Circular Motion

BY THE END OF THIS UNIT, you should be able to:

  • Identify scenarios involving uniform circular motion (UCM).

  • Calculate centripetal acceleration.

  • Explain the concept of centripetal force.

  • Calculate centripetal force.

  • Solve problems related to uniform circular motion.

Honors Physics - Unit 6

Date

Classwork

Homework

Positive physics 15.2 Inquiry

Feb 24

Positive physics 10.4 Vocab & Concepts

Feb 26

Horizontal Circular Motion

Positive physics 10.5 FBD #1 & 4 only

10.6 FBD Analysis #1-4

10.7 Complete Problems 1 #1

10.9 Complete Problems 2 #1-2

Feb 26

Vertical Circular Motion

Positive physics 10.5 FBD #5-9

10.6 FBD Analysis #5-9

10.7 Complete Problems 1 #2-4

Mar 3

Playground Physics!

Mar 5

Welcome back review Part 1 (Wizard Level) and Part 2 (Master Level)

Mar 17

Uniform Circular Motion Review - problems in class

Mar 18/19

UCM HW#2

QUIZ on Unit 6 so far…..

Conical Pendulum Motion

Mar 21

UCM HW#3

Banked Curves

UCM HW 1

Mar 26

HW #4 1-5 only

TEST ON APRIL 4

Universal Gravitation

Mar 28

Review

Apr 2

UNIT 6 TEST!

Apr 4