Week of 11/11

This week in office hours was busy since my students were preparing for their third exam in the class. Many questions were raised about torque and understanding simple harmonic motion - a key theme in explanations this week was connecting old concepts with new topics. For example, applying some of the same kinematics equations from 1D and 2D motion was integral to solving certain rotational kinematics problems: the framework of the equations was the same but variables were slightly different. Similarly, applying concepts of objects speeding up and slowing down to tracing simple harmonic motion was essential too.