Week 2:
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)
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
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
Homework #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
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
Week 9
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
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 1
1/7: Introduction to Charge
1/8: Charge interaction
1/9: Types of Charging
1/10: Quiz
HW 1: p.515 #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10
Week 2
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
HW 2: p.515 #9, 12, 27, 20; p. 529 #3, 5, 6
Week 3
1/21: Electric Potential Energy
1/22: Circuits Basics
1/23: Circuits
1/24: Review and Quiz
HW 3: p. 529 #12, 14, 16; p. 545-6 # 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Week 4
1/27: Quiz Corrections; Ohms Law
1/28: Power; Circuit Diagrams
1/29: Series Circuits
1/30: Series Circuits
1/31: Review and Quiz
HW 4: p. 546 #25, 33; p. 560 #5, 21, 16, 33
Ohms Worksheet
Circuits Worksheet
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
Week 2:
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)
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
Homework #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
Week 9
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
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
Week 1
1/7: Introduction to Charge
1/8: Charge interaction
1/9: Types of Charging
1/10: Quiz
HW 1: p.515 #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10
Week 2
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
HW 2: p.515 #9, 12, 27, 20; p. 529 #3, 5, 6
Week 3
1/21: Electric Potential Energy
1/22: Circuits Basics
1/23: Circuits
1/24: Review and Quiz
HW 3: p. 529 #12, 14, 16; p. 545-6 # 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Week 4
1/27: Quiz Corrections; Ohms Law
1/28: Power; Circuit Diagrams
1/29: Series Circuits
1/30: Series Circuits
1/31: Review and Quiz
HW 4: p. 546 #25, 33; p. 560 #5, 21, 16, 33
Ohms Worksheet
Circuits Worksheet
Week 5
2/3: mythbusters
2/4: Parallel Circuits
2/5: Parallel Circuits
2/6: Magnetism
2/7: Review and Quiz
Homework #5: p. 559-560 #3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17; p. 575 # 1, 4; Parallel Circuit worksheet
Week 6
2/10: Magnetisim
2/11: Magnetism
2/12: Magnetism
2/13: Review for Test
2/14: Test on Electricity and Magnetism
Homework #6: p. 575 # 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 21; RHR worksheet
Week 7
2/24: E&M Test Review
2/25: Waves Intro
2/26: Waves Intro
2/27: Waves Intro
2/28: Waves Review and Quiz
Homework #7: Waves Worksheet
Quiz on Friday
Week 8
3/3: Wave velocity and equation
3/4: Wave interference
3/5: Types of waves
3/6: Hollywood Sound
3/7: Review and Quiz
Homework #8: p. 388 #6, 7, 8, 12, 21, 22, 11, 23
Quiz on Friday
Week 9
3/10: Sound
3/11: Sound
3/12: Interference, Resonance, Doppler
3/13: Doppler, Activity
3/14: Review and Quiz
HW #9: p. 401 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10; make an instrument that can play 3 distinct notes
Week 10
3/17: EM Spectrum
3/18: CAHSEE/EM Spectrum
3/19: CAHSEE/EM Spectrum
3/20: Light/Color
3/21: Light/Color and Quiz
HW #10 p. 439 # 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 26, 37
Week 11
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
HW #11 p. 460 #2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 30
Week 12
3/31: Refraction
4/1: Refraction
4/2: Refraction/Magic School Bus
4/3: Waves Review
4/4: Waves Review
HW #12 p. 460 #16, 17, 23, 24, 36
Week 13
4/7: Waves Exam
4/8: Review Waves Exam
4/9:
4/10:
4/11:
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