Mr. Richter
Course Outline 2017-2018
Honors Physics/CP Physics
Supplies:
- 1 ½” Binder with dividers (5)• Scientific Calculator
- Notebook Paper• Pencils
Tentative Curriculum Agenda – Fall Semester 2017
Date/Weeks / Topic / Exams / Holidays8/17 – 8/18 / Safety Check
Precision vs. Accuracy / Significant Figures
8/21 – 8/25 / Unit Conversions / Review / 8/25 - Unit 0
8/28 – 9/1 / Motion, Speed & Acceleration
9/5 – 9/8 / Graphing Motion / Review / 9/4 – Labor Day
9/11 – 9/15 / Gravitational Acceleration / 9/11 – Unit 1 Exam
9/18 – 9/22 / Free Fall
Projectile Motion
9/25 – 9/29 / Vector Analysis
Review
10/2 – 10/6 / Newton’s Laws / 10/2 – Unit 2 Exam
10/9 – 10/13 / Forces
Free Body Diagrams / 10/11 – PSAT / Early Dismissal
10/13 – Early Dismissal
10/16 – 10/20 / Frame of Reference
Review / 10/18 – Unit 3 Exam
10/24 – 10/27 / Work – Energy Theorem
Kinetic & Potential Energy
10/30 – 11/3 / Conservation of Energy
Power
11/6 – 11/10 / Efficiency
Review / 11/09 – Unit 4 Exam
11/13 – 11/17 / Momentum / Conservation of Momentum
Impulse. Momentum Project Assignment (PBL)
11/20 – 11/24 / Thanksgiving Break
11/27 – 12/1 / Momentum PBL / 11/30 – Project Due date and presentation
12/4 – 12/8 / Circular Motion
Angular Quantities
12/11 – 12/15 / Torque
Review / 12/15 – Unit 6 Exam
12/18 – 12/22 / Review Units 0 – 6 / 12/20 – 12/22: Semester Exams
* Schedule may change based on circumstances which might arise.
Tentative Curriculum Agenda – Spring Semester 2018
Date/Weeks / Topic / Exams / Holidays1/8 – 1/12 / Harmonic Motion
Wave Characteristics / 1/12 – Early Dismissal
1/15 – 1/19 / Waves Interactions
Sound Waves / 1/15 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/22 – 1/26 / Sound
Review
1/29 – 2/2 / Electromagnetic Waves
Mirrors / 1/29 – Unit 7 Exam
2/2 – Early Dismissal: Career Day
2/5 – 2/9 / Reflection
Refraction
2/12 – 2/16 / Review / 2/15 – Unit 8 Exam
2/19 – 2/23 / Temperature, Heat, and Pressure
Specific Heat / 2/19 – President’s Day
2/26 – 3/2 / Thermal Energy Transfer
Entropy / 3/2 – Early Dismissal
3/5 – 3/9 / Review / 3/8 – Unit 9 Exam
3/12 – 3/16 / Spring Break / Spring Break
3/19 – 3/23 / Electrostatic Charges
Electric Forces & Field
3/26 – 3/30 / Coulomb’s Law
Review / 3/28 – Unit 10 Exam
3/29 – Early Dismissal: Holy Thurs
3/30 – Good Friday
4/2 – 4/6 / Conductors/Insulators
Current / Resistance / 4/2 – Easter Monday
4/9 – 4/13 / Ohm’s Law
Circuit Diagrams (Series, Parallel) / 4/12 – 4/13: IOWA Testing
4/13 – Early Dismissal
4/16 – 4/20 / Electric Energy Production / Use
Review
4/23 – 4/27 / Electricity / 4/23 – Unit 11 Exam
4/27 – Battle of Flowers
4/30 – 5/4 / Magnetism
5/7 – 5/11 / Review
Photoelectric Effect / 5/8 – Unit 12 Exam
5/14 – 5/18 / Emission spectra
Fusion and fission
5/21 – 5/25 / Review
Review Units 7-13 / 5/23 – Unit 13 Exam
5/28 – 6/1 / Review Units 7 - 13 / 5/28 – Memorial Day
5/29 – 6/1: Semester Exams
* Schedule may change based on circumstances which might arise.
Tutoring Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday7:30 am – 8:00 am
Monday & Tuesday 3:35 -4:00 pm