Tuesday, August 18
Lab-Displacement
HW p20 51,53,55,61
Quiz on Thursday covering chapter 1
Thursday, August 20
p49 11,24
Monday, August 24
p51 41,42
Lab-Velocity and Acceleration of a Hot Wheels Car
Wednesday, August 26
p52 65,75
classwork p53 70
Friday, August 28
Lab-Free Fall of a Marble
chapter 2 test next class
Tuesday, September 1
chapter 2 test
Thursday, September 3
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
Monday, September 7
No School-Labor Day
Tuesday, September 8
p77 29,55,72
Lab-Projectile Motion Launched at an Angle
Thursday, September 10
video analysis-Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon and Wembley Stadium Jumps
Monday, September 14
Test for chapter 3
Wednesday, September 16
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 18
p111 26,66,76,79
Lab-Dropping Coffee Filters to Measure Air Resistance
Tuesday, September 22
p111 36,64,65
Lab-Masses Connected by a String with one Mass Hanging over an Incline
Thursday, September 24
p111 48,53
Lab-Force of Friction
Monday, September 28
video-Newton's Dark Secrets
Wednesday, September 30
Test for chapter 4
Friday, October 2
Start chapter 5-Energywork, KE, GPE, Conservation of Energy
HW p154 18,46,89
the chapter 5 test will be Friday, October 16
Tuesday, October 6
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels cars
Thursday, October 8
spring potential energy and Hooke's Law, power
Lab-Power (running stairs)
HW p154 78,86
Monday, October 12
No School (Columbus Day)
Tuesday, October 13
review
Wednesday, October 14
No Classes (school-wide testing)
Friday, October 16
Test on chapter 5
Tuesday, 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 Wednesday, October 28 and due back on Thursday, November 5
Thursday, October 22
Lab-Conservation of Momentum with Hot Wheels cars
Monday, October 26
video-Asteroid Apocalypse (an extreme example of momentum and collisions!)
Wednesday, October 28
glancing collisions
take-home test for chapter 6 is distributed and due back on Thursday, November 5
Friday, 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
Tuesday, November 3
centripetal acceleration
video analysis-Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing
HW p221 26,54,65
Thursday, November 5
due today: the chapter 6 take-home test
Lab-Centripetal Force of a Hot Wheels car in a Vertical Loop
Wednesday, November 11
Newtonian Gravity
HW p221 37,38
video-Death Star
Friday, November 13
Test on chapter 7
Tuesday, November 17
Start chapter 8:Rotational Motion
sections 8.1 through 8.4
HW p257 9,18,31 (for 31, just calculate the center of mass)
Thursday, November 19
8.5 through 8.7
HW p261 39,64,44
Monday, November 23
start chapter 9-Solids and Fluids
9.3 through 9.5
HW p315 36,37,39
Lab-Buoyant Force
Wednesday, November 25
go over HW
video-examples of Buoyancy from Mythbusters (Lawn Chair Balloon, etc.)
Tuesday, December 1
9.7 Fluids in Motion
Bernoulli's Equation
HW p317 52,56,57,85
Thursday, December 3
chapter 13-Vibrations and Waves
13.7 through 13.9
HW p455 48 and worksheet
Monday, December 7
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Wednesday, December 9
review
Friday, December 11
Physics of Christmas
a) video-Science of Christmas
b) Physics of Santa handout
c) Star of Bethlehem handout
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
2nd Semester Assignments 2009
Tuesday, Jan 13
Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
Properties of Charges and Coulomb's Law
Ex 7th Ed p525 6,11,15
Ex 8th Ed p525 6,11,15
HW 7th Ed p525 7,12,13
HW 8th Ed p525 7,12,13
Thursday, Jan 15
Electric Field and Field Lines
Ex 7th Ed p525 19,22,24,26,28-30
Ex 8th Ed p525 19,22,28,26,30-32
HW 7th Ed p525 23,25,27
HW 8th Ed p525 23,29,27
Monday, Jan 19 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)
Tuesday, Jan 20
Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional chapter 15 problems:
7th Ed p525 50,54
8th Ed p525 52,60
Thursday, Jan 22
Test for chapter 15
Monday, Jan 26
Start chapter 16-Electrical Energy and Capacitance
Potential Difference and Electrical Potential
Electrical Potential and Potential Energy due to Point Charges
Ex 7th Ed p563 2,16
Ex 8th Ed p565 2,16
HW 7th Ed p563 6,17
HW 8th Ed p565 6,17
Capacitance and Parallel Plate Capacitors
Ex 7th Ed p563 23
Ex 8th Ed p565 25
HW 7th Ed p563 25,28
HW 8th Ed p565 29,32
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Ex 7th Ed p563 46
Ex 8th Ed p565 48
HW 7th Ed p563 64
HW 8th Ed p565 66
Wednesday, Jan 28
Special Schedule - all classes meet today
go over previous day's homework
Thursday, Jan 29
finish reviewing HW
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex 7th Ed p563 31,40&41
Ex 8th Ed p567 35,42
HW 7th Ed p564 34,42
HW 8th Ed p567 38,44
Friday, Jan 30 - NO School
Monday, Feb 2 - special schedule: all classes meet for 45 minutes
go over HW
classwork
7th Ed p567 66
8th Ed p569 68
Tuesday, Feb 3
Start chapter 17-Current and Resistance
1. current
2.Ohm's Law
3.resistivity
4.Electrical Energy and power
Ex 7th Ed p588 7,19,35,47
Ex 8th Ed p590 7,19,37,47
HW 7th Ed p588 12,39,51
HW 8th Ed p590 12,41,55
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take-home-due next class)
Thursday, Feb 5
chapter 16-DC Circuits (resistors)
Ex 7th Ed p617 5,45
Ex 8th Ed p618 5,45
HW 7th Ed p617 13,56
HW 8th Ed p618 13,56
Monday, Feb 9
review chapters 16-18
Wednesday, Feb 11
test covering chapters 16-18
Friday, Feb 13
chapter 19-Magnetism
Earth's Magnetism (and South Atlantic Anomaly)
19.3 Magnetic Fields
Right Hand Rule
19.4 Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Conductor
19.6 Motion of a Charged Particle in a B Field
Ex 7th Ed p652 2,4,12,19,30
Ex 8th Ed p655 2,4,12,21,36
HW 7th Ed p652 10,18,32
HW 8th Ed p655 10,20,38
Monday, Feb 16 - NO School - Presidents' Day
Wednesday, Feb 18
19.7 B Field of a long, straight wire
19.8 B force between two parallel conductors
Ex 7th Ed p654 34,38,45
Ex 8th Ed p658 44,48,57
HW 7th Ed p654 39,41,64,66
HW 8th Ed p658 49,51,72,74
Friday, Feb 20
chapter 20-Induced Voltages and Inductance
20.1 Induced EMF and Magnetic Flux
20.2 Faraday's Law of Induction
Lenz's Law
20.4 Lenz's Law Revisited
Ex 7th Ed p685 10,51,59
Ex 8th Ed p690 10,55,61
HW 7th Ed p685 17,58,61
HW 8th Ed p69017,62,63
Tuesday, Feb 24
chapter 22-Reflection and Refraction of Light
Energy of a Photon
22.3 Law of Refraction
Snell's Law
22.7 Total Internal Reflection
Ex 7th Ed p747 6,16,28,43
Ex 8th Ed p754 8,16,26,43
HW 7th Ed p747 17,27,40
HW 8th Ed p754 17,27,44
Thursday, Feb 26
test for chapters 19-20
Monday, March 2
chapter 23-Lenses and Mirrors
Ex 7th Ed p781 11,20,26,44,50
Ex 8th Ed p785 11,20,28,44,52
HW Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses
Wednesday, March 4
Chapter 24-Wave Optics
24.2 Young's Double Sli Experiment
24.7 Single Slit Diffraction
Diffraction Gratings
Ex 7th Ed p813 11,33
Ex 8th Ed p817 11,37,63
Hw 7th Ed p813 2,8,34
HW 8th Ed p817 2,7,36
Lab-Diffraction of a Laser Light
Quiz next class on chapters 23 and 24
Friday, March 6
Chapter 26-Relativity
relativistic energy
Ex 7th Ed p871 28,30,32
Ex 8th Ed p868 16,18,20
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy"
Quiz on chapters 23 and 24
Tuesday, March 10
chapter 27-Quantum Physics
27.2 Photoelectric Effect
27.5 Compton Effect
27.6 Wave/Particle Duality
The Davisson-Germer Experiment
Ex 7th Ed 14,30
Ex 8th Ed 12,26
HW 7th Ed 17,18,31,53
HW 8th Ed 13,14,25,47
Thursday, March 12
chapter 28-Atomic Physics
28.3 Bohr Model
Ex 7th Ed p934 12,14,24
Ex 8th Ed p911 12,14,19
HW 7th Ed p934 19,46,51
HW 8th Ed p911 17,40,43
Monday, March 16-NO School
Tuesday, March 17-all classes meet today
test on chapters 26-28
Wednesday, March 18
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics and chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics
29.4 The Decay Process
Ex 7th Ed p969 25,27,38
Ex 8th Ed p934 23,24,29
HW worksheet "Chapter 29 Nuclear Physics Reactions"
chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
fission and fusion
Ex 7th Ed p1004 2,9,10,45
Ex 8th Ed p958 2,9,12,23
HW 7th Ed p1004 3,6,11
HW 8th Ed p958 3,6,11
Friday, March 20
begin AP Physics Exam review
Tuesday, March 24
review for AP Exam
Thursday, March 26
review for AP Exam
Monday, March 30
review for AP Exam
Thursday, April 2 (no classes Wednesday because of ITED testing on Tuesday)
review for AP Exam
April 4-April 19: Easter Break
Monday, April 20 (all classes meet today)
Magic Mountain calibration
Wednesday, April 22
Magic Mountain PowerPoint and Ride Packet Preview
Friday, April 24
test-sample AP Exam (free response)-this is graded
Monday, April 27
Magic Mountain Field Trip (leave school at 9:30am and return to campus around 6:15pm)
Tuesday, April 28
review for AP Exam
Thursday, April 30
test-sample AP Exam (multiple choice)-this is graded
Monday, May 4
review for AP Exam
Wednesday, May 6
review for AP Exam
Friday, May 8
review for AP Exam
Monday, May 11
AP Physics Exam
Tuesday, May 12
video-Trinity and Beyond
Thursday, May 14
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"
Monday, May 18
video-"Einstein" (from the History Channel)
Tuesday, May 19
Final Exam
Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
Properties of Charges and Coulomb's Law
Ex 7th Ed p525 6,11,15
Ex 8th Ed p525 6,11,15
HW 7th Ed p525 7,12,13
HW 8th Ed p525 7,12,13
Thursday, Jan 15
Electric Field and Field Lines
Ex 7th Ed p525 19,22,24,26,28-30
Ex 8th Ed p525 19,22,28,26,30-32
HW 7th Ed p525 23,25,27
HW 8th Ed p525 23,29,27
Monday, Jan 19 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)
Tuesday, Jan 20
Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional chapter 15 problems:
7th Ed p525 50,54
8th Ed p525 52,60
Thursday, Jan 22
Test for chapter 15
Monday, Jan 26
Start chapter 16-Electrical Energy and Capacitance
Potential Difference and Electrical Potential
Electrical Potential and Potential Energy due to Point Charges
Ex 7th Ed p563 2,16
Ex 8th Ed p565 2,16
HW 7th Ed p563 6,17
HW 8th Ed p565 6,17
Capacitance and Parallel Plate Capacitors
Ex 7th Ed p563 23
Ex 8th Ed p565 25
HW 7th Ed p563 25,28
HW 8th Ed p565 29,32
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Ex 7th Ed p563 46
Ex 8th Ed p565 48
HW 7th Ed p563 64
HW 8th Ed p565 66
Wednesday, Jan 28
Special Schedule - all classes meet today
go over previous day's homework
Thursday, Jan 29
finish reviewing HW
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex 7th Ed p563 31,40&41
Ex 8th Ed p567 35,42
HW 7th Ed p564 34,42
HW 8th Ed p567 38,44
Friday, Jan 30 - NO School
Monday, Feb 2 - special schedule: all classes meet for 45 minutes
go over HW
classwork
7th Ed p567 66
8th Ed p569 68
Tuesday, Feb 3
Start chapter 17-Current and Resistance
1. current
2.Ohm's Law
3.resistivity
4.Electrical Energy and power
Ex 7th Ed p588 7,19,35,47
Ex 8th Ed p590 7,19,37,47
HW 7th Ed p588 12,39,51
HW 8th Ed p590 12,41,55
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take-home-due next class)
Thursday, Feb 5
chapter 16-DC Circuits (resistors)
Ex 7th Ed p617 5,45
Ex 8th Ed p618 5,45
HW 7th Ed p617 13,56
HW 8th Ed p618 13,56
Monday, Feb 9
review chapters 16-18
Wednesday, Feb 11
test covering chapters 16-18
Friday, Feb 13
chapter 19-Magnetism
Earth's Magnetism (and South Atlantic Anomaly)
19.3 Magnetic Fields
Right Hand Rule
19.4 Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Conductor
19.6 Motion of a Charged Particle in a B Field
Ex 7th Ed p652 2,4,12,19,30
Ex 8th Ed p655 2,4,12,21,36
HW 7th Ed p652 10,18,32
HW 8th Ed p655 10,20,38
Monday, Feb 16 - NO School - Presidents' Day
Wednesday, Feb 18
19.7 B Field of a long, straight wire
19.8 B force between two parallel conductors
Ex 7th Ed p654 34,38,45
Ex 8th Ed p658 44,48,57
HW 7th Ed p654 39,41,64,66
HW 8th Ed p658 49,51,72,74
Friday, Feb 20
chapter 20-Induced Voltages and Inductance
20.1 Induced EMF and Magnetic Flux
20.2 Faraday's Law of Induction
Lenz's Law
20.4 Lenz's Law Revisited
Ex 7th Ed p685 10,51,59
Ex 8th Ed p690 10,55,61
HW 7th Ed p685 17,58,61
HW 8th Ed p69017,62,63
Tuesday, Feb 24
chapter 22-Reflection and Refraction of Light
Energy of a Photon
22.3 Law of Refraction
Snell's Law
22.7 Total Internal Reflection
Ex 7th Ed p747 6,16,28,43
Ex 8th Ed p754 8,16,26,43
HW 7th Ed p747 17,27,40
HW 8th Ed p754 17,27,44
Thursday, Feb 26
test for chapters 19-20
Monday, March 2
chapter 23-Lenses and Mirrors
Ex 7th Ed p781 11,20,26,44,50
Ex 8th Ed p785 11,20,28,44,52
HW Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses
Wednesday, March 4
Chapter 24-Wave Optics
24.2 Young's Double Sli Experiment
24.7 Single Slit Diffraction
Diffraction Gratings
Ex 7th Ed p813 11,33
Ex 8th Ed p817 11,37,63
Hw 7th Ed p813 2,8,34
HW 8th Ed p817 2,7,36
Lab-Diffraction of a Laser Light
Quiz next class on chapters 23 and 24
Friday, March 6
Chapter 26-Relativity
relativistic energy
Ex 7th Ed p871 28,30,32
Ex 8th Ed p868 16,18,20
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy"
Quiz on chapters 23 and 24
Tuesday, March 10
chapter 27-Quantum Physics
27.2 Photoelectric Effect
27.5 Compton Effect
27.6 Wave/Particle Duality
The Davisson-Germer Experiment
Ex 7th Ed 14,30
Ex 8th Ed 12,26
HW 7th Ed 17,18,31,53
HW 8th Ed 13,14,25,47
Thursday, March 12
chapter 28-Atomic Physics
28.3 Bohr Model
Ex 7th Ed p934 12,14,24
Ex 8th Ed p911 12,14,19
HW 7th Ed p934 19,46,51
HW 8th Ed p911 17,40,43
Monday, March 16-NO School
Tuesday, March 17-all classes meet today
test on chapters 26-28
Wednesday, March 18
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics and chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics
29.4 The Decay Process
Ex 7th Ed p969 25,27,38
Ex 8th Ed p934 23,24,29
HW worksheet "Chapter 29 Nuclear Physics Reactions"
chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
fission and fusion
Ex 7th Ed p1004 2,9,10,45
Ex 8th Ed p958 2,9,12,23
HW 7th Ed p1004 3,6,11
HW 8th Ed p958 3,6,11
Friday, March 20
begin AP Physics Exam review
Tuesday, March 24
review for AP Exam
Thursday, March 26
review for AP Exam
Monday, March 30
review for AP Exam
Thursday, April 2 (no classes Wednesday because of ITED testing on Tuesday)
review for AP Exam
April 4-April 19: Easter Break
Monday, April 20 (all classes meet today)
Magic Mountain calibration
Wednesday, April 22
Magic Mountain PowerPoint and Ride Packet Preview
Friday, April 24
test-sample AP Exam (free response)-this is graded
Monday, April 27
Magic Mountain Field Trip (leave school at 9:30am and return to campus around 6:15pm)
Tuesday, April 28
review for AP Exam
Thursday, April 30
test-sample AP Exam (multiple choice)-this is graded
Monday, May 4
review for AP Exam
Wednesday, May 6
review for AP Exam
Friday, May 8
review for AP Exam
Monday, May 11
AP Physics Exam
Tuesday, May 12
video-Trinity and Beyond
Thursday, May 14
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"
Monday, May 18
video-"Einstein" (from the History Channel)
Tuesday, May 19
Final Exam
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