Physics of Sports CTY Course Syllabus

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1 Physics of Sports CTY Course Syllabus Texts: 1. Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports, by Arthur John Eric Goff 2. Active Physics: An Inquiry Approach to Physics, by Arthur Eisenkraft Course Schedule: Day Session Content Activities Sunday Evening Class Icebreakers o Subversive Lab Group Names o 3 (2) Truths and a Lie Paperwork o Honor Code o Technology Contract o Lab Safety Contract Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Morning Students build model of constant velocity motion Students apply constant velocity motion to sports (walking, running, other) Pre-Test: Mechanics Baseline Test Logistics: o Syllabus & Outline of Class o Notebooks o Intro Discussion/Demo of constant velocity Motion with Air Track and cart Afternoon Constant Velocity Motion Activity, Data Analysis and Discussion WS: Constant velocity Evening Track Activity: Who wins the race? Analysis of Data Discussion of constant velocity motion during activity, extension to other sports : Constant Velocity Morning Review of constant velocity motion & introduction to motion maps. Constant Acceleration Model Development of Kinematics Equations Warm-up: Constant velocity motion WS Constant Velocity Motion & Motion Maps Discussion/Demonstration of Constant Acceleration Motion Lab: Student Investigation of Constant Acceleration of a cart on a ramp

2 Day 2 Afternoon Post-Lab Discussion/Data Analysis Student outdoor demonstrations of speeding up/slowing down via constant acceleration Day 2 Day 3 Day 3 Day 3 Day 4 Day 4 Evening Challenge Question: Half the trip? Practice Problems : Constant Acceleration Morning Review of displacement versus distance Average velocity versus instantaneous velocity Average acceleration Acceleration due to gravity Application of constant acceleration to various sports Sources of Error and error analysis in measurements Warm-up: Practice problem on Distance vs. Displacement, Preconceptions on free-fall WS 1: Accelerated Motion Graphing, concept development Free-fall Introduction Activity Free-fall lab to measure acceleration due to gravity Afternoon Free-fall Post Lab Discussion/Analysis of Data Notes on Acceleration due to gravity Reaction time lab Evening Lab write-ups on Free-fall lab and Reaction time lab Students Read Chapter 1: Gold Medal Physics Morning Acceleration due to gravity on the moon and other planets. Applying the kinematics equations to word problems that include constant acceleration and free-fall. Design of labs Warm-Up: Practice problems and preconceptions of acceleration of gravity on the moon WS: Free Fall on Planet Newtonia Constant acceleration and free-fall practice problems Challenge: How fast can you throw? Student design experiment to measure horizontal and vertical initial velocities of throws. Afternoon Students take data on track for Challenge. Post Challenge Analysis of Data

3 Day 4 Evening Students complete write-up of: Challenge: How fast can you throw? Reading: Begin Chapter 2 of Gold Medal Physics : Free-fall, ah ha! moments Day 5 Morning 4 scenarios of acceleration Differentiating between speeding up and slowing down when accelerating Force, Newton defined Force of gravity, g Warm-Up: Review of free-fall, Preconceptions on forces, physics outside the classroom Student Posters: 4 cases of accelerated motion with illustration, motion maps, graphs, and presentations Day 5 Afternoon Introduction to Unit III: Balanced forces Student Designed Force of Gravity Investigation Write-Up Force of Gravity Lab : (End of Week) Forces and students experiences for week Sunday Evening Reading Time: Chapter II Student Discussion/Posters of unknown vocabulary in first 2 Chapters ESPN Sports Videos : Feedback on first week of class from students Day 6 Morning Independent versus Dependent variables Forces defined, examples Normal force, tension, Force of friction Balanced Forces Free-body Diagrams Warm-Up: Review of last week, Forces Unit Introduction: Air Hockey Table Notes: Forces, Free-body Diagrams Student Examples and free-body diagrams: Balanced Forces ESPN Physics of Sports Video: Hockey Day 6 Afternoon Balanced Forces Activity Activity: The Mu of the Shoe Day 6 Evening Reflection Questions: The Mu of the Shoe Reading Time: Chapter 3 WS Balanced Forces on Angles

4 Day 7 Morning Unbalanced Forces Newton s Laws Force of Friction, coefficient of friction Warm-Up: Review yesterday, Forces Student Examples and free-body diagrams: Un-balanced Forces Introduction: Unbalanced Forces Force Activity: Soccer Ball Race! Newton s Laws Day 7 Day 7 Day 8 Afternoon Activity: Ruler Deflection and acceleration Article: How did the force of friction get so smart? Applying Newton s 2nd law to word problems Evening Activity Reflection Chapter 4 Reading Finish word problems Morning Vectors & 2-D Space Projectile Motion Warm-Up: Review of forces Introduction: Unit IV- Projectile Motion Online Projectile Motion lab Post-lab Data analysis/discussion Day 8 Afternoon Bridging kinematics equations to projectile motion Horizontally Launched Projectiles Day 8 Day 9 Evening Vertically Launched Projectiles Student Reading Time: Gold Medal Physics : Projectile motion Morning Apply kinematics equations to problems involving projectile motion Vertically Launched Projectiles Warm-Up: Review of Projectile Motion Vertically Launched Projectiles Projectile Motion Word Problems Challenge: How fast can you kick? Data analysis/post-discussion Day 9 Afternoon Challenge: Where will it land? Group challenge to predict the landing site of a projectile

5 Day 9 Day 10 Day 10 Evening Sports Broadcasting Project: Students will choose a sport to act out and narrate in physics terminology as a broadcaster Reading: Chapter 4 Morning Uniform Circular Motion Centripetal Acceleration versus Centrifugal Acceleration Centripetal Force Warm-Up: Pre-conceptions of circular motion Unit IV-Introduction to Circular Motion Student Activity to explore circular motion Post-discussion and data analysis of circular motion lab Afternoon Circular Motion practice problems Applications to sports Sunday Evening Chapter 5 Reading time Finish circular motion practice problems Sports Broadcasting Project : Weekly Feedback on Class Day 11 Morning Forms of energy and Conservation of Energy Understand and apply definition of work Work versus Power Joules and Watts Warm-Up Feynman: Lecture on Energy Reading on Energy Demonstration/Notes on Energy Center of Gravity Stretches Activity: Defy Gravity Day 11 Day 11 Day 12 Afternoon Finish Defy Gravity Activity Finish Sports Broadcasting Evening Practice Problems/ Defy Gravity Reflection Power Lab: Stair Climbing Morning Inertia Momentum Inelastic versus elastic collisions Impulse-Momentum Theorem Warm-Up: Conservation of Energy and Centripetal Force in rock climbing Physics of Car Crashes Concentrating on Collisions: Bocci Balls

6 Day 12 Day 12 Day 13 Day 13 Day 13 Day 14 Day 14 Day 15 Afternoon Conservation of Momentum Sports Broadcasting presentations and wrap-up Practice Problems: Impulse-Momentum Theorem Evening Students begin 2nd Sport Project Morning Two-dimensional collisions Warm-Up Collisions Word Problems Physics of Flight Project: Create-a-Sport Afternoon Rotational Motion Physics of Sports Challenge: Students design a sport that must include physics that they have learned Evening Reading Time: Chapter 6 Angular Momentum Finish Sports Projects Morning Universal Law of Gravity Warm-Up Students will finalized their sports projects, and as an extension, apply the Universal Law of Gravity to their sports. Physics of Sports Championships: Students will compete in a championship of the sport that they designed. Activity: Billiards with Protractors Afternoon Post-Assessment Morning Final Presentations on designed sports Wrap-up/Goodbyes