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WORK SCHEDULE AND LESSON PLANS

Lesson plan 1
Knowledge
Mechanics
area
Total time 7 weeks (36 days)
Term 1
Unit 1 Vectors in two dimensions
Doc Scientia Textbook and Workbook
Physical Sciences
Resource
Grade 11 Physics
Page 9–74
Time 2½ weeks (12 days)
Vectors in two dimensions
• Draw a sketch of the vectors (parallel and perpendicular) on the Cartesian level.
• Add co-linear vectors along the parallel and perpendicular direction to obtain the
net parallel component (Rx) and a net perpendicular component (Ry).
• Sketch Rx and Ry.
• Sketch the resultant (R), using either the tail-to-head or tail-to-tail method.
• Determine the magnitude of the resultant using the theorem of Pythagoras.
• Find resultant vector graphically using the tail-to- head method as well as by
calculation (by component method) for a maximum of four force vectors in both
1-Dimension and 2-Dimension.
Core
• Understand what a closed vector diagram is.
knowledge
• Determine the direction of the resultant using simple trigonometric ratios.

Use examples involving force vectors.


Recall the Theorem of Pythagoras.
• Draw a sketch of the vector on the Cartesian plane showing its magnitude and the
angle (θ) between the vector and the x-axis.
• Use Rx = Rcos(θ) for the resultant x-component
• Use Ry = Rsin(θ) for the resultant y-component.
• Resolve two-dimensional forces (like the weight of an object on an incline) in two
mutually perpendicular components; parallel (x) and perpendicular (y).

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MECHANICS

Use examples involving force vectors.


Different kinds of forces: weight, normal force, frictional force, applied (push, pull),
tension (strings or cables)
• Define normal force, N, as the force exerted by a surface on an object in contact with
it.
• Know that the normal force acts perpendicular to the surface irrespective of whether
the plane is horizontal or inclined.
• Know that a force diagram is a picture of the object(s) involved with all the forces
acting on it, added as arrows.
• Know that in a free body diagram the object of interest is drawn as a dot and all the
forces acting on it are drawn as arrows starting on the dot and pointing away from it.
• Define frictional force, f, as the force that opposes the motion of an object and acts
parallel to the surface the object is in contact with.
• Distinguish between static and kinetic friction forces.
• Explain what is meant by the maximum static friction,fSmax
• Calculate the value of the maximum static frictional force for objects at rest on a
horizontal and inclined planes using: fSmax = µSN
• Know that static friction fS < µSN.
• Calculate the value of the kinetic friction force for a moving object on horizontal and
inclined planes using: fK = µKN.
Core • Resolve two-dimensional forces (such as the weight of an object with respect to the
knowledge inclined plane) into its parallel (x) and perpendicular (y) components.
• The resultant or net force in the x-direction is a vector sum of all the components in
the x-direction.
• The resultant or net force in the y-direction is a vector sum of all the components in
the y-direction.

The force of static friction can have a range of values from zero up to a maximum
value, µSN. The force of dynamic friction on an object is constant for a given surface
and equals µKN.
Friction forces can be explained in terms of the interlocking of the irregularities in
surfaces, which impedes motion.

N.B.: for horizontal plane problems, the only forces perpendicular to the plane should
be the weight, W, and the normal, N. All other forces should be parallel to the plane.

N.B.: for inclined plane problems, the only forces perpendicular to the plane should be
the component of the weight, W cosθ, and the normal, N. All other forces should be
parallel to the plane.

Indigenous knowledge systems:


First people to make fire did so using friction.

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WORK SCHEDULE AND LESSON PLANS

Experiment 1 P. 30
Practical Experiment 2 P. 32
activities Experiment 3 P. 33
Experiment 4 P. 41

Assessment Class test Project Practical investigation/Experiment


methods Control test Class work Building of models, posters or interviews
Textbook and Workbook, PowerPoint, Videos
Resources Summary P. 51
Mind maps P. 54
Exercise 1 P. 13
Exercise 2 P. 21
Homework Exercise 3 P. 34
Exercise 4 P. 45
Exam Questions P. 57

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