Semester One Assignments 2009-10

Monday, August 17 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, August 18 (period 6)
worksheet "Average Velocity and Displacement Problems"
Lab-Displacement

Wednesday, August 19 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, August 20 (period 6)
Interpreting Graphs
page 860 6,9; p81 82;p861 92
worksheets: "Sports Figures Tracking Speed" and "Tracking Speed-Usain Bolt's 100m WR"

Friday, August 21 (periods 3&5) and Monday, August 24 (period 6)
Lab: Marble Roll (due next class)

Tuesday, August 25 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, August 26 (period 6)
Test on chapter 2 and section 3.1

Thursday, August 27 (periods 3&5) and Friday, August 28 (period 6)
Start chapter 3
page 82 107,110 and worksheet "Physics:velocity,acceleration,distance"

Monday, August 31 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, September 1 (period 6)
p83 106;p862 18-20
Lab:Free Fall
test for chap 3 will be Sep. 9 (periods 3&5) and Sep. 10 (period 6)

Wednesday, September 2 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, September 3 (period 6)
Lab:Rocket Car

Friday, September 4 (periods 3&5)
review worksheets

Monday, September 7
No school-Labor Day

Tuesday, September 8 (period 6)
review worksheets

Wednesday, September 9 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, September 10 (period 6)
Test on chapter 3

Friday, September 11 (periods 3&5) and Monday, September 14 (period 6)
start chap. 4:Forces in 1 Dimension
HW p114 73,89,90
Lab:Superball Bounce

Tuesday, September 15 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, September 16 (period 6)
worksheet "Physics Example Problems for Newton's 2nd Law"
p113 79,88; p863 8,9,12

Thursday, September 17 (periods 3&5) and Friday, September 18 (period 6)
Lab-Rocket Launch
worksheet "Rockets"

Monday, September 21 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, September 22 (period 6)
worksheet "Terminal Velocity"

Wednesday, September 23 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, September 24 (period 6)
video "Speed Demons and Daredevils"

Friday, September 25 (periods 3&5) and Monday, September 28 (period 6)
Connected Masses
Lab-Connected Masses
HW page 864 16-18

Tuesday, September 29 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, September 30 (period 6)
video-"Newton's Dark Secrets"-a docudrama about the life and work of physicist Isaac Newton

Thursday, October 1 (periods 3&5) and Friday, October 2 (period 6)
Test-chapter 4
Begin reading chapters 5 and 24 in the book "The Physics of Superheroes"-you will be quizzed on them during our work in chapter 5 of the textbook

Monday, October 5 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, October 6 (period 6)
start chapter 5-Forces in 2 Dimensions
HW page 142 85,86,88,97,103
Lab-Force Components
read chapters 5 and 24 in the book "The Physics of Superheroes" and answer the study guide questions-you will be quizzed on them on Friday, October 9 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, October 13 (period 6)

Wednesday, October 7 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, October 8 (period 6)
HW page 144 106; and page 866 8,10,11
Lab-Force of Friction

Friday, October 9 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, October 13 (period 6)
Quiz covering chapters 5 and 24 of "The Physics of Superheroes"
HW page 867 16; and page 143 100,105
Lab-Friction on an Incline

Monday, October 12 - No School (Columbus Day)

Wednesday, October 14 - School-wide Testing Day (No Classes)

Thursday, October 15 (periods 3&5) and Friday, October 16 (period 6)
Test-chapter 5

Monday, October 19 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, October 20 (period 6)
Begin chapter 10-Energy,Work,Power
HW page 278 61,64,67,70,75
Lab-Energy on an Incline
Read chapter 11 in "The Physics of Superheroes"-you will be quizzed on this chapter on Tuesday, October 27 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, October 28 (period 6)

Wednesday, October 21 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, October 22 (period 6)
HW page 278 63,68,91
Lab-Power (running stairs)

Friday, October 23 (periods 3&5) and Monday, October 26 (period 6)
Begin chapter 11-Energy and its Conservation
HW p308 79-81; p872 9
Lab-Conservation of Energy

Tuesday, October 27 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, October 28 (period 6)
Quiz on chapter 11 of the book "The Physics of Superheroes"
review chapters 10 and 11 of the textbook

Thursday, October 29 (periods 3&5) and Friday, October 30 (period 6)
Test on chapters 10 and 11 of the textbook

Monday, November 2 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, November 3 (period 6)
Start chapter 12-Thermal Energy
Lab-Calorimetry
HW p873 7,8; p337 63,64,73
Read chapter 12 of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Wednesday, November 4 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, November 5 (period 6)
Start chapter 13-States of Matter
Lab-Heat of Fusion of Ice
HW p369 77,79,93,96
Read chapters 7,10,13,and 14 of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Friday, November 6 - No School (8th grade day)

Monday, November 9 - No School (Veteran's Day)

Tuesday, November 10 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, November 11 (period 6)
Buoyancy
video-Mythbusters "Buoyancy"
HW-worksheet

Thursday, November 12 (periods 3&5) and Friday, November 13 (period 6)
Lab-Buoyancy

Monday, November 16 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, November 17 (period 6)
Fluids
HW p370 84,85; p874 10,15

Wednesday, November 18 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, November 19 (period 6)
video-Six Degrees (global warming and need for action)

Friday, November 20 (periods 3&5) and Monday, November 23 (period 6)
Test on chapters 12 and 13 of the textbook
Quiz on chapters 7,10,12,13, and 14 of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Tuesday, November 24 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, November 25 (period 6)
Punkin' Chunkin'
read chapters 16,18,19, and 23 in "The Physics of Superheroes"

Thursday, November 26-Sunday, November 29 - Thanksgiving Break
read chapters 16,18,19, and 23 in "The Physics of Superheroes"

Monday, November 30 (periods 3&5) and Tuesday, December 1 (period 6)
Chapter 22-Electrical Current
examples p594 2-4; p598 9-11; p605 28,29
HW p612 87,92,95,96
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take home)
read chapters 16,18,19, and 23 in "The Physics of Superheroes"

Wednesday, December 2 (periods 3&5) and Thursday, December 3 (period 6)
chapter 23-Series and Parallel Circuits
PowerPoint-Circuits
examples p619 4; p622 10; p623 12; p626 16,19
HW p638 71,72,93,95; p883 6,13

Friday, December 4 (periods 3&5) and Monday, December 7 (period 6)
chapter 29-Solid state Electronics
Light Emitting Diodes
HW p795 55,56,63 and Supplemental Problems worksheet (chap 29) 3,4,17
Quiz on chapters 16,18,19 and 23 of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Tuesday, December 8 (periods 3&5) and Wednesday, December 9 (period 6)
review for Semester 1 Final

Thursday, December 10 (periods 3&5) and Friday, December 11 (period 6)
Physics of Christmas
a) video-Science of Christmas
b) Physics of Santa handout
c) Star of Bethlehem handout