1st Semester Assignments for 2012-13

Friday, August 17
go over syllabus, math check, MasteringPhysics, etc.

Monday, August 20 (3) and Tuesday, August 21 (2&4)
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 22 (3) and Thursday, August 23 (2&4)
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

Friday, August 24 (3) and Monday, August 27 (2&4)
go over HW
Lab-Marble Roll
2.6 Solving One Dimensional Motion Problems
classwork p63 35-37

Tuesday, August 28 (3) and Wednesday, August 29 (2&4)
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 30 (3) and Friday, August 31 (2&4)
Test - chapter 2

Monday, September 3 - NO School (Labor Day)

Tuesday, September 4 (3) and Wednesday, September 5 (2&4)
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
HW p97 17, 18, 53, 54
Lab-Acceleration on an Incline

Thursday, September 6 (3) and Friday, September 7 (2&4)
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)

Monday, September 10 (3) and Tuesday, September 11 (2&4)
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 12 (3) and Thursday, September 13 (2&4)
Robbie Knievel Building Jump analysis

Friday, September 14 (3) and Monday, September 17 (2&4)
Robbie Maddison Las Vegas Arc Jump analysis

Tuesday, September 18 (3) and Wednesday, September 19 (2&4)
Evel Knievel jump analysis
study these problems for the chapter 3 test: p98 28, 32, 66

Thursday, September 20 (3) and Friday, September 21 (2&4)
Test - chapter 3

Monday, September 24 (3) and Tuesday, September 25 (2&4)
video that leads from linear acceleration to centripetal acceleration
3.8 Motion in Two Dimensions: Circular Motion
ex p98 38, 40, 74
HW p98 39, 41, 75, 76a, 78-79 (use your digital device in class to complete today)

DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING KAIROS THIS WEEK, WE WILL NOT BE STARTING CHAPTER 4 UNTIL NEXT WEEK - WE WILL REVIEW DURING THE REST OF THIS WEEK

Wednesday, September 26 (3) and Thursday, September 27 (2&4)
video-Newton's Dark Secrets

Friday, September 28 (3) and Monday, October 1 (2&4)
review of chapters 2 and 3
chapter 2: page 59 5,7,8,9(skip a),12,13,17,19,20
chapter 3: page 95 5,12,13,16,19,21,23-27


Tuesday, October 2 (3) and Wednesday, October 3 (2&4)
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 4 (3) and Friday, October 5 (2&4)
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 8 - NO School (Columbus Day)

Tuesday, October 9 (3) and Wednesday, October 10 (2&4)
Test - chapter 4

Thursday, October 11 (3) and Friday, October 12 (2&4)
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)

Sunday, October 14 - Redbull Stratos Jump from Space
Why didn't Felix break the free fall time record?

Monday, October 15 (3) and Tuesday, October 16 (2&4)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab

Wednesday, October 17 - NO Classes (Testing Day)

Thursday, October 18 (3) and Friday, October 19 (2&4)
5.2 Dynamics and Newton's Second Law
video: forces in jumping (QR code on p135)
ex p161 8, 10, 13, 15, 45, 51
examples worksheet : Newton's 2nd Law
prepare for rocket launch
HW p161 9, 43, 44, 46, 47, 52, 57

Monday, October 22 (3) and Tuesday, October 23 (2&4)
Lab-Rocket Launch
worksheet-rockets

Wednesday, October 24 (3) and Thursday, October 25 (2&4)
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 26 (3) and Monday, October 29 (2&4)
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)
finish Friction Lab (due next class)
(Lab-Parachute Army Men)

Tuesday, October 30 (3) and Wednesday, October 31 (2&4)
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, November 1 (3) and Monday, November 5 (2&4)
Review
Study these for the test: p161 4,21,52,55

Friday, November 2 - NO School (8th Grade Day)

Tuesday, November 6 (3) and Wednesday, November 7 (2&4)
Test - chapter 5

Thursday, November 8 (3) and Friday, November 9 (2&4)
Chapter 6 - Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravity
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

Monday, November 12 (3) and Tuesday, November 13 (2&4)
6.4 Apparent Forces in Circular Motion
ex p197 23,24,50,52
HW p197 25,45,53
vertical circles
handout-Vertical Circular Motion Examples and Homework
ex problems 1,2,6(a,b), 8 from handout
video analysis-Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing (move to 2nd semester after Energy)

Wednesday, November 14 (3) and Thursday, November 15 (2&4)
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

Friday, November 16 (3) and Monday, November 19 (2&4)
Continue Newton's Law of Gravity simulation
chapter 6 test will be after Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 20 (3)
test review: study p196 19, 23, 50, 53

Wednesday, November 21-Sunday, November 25 - NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Monday, November 26 (2&4) and Tuesday, November 27 (3)
Test - Chapter 6
Period 3: your take-home Force Lab is due today

Wednesday, November 28 (2&4)
Periods 2 and 4: your take-home Force Lab is due today
Force Concept Inventory post-test (comparing your answers now to what they were before we studied forces)
Chapter 22 - Current and Resistance
22.1 A Model of Current
22.2 Defining and Describing Current
ex p735 1,3,10
HW p735 6,9
22.3 Batteries and EMF
ex p735 13,18
HW p735 17

Thursday, November 29 (3)
Force Concept Inventory post-test (comparing your answers now to what they were before we studied forces)
Chapter 22 - Current and Resistance
22.1 A Model of Current
22.2 Defining and Describing Current
ex p735 1,3,10
HW p735 6,9
22.3 Batteries and EMF
ex p735 13,18
HW p735 17

Friday, November 30 (2&4) and Monday, December 3 (3)
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 4 (2&4) and Wednesday, December 5 (3)
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 6 (2&4) and Friday, December 7 (3)
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
online Circuit Simulation
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 10 (2&4) and Tuesday, December 11 (3)
Physics Review Seminar - handout was distributed last week
be prepared to participate and answer ANY question that is on the handout-you will be called on randomly

Wednesday, December 12 (2&4) and Thursday, December 13 (3)
final exam review (chapters 22 and 23 are on final)
online circuit simulations

Friday, December 14 (2&4)
The Physics of Christmas

May 20th Solar Eclipse and June 5th Transit of Venus-once in a lifetime event!

Solar Eclipse on May 20th, 2012:
We will experience an annular (ring) eclipse on May 20, 2012 from approximately
5:30 pm until sunset. Watch this video to find out more: solar eclipse video
Here is an animation of what you'll see that day: solar eclipse animation

View the Solar Eclipse at Griffith Observatory: Griffith Observatory Solar Eclipse

Transit of Venus on June 5, 2012:
From approximately 3pm until sunset, Venus will move across the face of the Sun.
Here is a video with more info about the event: Transit of Venus
Watch this once-in-lifetime event live at this site: http://www.ccssc.org/transit2012.html

Do NOT stare directly at the sun!

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Science Expo t-shirt

buy a Science Expo t-shirt at lunch this week-$7.50
(only taking orders through Wed., April 4)

2nd Semester Assignments for 2011-2012

Tuesday, January 10
Start chapter 6-Motion in 2D
Projectile Motion-Horizontal Launches
examples: p150 1-3 (and impact angle)
Lab-Projectile Motion-horizontal launches
HW p165 51,52,58

Thursday, January 12
Projectile Motion-Launched at an Angle
examples: p165 57; p867 1; p152 4 (solve for velocity)
Lab-Projectile motion-launched at an angle
HW p152 6; p165 60

Monday, January 16 - NO School (MLK Day)

Tuesday, January 17
analysis-Robbie Knievel Building to Building Jump
click here for the Travis Pastrana building to building backflip video-this was very close!

Thursday, January 19
analysis-Robbie Maddison Las Vegas Jump

Monday, January 23
analysis-Evel Knievel jumps

Wednesday, January 25
Circular Motion
Ex p156 20; p166 62; p 167 79; and a flat curve with friction
Lab-Circular motion with Hot wheels
HW-worksheet:Circular Motion
Read chapter 7 (Can he Swing from a Thread?-Centripetal Acceleration) of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Friday, January 27
Vertical Circles
handout-Vertical Circular Motion Examples and Homework
examples: problems 1,2,6(a,b),8 from handout
HW-problems 3-5,7 from handout
video analysis of Steve Trotter's Pendulum Swing

Tuesday, January 31
review chapter 6
Quiz on chapter 7 of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Thursday, February 2
test on chapter 6

Monday, February 6
start chapter 9-Momentum
impulse/momentum
conservation of momentum
examples p233 4,5
examples p238 14,15,17,18
examples p240 19,21
HW p251 66,70,72,73,90
Lab-Conservation of Momentum
read chapter 3 from "The Physics of Superheroes" and be prepared for a quiz

Wednesday, February 8
2D Collisions
examples p243 23-25
HW p871 10-12 (chap 9)
HW - "Investigating a Meteor Impact" - due Feb. 16
here is the website needed to do the activity: Asteroid Impact Effects
information about the potential Earth-impacting asteroid named Apophis can be found here: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/
Asteroid 2011 AG5 (potential Earth-impact in 2040) - read about it here: NASA Asteroid Watch
video-Asteroid Apocalypse

Friday, February 10
Quiz - chapter 3 from "The Physics of Superheroes"
video analysis of "Armageddon"

Tuesday, February 14
finish "Armageddon" analysis and review for test

Thursday, February 16
due today-Investigating a Meteor Impact
Test for chapter 9

Monday, February 20-NO School (Presidents' Day)

Tuesday, February 21
start chapter 14-Vibrations and Waves
Hooke's Law, Potential Energy of Springs, Pendulums
examples p397 70,73,92,88,95
examples p380 challenge problem
HW p397 74,94,98,99
Lab-Pendulum (p392)

Thursday, February 23
Wave Properties
examples p398 75,77,80,91
HW p398 78,81,82,83; p876 8,9

Monday, February 27
start chapter 15-Sound
Loudness/decibels, Doppler Effect
examples: click this link- Intensity and Decibel Scale web lesson
video clip of sound as a weapon: sound weapon web link
examples-worksheet: Sound Intensity and dB (numbers 32, 34, 35, 39, 41 (1 W/m^2), 43)
classwork p425 60-67 all (due today) - if a problem talks about sound pressure, replace "pressure" with "intensity"
Lab-Sound Intensity and Distance (click to use this white noise generator as our constant sound source)

Wednesday, February 29
Physics of Music (standing waves on strings and in pipes)
Standing Waves on Strings: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/U11l5b.cfm
Standing Waves in an Open Pipe: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/U11L5c.cfm
Standing Waves in a Closed Pipe: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/U11L5d.cfm
HW worksheet
Lab-Standing Waves in a Pipe

Friday, March 2
review chapter 15

Tuesday, March 6
Test chapter 15

Thursday, March 8
Start chapter 17-Reflection and Mirrors
PowerPoint on Mirrors
HW p480 62,66,67,71
Ray Diagram Worksheets
Lab-Mirrors

Monday, March 12
Chapter 18-Refraction and Lenses
HW p510 90,91,100
Lab-Lenses

Wednesday, March 14
review and Test for chapters 17-18

Friday, March 16
Special Relativity-Energy
Relativity resources
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy Homework"
video-Trinity and Beyond
read chapters 11, and 21-23, and the Afterward from the book "The Physics of Superheroes"-these chapters will appear on the final
Redbull Stratos 13 mile skydive test jump on 3-15-2012

Tuesday, March 20
finish video
more Special Relativity (Length Contraction and Time Dilation)
HW worksheet "Relativistic Length Contraction and Time Dilation Homework"

Thursday, March 22
Magic Mountain Calibration and Ride-Analysis Practice Measurements

Friday, March 23 - NO School (Bishop's holiday)

Monday, March 26 - NO School (Bishop's holiday)

Wednesday, March 28 - ITED Testing (all grades)

Thursday, March 29
Magic Mountain PowerPoint and Ride Packet Preview

Friday, March 30 - Magic Mountain Field Trip
All Physics and AP Physics students
9:30am to 6:30pm
go to your first period class today

Monday, April 2
do calculations with Magic Mountain Ride Packet Data or work on the Roller Coaster Design Project
both are due Tuesday, April 17

Wednesday, April 4 - Early Dismissal
General Relativity/Black Holes
video-Black Holes:the Ultimate Abyss

Science Expo paper due Tuesday, April 17 (5 pages plus a bibliography-use MLA format)
submit your 5 page paper (plus bibliography) to turnitin.com
obtain login info in class

Thursday, April 5 - Sunday, April 15 (NO School-Easter Vacation)

Saturday, April 14, 2012
physics behind the Titanic sinking (100 yrs ago tonight)
Titanic info from National Geographic

Tuesday, April 17
Science Expo Judging (EVERYTHING about your project is due today: poster board, experiment, paper)
submit your 5 page paper (plus bibliography) to turnitin.com
obtain login info in class

Thursday, April 19
video-Black Holes

Friday, April 20 - Science Expo
all students will present their projects in the gym during their class period

Tuesday, April 24
video: Hawking's Universe
video: The Universe: Light Speed

Thursday, April 26
video-"Einstein Revealed"

read chapters 11, and 21-23, and the Afterward from the book "The Physics of Superheroes"-these chapters will appear on the final

Monday, April 30
finish Einstein video
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"-will get through ~first 42 minutes

Wednesday, May 2
finish "Hiroshima"
video-"The Manhattan Project" -will get through ~ first 25 minutes
a real-life teenage nuclear scientist
a Popular Science article about the same nuclear teenager

Friday, May 4
continue with "The Manhattan Project" -will get up to ~ 1 hr 35 min mark

Tuesday, May 8
finish "Manhattan Project" -have about 20 minutes left
Quantum Mechanics/String Theory PowerPoint
video-"The Elegant Universe" -will get through ~first 28 minutes

Thursday, May 10
continue with "The Elegant Universe"

Monday, May 14
finish "The Elegant Universe"

Wednesday, May 16
special topics in physics

Friday, May 18
special topics in physics

Monday, May 21 - special schedule

Wednesday, May 23
senior final in class (juniors will also take it in class today)

Friday, May 25 - last day of class
special topics in physics