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Solve problems using vectors.
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you describe the difference between a scalar and a vector
you can add two or more vectors
you can multiply a scalar and a vector
you can calculate a dot (scalar) product
you can calculate a cross (vector) product
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Solve problems using kinematic equations
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe concepts of kinematics, including position, displacement , velocity, and acceleration
you can solve one, two, and three dimensional kinematic problems
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Solve problems using Newton's Laws
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can define force
you can state Newton's 3 laws
you can draw a free body diagram
you can use Newton's Laws to solve problems
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Calculate work and energy
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can calculate work done by constant and variable forces
you can describe the work-energy theorem
you can describe conservative and non-conservative forces
you can describe and calculate kinetic and potential energy
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Solve problems using conservation of energy
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe conservation of energy
you solve problems using conservation of energy
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Solve power problems
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe power
you can solve problems involving power
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Solve momentum problems
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe momentum
you can describe the connection between momentum and impulse
you can describe conservation of momentum
you can solve problems involving momentum, including one and two dimensional collisions
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Solve center of mass problems
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe center of mass
you can calculate the center of mass
you can solve problems involving center of mass
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Solve problems using rotational kinematics
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe concepts of rotational kinematics, including angular position, angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular acceleration
you can compare linear and rotational variables
you can solve problems using rotational kinematics
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Solve problems using torque
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe rotational moment of inertia
you can describe torque
you can calculate the moment of inertia
you can use the parallel axis theorem
you can solve problems involving torque
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Solve problems using rotational energy
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe rotational kinetic energy
you can solve rotation problems using conservation of energy
you can solve rolling problems using conservation of energy
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Solve problems using angular momentum
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe angular momentum
you can describe conservation of angular momentum
you can solve problems involving angular momentum
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Solve simple harmonic motion problems
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe simple harmonic motion
you can calculate energy of a simple harmonic oscillator
you can describe resonance
you solve problems involving simple harmonic motion, including damping and forced oscillations
you can compare simple harmonic motion to uniform circular motion
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Solve wave problems
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you describe the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves
you can describe the properties of a wave including wavelength, frequency, period, speed, and amplitude
you can describe a traveling wave
you can calculate the energy transported by a wave
you can calculate problems involving waves
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Solve problems using the superposition principle
Assessment Strategies
through completion of homework
through completion of quizzes/exams
through completion of lab activities
Criteria
you can describe the super position principle
you can add two waves
you describe beats
you can describe a standing wave
you can calculate the resonant frequency for waves on a string and waves in a tube - both open and closed ends
you can describe Fourier's theorem