Honors Physics

Week 1
Day 1: Course Syllabus and Introduction
Fact or Myth
Day 2: Notes intro to physics, measurement
Day 3: Math Review


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

Week 2:
Day 1: Distance, Displacement, and Position
Day 2: Position Time graphs, vectors and scalars
Day 3: Speed and Velocity
Day 4: Usain Bolt activity
Day 5: Motion sensor lab

Homework: Pages 52-54 (textbook) 37, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 57, 60, 63, 64, 67 Due Friday

Week 3:
Day 1: Acceleration
Day 2: Acceleration day 2, Velocity time graphs and acceleration time graphs.
Day 3: Problem Solving with the big 5 kinematics equations
Day 4: Problem solving and Water bottle rocket introduction
Day 5: R-Racing lab and QUIZ.

Homework: pg. 80-82 # 54,55,59,62,68,72, 80,81,82, 85,86, 89,104,112, due Friday


Week 4:
Day 1: Intro to Acceleration of Gravity,
Day 2: Objects thrown up in the air, free fall
Day 3: Inquiry Lab
Day 4: Project Work Day

Homework: pg. 80-83 # 75, 76, 78, 100, 102,106, and Acceleration of Gravity Worksheet


Week 5:
Day 1: Project work day
Day 2: Solving Horizontally Launched projectiles
Day 3: Projectile motion
Day 4: Solving Launched Projectiles, where will it land?
Day 5: Launch Day!

Homework: pg. 164-165 #s 43,44,51,52,53,55,59 and Horizontal Projectile Worksheet/ No quiz this week

Week 6:
Day 1: Review
Day 2: Test!
Day 3: Review Test
Day 4: Newtons 1st law
Day 5: Inertia Day

HW: Rocket Engineering report due FRIDAY

Week 7:
Day 1: Newton's Second Law
Day 2: Force Body Diagram, Weight
Day 3: Normal Force
Day 4: Newton Video
Day 5: Quiz, Project Intro Honors Pasta Bridge Rules

HW: pg. 112 # 41,43,46,53,58,64,67,68ab,69a-d,70,72,100,102 + Quiz Fri

Week 8:
Day 1: Newtonian Shot and Project Intro
Day 2: Friction
Day 3: Advanced Force problems
Day 4: Project Work day
Day 5: Project Work Day

Homework: Bring Project supplies (glue sticks and pasta), Newtons Laws WS+ pg. 142 # 61,62,90-94,104,109 due WED, QUIZ THURSDAY

Week 9:

Day 1:Project work day
Day 2: Tension/Statics vs dynamics
Day 3:Problem Solving at angles
Day 4: Review, Quiz, and Pressure
Day 5: Test Bridge breaking
Homework: 2 worksheets


Week 10:

Day 1:Newtons 3rd law
Day 2: Review for TEST
Day 3:TEST NEWTONS LAWS
Day 4: Project work day
Day 5: Project work day

Homework: No HW due to TEST.



Week 11:
Day 1: Universal Gravitation and problem solving
Day 2: Centripetal Force
Day 3: Project work day
Day 4: Review, QUIZ CENTRIPETAL FORCE AND UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
Day 5: Bridge breaking
Homework: Worksheet on Centripetal Force due Thursday



Semester 2:
Feel free to bring in any technology that you can to help you with your projects.
Projects:
Technology project-Project Descriptions
Boat Project-Boat Project
Individual project-Individual Project Information
Rubric-Rubric
Mr. Clark's Class=Individual Project Topics

Calendar for projects: