Monday (8-25) / Teacher In-Service (no school)
Tuesday (8-26) / Waiver Day (no school)
Wednesday (8-27) / Classroom Procedures
*Read PP. v-xii in the lab book
Thursday (8-28) / Safety in the Laboratory/ Safety Symbols/ Careers
*Career paper
*Read chapter 1
Friday (8-29) / Chapter 1: A Physics Toolkit
Physics/ Mathematics in Physics/ SI System
*P.4: Read example problem 1
*P.5: Practice problem 1-4
*Copy Tables 1-1 & 1-2
· Safety review.
· Mathematics review
week of: September 1, 2014 / Physics (week 2)Monday (9-1) / Labor Day - No School
Tuesday (9-2) / Units in Equations/ Factor-Label Conversion/ Significant Digits/ SD Rules/ SD Operations
*P.7: 5-8
*P.8: 9-12
Wednesday (9-3) / Scientific Method/ Measurement/ Graphing
*P.10: 13-17
*P.14: 18-23
*P.19: 25-29
*Read Lab 1-1
*Start Review
Lab 1-1: How does mass depend on volume?
Alter: m to cm, m3 to cm3, kg to g.
Thursday (9-4) / (same as Wednesday)
Friday (9-5) / Review 1
P.23: Vocabulary (all)
P.24: CM 30
P.24: MC 31-46
P.25: AC 47-66
P.26: MP 67-86
P.29: STP 1-7
Note: TEST 1 on Monday.
· Graphing review.
week of: September 8, 2014 / Physics (week 3)Monday (9-8) / TEST 1: A Physics Toolkit
*Read chapter 2 and start vocabulary.
Tuesday (9-9) / Chapter 2: Representing Motion
Motion/ Picturing Motion/ Time Intervals & Displacement
*P.33: 1-4
*P.37: 5-8
Wednesday (9-10) / Position-Time Graphs/ Velocity/ Speed/ Finding Displacement
*P.42: 19-24
*P.47: 29-33
*Read Lab 2-1
*Start Review
Lab 2-1: Wherewill the vehicle be?
Thursday (9-11) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (9-12) / Review 2
P.51: Vocabulary (all)
P.52: CM 34
P.52: MC 35-42
P.52: AC 43-48
P.53: MP 49-53
P.53: MR 54-60
P.55: STP 1-7
Motion
· Graph interpretations
Position vs. time
week of: September 15, 2014 / Physics (week 4)Monday (9-15) / TEST 2: Representing Motion
*Read chapter 3 and start vocabulary
Tuesday (9-16) / Chapter 3: Accelerated Motion
Average Acceleration/ Instantaneous Acceleration/ Slope on a Velocity-Time Graph
*P.61: 1-5
*P.64: 6-17
*Read Lab 3-1
Wednesday (9-17) / Physics Pre-assessment
Thursday (9-18) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (9-19) / Lab 3-1: How does a ball roll?
Motion
· Graph interpretations
Velocity vs. time
· Problem solving
week of: September 22, 2014 / Physics (week 5)Monday (9-22) / Motion with Constant Acceleration/ Position with Constant Acceleration
*P.65: 18-21
*P.67: 22-25
Tuesday (9-23) / Displacement During Constant Acceleration/ Displacement When Acceleration and Time are Known
*P.69: 26-29
*P.71: 30-41
Wednesday (9-24) / Acceleration Due to Gravity/ Acceleration of Gravity for Earth
*P.74: 42-46
*P.75: 47-52
*Work on Review
Review 3
P.79: Vocabulary (all)
P.80: CM 53
P.80: MC 54-65
P.80: AC 66-78
P.81: MP 79-102
P.84: MR 115
P.85: STP 1-10
Note: Start TEST 3 on Monday at end of period, finish on Tuesday.
Thursday (9-25) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (9-26) / Waiver Day – No School
Motion
· Uniform acceleration involving free fall
week of: September 29, 2014 / Physics (week 6)Monday (9-29) / Review 3 (continued)
Note: Start TEST 3 at end of period.
Tuesday (9-30) / TEST 3: Accelerated Motion
*Read chapter 4 and start vocabulary
Wednesday (10-1) / Chapter 4: Forces in One Dimension
Forces & Motion/ Types of Forces/ Newton's Second Law of Motion
*Copy Figures 4-1 & 4-2
*P.89: 1-5
*P.93: 6-8
Newton's First Law of Motion/ Specific Types of Forces/ Weight/ Apparent Weight
*Copy Table 4-2
*P.95: 9-14
*P.97: 15-18
*P.100: 19-20
*Read Lab 4-1
Thursday (10-2) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (10-3) / Drag Force & Terminal Velocity/ Newton's Third Law/ Tension/ Normal Force
*P.101: 21-27
*P.104: 28-31
*P.106: 32-33
*P.107: 34-39
*Work on review
Forces, momentum, and motion
· Newton’s laws applied to complex motion
· Air resistance and drag
week of: October 6, 2014 / Physics (week 7)Monday (10-6) / Lab 4-1: What are the forces in a train?
Tuesday (10-7) / Review 4
Vocabulary
40-92
1-9
Wednesday (10-8) / Review 4 (continued)
TEST 4: Forces in One Dimension (start)
Thursday (10-9) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (10-10) / TEST 4: Forces in One Dimension
*Read chapter 5 and start vocabulary
Forces, Momentum, & Motion
week of: October 13, 2014 / Physics (week 8)Monday (10-13) / Chapter 5: Forces in Two Dimensions
Vector Quantity/ Vector Addition (graphical)/ Addition of Several Vectors
*Copy Figures 5-1, 5-2, & 5-5
*Read Lab 5a
Tuesday (10-14) / Lab 5a: Addition of Force Vectors
Wednesday (10-15) / Career & College Readiness Day (no classes)
Thursday (10-16)
(P-T Conferences) / Vector Addition (mathematical)/ Adding Perpendicular Vectors/ Perpendicular Components of Vectors
*P.121: 1-2 (graphical & mathematical)
*Copy Figures 5-3 & 5-4
*P.125: 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16
Friday (10-17) / NEOEA Day - No School
Forces, Momentum and Motion
· Forces in two dimensions
Adding vector forces
week of: October 20, 2014 / Physics (week 9)Monday (10-20) / Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors
*P.121: 3-4 (graphically & mathematically)
*P.125: 6,8,13,14
Tuesday (10-21)
(extra credit due) / Friction/ Static & Kinetic Friction
*P.128: 17-21
*Copy Table 5-1
*P.130: 22-32
*Read Lab 5.2A
Wednesday (10-22) / Lab 5.2A: Friction
Thursday (10-23) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (10-24) / Equilibrium
*Copy Figures 5-11 & 5-12
*P.132: Challenge Problem
*P.135: 42,43,45
Forces, Momentum and Motion
· Friction forces (static & kinetic)
· Forces in two dimensions
Adding vector forces
week of: October 27, 2014 / Physics (week 10)Monday (10-27) / Gravitational Force & the Inclined Plane/ Acceleration & the Inclined Plane/ Friction & the Inclined Plane
*Copy Figure 5-13
*P.133: 33-37
*P.135: 28-41, 44, 46
*Read Lab 5-2
*Work on review
Tuesday (10-28) / Lab 5-2: How does a glider slide down a slope?
Wednesday (10-29) / Review 5
P.139: Vocabulary
P.140: CM 47
P.140: MC 48-65
P.140: AC 66-78
P.141: MP 79-102
P.143: MR 103-106
P.145: STP 1-9
Thursday (10-30) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (10-31) / Review 5 (Continued)
Note: TEST 5 on Monday & Tuesday.
Forces, Momentum and Motion
· Friction forces (static & kinetic)
· Forces in two dimensions
Adding vector forces
Motion down inclines
week of: November 3, 2014 / Physics (week 11)Monday (11-3) / TEST 5: Forces in Two Dimensions
*Study.
Tuesday (11-4) / TEST 5: Forces in Two Dimensions
*Read chapter 6 and start vocabulary.
Wednesday (11-5) / Chapter 6: Motion in Two Dimensions
Projectile Motion/ Horizontally Projected Objects
*Copy Figures 6-1 & 6-2
*P.150: 1-3
*Read Lab 6
Lab 6: Analysis of the Path of a Projectile
Thursday (11-6) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (11-7) / Objects Launched at an Angle
*Copy Figure 6-3
*P.152: 4, 5, 7-9
· Projectiles
Independence of horizontal and vertical motion
Problem-solving involving horizontally launched objects
week of: November 10, 2014 / Physics (week 12)Monday (11-10) / Circular Motion/ Analysis of Circular Motion/ Alternate Equations
*Copy Figures 6-5 & 6-6
*P.156: 12-21
*Read Lab 6-1
*Work on review
Tuesday (11-11) / Lab 6-1: What keeps a stopper moving in a circle?
Wednesday (11-12) / Review 6
P.163: Vocabulary (all)
P.164: CM 32
P.164: MC 33-39
P.164: AC 40-50
P.165: MP 51-59, 61-67
P.167: MR 74
P.169: STP 1-9
Thursday (11-13) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (11-14) / TEST 6: Motion in Two Dimensions
*Read chapter 7 and start vocabulary
· Projectiles
Independence of horizontal and vertical motion
Problem-solving involving horizontally launched objects
Centripetal forces and circular motion
week of: November 17, 2014 / Physics (week 13)Monday (11-17) / TEST 6: Motion in Two Dimensions
(Continued/make-up tests)
*Read chapter 7 and start vocabulary
Tuesday (11-18) / Chapter 7: Gravitation
Tycho Brahe/ Johannes Kepler/ Kepler's Laws
*Copy Figures 7-2 & 7-3
*P.174: 1-5
Wednesday (11-19) / Lab 8.1: Kepler’s Laws
Thursday (11-20) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (11-21) / Universal Gravitation/ Universal Gravitation and Kepler's Third Law/ Cavendish Experiment
*P.178: 6-11
Forces, momentum, and motion
· Gravitational forces and fields
week of: November 24, 2014 / Physics (week 14)Monday (11-24) / Motions of Satellites and Planets/ Acceleration Due to Gravity/ Weight & Weightlessness/ Gravitational Field
*Copy Figures 7-9 & 7-12
*P.181: 12-14
*P.185: 15-18
Tuesday (11-25) / Inertial Mass and Gravitational Mass/ Einstein's Theory of Gravity
*Copy Figures 7-13, 7-15, & 7-16
*P.185: 19-21
*Read Labs 7-1 & 7-2
*Work on review
Wednesday (11-26) / Compensation Day - No School
Thursday (11-27) / Thanksgiving Vacation - No School
Friday (11-28) / Thanksgiving Vacation - No School
Forces, momentum, and motion
· Gravitational forces and fields
week of: December 1, 2014 / Physics (week 15)Monday (12-1) / Lab 7-1: Is inertial mass equal to gravitational mass?
Tuesday (12-2) / Lab 7-2: How can you measure mass?
Wednesday (12-3) / Review 7
Vocabulary
22-87
88,89,96
1-6
Thursday (12-4) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (12-5) / TEST 7: Gravitation
*Read chapter9 and start vocabulary
Forces, momentum, and motion
· Gravitational forces and fields
week of: December 8, 2014 / Physics (week 16)Monday (12-8) / Chapter 9: Momentum and its Conservation
Momentum & Impulse/ Impulse-Momentum Theorem
*P.233: 1-5
Tuesday (12-9) / Newton's Third Law and Momentum/ Law of Conservation of Momentum
*P.238: 13-18
*P.240: 19-21
*Read Lab 9
Wednesday (12-10) / Tops and Gyroscopes
*Copy Figures 9-12 & 9-13
*P.245: 26-31
*Work on review
Demonstration: Carts; 1m-1m, 1m-2m, 1m-3m
Lab 9: What can set you spinning?
Thursday (12-11) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (12-12) / Review 9
P.249: Vocabulary (all)
P.250: Concept Mapping 32
P.250: Mastering Concepts 33-44
P.250: Applying Concepts 45-55
P.251: Mastering Problems 56-78, 80-82
P.255: Standardized Test Practice 2,4,5,7,8
Note: TEST 9 on Tuesday.
Forces, momentum, and motion
· Momentum, impulse, and conservation of momentum
week of December 15, 2014 / Physics (week 17)Monday (12-15) / Review 9 (continued)
Tuesday (12-16) / TEST 9: Momentum and its Conservation
*Read chapter 10 and start vocabulary
Wednesday (12-17) / Chapter 10: Energy, Work, and Simple Machines
Work/ Work and Direction of Force/ Kinetic Energy and Work
*Copy Problem Solving Strategies on P.260.
*P.261: 1-3
*P.262: 4-8
Finding Work Done When the Force Changes/ Finding Work When Several Forces are Applied/ Power
*P.264: 9-14
*P.265: 15-23
*Read Physics Lab PP.274-275 (textbook)
Thursday (12-18) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (12-19) / Lab 274: Stair Climbing and Power
Energy
· Work and power
week of: January 5, 2015 / Physics (week 18)Monday (1-5) / Simple Machines/ Mechanical Advantage/ Efficiency/ Compound Machine
*Copy Figure 10-11 (correct)
*p.272: 24-28
*Copy Figure 10-15
*p.273: 29-33
*Work on Review 10
Tuesday (1-6) / Review 10
P.277: Vocabulary
P.278: CM 34
P.278: MC 35-41
P.278: AC 42-51
P.278: MP 52-88
P.283: STP 1-8
Wednesday (1-7) / Review 10 (continued)
Thursday (1-8) / Snow Day – No School
Friday (1-9) / Snow Day – No School
Energy
· Work and power
week of: January 12, 2015 / Physics (week 19)Monday (1-12) / Semester Exam Review
*Work on note card.
Tuesday (1-13) / Semester 1 Exam
Period 9.
Wednesday (1-14) / Hall Duty
Thursday (1-15) / Semester 1 Exam
Period 6/7.
Friday (1-16) / Teacher In-Service Day
No school for students.
week of: January 19, 2015 / Physics (week 20)
Monday (1-19) / Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School
Tuesday (1-20) / TEST 10: Energy, Work, & Simple Machines
*Read chapter 11 and start vocabulary.
Wednesday (1-21) / Chapter 11: Energy and its Conservation
Forms of Energy/ Kinetic Energy & Work/ Potential Energy/ Work & Potential Energy
*P.287: 1-3
*P.291: 4-8
*Read Lab 11-1
Lab 11-1: Is energy conserved?
Thursday (1-22) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (1-23) / Elastic Potential Energy/ Conservation of Energy
*P.292: 9-14
*P.297: 15-18
*Read Physics Lab PP.302-303
Energy
· Kinetic energy
· Gravitational potential energy
· Work and energy
· Conservation of energy
week of: January 26, 2015 / Physics (week 21)Monday (1-26) / Lab 302: Conservation of Energy
Tuesday (1-27) / Analyzing Collisions: elastic collisions & inelastic collisions
*P.300: 19-21
*P.301: 22-28
*Work on review 11
Wednesday (1-28) / Review 11
P.305: Vocabulary
P.306: CM 29
P.306: MC 30-42
P.306: AC 43-53
P.307: MP 54-83
P.309: MR 90
P.311: STP 1-8
Thursday (1-29) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (1-30) / TEST 11: Energy and its Conservation
*Read chapter 14 and start vocabulary
Energy
· Kinetic energy
· Gravitational potential energy
· Work and energy
· Conservation of energy
week of: February 2, 2015 / Physics (week 22)Monday (2-2) / Snow Day – No School
Tuesday (2-3) / Chapter 14: Vibrations & Waves
Periodic Motion/ Pendulums/ Resonance
*Copy figures 14-2, 14-3, 14-4
*P.378: 1-5
*P.379: 6-8
*P.380: 9-14
Wednesday (2-4) / Wave Properties: Speed, Amplitude, Wavelength, Phase, Period, Frequency/ Picturing Waves
*Copy Figure 14-8
*P.386: 15-26
Waves at Boundaries Between Media/ Superposition of Waves/ Standing Waves
*Copy Figures 14-13, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17
*P.391: 27-30
*Read Labs 14-1 & 14-2
*Start Review
Thursday (2-5) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (2-6) / Lab 14-1: What do wave reflections and refraction look like?
Lab 14-2: What do wave diffraction and interference look like?
Waves
· Wave properties
Conservation of energy
Reflection
Refraction
Interference
Diffraction
week of: February 9, 2015 / Physics (week 23)Monday (2-9) / Review14:
Vocabulary
31-90
99
1-10
Tuesday (2-10) / Review14 (continued)
Wednesday (2-11) / TEST 14: Vibrations and Waves
*Read chapter 16 and start vocabulary
Thursday (2-12) / (Same as Wednesday)
Friday (2-13) / Waiver Day / PD (No school for students)
Waves
· Wave properties
Conservation of energy
Reflection
Refraction
Interference
Diffraction
week of: February 16, 2015 / Physics (week 24)Monday (2-16) / President’s Day (no School)
Tuesday (2-17) / Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Light
Light/ Ray Model/ Quantitative Description of Light
*Copy Figure 16-5
*p.436: 1-6
Wednesday (2-18) / The Speed of Light/ Light as a Wave/ Color
*Copy Figure 16-8
*p.438: 7-13
*Copy and color 16-11, 16-12, & 16-14
Lab 31: Luminous Intensity and Efficiency of Light Bulbs
Thursday (2-19) / Snow Day – No School
Friday (2-20) / Snow Day – No School
Waves