1. Welcome to PHYS 106
Fall 2014
Bruce Palmquist

2. 9/24/14 Blindfold navigation
Science Update podcast: Frugal Engineering
Introduce the course, course website and each other
Brief introduction to the science notebook
Blindfold navigation
Discussion
Homework: Motion Pretest, Describing Motion Verbally with Distance and Displacement, read associated sections of The Physics Classroom (TPC)

3. Learning Objectives for the Day
Use proper terminology and accurate directions to guide a classmate from point A to point B.
Using everyday language, describe how to determine whether an object has uniform motion

4. Please put this information on your card
Full Name (and preferred nickname)
Favorite college or high school class
Why it was your favorite class
One or two goals you have for this class (other than “to get a good grade”)
Complete the sentence: “In this class, I hope that we….”
Something that will help the class remember you
Share the red information about your partner with the class.

5. PHYS 106 Notebook Your PHYS 106 notebook
The first page is the table of contents. Number it i.
The second page is also the table of contents. Number it ii.
Right hand pages are for entries.
Left hand pages are for attaching worksheets.
All writing MUST be in pen. Do not erase. If you made a mistake, put a single line through if it.
Initial and date each page near the page number when you finish.
PHYS 106
Notebook
Your Name
Fall 2014
Instructor: Bruce
Palmquist

6. Blindfold navigation
This is your first Table of contents entry. The format is as follows. Always use the date and title of the first class slide.
Table of Contents
Activity title (Date)………….Page
Blindfold navigation (9/24/14)…………………..1
For this activity today, you’ll start by answering questions on your own, then discussing them with your group, then with the class.
All notes, activities, brainstorming should be done in your quadrille notebook.

7. Blindfold navigation
One person per group will leave the room for 10 minutes.
Brainstorm methods of directing a blindfolded person from the starting point to the ending point without touching an obstacle. Write your directions in your notebook. Your directions will be read by another group so write clearly. No other directions are allowed. Only what is in your notebook will be read to your blindfolded classmate!
Let’s guide a blindfolded classmate!
Discuss

8. Blindfold navigation comments

9. Blindfold navigation, Bruce’s observations
Different people have different foot sizes or step sizes
Directions such as “make a quarter turn” can be interpreted differently by different people
Scientists need a standard way to measure distances and time.
NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology
We also need to come to agreement on our understanding of motion.

10. The Physics Classroom
This is our (free) online textbook for the quarter.
Most of your homework assignments will be worksheets from The Physics Classroom. If you miss class, you may print out the worksheet from the website and bring it the day it is due.
Homework is listed on the first slide and on the weekly assignment sheets.
Typically, the relevant reading assignments will be listed on the top of the assigned worksheet(s). They are listed as URLs such as