| Problem | Issues | Readings |
| 1: Energy and the Bouncing Ball (Feb. 8) | Energy Chains; types of energy; energy conservation | Trefil and Hazen, Chapter 8 |
| 2. The Fossil Tracks Problem (Feb. 10 and Feb. 15) | Motion; distance-time and speed-time diagrams | Trefil and Hazen, chapter 2 |
| 3. The Jen Henry Problem (Reb. 17 and Feb. 22) | Acceleration and Force | Trefil and Hazen, chapter 2 |
| 4. What keeps a moving car moving? (Feb. 29) (see also lab #3) | Balanced Forces | Copy Maven Packet, section on structures |
| 5. The Wendy Layton Problem: Car Safety | Energy Chains; Acceleration and Force | |
For additional information about each problem, see the web page which includes the course overheads.