Section 1.1 Why study Physics??? Study of… matter…energy…and it’s

behavior.

Careers associated with Physics… Examples… Link to careers http://www.physics.org then

click careers

Section 1.2

Talking Physics… *Must be specific… why? example… speed and

velocity mass and

weight

Section 1.3

Importance of Units V=volume and V=volts

expected to know which within the context of the problem.

Ratios and Proportions Practice problems Ex. 1.1 Practice problem 1.1

and Checkpoint 1.3

Section 1.4

Scientific Notation and the dreaded…

SIG FIG’S Rules for Sig figs… link http://www.germanna.edu/tutor/Ha

ndouts/Chemistry/Significant_Figure_Rules.pdf

Practice problems A)Worksheet B) Ex. 1.2; practice

prob. 1.2 Ex. 1.3; Ex. 1.4

Section 1.5

Units a) Metric system… power of 10 b) Why Metric??? c) Conversion factors example… 12 in to 1 ft. Practice Problems Ex. 1.5; practice problem 1.5 Ex. 1.6; practice problem 1.6 Checkpoint 1.5

Section 1.6

Practice problems… Ex. 1.7; practice problem 1.7 Ex. 1.8; practice problem 1.8 Checkpoint 1.6

Section 1.7

Problem solving techniques… link

http://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/Research/CRP/psintro.html

Section 1.7

Approximations How do we approximate? Question… How many blades of grass

are there on the football field? a) Fermi Quiz b) Ex. Problem 1.9; Practice

problem 1.9

Section 1.9

Graphs a) independent variable b) dependent variable Things to remember… 1) large and neat- why large? use at least a ½ sheet of

paper 2) label with meaningful title

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3) Straight edge to draw best line fit

4) determine best fit by large range of the graph. Use values from best fit line to get slope.

5) Use algebra to manipulate a non-linear relationship

6) An “outliner” should be investigated. Perhaps more data close to that point.

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7) You can use dimensional analysis to analyze slope equations.

Practice problems.. Ex. 1.10; practice problem 1-10

Additional Topics for Chap 1 Accuracy and precision. Definitions…

Interactive site from The Physics Front

Measurement…uncertainty and sig figs

Practice

http://www.saburchill.com/physics/chap03.html

Accuracy and precision videoLink to video clip http://bcove.me/1kof0nys

Link to video questions and guide http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/physics/note_ep104.pdf

Link to Significant digits worksheet http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/physics/signi

ficantDigitsWks.pdf

Additional videos for help… Link to scientific notation and metric

conversion… http://bcove.me/t9kfeh2t

Link to metric conversion and calculator skills…

http://bcove.me/7tuo1by6

Significant digits in calculations

Link to video… http://bcove.me/87rerbmrLink to… Note taking guide 1

http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/physics/note_ep105.pdf

Note taking guide 2 http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/physics/note_ep105_pt2.pdf

Significant digits worksheet 2 http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/physics/significantDigitsWkst2.pdf

Significant digits worksheet 3 http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/physics/significantDigitsWkst3.pdf

Additional Video for use

Link to finding relationships between variables…

http://bcove.me/x866nzqp