1. Welcome to Physics !!
Mrs. Ann Nemeck

2. What is Physics?

3. Day 1 Laboratory Investigation
What you need to know ----
Dimensional Analysis
Trig --- SOH CAH TOA
Definition and creation of vectors
Definition and difference between distance and displacement
Pick a Partner – and let’s see what you can remember

4. Clinometer

6. Vectors & Vector Diagrams
a quantity or phenomenon that has two independent properties: magnitude and direction. An arrow is used to represent a vector

7. Vector Diagram (Can you calculate the distance? What about displacement?)

8. Difference between Distance and Displacement !!!

9. Definitions Distance: Displacement: Also-----
how far something has traveled.
Displacement:
how far something is from where it started. 
Also-----
Distance is a scalar quantity (magnitude).
Displacement is often a vector quantity (magnitude and direction).
An object's displacement can never be greater than the distance traveled.

10. Dimensional Analysis Key terms: Key skill: Unit Conversion factor
Fractions !!!!!
(You did this in Chemistry  )

11. Key Terms Unit --- Conversion Factor ---
a word or abbreviation that comes after a number ; that describes the number
EVERY NUMBER IN PHYSICS MUST HAVE A UNIT
Ex: 10 miles, 10 dollars, 10 miles/hour
Conversion Factor ---
A fraction, where the numerator is equal to the denominator, but the units are different.
Ex: 100cm/1m, 1mile/5280ft, 1 century/100years

12. Prefixes Used in SI units

13. Dimensional Analysis Practice
Page 7 in textbook
Practice problems 5-8

14. Significant Figures

15. Practice Sig Fig’s 
Practice problems 9-12 on page 8 in the textbook

16. Precision vs. Accuracy Degree of exactness = precision
How well the results of measurement agree with a ‘real’ value = accuracy

17. Graphing Data Copy: ‘Problem Solving Strategies: Plotting Line Graph‘
Page 16 in your textbook

18. Graphing Relationships

19. Linear Relationship

20. Nonlinear Relationships

21. Inverse Relationship (nonlinear)