Course Sample for Red Wagon Physics for High School

Welcome to Red Wagon Physics for High School! These lessons are designed for use with the 2nd edition course texts, but those course texts are not required. These lessons can be used as a stand-alone course. However, if the student has access to the 2nd edition course texts, it will enhance the course.

Module 04

Lesson 07:

Lesson 07 Assignments: (One lesson is done per week. If you are not using Exploring Creation with Physics, 2nd Edition, complete Items 3, 4, and 5 only.)

1. Reading Assignment: ECP2, pp. 105 – 115.
2. Answer the On Your Own questions when you come to them.
3. Please watch this video before class starts or the session video is viewed:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2Azr1u0fc
4. Watch Video Lesson 07 linked below:
   Lesson Video: Play Lesson 07 from the Video File. (Print off notes below before playing.)
   Lesson Starts: 2:10 (Fast forward to this point for lecture.)
5. Fill in the blank notes should be filled in by end of video: you may want to work any mathproblems ahead of time and come with answers prepared.
6. Perform the labs included in this week’s reading. Write the required informal/formal labreport for each lab completed.

Motion in Two Dimensions, Part 1

1. A sailboat captain steers her craft with a velocity of 25 mph at a heading of 60.0*. If the wind is blowing southwest (225*) at 20.0 mph, the boat’s final speed is represented by which of the following?

a. 2 mph

b. 4 mph

c. 6 mph

d. 8 mph

e. 10 mph

2. Whenever a two-dimensional problem is analyzed, it should be spilt up into how many one-dimensional problems? ________

3. The proper way to define angles is _______________ from the positive x-axis.

4. T or F: In any problem that uses two dimensions, the first step in solving it is finding the one-dimensional problem or problems within it. ________

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Course Outline for Red Wagon Physics for High School

• Module One (Lessons 1-2): Measurement and Units
• Module Two (Lessons 3-4): Motion in One Dimension
• Module Three (Lessons 5-6): One-Dimensional Motion Equations and Free Fall
• Module Four (Lessons 7-8): Two-Dimensional Vectors
• Module Five (Lessons 9-10): Two-Dimensional Motion
• Module Six (Lessons 11-12): Newton’s Laws
• Module Seven (Lessons 13-14): Applications of Newton’s Second Law
• Module Eight (Lessons 15-16): Uniform Circular Motion and Gravity
• Module Nine (Lessons 17-18): Work and Energy
• Module Ten (Lessons 19-20): Momentum
• Module Eleven (Lessons 21-22): Periodic Motion
• Module Twelve (Lessons 23-24): Waves and Optics
• Module Thirteen (Lessons 25-26): Electrostatics
• Module Fourteen (Lessons 27-28): Electrodynamics
• Module Fifteen (Lessons 29-30): Electrical Circuits
• Module Sixteen (Lessons 31-32): Magnetism