11/15 HS Physics update and homework due 11/30

Hi folks,

First off, NO CLASS next week. Enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday everyone!

Also, be sure all homework is turned in when we get back together after Thanksgiving. Feel free to email me if you're not sure if you are missing any assignments.

In class today, we got into a new concept of free body diagrams. Free body diagrams help to analyze the different forces on objects in order to determine the net force and acceleration of those objects.

Homework this week is to read the following web pages

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-2/Drawing-Free-Body-Diagrams

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-2/Determining-the-Net-Force

I would highly recommend taking a look at the problems and the solutions on each one of these pages.

Also, do the interactives on this page http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Newtons-Laws/Free-Body-Diagrams/Free-Body-Diagram-Interactive. The page is a little clumsy, but with a bit of patience hopefully you'll get the hang of it. When you get the answer, write down the force body diagram on a separate piece of paper to hand in.