Conceptual+Physics

=Conceptual Physics=
 * Week 1:**

Day 1: Course Syllabus and Introduction -Scientific Fact or Myth Day 2: Notes: Intro to physics, measurement Day 3: Diagnostic, Math Review, Paper Towers

Homework : -Signed Green Sheet Due: Friday -Introduction Questionnaire Due: Friday

8/19: Distance, Displacement, and Position 8/20: Speed and Velocity 8/21: Instantaneous Velocity, Constant Velocity, Position Time Graphs 8/22: Motion sensor lab (Ms. Frandsen) 8/23: Usain Bolt activity (Ms. Frandsen)
 * Week 2:**

Homework #1: Distance vs. Displacement Worksheet and Pgs.25-27 (Textbook) #s 4,5,6,26 **Both assignments due Friday**


 * Week 3:**

8/26: Quiz Corrections and Intro to Acceleration 8/27: More Acceleration! 8/28: R-racing Activity, Position to Velocity to Acceleration 8/29: Horizontal Acceleration 8/30: Quiz and Intro to Bottle Rocket Project

Homework: Due Tuesday - Quiz Corrections HW #2 p.25-26 #9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 35, 36, 37


 * Week 4**

9/3: Quiz Corrections and Acceleration Review 9/4: Newton's First Law 9/5: Inertia Day! 9/6: Project Work Day

Homework #3: p. 56-57 #6, 7, 8, 26, 29


 * Week 5**

9/9: Project Work Day 9/10: Newton's 2nd Law 9/11: Newton's 2nd Law (FBD) 9/12: Mass and Weight 9/13: Launch Day!

Homework #4: p. 57-58 #11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25 and p. 71 # 4, 35


 * Week 6**

9/16: Weight on falling objects 9/17: Newtonian Shot 9/18: Friction 9/19: Quiz Review and Extra Credit 9/20: Quiz and Intro to Bridge Project

Home**work #5: pg. 71 #2,3,6,12,13,22,25 ** ENGINEERING REPORT DUE FRIDAY


 * Week 7**

9/23: Mythbusters (mythbusters notes due Tue.) 9/24: Quiz Corrections, Project Intro Cont., Pressure 9/25: Pressure, Newton's Third Law 9/26: Project Day 9/27: Project Day

Homework #6: Third Law Worksheet (due Thursday) Quiz Corrections Due Thursday


 * Week 8**

10/7: Centripetal Force 10/8: Centripetal Force; Universal Gravitation 10/9: Review; QUIZ ON NEWTON'S THIRD LAW 10/10: Project Work Day 10/11: Test Bridge Breaking Day

HW #7 p. 133-134 #8, 9, 10, 12, 19 due Wednesday

10/14: Intro to momentum 10/15: Momentum and Impulse 10/16: Problem Solving Review; Activity (bring extra clothes or a trash bag!) 10/17: QUIZ ON MOMENTUM AND IMPULSE; Project Work Day 10/18: Project Work Day
 * Week 9**

HW #8 p. 100-101 #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 19, 20 due Thursday Quiz Corrections Due Friday


 * Week 10**

10/21: Conservation of Momentum 10/22: Problem Solving 10/23: Review and Quiz 10/24: Project Work Day 10/25: Final Bridge Breaking Day

HW #9 p. 101 # 15, 16, 22 Final Bridges and Project Folder due Friday


 * Week 11**

10/28: Work 10/29: Potential Energy 10/30: Kinetic Energy 10/31: Problem Solving 11/1: Energy Lab, Quiz

HW #10 p. 119-120 #1, 2, 3, 6, 25, 27, 32, 33 due Friday Quiz on Friday


 * Week 12**

11/4: Conservation of mechanical energy 11/5: Roller Coaster Problem Solving 11/6: Pendulum of Doom Problem Solving 11/7: Quiz; Project Work Day 11/8: Project Work Day

HW #11 p. 119 #8, 10, 11; Roller Coaster Worksheet


 * Week 13**

11/12: Test Egg Drop 11/13: Car Crash Physics 11/14: Power and Power Balance 11/15: Quiz; Project Work Day

HW: Start working on egg drop engineering report


 * Week 14**

11/18: Project Work Day 11/19: Final Egg Drop 11/20: October Sky Intro 11/21: October Sky 11/22: October Sky

HW: Egg Drop Engineering Report due Wednesday October Sky Project


 * Week 15**

11/25: Finish October Sky; October Sky Final Project Due; Start Rube Goldberg 11/26: Project Work Day 11/27: Project Due


 * Week 16**

12/2: Energy Project Intro 12/3: Energy Research 12/4: Energy Research 12/5: Energy Research 12/6: Energy Presentations and Project Due


 * Week 17**

12/9: Youtube Project Intro and Topic Sign-Up 12/10: Work time 12/11: Work time 12/12: Present Youtube video 12/13: Present personal work


 * Week 18**

12/16: Final Review 12/17: Question Assignment Due, Final Review


 * SECOND SEMESTER**

1/7: Introduction to Charge 1/8: Charge interaction 1/9: Types of Charging 1/10: Quiz
 * Week 1**

HW 1: p.515 #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10

1/13: Intro to Electric Force 1/14: Electric Force and Electric Fields 1/15: Review and Quiz 1/16: Electrophorous Lab 1/17: Electric Field Hockey Lab
 * Week 2**

HW 2: p.515 #9, 12, 27, 20; p. 529 #3, 5, 6

1/21: Electric Potential Energy 1/22: Circuits Basics 1/23: Circuits 1/24: Review and Quiz
 * Week 3**

HW 3: p. 529 #12, 14, 16; p. 545-6 # 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

1/27: Quiz Corrections; Ohms Law 1/28: Power; Circuit Diagrams 1/29: Series Circuits 1/30: Series Circuits 1/31: Review and Quiz
 * Week 4**

HW 4: p. 546 #25, 33; p. 560 #5, 21, 16, 33 Ohms Worksheet Circuits Worksheet

2/3: mythbusters 2/4: Parallel Circuits 2/5: Parallel Circuits 2/6: Magnetism 2/7: Review and Quiz
 * Week** 5

Homework #5: p. 559-560 #3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17; p. 575 # 1, 4; Parallel Circuit worksheet

2/10: Magnetisim 2/11: Magnetism 2/12: Magnetism 2/13: Review for Test 2/14: Test on Electricity and Magnetism
 * Week 6**

Homework #6: p. 575 # 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 21; RHR worksheet

2/24: E&M Test Review 2/25: Waves Intro 2/26: Waves Intro 2/27: Waves Intro 2/28: Waves Review and Quiz
 * Week 7**

Homework #7: Waves Worksheet Quiz on Friday

3/3: Wave velocity and equation 3/4: Wave interference 3/5: Types of waves 3/6: Hollywood Sound 3/7: Review and Quiz
 * Week 8**

Homework #8: p. 388 #6, 7, 8, 12, 21, 22, 11, 23 Quiz on Friday

3/10: Sound 3/11: Sound 3/12: Interference, Resonance, Doppler 3/13: Doppler, Activity 3/14: Review and Quiz
 * Week 9**

HW #9: p. 401 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10; make an instrument that can play 3 distinct notes

3/17: EM Spectrum 3/18: CAHSEE/EM Spectrum 3/19: CAHSEE/EM Spectrum 3/20: Light/Color 3/21: Light/Color and Quiz
 * Week 10**

HW #10 p. 439 # 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 26, 37

3/24: Waves and Color Review 3/25: Mythbusters "Let there be light" 3/26: Reflection 3/27: Refraction 3/28: Cosmos/Spam-a-Lot
 * Week 11**

HW #11 p. 460 #2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 30

3/31: Refraction 4/1: Refraction 4/2: Refraction/Magic School Bus 4/3: Waves Review 4/4: Waves Review
 * Week 12**

HW #12 p. 460 #16, 17, 23, 24, 36

4/7: Waves Exam 4/8: Review Waves Exam 4/9: 4/10: 4/11:
 * Week 13**


 * Spring Break 4/14-4/18**

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