Week 18 - Magnetism

Monday: Due: pg. 475 Problems #1-28; In Class: Discuss Magnetism; HW: None

Tuesday: Due: None; In Class: Notes and Practice Problems; HW: None

Wednesday: Due: None; In Class: Magnetism Wrap Up; HW: Practice Problems

Thursday: Snow Day!

Friday: Due: Practice Problems; In Class: Review Electricity and Magnetism; HW: Study for Test

Week 17 - Circuits and Magnetism

Monday: Due: Notes on pg. 436-447; In Class: Notes - Series and Parallel Circuits, Build Circuits; HW: Read and Take Notes on pg. 448-452

Tuesday: Due: Notes on pg. 448-452; In Class: Circuits Lab, Practice Problems; HW: pg. 457 Problems #1-10, Study for Quiz

Wednesday: Due: Practice Problems, ; In Class: Review HW, Review Lab, Review for Quiz; HW: Study for Quiz

Thursday: Due: Study for Quiz; In Class: Review HW, Quiz - Circuits, Start Magnetism; HW: Read and Take Notes on pg. 458-463

Friday: Due: Notes on pg. 458-463; In Class: Discuss Magnetic Fields, Lab; HW: Read and Take Notes on pg. 464-473, Pg. 475 Practice Problems #1-28, Study for Final Exam

Week 16 - Electrostatics

Monday: Due: Study for Unit #4 Test; In Class: Unit #4 Test; HW: Read and Take Notes on pg. 410-421

Tuesday: Due: Notes pg. 410-421; In Class: Notes and Discussion - Electrostatics and Coulomb's Law, Electroscopes; HW: Practice Problems pg. 435 #1-6, Read and Take Notes on pg. 422-430

Wednesday: Due: Notes pg. 422-430, Problems #1-6; In Class: Review HW, Notes and Discussion - Electric Fields, Van de Graff; HW: pg. 435 Problems #7-10

Thursday: Due: Pg. 435 Problems #7-10; In Class: Notes and Discussion - Electric Potential Energy & Voltage; HW: Practice Problems #3, 7, 9, Study for Quiz

Friday: Due: Practice Problems #3,7, 9; In Class: Review HW, Review HW, Quiz - Electrostatics, Start Circuits; HW: Read and Take Notes on pg. 436-447

Week 15 - Optics

Monday: Due: Notes on pg. 558-566; In Class: Complete Diffraction and Interference Lab Stations; HW: Study for Optics Quiz

Tuesday: Due: Study for Quiz; In Class: Quick Review, Quiz - Optics, Review for Test; HW: Study for Unit Test

Wednesday: Due: Study; In Class: Practice Problems and Review; HW: Study for Test

Thursday: Due: Study; In Class: Practice and Review; HW: Study for Test

Friday: Due: Study; In Class: Practice and Review; HW: Study for Test

Week 14 - Light

Email me your best ripple tank pictures for the blog!

Monday: Due: Ripple Tank Lab, Roller Coaster Lab Report, pg. 379 #1-9; In Class: Review HW, Quiz - Waves and Sound, Discuss Color; HW: Read and take notes on Ch. 26

Tuesday: Due: Notes on Ch. 26, In Class: Discuss reflection and refraction of light waves; HW: Read pg. 530-539 and take notes

Wednesday: Due: Notes on pg. 530-539; In Class: Lab Stations - Properties of Light; HW: Finish Questions for completed lab stations

Thursday: Due: Problems; In Class: Finish Lab Stations - Properties of Light; HW: Complete Lab Questions, Study for Test - Periodic Motions and Waves

Friday: Due: Problems, Study for Test; In Class: Review Lab Questions, Lab - Curved Mirrors; HW: Read and take notes on pg. 546-551, complete lab calculations and questions

Happy Weekend!

Monday: Due: Notes on pg. 546-551; In Class: Lab - Converging Lenses; HW: Problems #3,4,15,16 from worksheet

Tuesday: Due: Problems; In Class: Lab - Diffraction of Light Waves; HW: Read pg. 558-566 and take notes, study for Unit Test #4 - Periodic Motion and Waves

Safe Travels and have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Week 13 - Waves

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."  

~ Helen Keller

Monday: Due: Partial Roller Coaster Data Analysis; In Class: Roller Coaster Data Collection; HW: Roller Coaster Lab Reports due Friday

Tuesday: Due: None; In Class: Complete Roller Coaster and Breakdown; HW: Read and Take Notes on Pg. 368-376, Roller Coaster Lab Report

Wednesday: Due: Notes on pg. 368-376; In Class: Notes and Discusdion on Parts and Properties of Waves, Lab - speed of sound waves; HW: Complete Sound Lab Calculations and Questions, Roller Coaster Lab Report

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Thursday: Due: Sound Lab; In Class: Review Homework, Lab - Ripple Tanks; HW: Practice Problems pg. 379 #3-10, Finish Roller Coaster Lab Report due Monday

Friday: Due: None; In Class: Finish Lab - Ripple Tanks; HW: Data Analysis and Conclusion Questions, Finish Roller Coaster Lab Report due Monday! Problems pg. 379 #1-9, Study for waves quiz

Week 12 - Roller Coasters

Monday: Due: Lab, Study for Quiz; In Class: Quiz - Periodic Motion, Introduce Roller Coaster Project; HW: None

Tuesday: Due: None; In Class: Build Roller Coasters; HW: None

Wednesday: Due: None; In Class: Collect Roller Coaster Data; HW: Data Analysis

Thursday: Due: Data Analysis; In Class: Complete Roller Coaster Project; HW: Roller Coaster Lab Report

Friday:  No School - Teacher In-Service Day

Week 11 - Periodic Motion

Monday: Due: None; In Class: Movie; HW: None

Tuesday: Due: None; In Class: Notes and Discussion of Periodic Motion; HW: Read and Take Notes on pg. 632-638

Wednesday: Due: Notes on pg. 632-638; In Class: Lab - Pendulums and Springs; HW: Lab Graphs and Analysis

Thursday: Due: Labs Graphs and Analysis; In Class: Complete Lab, Review and Practice Problems; HW: Complete Lab, Study for Quiz

Friday: Due: None; In Class: Haunted Halloween Lab; HW: Complete Lab, Study for Quiz

Week 10 - Energy

Monday:Due: Pg. 109 Problems #1-10; In Class: Review HW, Quiz - Momentum; HW: Read Ch. 7 pg. 110-114 and take notes

Tuesday: Due: Notes on pg. 110-119; In Class: Notes and Discussion on Mechanical Energy; HW: pg. 127 Problems #1-9

Wednesday: Due: pg. 127 Problems #1-9; In Class: Lab - Energy of a Rubber Band; HW: Read pg. 115-125 and take notes,  pg. 127 Problems #10-14

Thursday: Due: Notes on pg. 115-125; In Class: Discussion and Review of Conservation of Energy, Work-Energy Theorem; HW: Study for Test #3

Friday(End 1st Qtr.): Due: Study for Test; In Class: Unit Test #3; HW: None

Week 9 - Momentum

Monday: Due: Lab Report, Study for Test; In Class: Unit #2 Test; HW: Read Ch. 6 pg. 91-97

Tuesday: Due: Notes for pg. 91-97; In Class: Notes and Discussion - Momentum and Impulse, Practice Problems; HW: Read pg. 98-105 and take notes

Wednesday: Due: Notes for pg. 98-105; In Class: Lab - Car Crashes; HW: Analysis Questions

Thursday: Due: Analysis Questions; In Class: Notes and Discussion - Conservation of Momentum (Ellastic vs. Inellastic), Practice Problems; HW: pg. 109 Problems #1-10, Study for Quiz

Friday: No School

Week 8 - Satellite Motion

Monday: Due: Practice Problems #2,3,5, and choice; In Class: Review HW, Finish Notes and Discussion on Circular Motion, Review for Quiz; HW: Study for Quiz, Practice Problems #7-9

Tuesday: Due: Study for Quiz, Practice Problems #7-9; In Class: Quiz, Lab Part 1 - Ellipses and Orbital Motion; HW: Complete Lab Questions

Wednesday: Due: Lab Questions; In Class: Review HW, Notes and Discussion of Kepler's Laws, Begin Lab Part 2 - The Orbit of Mars ; HW: Practice Problems

Thursday: Due: Practice Problems; In Class: Finish Lab 2 - The Orbit of Mars, work on Lab Report; HW: Lab Report, Study for Unit Test #2

Friday: Due: Lab Analysis Questions; In Class: Discussion on Kepler's Laws, Review for Test; HW: Study for Unit Test #2, Complete Lab Report

Week 7 - Circular Motion

Monday: Due: Lab Analysis Questions; In Class: Review for Quiz, Practice Problems and Discussion; HW: Study for Quiz

Tuesday: Due: Study for Quiz; In Class: Quiz, Notes and Discussion - Circular Motion and The Central Force; HW: Read Ch. 10 pg. 194-200 and take notes

Wednesday: Due: Read pg. 194-200 and take notes; In Class: Finish Notes, Lab - Centripetal Force; HW: Practice Problems

Thursday: Due: Practice Problems; In Class: Lab - Centripetal Force, Discussion and Lab Analysis; HW: Lab Graphs and Analysis Questions

Friday: Due: Lab Graphs, Questions; In Class: Discussion, Practice Problems, Review; HW: Study for Quiz

Week 6 - Newton's Laws

Weekly Objectives:

1. Explain the differences between mass and gravity and be able to measure and calculate these values accurately.

2. Define inertia and it's relationship to mass and motion

3. Explain the relationship between force, mass and acceleration

4. Use Newton's laws to solve complex problems with multiple objects in motion (Atwood Machine)

5. Draw detailed force diagrams showing applied forces, gravitational forces, and support forces and use these diagrams to support calculations and problem solving

6. Use Newton's Laws to explain and quantify the movement of objects affected by applied forces, gravitational forces, and frictional forces.

7. Explain the Universal Law of Gravitation and the relationships between force, mass and distance

8. Use vector components to solve problems involving forces applied at angles (incline planes)

9. Define friction (static and kinetic) and its affects on objects in motion and at rest, both linear and at at incline

Monday: Due: Practice Problems #2,4,6; In Class: Finish Notes & Discussion of Newton's Laws, Complete Inertial Mass Lab (parts 1 & 2); HW: Ch. 4 problems pg. 73 #1-9

Tuesday: Due: pg. 79 #1-9; In Class: Practice Newton's 2nd Law & Disucssion; HW: Read Ch. 5 pg. 74-86 and take notes

Wednesday: Due: Read pg. 74-86 and take notes; In Class: Lab - Newton's 2nd Law; HW: Newton's 2nd Law Problems #12,14,16

Thursday: Due: Newton's 2nd Law Problems #12, 14, 16; In Class: Notes & Discussion on Friction, Demo - Friction, practice problems; HW: Ch. 5 pg. 87 #1-4 + wkst. problems

Friday: Due: Friction problems; In Class: Lab - Friction, Review for Quiz; HW: practice problems, Study for Quiz

Week 5 - Projectile Motion Cont. Test #1

Monday: Due: pg 204 # 1-9, pf. 208 # 1-4; In Class: Review Trajectories Lab, Discussion and Practice Problems; HW: pg.208 #5-7

Tuesday: Due: pg. 208 #5-7; In Class: Projectile Lab 2 - Prediction of Trajectories; HW: Study Ch. 3 problems

Wednesday: Due: None; In Class: Review; HW: Study for Test #1

Thursday: Due: Study; In Class: Unit Test #1; HW: Read Ch. 4, Finish Projectile Lab 2 Report

Friday: Due: Projectile 2 Lab Report, Read Ch. 4; In Class: Test #1 Part 2, Newton's Laws - Inertial, Mass, Weight; HW: Weight and Mass Problems #2,4,6

Week 4 - Projectile Motion

Monday: Due: Hawaii Lab Vectors; In Class: Review Vector Lab and practice vector problems, Notes - Free Fall Acceleration, Acceleration Practice Problems; HW: Finish practice problems

Tuesday: Due: practice problems; In Class: Motion in 2D - Projectiles Notes and Discussion; HW: Read pg. 184-191 and take notes

Wednesday: Due: Read pg. 184-191 and take notes; In Class: Projectile Lab 1: Curves of Trajectory; HW: Complete calculations on lab sheet

Thursday: Due: Lab Calculations; In Class: Discussion and Problem Solving; HW: continue work on lab report, study for quiz

Friday: Due: study for quiz, progress on lab; In Class: Review and Quiz; HW: pg. 204 Review Question #1-9, pg. 208 #1-4

Week 3 - Vectors

"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."  
~ Galileo Galilei

It's a boy!

Monday: Labor Day - No School

Tuesday: Due: Lab Report #1; In Class: Discuss Free Fall, Activity - Human Reaction Time; HW: Pg. 57 #1-10, Study for Quiz

Wednesday: Due: Pg. 57 #1-10; In Class: Review, Quiz #1; HW: Read pg. 82-86 and take notes

Thursday: Due: Read pg. 82-86 and take notes; In Class: Discuss Vectors in 1D and 2D; HW: Complete Review Packet on Motion and Vectors

Friday: Due: Review Packet; In Class: Vector Practice Problems, Lab - Island Hopping; HW: Complete Lab

Week 2 - Uniform Motion

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

~ Sir Isaac Newton

Monday: Due: Math Skills Worksheet, Read pg. 2-18; In Class: Continue Math Skills Discussion, Video -"Powers of Ten", Practice Powers of Ten; HW: Read pg. 22-26, 41-44 and take notes

Tuesday:Due: Read pg. 22-26, 41-44; In Class: Discuss Motion in Everyday Life - Uniform Speed, Galileo's Water Clock and Uniform Acceleration; HW: Read pg. 44-53 and take notes

Wednesday:Due: Read pg. 44-53; In Class: Lab Investigation 1a: Constant Motion of an Object; HW: Motion problems for practice pg. 55 #1-9

Thursday:Due: Motion problems for practice pg. 55 #1-9; In Class: Lab Investigation 1b: Galileo Experiement; HW: Acceleration problems for practice pg. 55 # 10-15

Friday:Due: Acceleration problems for practice pg. 55 #10-15; In Class: Lab Investigation 1c: Acceleration of an Object (Demo); HW: Complete Lab Report #1 (parts A and B only)

Week 1 - Welcome to Physics!

Monday: No School

Tuesday: No School

Wednesday: No School

Thursday: Due: None; In Class: Course Expectations and Goals, Student Information Form, Getting to Know You, Review Measurements and Math; HW: Signed Contracts, Calculator, Science Binder (print this RUBRIC)

Friday: Due: Signed Contracts, Calculator, Science Binder; In Class: Continue Measurements and Math Review; HW: Complete Math Skills Worksheet; Read Ch. 1 pg. 2-18