http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/ 2026-04-21T08:49:26+00:00 http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/ http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-09-05T16:13:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:assessment&rev=1504628013&do=diff text/html 2015-03-02T17:58:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:exam_preparation_2&rev=1425319121&do=diff Exam 2 Preparation Q1. Momentum Conservation and Impulse Q2. Interpreting Stress Strain Curves and Finding the Coefficient of Friction between two Objects Q3. Rest Mass Energy and Conservation of Energy and a Work Conceptual Question Q4. Curved Motion and Decomposition of Force in Parallel and Perpendicular Components text/html 2015-04-02T16:17:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:exam_preparation_3&rev=1427991423&do=diff Exam 3 Preparation Q1. Determining and explaining exchanges of thermal energy for some situation and conserving energy in a projectile system involving a spring. Q2. Point particle versus real system analysis and work (translational versus internal kinetic energies). text/html 2015-04-29T18:42:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:exam_preparation_final&rev=1430332921&do=diff Final Exam Preparation Q1. Describe Friction and Stress/Strain from an Atomic Perspective and Analyze a Collision Q2. Conservation of Angular Momentum (Translational and Rotational) Q3. Work and Energy Q4. 
Momentum Conservation in Two Dimensions
 text/html 2015-02-02T20:49:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:exam_preparation&rev=1422910167&do=diff Exam 1 Preparation Q1. Applying the momentum principle. Q2. Analyzing the motion of a body which has acceleration and velocity (interpreting its motion from graphs and plotting its motion via graphs) and finding the relative velocity of an object. text/html 2021-09-01T20:33:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:guidelines&rev=1630528399&do=diff Suggested guidelines for working through a project Tuesday Session Suggested approach Read the problem individually. One group member reads the problem out loud. Designate one of the whiteboards as the planning board. Split the planning board (see example below) into four sections: text/html 2014-07-16T12:42:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:imagesstoretest&rev=1405514538&do=diff text/html 2015-01-26T17:04:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:learning_goals_project_2&rev=1422291880&do=diff Project 2 Learning Goals and Tutor Questions Learning Goals " 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" Tutor Questions " Question: What assumptions did you make about the motion of the hovercrafts? text/html 2017-09-06T21:41:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:planning&rev=1504734101&do=diff Suggested guidelines for planning your work text/html 2022-01-13T15:41:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_fall2021&rev=1642088484&do=diff Project 1: Learning issues * Breaking vectors into their components * Vector addition * Relative velocity * Position update formula - iterative motion * Familiarizing yourself with Glowscript Project 1: Part A: Riverboat Crossing You are a group of scientists and engineers who are studying the Miskatonic River. You need to get across the river to take more measurements but your boat sprung a leak and sank. At the edge of the river which you have found to have a constant flow rate y… text/html 2021-01-28T17:34:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_2&rev=1611855279&do=diff 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).$\Delta\vec{p}=\vec{F}\,\Delta t$$d\vec{p}=\vec{F}\,dt$$\vec{F}_{net} = m\:\vec{a} = \dfrac{\Delta\vec{p}}{\Delta t}$ text/html 2021-02-04T17:36:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_3&rev=1612460209&do=diff Project 3: Part A: Geostationary orbit The Carver Media Group is planning the launch of a new communications satellite. Elliot Carver (head of Carver Media Group) is concerned about the launch. This is a $200,000,000 endeavor. In particular, he is worried about the orbital speed necessary to maintain the satellite's geostationary orbit (and if that depends on the launch mass). You were hired as an engineer on the launch team. Carver has asked that you allay his concerns. $15\times10^3$ text/html 2021-02-09T17:06:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_4&rev=1612890400&do=diff Project 4: Part B: Escape from Korath Project 4b: Learning Issues * Constant velocity and constant force models * Springs and spring forces * Atoms and materials * Young’s modulus You are a member of a team of scientists who have been working on a dimensional gate. After years of trying to find a sufficient power source to power the gate you get sent a mysterious power source discovered in the tomb of a Norwegian viking lord. After turning on the gate using the mysterious power sou… text/html 2021-02-18T17:08:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_5&rev=1613668116&do=diff Project 5: Escape from Korath The Story Continues Part 1 Success! Your team has made it to the bottom of the “Cliff of Insanity” without alerting Korath the Pursuer to your location. Unfortunately, the piece of tech the team has, which guides you to the nearest dimensional gate, must have been malfunctioning at the top of the cliff because there is not a single-dimensional gate insight. text/html 2021-02-25T17:55:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_6&rev=1614275721&do=diff Project 6: Part A: Six Flags over East Lansing The city of East Lansing is trying to attract more summer tourists. They've decided to replace much of the abandoned buildings on Grand River with an amusement park. They've hired the Tyrell Corporation to build it. You and your team recently graduated from MSU engineering program and have started working for Tyrell under their chief engineering officer Dr. Eldon Tyrell. Dr. Tyrell wants your team to design the amusement park's main attraction, t… text/html 2021-03-04T17:13:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_7&rev=1614877998&do=diff Today, we are transitioning into talking about energy and are going to start small and examine energy from a few different scenarios. These scenarios highlight the idea of choosing systems and will ask you to analyze each problem from two different systems. This will hopefully help you all compare and contrast these two different approaches to solving energy problems. text/html 2021-03-09T14:59:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_8&rev=1615301979&do=diff Project 7f: Breakneck -- The new roller-coaster at Michigan's Adventure You are a team of engineers and scientists who are in the process of designing Michigan's Adventures exciting a new attraction “Breakneck”. This ride involves a roller-coaster like car that can hold 8 passengers, with a mass of 700 kg. This car starts by effectively free falling 60m. The track curves at the bottom so that the car can slide up an 8-m-high hill before hitting a horizontal straightaway 50m long. In the mi… text/html 2021-03-18T16:41:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_9&rev=1616085693&do=diff Project 8: Part A: CSI East Lansing Part 1 You are a group of scientists who are a member of an elite crime scene investigation unit who focus on traffic accidents. You have been called to the scene of an accident between two cars. Your initial assessment allows you to come to the conclusion that one of the cars has obviously run into the back of the other. Your team finds brake marks on the road. After examining the scene of the accident you conclude that one of the cars, a Volkswagen New B… text/html 2021-03-25T16:40:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_10&rev=1616690400&do=diff Project 10: Part A: Launching a communications probe Project 10A: Learning issues * Gravitational potential energy * Spring potential energy * Energy conservation * Momentum conservation You and your team are engineers that have been contracted by Elliot Carver of the Carver Media Group Network (CMGN) to plan the launch of their new $m_t$$m_p$$k_p$$5.3\times10^9$$k_L$$8.3\times10^8$$m_{\rm t}=4500\,{\rm kg}$$m_{\rm p}=400\,{\rm kg}$$k_{\rm p}=5.3\times10^{9}{\rm N/m}$$340\,{\rm m/s}$$… text/html 2021-04-01T16:40:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_11&rev=1617295234&do=diff Project 11: Part A: Post-Apocalypse Now Henry Gupta has returned. It turns out he is a pretty bad dude. Gupta hid a remote communication device on the satellite that was activated. It launched many nuclear missiles across the world scorching most of the Earth. $\times 10^{3}\,{\rm kg/m^{3}}$$\times 10^{3}\,{\rm J/kg/K}$ text/html 2021-04-06T16:33:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_12&rev=1617726831&do=diff Project 12: Engineering a movie stunt the return Your success with the squirrel girl stuntwork has lead to your being hired by Marvel Entertainment again for the new Doctor Strange film. Benedict Cumberbatch is Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange, a neurosurgeon who protects the Earth from magical threats both foreign and domestic.$M_{\rm sled} = 1500\,{\rm kg}$$$\omega_{\rm reel} = \dfrac{M_{\rm sled}}{m_{\rm reel}}\dfrac{v_{\rm sled}}{R_{\rm reel}}$$ text/html 2021-04-15T20:14:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_13&rev=1618517696&do=diff Project 13, Part A: You spin me right round Project 13, Part A: Learning issues * Angular Momentum * Choosing an appropriate system * Rotational Kinetic Energy * Conservation of Momentum * Conservation of Angular Momentum Last time on post-apocalypse now: Your group of scientists have begun work on putting together an alternative power generator based on a merry-go-round ride from a playground. Suddenly a wormhole opens in the middle of the Thunderdome and four strangers clad in 2… text/html 2021-04-20T16:35:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021_14&rev=1618936518&do=diff Project 14: Part A: Showdown at boar tiger corral Your success at the Thunderdome command center has led to your being raised to the rank of subcommander in the Scorched Earth Army. You have been sent to a remote outpost in Icy Cape, Alaska. The outpost is the first line of defense against boar tigers for the rest of humanity. It is located at the shore of a large frozen lake across from which is the boar tiger breeding ground. The outpost was formerly a foundry for metal working; several lar… text/html 2021-01-21T17:41:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem1_spring2021&rev=1611250902&do=diff Project 1: Learning goals * Perform the following mathematical operations on (physical) vector quantities: vector addition/subtraction, magnitude/unit vector. * Sketch vector quantities and perform graphical (physical) vector addition/subtraction. text/html 2022-01-20T15:18:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem2_fall2021&rev=1642691902&do=diff 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).$\Delta\vec{p}=\vec{F}\,\Delta t$$d\vec{p}=\vec{F}\,dt$$\vec{F}_{net} = m\:\vec{a} = \dfrac{\Delta\vec{p}}{\Delta t}$ text/html 2022-01-27T15:14:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem2_fall2021b&rev=1643296448&do=diff Project 3: Part A: Geostationary orbit The Carver Media Group is planning the launch of a new communications satellite. Elliot Carver (head of Carver Media Group) is concerned about the launch. This is a $200,000,000 endeavor. In particular, he is worried about the orbital speed necessary to maintain the satellite's geostationary orbit (and if that depends on the launch mass). You were hired as an engineer on the launch team and tried to point out the orbital speed for a satellite at geostati… text/html 2022-02-03T14:38:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem4_fall2021b&rev=1643899090&do=diff Project 4a: Review Problem You have put your AirPods in the wash again and destroyed yet another pair. Luckily you have an idea of a cheap way of getting a new pair. At the local arcade, there is a claw drop machine that has a pair of Airpods as the prize. The game involves a toy train that has an empty car at the back of the train (train is 1.2 meters long) that you have to try and drop the air pods in. The train is in the open between two tunnels for 1.5 meters. Once it enters the tunnel it… text/html 2022-02-10T15:21:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem5_fall2021_b&rev=1644506485&do=diff Project 5: Part A: Escape from Korath Part 2 Project 5: Learning issues * Constant acceleration and kinematic equations * Frictional Force * Rotated Frames (Forces on an inclined plane) * Free body diagrams Your team has navigated to the bottom of the cliff successfully but are confronted by an incline followed by a tunnel that then leads to the dimensional gate. Your amazing piece of tech (turning out to be very useful) indicates that the dimensional gate is at the end of the tunnel … text/html 2022-02-17T15:08:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem6hh_fall2021_b&rev=1645110487&do=diff Project 6: Part A: Six Flags over East Lansing The city of East Lansing is trying to attract more summer tourists. They've decided to replace much of the abandoned buildings on Grand River with an amusement park. They've hired the Tyrell Corporation to build it. You and your team recently graduated from MSU engineering program and have started working for Tyrell under their chief engineering officer Dr. Eldon Tyrell. Dr. Tyrell wants your team to design the amusement park's main attraction, t… text/html 2022-03-03T14:49:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem7_fall2021_b&rev=1646318969&do=diff Project 7a: Concept Maps For today's class to prep for both the group exam and the individual exam, you all are going to create a concept map (imaged above) to demonstrate the connections between concepts we have covered so far. Yous should begin with Fnet = ma as the central concept and work out from there. text/html 2022-01-18T07:07:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem8_fall2021_b&rev=1642489636&do=diff Project 8 A: Post-Apocalypse Now text/html 2022-03-17T14:28:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem9_fall2021_b&rev=1647527302&do=diff Project 9: Learning issues * Gravitational potential energy * Spring potential energy * Energy conservation * Momentum conservation Project 9: Part A: Launching a communications probe You and your team are engineers that have been contracted by Elliot Carver of the Carver Media Group Network (CMGN) to plan the launch of their new $m_t$$m_p$$k_p$$5.3\times10^9$$k_L$$8.3\times10^8$ text/html 2022-12-22T16:29:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem9_spring2023&rev=1671726557&do=diff Project 8: Learning issues * Relationship Between Force and Energy - Work * Choosing a system * Conservation of Energy * Potential and Kinetic Energy Project 8: Breakneck -- The new roller-coaster at Michigan's Adventure You are a team of engineers and scientists who are in the process of designing Michigan's Adventures exciting a new attraction text/html 2021-11-18T15:12:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem10_fall2021_b&rev=1637248352&do=diff Project 10, You Spin Me Right Round Part A Learning Issues * Angular Momentum * Choosing an appropriate system * Rotational Kinetic Energy * Conservation of Momentum * Conservation of Angular Momentum Last time on post-apocalypse now: Your group of scientists have begun work on putting together an alternative power generator based on a merry-go-round ride from a playground. Suddenly a wormhole opens in the middle of the Thunderdome and four strangers clad in 2010's clothing emerge… text/html 2022-03-24T14:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem10_spring2022_b&rev=1648131016&do=diff Project 9: Learning goals * For single-particle systems where little or no heat is exchanged with the surroundings, use conservation of energy ($\Delta E_{\rm sys}=W_{\rm ext}$) to explain and/or predict the final state of the system (this includes choosing a system, and setting up initial and final states consistent with that system).$\Delta E_{\rm sys}=W_{\rm ext}$$\times 10^{3}\,{\rm kg/m^{3}}$$\times 10^{3}\,{\rm J/kg/K}$ text/html 2021-11-23T15:03:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem11_fall2021_b&rev=1637679810&do=diff Project 11: Showdown at boar tiger corral Your success at the Thunderdome command center has led to your being raised to the rank of subcommander in the Scorched Earth Army. You have been sent to a remote outpost in Icy Cape, Alaska. The outpost is the first line of defense against boar tigers for the rest of humanity. It is located at the shore of a large frozen lake across from which is the boar tiger breeding ground. The outpost was formerly a foundry for metal working; several large recta… text/html 2022-03-31T14:00:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem11_spring2022_b&rev=1648735254&do=diff For today's class to prep for both the group exam and the individual exam, you all are going to create a concept map (imaged above) to demonstrate the connections between concepts we have covered so far. Yous should begin with Delta E = W + Q as the central concept and work out from there.$M_{\rm sled} = 1500\,{\rm kg}$$$\omega_{\rm reel} = \dfrac{M_{\rm sled}}{m_{\rm reel}}\dfrac{v_{\rm sled}}{R_{\rm reel}}$$ text/html 2022-04-28T17:07:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem12_fall2021_b&rev=1651165635&do=diff Project 15: Choose your own adventure Your group is to design a problem that incorporates the three main principles the p-cubed course has focused on: * Conservation of Energy * Conservation of Momentum * Conservation of Angular Momentum Your design should include both the text/html 2022-04-07T14:23:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem12_spring2022&rev=1649341439&do=diff Project 11: Part A: Saving a space station The satellite with HAL is on it's way back to Earth but behind the satellite is a number of small asteroids. A member of the recovery team, David Lightman, tells you that there is a defunct Earth defense floating space station that is very far from Earth which can be hacked into. You have been tasked with operating this projectile defense system (PDS for short). PDS has the ability to launch defense projectiles from the space station headquarters (po… text/html 2021-12-07T14:36:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem13_fall2021_b&rev=1638887801&do=diff Project 14: Choose your own adventure Your group is to design a problem that incorporates the three main principles the p-cubed course has focused on: * Conservation of Energy * Conservation of Momentum * Conservation of Angular Momentum Your design should include both the text/html 2022-04-14T13:26:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem13_spring2022&rev=1649942791&do=diff Project 13, Part A Learning Issues * Angular Momentum * Choosing an appropriate system * Rotational Kinetic Energy * Conservation of Momentum * Conservation of Angular Momentum Last time on post-apocalypse now: Your group of scientists have begun work on putting together an alternative power generator based on a merry-go-round ride from a playground. Suddenly a wormhole opens in the middle of the Thunderdome and four strangers clad in 2010's clothing emerge. They relay that they h… text/html 2021-12-10T02:24:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem13b_fall2021_b&rev=1639103068&do=diff Project 13B: Winners of Choose Your Adventure Your group is to design a problem that incorporates the three main principles the p-cubed course has focused on: text/html 2022-04-21T14:15:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:problem14_spring2022&rev=1650550521&do=diff Project 14: Part A: Showdown at boar tiger corral Your success at the Thunderdome command center has led to your being raised to the rank of subcommander in the Scorched Earth Army. You have been sent to a remote outpost in Icy Cape, Alaska. The outpost is the first line of defense against boar tigers for the rest of humanity. It is located at the shore of a large frozen lake across from which is the boar tiger breeding ground. The outpost was formerly a foundry for metal working; several lar… text/html 2014-06-22T19:45:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:student-centered_actions&rev=1403466322&do=diff Student-centered actions In the $P^3$ learning environment it is each member’s own responsibility to seek a complete understanding of the physics involved in each problem. To do so you must actively engage in the activities and practices of the learning environment. It will not be sufficient to sit back and listen and hope to learn everything outside of the time in the learning environment by yourself. $P^3$ text/html 2020-01-22T16:14:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_projects:summary_boards&rev=1579709658&do=diff This is a proposed structure of what a summary board should look like. It is definitely adaptable but I think from our perspective the main aspects that we would like to see are the problem-solving steps and the strategy rules and to go into detail on these aspects so that if you need to go back and look at how a problem is solved you will be able to look at your summary board and interpret what you did.