Physics Problem Set 7 Solutions

From the Research Project Guidelines:

Guidelines for Final Public Presentation: an opportunity for you to creatively present the results of your research project.

• Multimedia presentation centered around your plant motion video.
• Each group member contributes to the creation and the delivery of the presentation.
• Should include results of your analysis including graphs and figures.
• Think of this presentation as a trailer for your blog.
• We encourage you to showcase some of the interesting findings from your individual blog posts
• Some possible items to engage your audience include physical display of your research (e.g. poster, collage, demonstration, etc.), actual plants, scientific instruments, physical models, games, etc.

For Week 9, please read:

• NO NEW READING. Please review previous botany and physics reading assignments, homework assignments, and quizzes. Bring botany text with you to class Tuesday.

Week 9 Schedule:

• DUE BY 5PM MON. MAY 23 VIA GROUP BLOG: FINAL GROUP PROJECT BLOG AND INDIVIDUAL BLOG POSTS!!!
• due by 6 pm Mon. May 23 via WebAssign: Physics Problem Set 7.
• due by 9 am, Wed. May 25, in class: Quiz 5, 6 Revisions. See this post for details.
• complete by 9 am, Thu. May 26, bring to class: Group Project Presentation for faculty and peer review.
• Upcoming in Week 10: Lab Notebooks submitted for final review at 9 am Tue. May 31. Group Project participation forms due at 9 am Tue. May 31. Botany final exam at 9 am Tue. May 31. Physics final exam at 9 am Wed. June 1. Program potluck, physics exam revision workshop, self-evaluation workshop, eval conference sign-ups, final program wrap 12 – 4 pm Thu. June 2. Portfolios (if required), physics exam revision (optional) due Fri. June 3.

• 9 am, Tue. May 24. Sem 2 B1105 Botany Quiz; Botany Lecture; Bring botany text with you to class.
• 1 pm, Tue. May 24. Class meets in CAL West: Science Skills Workshop – work on Science Carnival Presentations
• 9 am, Wed. May 25. Lab 1 2046: Physics Quiz; Physics Lecture; Bring past physics quizzes and physics problem set notebook to class.
• 9 am, Thu. May 26. Lab 1 1040: MANDATORY LAB and PROJECT SPACE CLEAN-UP. Physics Workshop. Week 10 questions: exams, self-evaluations, potluck, final program wrap.
• 1 pm, Thu. May 26. Lab 1 2046: Group Project Presentation dress rehearsals.
• 9:30 am, Fri. May 27. Lab 1 2046: set-up Science Carnival Presentations.
• 10am – noon, 1 – 3 pm, Fri. May 27. Lab 1 2046. SCIENCE CARNIVAL!!!

In lab on Thu. May 19, you observed and measured tomato plants. Here are pictures of those same tomato plants taken on one week prior, on Thu. May 12. 

• Upright
• Upside down
• Angled
• Horizontal (next to straight up)
• Horizontal (next to upside down)

Week 8 (Physics Lecture #7) Slides

A printable version of Physics Problem Set 7 (due Mon. May 23 at 6 pm via WebAssign) is available here.

• Evaluation of Group Project Participation form
• You received a paper copy of this form in the morning class on Week 8 Tue. May 17; a preliminary hand-written version was due at your group meeting that afternoon.
• The final, typed version is due by 9am Week 10 Tue. May 31.

For Week 8, please read:

• Biology of Plants: Ch. 27, Ch. 28
• College Physics: see Week 8 Physics Reading

Week 8 Schedule:

• (over)due by Thu. May 12 via your my.evergreen.edu: updated Academic Statements posted and “turned in” (if not posted, a registration hold will be imposed). Links to details here.
• due by 5 pm Mon. May 16 via group blog: Updated Group Project Research post (in anticipation of detailed discussion with faculty during Tuesday Science Skills Workshop).
• due by 9 am, Wed. May 18, in class: Quiz 4 Revisions. See this post for details. While revisions for Quizzes 1 – 3 were due last week, I will accept them at the same time as the Quiz 4 Revisions. No Quiz Revisions will be accepted past their posted due dates after this time.
• due by 9 am, Thu. May 19, in class: Group Project Participation Evaluation. Details in Tuesday’s class.

• 9 am, Tue. May 17. Class meets in Lab 1 2046: Botany Quiz; Botany Lecture; prep for Thursday tropism lab.
• 1 pm, Tue. May 17. Class meets in CAL West: Science Skills Workshop – scientific communication (project groups each workshop with faculty on Group Project Research blog post).
• 9 am, Wed. May 18. Lab 1 2046: Physics Quiz; Physics Lecture, PLANT WALK at 11 am.
• 9 am, Thu. May 19. Lab 1 1040: Botany & Physics Lab.
• 1 pm, Thu. May 19. Class meets in CAL West: Group Project Time.
• 9 am, Fri. May 20. Sem 2 B1107: Physics Workshop; Weekly Wrap.

As decided during the Week 7 Friday Wrap, we’ll study gravity in week 8 and quantum physics in week 9. To study gravity, we’ll also need to study forces more generally. The physics reading assignment for week 8 is:

• Chapter 4.
  • Intro: read
  • 4.1: read
  • 4.2: read
  • 4.3: read
  • 4.4: SKIP
  • 4.5: read about Normal Force, but stop at Example 4.5
  • 4.6: SKIP; just look at chapter summary on this section
  • 4.7: SKIP
  • 4.8: read
• Chapter 6
  • Intro: ready
  • 6.1: read
  • 6.2: read
  • 6.3: read, but stop at Example 6.4
  • 6.4: SKIP
  • 6.5: read
  • 6.6: SKIP

Physics Problem Set 6 solutions