Home Phone: (216) 321-1278
Work Phone: (216) 368-0310
email: johnf@eor.astr.cwru.edu
Class Website: http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/johnf/clc.html
Location: 3148 Berkshire Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Time: Tuesdays 7:30-9:00 pm - Sep. through Dec.
Lab Coordinator: Marianne Sachs
Teaching Assistant: Peter Collopy (peter@collopy.net)
This course is a study of Physics, namely Mechanics, which is the motion
of objects and forces, designed for homeschoolers of ages approximately
10-14. The student should be able to do basic mathematics (add, subtract,
multiply, and divide), and be
able to do some simple abstract calculations.
Parents are welcome to attend all classes. I expect all children
to abide by the CLC learning standards:
1.Mutual respect
2.Active participation
3.Deliberate focus
4.Desire to Learn
The in-class portion of the class will involve some lecture, and some
laboratory work. The out of class work will include readings from
the class textbook, The Cartoon guide to Physics by Larry
Gonick and Art Huffman. It will also include some math problems (no
more than 10), and at-home experiments to be done by the students.
For out of class work,
the experiments should be done first, then the reading, and the problems
last. The experiments are simple, and most
involve common items present in any home. I will explain how
the labs will be done in the first class.
The book should be available for purchase at Appletree books on 12419
Cedar Road (216-791-2665) in the next few days.
There will be a materials fee for lab equipment of $15. Any excess
money after buying supplies will be returned to
each family equally.
Below is the preliminary syllabus. The page numbers refer to the
pages in a Cartoon guide to Physics, except
for classes 1, 10, & 11 where there will be outside reading. The
reading should be done before class meets!
Class 2 - Oct. 1 - One dimensional motion (p. 3 - 17)
Class 3 - Oct. 8 - Weight and Newton's Laws I (p. 18 - 25)
Class 4 - Oct. 15 - Gravitational Force and Newton's Laws II (26 - 32)
Class 5 - Oct. 22 - Projectile motion (33 - 41)
Class 6 - Oct. 29 - Newton's 3rd law and Forces (47 - 53, 57 - 68, 62)
Class 7 - Nov. 12 - Momentum and Energy (64 - 82)
Class 8 - Nov. 19 - Collisions (83 - 89)
Class 9 - Dec. 3 - Rotation (90 - 96)
Class 10 - Dec. 10 - Waves and sound (outside reading)
Class 11 - Dec. 17 -Thermodynamics and Heat (outside reading)