Daily Assignments 2008-2009 (8th Edition)

If you have the 7th edition of the textbook, please refer to the listings from last year which you will find below this post. Keep in mind the dates will not exactly match.

Tuesday, August 19
Lab-Displacement
HW p20 51,53,55,61
Quiz on Thursday covering chapter 1

Thursday, August 21
p49 11,24

Monday, August 25
p51 41,42
Lab-Velocity and Acceleration of a Hot Wheels Car

Wednesday, August 27
p52 65,75
classwork p53 70

Friday, August 29
Lab-Free Fall of a Marble
chapter 2 test next class

Monday, September 1
No School :-)

Wednesday, September 3
Test-chapter 2

Friday, September 5
Start chapter 3
The chapter 3 solutions can be found here: (Must have a Google account)
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.b7c1a6dc-d4fd-49e3-a285-baf11a6ac8d9&hl=en
p77 70,73
worksheet "Projectile Motion-horizontal launches"
Lab-Projectile Motion: horizontal motion

Tuesday, September 9
p77 29,55,72
Lab-Projectile Motion Launched at an Angle

Thursday, September 11
video analysis-Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon and Wembley Stadium Jumps

Monday, September 15
Test for chapter 3

Wednesday, September 17
Start chapter 4-Laws of Motion
Chapter 4 solutions may be found here:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.202dfbb9-c811-46a7-98b8-a4d4b5f3d39d&hl=en
p111 19,59
Lab-Force Components

Friday, September 19
p111 26,66,76,79
Lab-Dropping Coffee Filters to Measure Air Resistance

Tuesday, September 23
p111 36,64,65
Lab-Masses Connected by a String with one Mass Hanging over an Incline

Thursday, September 25
p111 48,53
Lab-Force of Friction

Monday, September 29
video-Newton's Dark Secrets

Wednesday, October 1
Test for chapter 4

Friday, October 3
Start chapter 5-Energy
work, KE, GPE, Conservation of Energy
HW p154 18,46,89
the chapter 5 test will be Thursday, October 16

Tuesday, October 7
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels cars

Thursday, October 9
spring potential energy and Hooke's Law, power
Lab-Power (running stairs)
HW p154 78,86

Monday, October 13 No School (Columbus Day)

Tuesday, October 14 all classes meet for ~45 minutes
review

Wednesday, October 15 No Classes (school-wide testing)

Thursday, October 16
Test on chapter 5

Monday, October 20
start chapter 6-Momentum
momentum and impulse, Conservation of Momentum, collisions
HW p184 16,31,45,53,63
chapter 6 has a take-home test which will be distributed on Tuesday, October 28 and due back on Wednesday, November 5

Wednesday, October 22
Lab-Conservation of Momentum with Hot Wheels cars

Friday, October 24
video-Asteroid Apocalypse (an extreme example of momentum and collisions!)

Tuesday, October 28
glancing collisions
take-home test for chapter 6 is distributed and due back on Wednesday, November 5

Thursday, October 30
start chapter 7-rotational motion and Newton's Law of Gravity
angular speed and acceleration, rotational motion with constant angular acceleration, and the relation between angular and linear quantities
HW p221 49,50

Monday, November 3
centripetal acceleration
video analysis-Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing
HW p221 26,54,65

Wednesday, November 5
due today: the chapter 6 take-home test
Lab-Centripetal Force of a Hot Wheels car in a Vertical Loop

Thursday, November 6 all classes meet for ~45 minutes each
review

Friday, November 7 No classes (8th grade day)

Monday, November 10 No classes (Veteran's Day)

Tuesday, November 11 all classes meet for ~45 minutes each
review

Thursday, November 13
Newtonian Gravity
HW p221 37,38
video-Death Star

Monday, November 17
Test on chapter 7

Wednesday, November 19
Start chapter 8:Rotational Motion
sections 8.1 through 8.4
HW p257 9,18,31 (for 31, just calculate the center of mass)

Friday, November 21
8.5 through 8.7
HW p261 39,64,44

Tuesday, November 25
start chapter 9-Solids and Fluids
9.3 through 9.5
HW p315 36,37,39
Lab-Buoyant Force

Wednesday, November 26
video-Sport Science

Monday, December 1
go over HW
video-examples of Buoyancy from Mythbusters (Lawn Chair Balloon, etc.)

Wednesday, December 3
9.7 Fluids in Motion
Bernoulli's Equation
HW p317 52,56,57,85

Friday, December 5
chapter 13-Vibrations and Waves
13.7 through 13.9
HW p455 48 and worksheet

Tuesday, December 9
review using sample AP Physics test questions

Thursday, December 11
review

Monday, December 15
Physics of Christmas
a) video-Science of Christmas
b) Physics of Santa handout
c) Star of Bethlehem handout

Magic Mountain Field Trip on April 7

We will leave school around 9:30am and return to Crespi around 6:15pm. Be sure to bring money for lunch and snacks.

2nd Semester Daily Assignments

Tuesday, Jan 8: Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
HW page 525 7,13,16

Thursday, Jan 10: HW page 526 23,25,27

Monday, Jan 14: Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional problems page 528 50,54,59

Wednesday, Jan 16: Test for chapter 15

Friday, Jan 18: start chapter 16-Electric Energy and Capacitance
HW page 563 6,9,17,25,28,59

Wednesday, Jan 23: HW page 564 32,34,35,42

Friday, Jan 25: start chapter 17-Current and Resistance
HW page 588 12,39,43,47

Tuesday, Jan 29: start chapter 18-DC Circuits
HW page 617 6,13,56

Thursday, Jan 31: review chapters 16-18

Monday, Feb 4: test for chapters 16-18

Wednsday, Feb 6: speaker

Friday, Feb 8: start chapter 19-Magnetism
HW p651 10,18,32

Tuesday, Feb 12: HW p654 39,41,64,66

Thursday, Feb 14: start chapter 20-Induced Voltages
HW p686 17,52,58

Tuesday, Feb 19: start chapter 22-Reflection and Refraction
HW p747 17,27,40,55

Thursday, Feb 21: Test for chapters 19-20

Monday, Feb 25: start chapter 23-Mirrors and Lenses
Lab-Lenses
HW Ray Diagrams worksheet

Wednesday, Feb 27: start chapter 24-Wave Optics
HW p813 2,8,13,20,25

Friday, Feb 29: Lab-Diffraction of a Laser Light
HW p815 30,34

Tuesday, Mar 4: start chapter 26-Relativity
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy" and p862 exercise 26.6; p864 exercise 26.7; p865 exercise 26.8

Thursday, Mar 6: start chapter 27-Quantum Physics
HW p899 17,18,32,38,53

Monday, Mar 10: start chapter 28-Atomic Physics
HW p934 16,18,22,49

Wednesday, Mar 12: Test for chapters 26-28

Friday, Mar 14: start chapter 29-Nuclear Physics and chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
HW p969 26,39 and worksheet "Chapter 29 Nuclear Physics Reactions"
HW p1004 3,6,11,15,53

SPRING BREAK WORK: chapters 10-12 (there will be a Quiz on this material the day you return)
chapter 10-Thermal Physics (read whole chapter and do exercises 10.1-10.9)
chapter 11-Energy in Thermal Processes (read whole chapter and do exercises 11.1-11.12)
chapter 12-The Laws of Thermodynamics (read whole chapter and do exercises 12.1-12.17)

Tuesday, Mar 18-Sunday, Mar 30: Easter Vacation

Tuesday, April 1: Test on chapters 10-12 (this is NOT an April Fools joke!)

Thursday, April 3: Calibration for Magic Mountain Day

Monday, April 7: Magic Mountain Field Trip (return to campus around 6:15pm)

Wednesday, April 9: work on Magic Mountain packet (due next class)

Friday, April 11: begin reviewing for the AP Physics Exam (given on Monday, May 12)

Tuesday, April 15: review for AP exam

Thursday, April 17: review for AP exam

Monday, April 21: review for AP exam

Wednesday, April 23: review for AP exam

Friday, April 25: Senior Breakfast/Prom (no class)

Tuesday, April 29: Test-sample AP Physics Multiple Choice Exam

Thursday, May 1: Test-sample AP Physics Free Response Exam

Monday, May 5: (AP Exams start today, so since a lot of students may be gone, we'll have a study period)

Wednesday, May 7: study for AP Exam

Friday, May 9: study for AP Exam

Monday, May 12: The AP Physics Exam is given today (afternoon) [no class]

Tuesday, May 13: physics video

Thursday, May 15: physics video

Monday, May 19: review for final exam

Wednesday, May 21: Final Exam and last day of classes for seniors