Resources

=Resources:= Here are a list of resources to help you in your exploration of physical phenomenon. If the resource poses questions and problems, try to solve some. If you attempt the problems, then bring them into class and we can work on them as a class, regardless if you got the answer or not. If you find a resource such as a research article that you feel will be helpful then feel free to post the resource. Make sure to [|cite the source] and include a description, in your own words, as to what the article is about and how it applies to the course.

Gravitation:

 * CP Text Book: Zitzewitz, Paul W.. "Chapter 8 Universal Gravitation." __Physics Principles and Problems__. 1999.
 * CPI Text Book: Hewitt, Paul G. "Chapter 10 Universal Gravitation." __Conceptual Physics__. 1987.
 * [|The Apple and the Moon Video]
 * Scroll down to number "8. The Apple and the Moon" and click on the VoD button on the right.
 * [|SparkNotes on SAT Physics]. Look at Chapters 11.2 through 11.6.
 * [|Internet Archive]. Apollo 16 mission, Nothing So Hidden. The footage of the mission shows the application of what we are learning in class, ie. gravity, orbiting objects, microgravity.
 * [|NASA] website. Specifically linked to NASA missions. Read about one of the missions and write a page summary of what the goals of the mission are and how they are planning on accomplishing that mission. Feel free to discuss this with me.
 * [[file:Chapter 8 Universal Gravitation Equations.doc]]

Student Resources: Gravitation

 * Gravitation Research Period 1B, 2G: [[file:Gravitation Research Period 1B 2G.doc]]
 * Graviation Research Period 4GB: [[file:Gravity Research P4BG.doc]]

Momentum:

 * CP Text Book: Zitzewitz, Paul W.. "Chapter 9 Momentum and Its Conservation." __Physics Principles and Problems__. 1999.
 * CPI Text Book: Hewitt, Paul G. "Chapter 7 Momentum." __Conceptual Physics__. 1987.
 * [|SparkNotes on SAT Physics]. Look at Chapters 9.1 through 9.6
 * [|Collision Carts]. Air track collisions simulation. You can change between elastic and inelastic collisions as well as the mass of the second cart to less then, equal to, or greater then the first cart. Try to calculating what the variables will be after the collision by changing between elastic and inelastic collisions and the carts mass.
 * [|Conservation of Momentum]. Simulation of a moving boat dropping a ball. Will the ball land behind, in front of, or on the boat? Answer this question before viewing the simulation.
 * [[file:inquiry reflection.tif]] . This is the reflection of the momentum inquiry lab.
 * [[file:inquiry1.tif]] [[file:inquiry2.tif]] [[file:inquiry3.tif]] [[file:inquiry4.tif]] Each of the 4 pages from the momentum inquiry lab

Energy:

 * CP Text Book: Zitzewitz, Paul W.. "Chapter 10 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines." __Physics Principles and Problems__. 1999.
 * CPI Text Book: Hewitt, Paul G. "Chapter 8 Energy." __Conceptual Physics__. 1987.
 * [|Roller Coaster Animation] Will the ball make it through a loop or over hills from different heights? Try going through each of the three tracks and determine whether the ball will make it through the track at each of the levels. Test your answers by playing the simulation.
 * [|SparkNotes on SAT Physics]. Look at Chapters 7.2 and 7.3