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Honors Physics

Week 5 (9/20-9/24)

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Quiz--acceleration	Kinematic equations	Kinematic Equations,	Falling objects	Falling Objects

Chapter 2 Test--Monday 9/27

Equipment needed: pen/pencil, scientific calculator, notebook will be needed everyday

Assignments:

Practice 2C Problems 1,3,5 (p. 53) due Friday 9/24
Practice 2D Problems 1,3 (p. 55) due Friday 9/24
Practice 2E Problems 3,5 (p. 58) due Friday 9/24
Practice 2F Problems 1,3 (p. 64) due Friday 9/24

Important Vocabulary:

	acceleration
	positive acceleration
	negative acceleration
	deceleration (not the same as negative acceleration)
	freefall

Watch out for misconceptions!

	negative acceleration does not always mean an object is slowing down (see table 2-3 on p. 51)
	Acceleration is a vector, and must have a direction.
	Negative signs denote direction. Negative velocity means velocity in the negative direction. Negative acceleration means acceleration in the negative direction.

Important Equations:

a = Δv/Δt

v_ave = 1/2 (v_i + v_f)