...and people said this was easy psh....3/18/2008

We began the class with a lecture on superconductors. It was rather interesting when MMason
started to talk about computers. After that topic we started to do a bit more force problems that
required some knowledge of kinematics. I do not think MMason separated everyone into groups. I think it was pretty much where you sat down for the day. Highly odd on MMason side. Anyways, we did your typical white board equations. Keith answers why the car picture was odd in comparasion to the problem that MMason gave us. MMason introduced us to two different types of problems. One was force drag and circular motion. Again we had to do your typical white board problems and work together to get the correct answer.....sometimes. We ended the class with the prelab we had to make previous of what MMason has instructed us to write up. The lab was about determining how much friction there was between the track and cart. I THOUGHT HE SAID THERE WILL BE NO WRITE UP!!!

You do not need to write up the POST LAB for the friction lab. (I assume all of your are diligently writing up the post labs for all our labs(answering the analysis and conclusion questions)) Therefore, when I read your lab notebook, there will be only a pre-lab on friction, but no post lab.

Anyways we started to clean up and he assigned the blog to me because I never got invited.

I also shared some ideas for how the make your out and back car work. To reiterate: your car needs to out AS FAR AS POSSIBLE and then make it back as close to the initial position as possible. Your car must go at least one meter for you to PASS! Here is a link to a site that has some great ideas on how to make your project work:

Me and my big mouth. Homework was Mastering Physics 8 and a prelab write up. Make sure you study your forces for tomorrow. We have our awesome Thursday quiz.