| Gather information:
What is known? What are you looking for? What assumptions or estimations must be made? Predict a reasonable answer or range of answers. Draw a diagram with variables labeled.
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| Organize your approach:
Classify the problem and describe how you will solve it.
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| Analyze the problem:
Show relevant physics equations. Solve for the unknown variable in terms of the known variables. Substitute known values, calculate answer, round appropriately. Account for real-world effects as appropriate.
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| Learn from your efforts:
Does the answer agree with the prediction in G step? Correct units? Does the solution account for all the real-world factors that should be considered? What else can be learned from this problem? (This part is most important!)
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