Friday, August 16
go over syllabus, math check, MasteringPhysics, etc.
Monday, August 19 (5) and Tuesday, August 20 (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 21 (5) and Thursday, August 22 (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 (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)
Friday, August 23 (5) and Monday, August 26 (2&4)
go over HW
Lab-Marble Roll
2.6 Solving One Dimensional Motion Problems
classwork p63 35-37
Tuesday, August 27 (5) and Wednesday, August 28 (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 29 (5) and Friday, August 30 (2&4)
Test - chapter 2
Monday, September 2 - NO School (Labor Day)
Tuesday, September 3 (5) and Wednesday, September 4
(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
video-Motion on a Ramp
video demonstration-comparing two ramps
HW p97 17, 18, 53, 54
Lab-Acceleration on an
Incline
Thursday, September 5 (5) and Friday, September 6
(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 9 (5) and Tuesday, September 10
(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 11 (5) and Thursday,
September 12 (2&4)
video-range of a projectile (QR code on p88)
Robbie Knievel Building Jump
analysis
Friday, September 13 (5) and Monday, September 16
(2&4)
Robbie Maddison Las Vegas Arc Jump analysis
Tuesday, September 17 (5) and Wednesday, September 18 (2&4)
Evel Knievel jump analysis
study these problems for the chapter 3 test: p98 28, 32, 66
Thursday, September 19 (5) and Friday, September 20 (2&4)
Test - chapter 3
Monday, September 23 (5) and Tuesday, September 24 (2&4)
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
Wednesday, September 25 (5) and Thursday, September 26 (2&4)
video-Newton's Dark Secrets
Friday, September 27 (5) and Monday, September 30 (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)
Tuesday, October 1 (5) and Wednesday, October 2 (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)
Thursday, October 3 (5) and Friday, October 4 (2&4)
Test - chapter 4
complete "pre-lab questions" of Truss Lab before our next class
Monday, October 7 (5) and Tuesday, October 8 (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)
Wednesday, October 9 (5) and Thursday, October 10 (2&4)
go over HW
finish Force Component Lab
Friday, October 11 (5) and Tuesday, October 15 (2&4)
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
Wednesday, October 16 - Testing Day (no classes)
Thursday, October 17 (5) and Friday, October 18 (2&4)
Lab-Rocket Launch
Rocket Altitude Calculator
worksheet-rockets
Monday, October 21 (5) and Tuesday, October 22 (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)
Wednesday, October 23 (5) and Thursday, October 24 (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)
Red Bull Stratos POV video
finish Friction Lab (due next class)
(Lab-Parachute Army Men)
Friday, October 25 (5) and Monday, October 28 (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
Tuesday, October 29 (5) and Wednesday, October 30 (2&4)
Lab-Friction on an Incline
Review
Study these for the test: p161 4,21,52,55
Thursday, October 31 (5)
Test - chapter 5
Friday, November 1 - NO School (8th Grade Day)
Monday, November 4 - NO School (Veterans' Day observed)
Tuesday, November 5 (2&4)
Test - chapter 5
Wednesday, November 6 (5) and Thursday, November 7 (2&4)
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 (5) and Monday, November 11 (2&4)
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
Tuesday, November 12 (5) and Wednesday, November 13 (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
Thursday, November 14 (5) and Friday, November 15 (2&4)
Test - Chapter 6
Monday, November 18 (5) and Tuesday, November 19 (2&4)
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
Wednesday, November 20 (5) and Thursday, November 21 (2&4)
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
Friday, November 22 (5) and Monday, November 25 (2&4)
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
Tuesday, November 26 (5) and Wednesday, November 27 (2&4)
21.6 The Electrocardiogram
21.7 Capacitance and Capacitors
21.9 Energy and Capacitors
ex p706 20,24,30
HW p706 21,23,33,86-89
PhET simulation: capacitor lab
worksheet for capacitor lab simulation
Thursday, November 28 - Sunday, December 1 (Thanksgiving Break)
Monday, December 2 (5) and Tuesday, December 3 (2&4)
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
Wednesday, December 4 (5) and Thursday, December 5 (2&4)
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
Friday, December 6 (5) and Monday, December 9 (2&4)
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
Tuesday, December 10 (5) and Wednesday, December 11 (2&4)
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
Thursday, December 12 (5) and Friday, December 13 (2&4) - last class meeting before final exam
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
2nd Semester Assignments for 2013-14
Monday, January 13 (5) and Tuesday, January 14 (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 15 (5) and Thursday, January 16 (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
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 17 (5) and Tuesday, January 21 (2&4)
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
review - study these problems: p317 27,41,55,71 and p400 42
Wednesday, January 22 (5) and Thursday, January 23 (2&4)
Test-chapters 10 and 12
Friday, January 24 (5) and Monday, January 27 (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
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 28 (5) and Wednesday, January 29 (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 30 (5) and Friday, January 31 (2&4)
video analysis-Armageddon
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
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
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
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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
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
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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!
You can order solar safety glasses here: http://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/eclipseshades.html
You can buy the glasses directly at the Rainbow Symphony store in Reseda:
6860 Canby Ave. Suite 120
Reseda, California 91335
Hours (PST/PDT):
Monday - Friday: 8 am-5:00 pm
Phone: (818) 708-8400
Fax: (818) 708-8470
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!
You can order solar safety glasses here: http://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/eclipseshades.html
You can buy the glasses directly at the Rainbow Symphony store in Reseda:
6860 Canby Ave. Suite 120
Reseda, California 91335
Hours (PST/PDT):
Monday - Friday: 8 am-5:00 pm
Phone: (818) 708-8400
Fax: (818) 708-8470
Monday, April 2, 2012
Science Expo t-shirt
buy a Science Expo t-shirt at lunch this week-$7.50
(only taking orders through Wed., April 4)
(only taking orders through Wed., April 4)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
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
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
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