Project 2: Learning goals

• Predict the motion of a single-particle system executing constant velocity or constant acceleration motion using appropriate representations (this includes verbal, graphical, diagrammatic, mathematical, and computational representations).
• Collect, analyze, and evaluate data to determine the type of motion and the properties of the motion of a single-particle system.
• Evaluate the applicability/limitations of models and the validity of predictions for different types of motion.
• Apply the momentum principle ($\Delta\vec{p}=\vec{F}\,\Delta t$; $d\vec{p}=\vec{F}\,dt$) iteratively/computationally to predict the motion or determine the properties of motion/net force acting on a single-particle system where the net force is not constant (e.g., due to spring-like restoring forces or dissipative drag forces).

Project 2: Learning issues

• Forces cause changes in momentum
• Kinematic Equations - Constant Acceleration
• Gravitational Force Near Earth
• Vector Components
• $\vec{F}_{net} = m\:\vec{a} = \dfrac{\Delta\vec{p}}{\Delta t}$
• Iterative Prediction of Motion

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