Semester One Assignments for 2009-10

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