Physics resources (full year of plans and activities)
https://mrbenjamin.weebly.com/physics.html
Monday, January 12 (1&3) and Tuesday, January 13 (2)
Chapter 10: Energy and Work
10.1 The Basic Energy Model
-The Law of Conservation of Energy
10.2 Work
ex p317 2,3,5,6,
HW p317 53,72
10.8 Power
ex p318 41,42,43
HW p318 45,71,74
Lab-Power
Wednesday, January 14 (1&3) and Thursday, January 15 (2)
10.3 Kinetic Energy
ex p317 9,10
HW p317 68,80-84
10.4 Potential Energy
ex p317 15,18,19
HW p317 16,17,20
10.6 Using the Law of Conservation of Energy
video clip - Breaking Boards (QR code on p306)
Chin Basher? (QR code on p307)
ex p318 26,49,55,60
HW p318 27,29,30,59
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels
Friday, January 16 (1&3) and Tuesday, January 20 (2)
10.5 Thermal Energy
ex p318 22,25
HW p318 23,24
Chapter 12 - Thermal Properties of Matter
12.5 Specific Heat and Heat Transformations
ex p400 32,38
HW p400 36,39
Heating Water and Aluminum (the left QR code on p381)
Water Balloon held over Candle Flame (the right QR code on p381)
12.6 Calorimetry
ex p400 42,45
HW p400 44,46
Lab-Calorimetry
Virtual Calorimetry Lab - energy in food - you will enter your answers into the "lab notebook" in the virtual lab an then save the file and email it to me (one per lab group with the name of each group member on the top of the first page)
review - study these problems: p317 27,41,55,71 and p400 42
Wednesday, January 21 (1&3) and Thursday, January 22 (2)
Test-chapters 10 and 12
Friday, January 23 (1&3) and Monday, January 26 (2)
Chapter 9: Momentum
9.1 Impulse
video clip - Science of Speed: Momentum and Time
9.2 Momentum and Impulse: Momentum Theorem
ex p284 1,2,5,36
HW p284 3,38
9.3 Solving Impulse and Momentum Problems
ex p284 7,10
HW p284 9,11,47
9.4 Conservation of Momentum
ex p284 17,49
HW p284 18,44
10.7 Energy in Collisions
ex p318 37
HW p318 40,62
9.5 Inelastic Collisions
ex p285 22,24,55
HW p285 53,54,60
Lab-Conservation of Momentum
Tuesday, January 27 (1&3) and Wednesday, January 28 (2)
9.6 Momentum and Collisions in Two Dimensions
ex p285 26,29,58
HW p285 56,65
HW - Investigating a Meteor Impact
video-Asteroid Apocalypse
Thursday, January 29 (1&3) and Monday, February 2 (2)
video analysis-Armageddon
Tuesday, February 3 (1&3) and Wednesday, February 4 (2)
finish Armageddon and review for test
study these problems: p284 29,54,56
Thursday, February 5 (1&3) and Friday, February 6 (2)
Test-chapter 9
due today-Investigating a Meteor Impact
your homework is to watch this video before next class: Hooke's Law
Monday, February 9 (1&3) and Tuesday, February 10 (2)
Chapter 14: Oscillations
14.1 Equilibrium and Oscillations
14.2 Linear Restoring Forces and Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
ex p472 1,42
video-QR code on page 448 about springs (and pendulums)
HW p472 3,47
14.3 Describing SHM
ex p472 6,8,11
HW p472 7,9,10,14
14.4 Energy in SHM
ex p472 17,19,50
HW p472 20,21,58
Lab-Mass on a Spring ( online PhET simulation )
Wednesday, February 11 (1&3) and Thursday, February 12 (2)
14.5 Pendulum Motion
video-QR code on page 446 about pendulums (and springs)
Lab-Pendulum ( online PhET simulation )
ex p473 23,27,32
HW p473 26,28,29,60
Friday, February 13 (1&3) and Tuesday, February 17 (2)
review: study these for the chapter 14 test- p472 7,20,28,47
Sports Science
Wednesday, February 18 (1&3) and Thursday, February 19 (2)
Test-chapter 14
Friday, February 20 (1&3) and Monday, February 23 (2)
Chapter 15-Traveling Waves and Sound
15.1 The Wave Model
15.2 Traveling Waves
video-Traveling Waves (QR code on p479)
video-solving Traveling Wave problems (QR code on p486)
ex p502 1,3,4
HW p502 2,49,61
15.3 Graphical and Mathematical Descriptions of Waves
ex p503 11,13,14,17
HW p503 12,15,18,60
15.4 Sound and Light Waves
ex p503 21,23
HW p503 24,26
PhET simulation: Waves on a String
the worksheet for the above activity is found here: Waves on a String worksheet
Tuesday, February 24 (1&3) and Wednesday, February 25 (2)
15.5 Energy and Intensity
video - military heat ray weapon
ex p503 27,29,31
HW p503 28,32,70
15.6 Loudness of Sound
ex p504 34,35,36,37
HW p504 39,73,75
Lab-Sound Intensity and Distance ( online frequency generator )
you can find apps to measure decibels here: decibel 10th (iPhone) and here: Sound Meter (Android)
Thursday, February 26 (1&3) and Friday, February 27 (2)
15.7 The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
video clip-Doppler Effect (from MIT)
Doppler Simulation
ex p504 41,43,45,77
HW p504 42,44,78
Lab-Doppler Effect (like problem 77)
review: study these problems for the test - p503 32,39,44,75
Monday, March 2 (1&3) and Tuesday, March 3 (2)
Test-chapter 15
Wednesday, March 4 (1&3) and Thursday, March 5 (2)
Science Expo judging
your poster board and paper are due today
Friday, March 6 (1&3) and Monday, March 9 (2)
Chapter 16-Superposition and Standing Waves
16.1 The Principle of Superposition
16.2 Standing Waves
16.3 Standing Waves on a String
video-Fundamental Frequency (vibrating rods) (QR code on p514)
p533 7,9,11,13,48
HW p533 8,10,14,15,50
16.4 Standing Sound Waves
video-Standing Sound Waves (QR code on p516)
ex p533 16,17,19,56
HW p533 20,22,23
Lab-Standing Waves in a Pipe (like problem 56)
Tuesday, March 10 (1&3) and Wednesday, March 11 (2)
Chapter 18-Ray Optics
18.1 The Ray Model of Light
ex p604 1,3
HW p604 2
18.3 Refraction
ex p605 10,13
HW p605 11,52
18.5 Thin Lenses: Ray Tracing
practice-ray tracing for lenses
18.7 The Thin-Lens Equation
ex p606 29,31
HW p606 30,32
Lab-Lenses
watch this video on the formation of images with a concave mirror before next class
watch this 2nd video on virtual image formation in concave mirrors before next class
Thursday, March 12 (1&3) and Friday, March 13 (2)
18.2 Reflection
ex p605 7,8
HW p605 6,41
18.4 Image Formation by Reflection
ex p605 17
HW p605 57
18.6 Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors
ex p605 24,27,36
HW p605 38,72,74
HW-Ray Diagram worksheets
video - how to draw Ray Diagrams for concave mirrors
solving the Mirror Equation - example problems
Lab-Mirrors
Saturday, March 14 - Happy Birthday Albert Einstein (born on this day in 1879)
Monday, March 16 (1&3) and Tuesday, March 17 (2)
video - Einstein Revealed
review
Test-chapter 18 - this will actually be given on Thursday, March 19 (periods 1 & 3), and Friday, March 20 (per. 2)
Wednesday, March 18 (periods 1-7)
Science Expo
Thursday, March 19 (1&3) and Friday, March 20 (2)
Chapter 27-Relativity
27.1 Relativity: What's it All About?
27.2 Galilean Relativity
ex p917 2,4
HW p917 3,5
27.3 Einstein's Principle of Relativity
ex p918 7,9
HW p918 8
27.4 Events and Measurements
27.5 The Relativity of Simultaneity
ex p918 11,13,16
HW p918 10,12,15
video-Einstein Revealed
Solar Eclipse could disrupt Europe's power supply
Monday, March 23 (1&3) and Tuesday, March 24 (2)
go over HW
finish Einstein Revealed
Wednesday, March 25 (1&3) and Thursday, March 26 (2)
27.6 Time Dilation
ex p918 17,19,47
HW p918 20,46
27.7 Length Contraction
ex p918 22,23,52
HW p918 24,25,54
video: The Universe: Light Speed
Friday, March 27 (1&3)
finish Light Speed
go over HW
27.10 Relativistic Energy
ex p919 34,37,68,75
HW p 919 61,72,73,74
video: Mass-Energy Equivalence (QR code on p911)
video-Trinity and Beyond
Monday, April 13 (1&3)
Relativity Review
Tuesday, April 14
finish Light Speed
go over HW
27.10 Relativistic Energy
ex p919 34,37,68,75
HW p 919 61,72,73,74
video: Mass-Energy Equivalence (QR code on p911)
video-Trinity and Beyond
Wednesday, April 15 (1&3) and Thursday, April 16 (2)
Magic Mountain Prep work-calibration, ride packet, and measurement practice
Friday, April 17 (1&3) and Monday, April 20 (2)
finish Trinity and Beyond
Relativity worksheet
Tuesday, April 21 (all physics classes)
Magic Mountain field trip-leave at 9:30am
bring at least $30 for food
Wednesday, April 22 (2) and Thursday, April 23 (1&3)
work on Roller Coaster Packet
Friday, April 24 (2) - Senior Breakfast
because all the seniors are gone today, we will work on the Roller Coaster Packet and watch Sports Science
Monday, April 27 (1&3) and Tuesday, April 28 (2)
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"
Wednesday, April 29 (1&3) and Thursday, April 30 (2)
finish "Hiroshima"
Quiz-Trinity and Beyond/Hiroshima
General Relativity/Black Holes
video: Through the Wormhole-The Riddle of Black Holes
Has NASA created a warp drive?
Friday, May 1 (1&3) and Monday, May 4 (2)
more General Relativity
video: Through the Wormhole-Beyond the Darkness
Tuesday, May 5 (1&3) and Wednesday, May 6 (2)
Chapter 28-Quantum Physics
28.1 X Rays
28.2 The Photoelectric Effect (Einstein's Noble Prize winning work!)
video-Photoelectric Effect (QR code on p926)
Why It Takes Decades to Produce a New Solar Material
video clip - solar paint for your roof
ex p949 8,9,10
HW p949 12,51
28.3 Photons
ex p949 16,23
HW p949 20,54
28.4 Matter Waves
ex p949 27
HW p949 28
PhET Simulation-The Photoelectric Effect
click here for the PhET photoelectric effect worksheet
Thursday, May 7 (1&3) and Friday, May 8 (2)
28.5 Energy is Quantized
video-Energy is Quantized (QR code on p937)
ex p950 34,37
HW p950 36,73
28.6 Energy Levels and Quantum Jumps
ex p950 38,39
HW p950 41
28.7 The Uncertainty Principle
ex p950 42,43
HW p950 46
28.8 Applications and Implications of Quantum Theory
PhET Simulation-MRI
click here for PhET MRI worksheet
Monday, May 11 (1&3) and Tuesday, May 12 (2)
http://www.nucleartourist.com/
30.1 Nuclear Structure
ex p1019 1
HW p1019 2
video: Nuclear Physics Notation (QR code on p992)
30.2 Nuclear Stability
30.3 Forces and Energy in the Nucleus
30.4 Radiation and Radioactivity
video: Radioactive Decay (QR code on p999)
ex p1020 16-18,21
HW p1020 19,20
30.5 Nuclear Decay and Half-Lives
ex p1020 24,28,29
HW p1020 30,33
30.6 Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics
video: Positron-Emission Tomography (QR code on p1011)
30.7 The Ultimate Building Blocks of Matter
PhET Simulation-Alpha Decay
click here for the PhET Alpha Decay worksheet
Wednesday, May 13 (1&3) and Thursday, May 14 (2)
Quantum Mechanics/String Theory PowerPoint
video-"The Elegant Universe" -will get through ~first 28 minutes
Friday, May 15 (1&3) and Monday, May 18 (2)
finish-The Elegant Universe
Tuesday, May 19 (1&3) and Wednesday, May 20 (2)
Final Exam
Thursday, May 21 (1&3) and Friday, May 22 (2)
science videos (Theory of Everything and Interstellar)
Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day (NO School)
Tuesday, May 26 (1&3) and Wednesday, May 27 (2)
science videos (Theory of Everything and Interstellar)
Thursday, May 28 (1&3) and Friday, May 29 (2)
science videos (Theory of Everything and Interstellar)
Cheryl's Birthday Problem
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Sunday, August 17, 2014
syllabus and email
Please complete this Google Form to read the syllabus. As you complete the form, it will also ask you to enter contact info so that I can easily communicate with you (your info will not be shared).
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
1st semester assignments 2014-15
Friday, August 15
go over syllabus, math check, MasteringPhysics, etc.
Monday, August 18 (1&3) and Tuesday, August 19 (2)
Chapter 1-Representing Motion
1.2 Position and Time: Putting Numbers on Nature
ex p26 4-7
1.3 Velocity
ex p26 8-13
HW p28 48, 49
1.4 A Sense of Scale: Significant Figures, Scientific Notation, and Units
ex p27 18-20
1.5 Vectors and Motion: A First Look
ex p27 27-29
HW p27 31
Lab-Displacement
Wednesday, August 20 (1&3) and Thursday, August 21 (2)
go over HW
Chapter 2-Motion in One Dimension
2.1 Describing Motion
ex p61 6, 8, and MasteringPhysics(MP)-Phet: Moving Man
HW p61 5, 9
2.2 Uniform Motion
ex p62 11, 12
HW p62 14, 16
2.3 Instantaneous Velocity
ex p62 19, 20
2.4 Acceleration
ex p62 21,22
HW p62 25
2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
ex p62 27, 29
HW p63 32, 72 (72 must be done on paper to turn in while the others are to be completed on MasteringPhysics)
Activity-Tracking Speed-Usain Bolt's 100m WR from 2008 Olympics (100 m World Record from 2008) and his even faster 100m WR from the Berlin World Championships in 2009 (current 100 m WR from 2009)
Watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - one dimensional motion
Friday, August 22 (1&3) and Monday, August 25 (2)
go over HW
Lab-Marble Roll
2.6 Solving One Dimensional Motion Problems
classwork p63 35-37
Watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - free fall
Tuesday, August 26 (1&3) and Wednesday, August 27 (2)
2.7 Free Fall
ex p63 38, 40, 42, 45, 62, 64
HW p63 43, 44, 63, 74
Lab-Free Fall
study these problems for the chapter 2 test: p63 9, 19, 32, 43
Thursday, August 28 (1&3) and Friday, August 29 (2)
Test - chapter 2
Watch these videos before next class:
video tutorial - what is a vector and how do I work with them?
video - what does Despicable Me have to say about vectors?
Monday, September 1 - NO School (Labor Day)
Tuesday, September 2 (1&3) and Wednesday, September 3 (2)
Chapter 3-Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
3.1 Using Vectors
3.2 Using Vectors on Motion Diagrams
3.3 Coordinate Systems and Vector Compounds
ex p97 6, 7, 8, 11
HW p97 9, 12
3.4 Motion on a Ramp (Incline)
ex p97 16, 19 (Laurel and Hardy), 47, 55
video-Motion on a Ramp
video demonstration-comparing two ramps
HW p97 17, 18, 53, 54
Lab-Acceleration on an Incline
watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - projectile motion (horizontal launches)
Thursday, September 4 (1&3) and Friday, September 5 (2)
3.6 Motion in Two Dimensions-Projectile Motion
3.7 Projectile Motion: Solving Problems - Horizontal Launches
ex p98 27, 30, 64, 67, 70, 73
HW p98 28, 31, 65, 72
Lab-Projectile Motion (horizontal launches)
watch these videos before next class:
video tutorial - projectile motion (launched at an angle)
Monday, September 8 (1&3) and Tuesday, September 9 (2)
3.7 Projectile Motion (launched at an angle)
ex p98 29, 32, 69
HW p98 33, 66, 68
Lab-Projectile Motion (angle launches)
Wednesday, September 10 (1&3) and Thursday, September 11 (2)
video-range of a projectile (QR code on p88)
Robbie Knievel Building Jump analysis
video clip of the building to building jump
Friday, September 12 (1&3) and Monday, September 15 (2)
Robbie Maddison Las Vegas Arc Jump analysis
video clip of Robbie Maddison jump
Tuesday, September 16 (1&3) and Wednesday, September 17 (2)
Evel Knievel jump analysis
video clip-Snake River Canyon Jump (from Pure Evel)
video clip-Snake River Canyon Jump
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 1)
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 2)
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 3)
study these problems for the chapter 3 test: p98 28, 32, 66
Thursday, September 18 (1&3) and Friday, September 19 (2)
Test - chapter 3
Monday, September 22 (1&3) and Tuesday, September 23 (2)
Show these videos on the SmartBoard:
Wednesday, September 24 (1&3) and Thursday, September 24 (2)
video that leads from linear acceleration to centripetal acceleration
3.8 Motion in Two Dimensions: Circular Motion
ex p98 38, 40, 74
Lab-Circular Motion
HW p98 39, 41, 75, 76a, 78-79
Friday, September 25 (1&3) and Monday, September 29 (2)
video-Newton's Dark Secrets
Tuesday, September 30 (1&3) and Wednesday, October 1 (2)
Force Concept Inventory pretest (we will check your ideas about forces now and then again after finishing our unit about forces)
Chapter 4-Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
4.1 What causes Motion?
ex p126 1-3
4.2 Force
ex p126 4-6
4.3 A Short Catalog of Forces
-give definitions
4.4 Identifying Forces
Force video: Objects and Agents (QR code on p111)
ex p127 7-9
HW p127 10-12
4.5 What do Forces do?
Force video: Newton's 2nd Law - regular vs. diet soda (QR code on top of p115)
ex p127 13-16
HW p127 18, 19, 66
Lab-Superball Bounce (like problem 64)
Thursday, October 2 (1&3) and Friday, October 3 (2)
4.6 Newton's 2nd Law
video: Newton's 2nd Law with agents and objects: table cloth (QR code on left at bottom of p115)
video: suspended balls-which string breaks? (QR code on right at bottom of p115)
video: cart with fan and sail (QR code at top of p116)
video: tension in string between hanging weights (QR code in middle of p116)
ex p127 21-23
HW p127 25, (worksheet "Physics Example Problems for Newton's 2nd Law") - we did not assign the worksheet
4.7 Free-Body Diagrams
ex p128 29-34
HW p128 53, 54, 60, 65
4.8 Newton's Third Law
video: weighing a hovering magnet (QR code on p121)
ex p128 36-38 (for #37, bring 3 students to the front to demonstrate)
HW p130 69-72 (Passage Problem)
Monday, October 6 (1&3) and Tuesday, October 7 (2)
Test - chapter 4
complete "pre-lab questions" of Truss Lab before our next class
Wednesday, October 8 (1&3) and Thursday, October 9 (2)
Chapter 5-Applying Newton's Laws
5.1 Equilibrium
ex p161 3, 5, 7
HW p161 4, 6, 41
5.3 Mass and Weight
ex p162 18, 19, 20
HW p162 21
Lab-Force Components (use Truss lab equipment)
Friday, October 10 (1&3)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab
Monday, October 13 - NO SCHOOL (faculty in-service)
Tuesday, October 14 (2)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab
Wednesday, October 15 - Testing Day for grades 9-11
Thursday, October 16 (1&3) and Friday, October 17 (2)
5.2 Dynamics and Newton's Second Law
video: forces in jumping (QR code on p135)
video-use what you just saw to analyze Blake Griffin dunking
online Dunk Calculator
ex p161 8, 10, 13, 15, 45, 51
examples worksheet : Newton's 2nd Law
Lunar Lander PhET simulation
Lunar Lander questions
prepare for rocket launch
HW p161 9, 43, 44, 46, 47, 52, 57
Monday, October 20 (1&3) and Tuesday, October 21 (2)
Lab-Rocket Launch
Rocket Altitude Calculator
worksheet-rockets
Wednesday, October 22 (1&3) and Thursday, October 23 (2)
5.4 Normal Forces
ex p162 23
HW p162 24
5.5 Friction
video: solving problems using Newton's Laws (QR code on p143)
ex p162 25-28
HW p162 55,70
Lab-Friction (flat and incline)
Friday, October 24 (1&3) and Monday, October 27 (2)
5.6 Drag
ex p162 31,68
HW p162 33,69
video clips-Joe Kittinger and Red Bull Stratos (jumped on Sunday, October 14, 2012)
Red Bull Stratos POV video
new jump from space record (Oct 24, 2014) - Google Exec jump
finish Friction Lab (due next class)
(Lab-Parachute Army Men)
Tuesday, October 28 (1&3) and Wednesday, October 29 (2)
5.7 Interacting Objects
ex p162 34,35
HW p162 72
5.8 Ropes and Pulleys
ex p162 36,37,38,39,45
HW p162 46,65,74
Lab-Connected Masses
Thursday, October 30 (1&3) and Friday, October 31 (2)
Lab-Friction on an Incline
Review
Study these for the test: p161 4,21,52,55
Monday, November 3 (1&3) and Tuesday, November 4 (2)
Test - chapter 5
Wednesday, November 6 (1&3) and Thursday, November 7 (2)
Chapter 6 - Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
Circular Motion activities
6.1 Uniform Circular Motion
6.2 Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion
ex p196 11,13,16
HW p196 15
6.3 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
video: Forces in Circular Motion (QR code at top of p174)
video: Demo-ball leaves circular track (QR code on left at bottom of p174)
video: car driving over a rise (QR code on right at bottom of p174)
ex p196 17,19,44,51
ex p177 EX 6.1
HW p196 20,21
Lab-Circular Motion
HW before your next class, read section 6.4 (pages 179-182) and watch the following video clip: forces in a vertical circle
Friday, November 8 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 10 - NO School (Presidents' Day)
Tuesday, November 11 (1&3) and Wednesday, November 12 (2)
6.4 Apparent Forces in Circular Motion
ex p197 23,24,50,52
Loop-the-Loop car stunt
Loop-the-Loop question (you can fast-forward to 1:42)
Loop-the-Loop answer part 1
Loop-the-Loop answer part 2
Physics of a Car driving around a banked turn
why race cars high in the turns can go faster than cars low in the turns
HW p197 25,45,53
vertical circles
handout-Vertical Circular Motion Examples and Homework
ex problems 1,2,6(a,b), 8 from handout
Thursday, November 13 (1&3) and Friday, November 14 (2)
6.5 Circular Orbits and Weightlessness
6.6 Newton's Law of Gravity
ex p197 30,31
HW p197 33,58,60
6.7 Gravity and Orbits
ex p197 35,37
HW p197 38,39
Online Simulation-Newton's Law of Gravity
test review: study p196 19, 23, 50, 53
Monday, November 17 (1&3) and Tuesday, November 18 (2)
Test - Chapter 6
Wednesday, November 19 (1&3) and Thursday, November 20 (2)
Force Concept Inventory post-test (comparing your answers now to what they were before we studied forces)
Chapter 20 - Electric Fields and Forces
20.1 Charges and Forces
Charges and Forces: Demonstrations (QR code on page 645)
20.2 Charges, Atoms, and Molecules
20.3 Coulomb's Law
Charged Rod and Aluminum Can (QR code on the left of page 652)
Charges and Forces Warm-Ups (QR code on the right of page 652)
ex p670 1,9,14
HW p670 2,4,10,15
Lab-Coulomb's Law
Friday, November 21 (1&3) and Monday, November 24 (2)
20.4 The Concept of the Electric Field
Electric Fields
20.5 Applications of the Electric Field
20.6 Conductors and Electric Fields
20.7 Forces and Torques in Electric Fields
ex p670 18,22,26,30
HW p670 19,23,27,31
complete the following worksheet using the PhET simulations in the link below
PhET simulations: electricity-magnets-and-circuits
Tuesday, November 25 (1&3) and Wednesday, November 26 (2)
Chapter 21 - Electric Potential
21.1 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy (part 1)
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy (part 2)
21.2 Sources of Electric Potential
Sparks in the Air (QR code on page 678)
21.3 Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy
21.4 Calculating the Electric Potential
21.5 Connecting Potential and Field
ex p706 3,12,18
HW p706 4,13,59
PhET simulation: charges and fields
worksheet for charges and field PhET simulation
Thursday, November 27-Sunday, November 30 (NO School - Thanksgiving Break)
Monday, December 1 (1&3) and Tuesday, December 2 (2)
21.6 The Electrocardiogram
21.7 Capacitance and Capacitors
21.9 Energy and Capacitors
ex p706 20,24,30
HW p706 21,23,33,86
PhET simulation: capacitor lab
worksheet for capacitor lab simulation
Wednesday, December 3 (1&3) and Thursday, December 4 (2)
Chapter 22 - Current and Resistance
22.1 A Model of Current
22.2 Defining and Describing Current
Effect of Electrical Current on the Human Body
ex p735 1,3,10
HW p735 6,9
22.3 Batteries and EMF
ex p735 13,18
HW p735 17
Friday, December 5 (1&3) and Monday, December 8 (2)
22.4 Connecting Potential and Current (Resistance and Resistivity)
video-Determining Resistance (QR code on p721)
ex p735 24,62
HW p735 55,56
22.5 Ohm's Law
video-Basic Cicruits (Energy Ball) - QR code on p724
ex p736 30,51
HW p736 31,60,67
22.6 Energy and Power
video-Practical Electricity Applications (left QR code on p729)
video-Demo:Nichrome wire vs. Copper wire (right QR code on p729)
ex p736 36,40
HW p736 38,39
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take home) - due next class
Tuesday, December 9 (1&3) and Wednesday, December 10 (2)
Chapter 23 - Circuits
23.1 Circuit Elements and Diagrams
23.2 Kirchoff's Laws
ex p770 5,6
HW p770 7,8
23.3 Series and Parallel Circuits
video-Circuits: Warm-Up Exercises (QR code on p745)
video-Demo: Bulbs Connected in Series and Parallel (QR code on p748)
ex p770 10,11,51
HW p770 52,58
23.5 More Complex Circuits
video-Analyzing More Complex Circuits (QR code on p746)
ex p770 17,23
HW p770 18,26
Thursday, December 11 (1&3) and Friday, December 12 (2)
23.6 Capacitors in Parallel and Series
video-Demo: Capacitors in Series and Parallel (QR code on p754)
ex p772 36,38
HW p772 37,39
23.7 RC Circuits
ex p772 40,70,72
HW p772 41, 81-83
PhET simulation - circuit construction
PhET circuit worksheet
Christmas Light Physics
LED physics
LED basic operation
Saving Electricity
How Stuff Works - LEDs
Christmas Tree Lights
Christmas Tree Lights part 2
old-style Blinking Lights
Christmas Lighting Technology
Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule today)
final exam review (chapters 22 and 23 are on final)
finish online circuit simulation
The Physics of Santa
The Physics of Santa - more info
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out
go over syllabus, math check, MasteringPhysics, etc.
Monday, August 18 (1&3) and Tuesday, August 19 (2)
Chapter 1-Representing Motion
1.2 Position and Time: Putting Numbers on Nature
ex p26 4-7
1.3 Velocity
ex p26 8-13
HW p28 48, 49
1.4 A Sense of Scale: Significant Figures, Scientific Notation, and Units
ex p27 18-20
1.5 Vectors and Motion: A First Look
ex p27 27-29
HW p27 31
Lab-Displacement
Wednesday, August 20 (1&3) and Thursday, August 21 (2)
go over HW
Chapter 2-Motion in One Dimension
2.1 Describing Motion
ex p61 6, 8, and MasteringPhysics(MP)-Phet: Moving Man
HW p61 5, 9
2.2 Uniform Motion
ex p62 11, 12
HW p62 14, 16
2.3 Instantaneous Velocity
ex p62 19, 20
2.4 Acceleration
ex p62 21,22
HW p62 25
2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
ex p62 27, 29
HW p63 32, 72 (72 must be done on paper to turn in while the others are to be completed on MasteringPhysics)
Activity-Tracking Speed-Usain Bolt's 100m WR from 2008 Olympics (100 m World Record from 2008) and his even faster 100m WR from the Berlin World Championships in 2009 (current 100 m WR from 2009)
Watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - one dimensional motion
Friday, August 22 (1&3) and Monday, August 25 (2)
go over HW
Lab-Marble Roll
2.6 Solving One Dimensional Motion Problems
classwork p63 35-37
Watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - free fall
Tuesday, August 26 (1&3) and Wednesday, August 27 (2)
2.7 Free Fall
ex p63 38, 40, 42, 45, 62, 64
HW p63 43, 44, 63, 74
Lab-Free Fall
study these problems for the chapter 2 test: p63 9, 19, 32, 43
Thursday, August 28 (1&3) and Friday, August 29 (2)
Test - chapter 2
Watch these videos before next class:
video tutorial - what is a vector and how do I work with them?
video - what does Despicable Me have to say about vectors?
Monday, September 1 - NO School (Labor Day)
Tuesday, September 2 (1&3) and Wednesday, September 3 (2)
Chapter 3-Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
3.1 Using Vectors
3.2 Using Vectors on Motion Diagrams
3.3 Coordinate Systems and Vector Compounds
ex p97 6, 7, 8, 11
HW p97 9, 12
3.4 Motion on a Ramp (Incline)
ex p97 16, 19 (Laurel and Hardy), 47, 55
video-Motion on a Ramp
video demonstration-comparing two ramps
HW p97 17, 18, 53, 54
Lab-Acceleration on an Incline
watch this video before next class:
video tutorial - projectile motion (horizontal launches)
Thursday, September 4 (1&3) and Friday, September 5 (2)
3.6 Motion in Two Dimensions-Projectile Motion
3.7 Projectile Motion: Solving Problems - Horizontal Launches
ex p98 27, 30, 64, 67, 70, 73
HW p98 28, 31, 65, 72
Lab-Projectile Motion (horizontal launches)
watch these videos before next class:
video tutorial - projectile motion (launched at an angle)
Monday, September 8 (1&3) and Tuesday, September 9 (2)
3.7 Projectile Motion (launched at an angle)
ex p98 29, 32, 69
HW p98 33, 66, 68
Lab-Projectile Motion (angle launches)
Wednesday, September 10 (1&3) and Thursday, September 11 (2)
video-range of a projectile (QR code on p88)
Robbie Knievel Building Jump analysis
video clip of the building to building jump
Friday, September 12 (1&3) and Monday, September 15 (2)
Robbie Maddison Las Vegas Arc Jump analysis
video clip of Robbie Maddison jump
Tuesday, September 16 (1&3) and Wednesday, September 17 (2)
Evel Knievel jump analysis
video clip-Snake River Canyon Jump (from Pure Evel)
video clip-Snake River Canyon Jump
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 1)
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 2)
Wembley Stadium Jump (part 3)
study these problems for the chapter 3 test: p98 28, 32, 66
Thursday, September 18 (1&3) and Friday, September 19 (2)
Test - chapter 3
Monday, September 22 (1&3) and Tuesday, September 23 (2)
Show these videos on the SmartBoard:
· Circular
motion (centripetal acceleration and force, etc) (5:16)
· Hewitt
Drew It centripetal force (7:55)
· Centrifugal
force doesn’t exist (4:03)
· Circular
Motion example problems worked out (9:54)
· Paul
Hewitt swings bucket of water over head (2:38)
· Physics
of NASCAR – turns (5:18)
· Car
drives around a vertical loop – Fifth Gear Loop the Loop (4:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw
h
· Making
the Loop-vertical circle problem worked out (3:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ezb0NQm5rwWednesday, September 24 (1&3) and Thursday, September 24 (2)
video that leads from linear acceleration to centripetal acceleration
3.8 Motion in Two Dimensions: Circular Motion
ex p98 38, 40, 74
Lab-Circular Motion
HW p98 39, 41, 75, 76a, 78-79
Friday, September 25 (1&3) and Monday, September 29 (2)
video-Newton's Dark Secrets
Tuesday, September 30 (1&3) and Wednesday, October 1 (2)
Force Concept Inventory pretest (we will check your ideas about forces now and then again after finishing our unit about forces)
Chapter 4-Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
4.1 What causes Motion?
ex p126 1-3
4.2 Force
ex p126 4-6
4.3 A Short Catalog of Forces
-give definitions
4.4 Identifying Forces
Force video: Objects and Agents (QR code on p111)
ex p127 7-9
HW p127 10-12
4.5 What do Forces do?
Force video: Newton's 2nd Law - regular vs. diet soda (QR code on top of p115)
ex p127 13-16
HW p127 18, 19, 66
Lab-Superball Bounce (like problem 64)
Thursday, October 2 (1&3) and Friday, October 3 (2)
4.6 Newton's 2nd Law
video: Newton's 2nd Law with agents and objects: table cloth (QR code on left at bottom of p115)
video: suspended balls-which string breaks? (QR code on right at bottom of p115)
video: cart with fan and sail (QR code at top of p116)
video: tension in string between hanging weights (QR code in middle of p116)
ex p127 21-23
HW p127 25, (worksheet "Physics Example Problems for Newton's 2nd Law") - we did not assign the worksheet
4.7 Free-Body Diagrams
ex p128 29-34
HW p128 53, 54, 60, 65
4.8 Newton's Third Law
video: weighing a hovering magnet (QR code on p121)
ex p128 36-38 (for #37, bring 3 students to the front to demonstrate)
HW p130 69-72 (Passage Problem)
Monday, October 6 (1&3) and Tuesday, October 7 (2)
Test - chapter 4
complete "pre-lab questions" of Truss Lab before our next class
Wednesday, October 8 (1&3) and Thursday, October 9 (2)
Chapter 5-Applying Newton's Laws
5.1 Equilibrium
ex p161 3, 5, 7
HW p161 4, 6, 41
5.3 Mass and Weight
ex p162 18, 19, 20
HW p162 21
Lab-Force Components (use Truss lab equipment)
Friday, October 10 (1&3)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab
Monday, October 13 - NO SCHOOL (faculty in-service)
Tuesday, October 14 (2)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab
Wednesday, October 15 - Testing Day for grades 9-11
Thursday, October 16 (1&3) and Friday, October 17 (2)
5.2 Dynamics and Newton's Second Law
video: forces in jumping (QR code on p135)
video-use what you just saw to analyze Blake Griffin dunking
online Dunk Calculator
ex p161 8, 10, 13, 15, 45, 51
examples worksheet : Newton's 2nd Law
Lunar Lander PhET simulation
Lunar Lander questions
prepare for rocket launch
HW p161 9, 43, 44, 46, 47, 52, 57
Monday, October 20 (1&3) and Tuesday, October 21 (2)
Lab-Rocket Launch
Rocket Altitude Calculator
worksheet-rockets
Wednesday, October 22 (1&3) and Thursday, October 23 (2)
5.4 Normal Forces
ex p162 23
HW p162 24
5.5 Friction
video: solving problems using Newton's Laws (QR code on p143)
ex p162 25-28
HW p162 55,70
Lab-Friction (flat and incline)
Friday, October 24 (1&3) and Monday, October 27 (2)
5.6 Drag
ex p162 31,68
HW p162 33,69
video clips-Joe Kittinger and Red Bull Stratos (jumped on Sunday, October 14, 2012)
Red Bull Stratos POV video
new jump from space record (Oct 24, 2014) - Google Exec jump
finish Friction Lab (due next class)
(Lab-Parachute Army Men)
Tuesday, October 28 (1&3) and Wednesday, October 29 (2)
5.7 Interacting Objects
ex p162 34,35
HW p162 72
5.8 Ropes and Pulleys
ex p162 36,37,38,39,45
HW p162 46,65,74
Lab-Connected Masses
Thursday, October 30 (1&3) and Friday, October 31 (2)
Lab-Friction on an Incline
Review
Study these for the test: p161 4,21,52,55
Monday, November 3 (1&3) and Tuesday, November 4 (2)
Test - chapter 5
Wednesday, November 6 (1&3) and Thursday, November 7 (2)
Chapter 6 - Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
Circular Motion activities
6.1 Uniform Circular Motion
6.2 Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion
ex p196 11,13,16
HW p196 15
6.3 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
video: Forces in Circular Motion (QR code at top of p174)
video: Demo-ball leaves circular track (QR code on left at bottom of p174)
video: car driving over a rise (QR code on right at bottom of p174)
ex p196 17,19,44,51
ex p177 EX 6.1
HW p196 20,21
Lab-Circular Motion
HW before your next class, read section 6.4 (pages 179-182) and watch the following video clip: forces in a vertical circle
Friday, November 8 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 10 - NO School (Presidents' Day)
Tuesday, November 11 (1&3) and Wednesday, November 12 (2)
6.4 Apparent Forces in Circular Motion
ex p197 23,24,50,52
Loop-the-Loop car stunt
Loop-the-Loop question (you can fast-forward to 1:42)
Loop-the-Loop answer part 1
Loop-the-Loop answer part 2
Physics of a Car driving around a banked turn
why race cars high in the turns can go faster than cars low in the turns
HW p197 25,45,53
vertical circles
handout-Vertical Circular Motion Examples and Homework
ex problems 1,2,6(a,b), 8 from handout
Thursday, November 13 (1&3) and Friday, November 14 (2)
6.5 Circular Orbits and Weightlessness
6.6 Newton's Law of Gravity
ex p197 30,31
HW p197 33,58,60
6.7 Gravity and Orbits
ex p197 35,37
HW p197 38,39
Online Simulation-Newton's Law of Gravity
test review: study p196 19, 23, 50, 53
Monday, November 17 (1&3) and Tuesday, November 18 (2)
Test - Chapter 6
Wednesday, November 19 (1&3) and Thursday, November 20 (2)
Force Concept Inventory post-test (comparing your answers now to what they were before we studied forces)
Chapter 20 - Electric Fields and Forces
20.1 Charges and Forces
Charges and Forces: Demonstrations (QR code on page 645)
20.2 Charges, Atoms, and Molecules
20.3 Coulomb's Law
Charged Rod and Aluminum Can (QR code on the left of page 652)
Charges and Forces Warm-Ups (QR code on the right of page 652)
ex p670 1,9,14
HW p670 2,4,10,15
Lab-Coulomb's Law
Friday, November 21 (1&3) and Monday, November 24 (2)
20.4 The Concept of the Electric Field
Electric Fields
20.5 Applications of the Electric Field
20.6 Conductors and Electric Fields
20.7 Forces and Torques in Electric Fields
ex p670 18,22,26,30
HW p670 19,23,27,31
complete the following worksheet using the PhET simulations in the link below
PhET simulations: electricity-magnets-and-circuits
Tuesday, November 25 (1&3) and Wednesday, November 26 (2)
Chapter 21 - Electric Potential
21.1 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy (part 1)
Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy (part 2)
21.2 Sources of Electric Potential
Sparks in the Air (QR code on page 678)
21.3 Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy
21.4 Calculating the Electric Potential
21.5 Connecting Potential and Field
ex p706 3,12,18
HW p706 4,13,59
PhET simulation: charges and fields
worksheet for charges and field PhET simulation
Thursday, November 27-Sunday, November 30 (NO School - Thanksgiving Break)
Monday, December 1 (1&3) and Tuesday, December 2 (2)
21.6 The Electrocardiogram
21.7 Capacitance and Capacitors
21.9 Energy and Capacitors
ex p706 20,24,30
HW p706 21,23,33,86
PhET simulation: capacitor lab
worksheet for capacitor lab simulation
Wednesday, December 3 (1&3) and Thursday, December 4 (2)
Chapter 22 - Current and Resistance
22.1 A Model of Current
22.2 Defining and Describing Current
Effect of Electrical Current on the Human Body
ex p735 1,3,10
HW p735 6,9
22.3 Batteries and EMF
ex p735 13,18
HW p735 17
Friday, December 5 (1&3) and Monday, December 8 (2)
22.4 Connecting Potential and Current (Resistance and Resistivity)
video-Determining Resistance (QR code on p721)
ex p735 24,62
HW p735 55,56
22.5 Ohm's Law
video-Basic Cicruits (Energy Ball) - QR code on p724
ex p736 30,51
HW p736 31,60,67
22.6 Energy and Power
video-Practical Electricity Applications (left QR code on p729)
video-Demo:Nichrome wire vs. Copper wire (right QR code on p729)
ex p736 36,40
HW p736 38,39
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take home) - due next class
Tuesday, December 9 (1&3) and Wednesday, December 10 (2)
Chapter 23 - Circuits
23.1 Circuit Elements and Diagrams
23.2 Kirchoff's Laws
ex p770 5,6
HW p770 7,8
23.3 Series and Parallel Circuits
video-Circuits: Warm-Up Exercises (QR code on p745)
video-Demo: Bulbs Connected in Series and Parallel (QR code on p748)
ex p770 10,11,51
HW p770 52,58
23.5 More Complex Circuits
video-Analyzing More Complex Circuits (QR code on p746)
ex p770 17,23
HW p770 18,26
Thursday, December 11 (1&3) and Friday, December 12 (2)
23.6 Capacitors in Parallel and Series
video-Demo: Capacitors in Series and Parallel (QR code on p754)
ex p772 36,38
HW p772 37,39
23.7 RC Circuits
ex p772 40,70,72
HW p772 41, 81-83
PhET simulation - circuit construction
PhET circuit worksheet
Christmas Light Physics
LED physics
LED basic operation
Saving Electricity
How Stuff Works - LEDs
Christmas Tree Lights
Christmas Tree Lights part 2
old-style Blinking Lights
Christmas Lighting Technology
Monday, December 15 (1-7 schedule today)
final exam review (chapters 22 and 23 are on final)
finish online circuit simulation
The Physics of Santa
The Physics of Santa - more info
The Physics of Santa - with the math worked out
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