worksheets: Wrksht 3-1 Intro. To Vectors (40) Wrksht 3-2 Vector addition #2 (45) Wrksht 3-3 Vectors and Equilibrium (50)   Reading: (25) Conceptual Physics Chapter #3 Sections: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (only)   * Summarize the Chapter in a Full Page   Points: Grades: 400 A 350 B 300 C 250 D

DEFINITIONS: (40)   Scaler  Magnitude  Vector  resultant  Displacement  Distance  Speed  Velocity  Concurrent Forces  Equilibrium  Equilbrant  Components  Vector Resolution  Torque    TEST:   Bell Ringer #1 (25) Bell Ringer #2 (25) White Board #1 (25) White Board #2 (25)   UNIT #3 Final Exam (100) "Forces, Vectors &Equilibrium     POINTS:   LAB EXPERIMENTS (150) WORKSHEETS (135) READING (25) DEFINITIONS (40) NOTES (30) TESTS (200) ________________________________ TOTAL (580)

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