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Learning Goal: Understand what energy is, and its relationship to work.
Today:
Given: 12‐inch ruler with a groove down the middle; meter stick; marble; Dominoes; note card.
Find: What is the effect of varying the release location of a marble along an incline upon the distance which the marble drives a paper plow along a level table? Can an equation be written which describes the effect (presuming that there is one)?
Remember the BIG THREE: Accuracy, Precision, Consistency. At least FIVE data points, at least THREE trials per data point.
Assignment:
- Energy Unit Assignment Sheet
- Due 3/1: Take Cornell or other organized format notes FOR UNDERSTANDING. Remember that good notes include diagrams, text language, sample equations, etc. Notes should come from:
- APlusPhysics: Types of Energy
- (optional) Crash Course Physics: Work, Power, Energy
- (optional) PhysicsClassroom: Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Mechanical Energy