Monday, August 18, 2008

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