2nd Semester Assignments 2012-13

Monday, January 14 (period 3) and Tuesday, January 15 (periods 2&4)
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 16 (period 3) and Thursday, January 17 (periods 2&4)
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
ex p318 26,49,55,60
HW p318 27,29,30,59
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels

Friday, January 18 (per 3) and Tuesday, January 22 (per 2&4)
class discussion of Conservation of Energy as it Applies to Roller Coasters (NBPTS video 3)
10.5 Thermal Energy
ex p318 22,25
HW p318 23,24
10.7 Energy in Collisions
ex p318 37
HW p318 40,62
review - study these problems: p317 27,41,55,71

Wednesday, January 23 (per 3) and Thursday, January 24 (per 2&4)
Test-chapter 10

Friday, January 25 (period 3)
1. The students should read example 9.1 on page 262 and example 9.2 on page 264. For anyone who has a smartphone with a QR scanner, they should watch the video associated with the QR code on page 262.
2. On page 284, do problems 1,2,5,36.
3. Read example 9.3 on page 266 and example 9.4 on page 267.
4. On page 284, do problems 7,10.
5. On page 279, read example 9.5. On page 271 read example 9.6, and on page 273 read example 9.7. For anyone who has a smartphone with a QR scanner, they should watch the video associated with the QR code on page 273.
6. On page 284, do problems 17, 49.
7. For anyone who has a smartphone with a QR scanner, they should watch the video associated with the QR code on page 274.
8. Read example 9.8 on page 274.
9. On page 284, do problems 22,24,55.
10. To summarize, these problems are due at the end of class: P284 1,2,5,7,10,17,22,24,36,49,55.
11. The homework is on MasteringPhysics: page 284, problems 3,9,11,18,38,44,47,53,54,60.


Monday, January 28 (per 2&4)
Chapter 9: Momentum
9.1 Impulse
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
9.5 Inelastic Collisions
ex p285 22,24,55
HW p285 53,54,60
Lab-Conservation of Momentum

Tuesday, January 29 (per 3) and Wednesday, January 30 (per 2&4)
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 31 (per 3) and Monday, February 4 (per 2&4)
Lab-Impulse and Collisions (NBPTS video 2)

Tuesday, February 5 (per 3) and Wednesday, February 6 (per 2&4)
video analysis-Armageddon

Thursday, February 7 (per 3) and Friday, February 8 (per 2&4)
finish Armageddon and review for test
study these problems: p284 29,54,56

Monday, February 11 (per 3) and Tuesday, February 12 (per 2&4)
Test-chapter 9
due today-Investigating a Meteor Impact (we did this as a class a few days ago-not due today!)
your homework is to watch this video before next class: Hooke's Law

Wednesday, February 13 (per 3) and Thursday, February 14 (per 2 & 4) - because of Mass on Wed., all three periods will meet on Thursday, Feb. 14
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 )

Friday, February 15 (per 3) and Tuesday, February 19 (per 2 & 4)
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
Test will be Monday, Feb. 25 for periods 2 & 4, and Tuesday, February 26 for period 3

Wednesday, February 20 (per 3) and Thursday, February 21 (per 2 & 4)
statistical analysis and NBPTS video 2 segment 3
review: study these for the chapter 14 test- p472 7,20,28,47

Friday, February 22 (per 3)
review: study these for the chapter 14 test- p472 7,20,28,47
Sports Science

Monday, February 25 (per 2 & 4), and Tuesday, February 26 (per 3)
Test-chapter 14

Wednesday, February 27 (per 2 & 4) and Thursday, February 28 (per 3)
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


Friday, March 1 (per 2 & 4) and Monday, March 4 (per 3)
15.5 Energy and Intensity
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 )

Tuesday, March 5 (per 2 & 4) and Wednesday, March 6 (per 3)
15.7 The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
video clip-Doppler Effect (from MIT)
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

Thursday, March 7 (per 2 & 4) and Friday, March 8 (per 3)
Test-chapter 15

Monday, March 11 (per 2 & 4) and Tuesday, March 12 (per 3)
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)

Wednesday, March 13 (per 2 & 4) and Thursday, March 14 (per 3)
Chapter 18-Ray Optics
18.1 The Ray Model of Light
ex p604 1,3
HW p604 2
18.2 Reflection
ex p605 7,8
HW p605 6,41
18.3 Refraction
ex p605 10,13
HW p605 11,52
18.4 Image Formation by Reflection
ex p605 17
HW p605 57
Lab-Refraction

Friday, March 15 (per 2 & 4) and Monday, March 18 (per 3)
18.5 Thin Lenses: Ray Tracing
18.6 Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors
ex p605 24,27,36
HW p605 38,72,74
18.7 The Thin-Lens Equation
ex p606 29,31
HW p606 30,32
HW-Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses

Wednesday, March 20
ITED testing - all grades (NO Classes)

Tuesday, March 19 (per 2 & 4) and Thursday, March 21 (per 3)
review
Test-chapter 18

Friday, March 22 (per 2)
Sport Science

Monday, March 25-Sunday, April 7 (Spring Break-NO SCHOOL)

Monday, April  8 (per 3) and Tuesday, April 9 (per 2&4)
Magic Mountain Prep work-calibration, ride packet, and measurement practice

Wednesday, April 10
Magic Mountain field trip-leave at 9:30am, return to school by 6:30/7pm
bring at least $20 for food

Thursday, April 11 (per 2&4) and Friday, April 12 (per 3)
do Magic Mountain Ride Packet calculations/work on Roller Coaster Design Project

Monday, April 15 (per 2&4) and Tuesday, April 16 (per 3)
Science Expo judging

Wednesday, April 17 (per 2&4) and Thursday, April 18 (per 3)
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

Friday, April 19 - Science Expo Day
Set up in the gym before 8am
Remain by your project during your class period
Remove everything from gym at 2:40

Monday, April 22 (per 2&4) and Tuesday, April 23 (per 3)
go over HW
finish Einstein Revealed

Wednesday, April 24 (per 2&4) and Thursday, April 25 (per 3)
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, April 26 (senior breakfast-NO seniors in class)
underclassmen will work on relativity problems

Monday, April 29 (per 3) and Tuesday, April 30 (per 2&4)
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, May 1 (per 3) and Thursday, May 2 (per 2&4)
go over HW
Quiz-Relativity
finish-Trinity and Beyond

Friday, May 3 (per 3) and Monday, May 6 (per 2&4)
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"-will get through ~first 42 minutes

Tuesday, May 7 (per 3) and Wednesday, May 8 (per 2&4)
finish "Hiroshima"
Quiz-Trinity and Beyond/Hiroshima
General Relativity/Black Holes
video: Through the Wormhole-The Riddle of Black Holes

Thursday, May 9 (per 3) and Friday, May 10 (per 2&4)
more General Relativity
video: Through the Wormhole-Beyond the Darkness

Monday, May 13 (per 3) and Tuesday, May 14 (per 2&4)
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)
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

Wednesday, May 15 (per 3) and Thursday, May 16 (per 2&4)
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

Friday, May 17 (per 3) and Monday, May 20 (per 2&4)
Chapter 30-Nuclear Physics
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

Tuesday, May 21 (per 3) and Wednesday, May 22 (per 2&4)
Quantum Mechanics/String Theory PowerPoint
video-"The Elegant Universe" -will get through ~first 28 minutes

Thursday, May 23 (per 3) and Friday, May 24 (per 2&4)
finish-The Elegant Universe