1. Wednesday 9/6 Welcome back!
Regents Physics
Wednesday 9/6 Welcome back!
Agenda:
1. Introduction
2. Syllabus
3. Course Website
4. What is Physics?
Homework/Announcements:
Student survey: Go to my website’s homepage and click on the link to answer the survey
Collect materials and be sure to ALWAYS bring a calculator to class

2. About Me
I have taught General/Regents/AP Physics, General/Regents Chemistry, Astronomy and Criminalistics
I have a wife and two daughters, Annabelle (3) and Violet (3 months)
I like to run, hike the Adirondacks, photography

3. Regents Physics Thursday 9/7
Agenda
Collect all materials
Scientific Notation (Sect. I)
Significant Figures (Sect. II)
Ticket Out
Homework/Announcements:
Section II on pg. 1 and 2 from Work Packet

4. Ticket Out
Perform the following calculations and round to three sig. figs.:
(8.99 x 10 9)(2.0 x 10 3)(3.0 x 10 4)
(2.20 x 10 -5)2
2) (5.00)(3.45)
(0.0301)(6.89)
1.11 X 10 27
83.2

5. Regents Physics Friday 9/8
Agenda
Starter/go over HW
Units and Conversions
(Sect III and IV)
3. Ticket Out
Homework/Announcements:
Section I on pg. 1 from Work Packet

6. Starter
Perform the following calculations and round to three sig. figs.:
(25.0 m) 2 – (10.0 m) 2
(2.00)(9.81m/s2) 2)
26.8 m
4.52

7. Regents Physics Monday 9/11
Grab a whiteboard
Starter(WB)/go over HW
Equation Manipulation (Sect. V)
Homework/Announcements:
Finish pg. 2 from Unit 1 Work Packet
Quiz Friday based on Sect. I - XI

8. Starter (Whiteboard) 0.005050 Mg 0.000255 m 1.79 Annabelles
For 2 – 4, use a formal setup to complete the conversions. 1)
2) g to Mg
3) 2.55 x 10 8 pm to m
4) Violets to Annabelles
(1 Annabelle = 3.45 Violets) Mg m
1.79 Annabelles

9. Regents Physics Tuesday 9/12
Starter/go over HW
Dimensional Analysis (Sect. VI)
Trig. (Sect. VII)
Homework/Announcements:
Sect. IV and V (1 and 2 ONLY) from Unit 1 WP
Quiz Friday based on Sect. I - XI

10. Starter 1. By showing a formal setup, convert 6.50 x 10 - 7 g to ng.
2. Calculate the following. Round to 3 sig. figs. and put in scientific notation
( 6.67𝑥10 −5 )( 9.11𝑥10 −8 )( 1.67𝑥10 −7 ) ( 5.29𝑥10 −11 )(2)
3. Solve for V:
650. ng
9.59x10- 9

11. Regents Physics Wednesday 9/13
Starter/go over HW
Finish Trig. and Pyth. Theorem (Sect. VII and VIII)
Graphing (Sect. IX and XI) (Skip making graphs today)
Homework/Announcements:
Sect. V and VI from Unit 1 WP
Quiz Friday based on Sect. I - XI

12. Starter
1. Determine the unit for the variable left of the equal sign based on the given units:
𝑑 = at2 where a is measured in m/s2, and t is measured in s
2. Determine the value of X:
X =14.0 N

13. Regents Physics Thursday 9/14
Grab a protractor
Starter/go over HW
Finish Graphing (Sect. IX and XI) (making graphs)
Sect. VII from Work Packet
Homework/Announcements:
STUDY FOR TOMORROW’S QUIZ
Quiz TOMORROW based on Sect. I - XI

14. Starter
1-2. Based on the equations, sketch what the graph would look like and name the type of relationship:
Type of relationship: Type of relationship:
A) Convert 3.50 x g to μ g
B) Convert 5.60 gal to L (1 gal = 3.79 L)
Linear
Inverse Squared
35.0 micrograms
21.2 L

15. Regents Physics Friday 9/15
Grab a protractor
Quiz – Based on Sect. I - XI
Homework/Announcements:
ENJOY THE WEEKEND!

16. Regents Physics Monday 9/18
Grab a protractor
Vectors Intro. (Sect. I – III)
MR. MELLON IS OUT TODAY, BUT WATCH THE VIDEOS FOR THE SECTIONS ABOVE
Homework/Announcements:
None
Quiz (short) on Friday based on Unit 1A: Vectors

17. Regents Physics Tuesday 9/19
Go over notes (Sect. I – III)
Vector Component (Sect. IV)
Begin Vector Scale Diagrams (Sect. V)
Homework/Announcements:
Finish pg. 6 of Work Packet
Quiz (short) on FRIDAY based on Unit 1A: Vectors

18. Regents Physics Wednesday 9/20
Grab a protractor
Starter/go over HW
Vector Scale Diagrams (Sect. V)
Pg. 7 of Work Packet
Homework/Announcements:
None
Quiz (short) on FRIDAY based on Unit 1A: Vectors

19. Starter
A person walks degrees then degrees. Mathematically determine the resultant (magnitude and direction (in degrees)) of the two vectors.
Using the head-to-tail method, sketch the resultant and equilibrant of the two vectors.
Determine the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) components for a vector of 25 m/s at 35 degrees from the horizontal.
9.43 m at degrees from the x-axis
Ax = 20.5 m/s, Ay = 14.3 m/s

20. Regents Physics Thursday 9/21
Grab a protractor
Starter/go over HW
Finish Pg. 7 of Work Packet
Begin Unit 2 – Kinematics (Distance vs. Displacement)
Homework/Announcements:
STUDY FOR TOMORROW’S QUIZ
Quiz (short) TOMORROW based on Unit 1A: Vectors

21. Starter Complete on the back of the WP
Create a scaled vector diagram for the vectors below to determine the resultant (both magnitude and direction).
Vector 1: 10 N at 180 degrees
Vector 2: 8 N at 90 degrees
Vector 3: 6 N at 0 degrees
B) Then mathematically find the magnitude and direction (in degrees) of the resultant. These numbers should be close with what you got from question A.
C) Determine the magnitude and direction of the equilibrant
8.94 N at 117 degrees from the x-axis
8.94 N at 297 degrees from the x-axis