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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