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Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Team America Rocketry Challenge
Please check this out and let me know early next week (September 27-29) if you want to form a team and enter this competition. The web site is: Team America Rocketry Challenge. Send me an e-mail if you have questions.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
1st Semester Assignments for 2010-2011
Friday, August 13
go over syllabus, math check, etc.
remember the Summer work was to read chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook and do the following problems (due today):
p20 problems 4, 23, 41, 54, 55
p47-48 Multiple Choice Questions 1-12
p49 problems 6, 8, 14, 39, 59, 63
you will be quizzed on these problems on Wednesday, August 18
Monday, August 16
Lab-Displacement
p20 51,53,55,61
the chapter 2 test will be Monday, August 30
Wednesday, August 18
Quiz on Summer work
p49 11,24
Friday, August 20
p51 41,44
Lab-Velocity and Acceleration of a Hot Wheels Car
Tuesday, August 24
p52 65,75
classwork: p53 70
Thursday, August 26
Lab-Free Fall of a marble
Monday, August 30
Test for chapter 2
Wednesday, September 1
start chapter 3
p77 70,73
worksheet "Projectile Motion-horizontal launches"
Lab-Projectile Motion:horizontal motion
chapter 3 test will be Friday, September 10
Friday, September 3
p77 29,55,72
Lab-Projectile Motion launched at an angle
Monday, September 6-no school:Labor Day
Wednesday, September 8
video analysis of Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump and Wembley Stadium Jump
Friday, September 10
Test for chapter 3
Tuesday, September 14
start chapter 4: Laws of Motion
p111 19,59
Lab-Force Components
test for chapter 4 will be Tuesday, September 28
Thursday, September 16
p111 26,66,76,79
Lab-Dropping Coffee Filters to Measure Air Resistance
Monday, September 20
p111 36,64,65
Lab-Masses Connected by a String with one Mass Hanging Over an Incline
Wednesday, September 22
p111 48,53
Lab-Force of Friction
Friday, September 24
video-"Newton's Dark Secrets" - a docudrama about the life and work of physicist Isaac Newton
Tuesday, September 28
Test on chapter 4
Thursday, September 30
start chapter 5: Energy, Work, KE, PE, Conservation of Energy
p154 18,46,89
Monday, October 4
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels
Wednesday, October 6
spring potential energy and Hooke's Law
Lab-Power (running stairs)
p154 57,58,87,90
Friday, October 8
review
Monday, October 11 - NO School (Columbus Day)
Wednesday, October 13 - NO Classes (School-wide testing)
Thursday, October 14
Test on chapter 5
Monday, October 18 - NO School (faculty retreat)
Tuesday, October 19
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 27 and due back on Thursday, November 4
Thursday, October 21
Lab-Conservation of Momentum with Hot Wheels cars
Monday, October 25
video-Asteroid Apocalypse (an extreme example of momentum and collisions!)
Wednesday, October 27
glancing collisions
take-home test for chapter 6 is distributed today and due back on Thursday, November 4
Friday, October 29
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 2
centripetal acceleration
video analysis-Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing
HW p221 26,54,65
Thursday, November 4
due today: the chapter 6 take-home test
Lab-Centripetal Force of a Hot Wheels car in a Vertical Loop
Friday, November 5 - NO School (Step-Up Day)
Monday, November 8 - NO School (Veteran's Day)
Wednesday, November 10
Newtonian Gravity
HW p221 37,38
video-Death Star
Friday, November 12
Test on chapter 7
Tuesday, November 16
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 18
8.5 through 8.7
HW p261 39,64,44
Monday, November 22
start chapter 9-Solids and Fluids
9.6 Buoyancy
HW p315 36,37,39
Lab-Buoyant Force
Wednesday, November 24 - all classes meet today with dismissal at 11:30am
go over HW
Thursday, November 25-Sunday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Break
Monday, November 29
9.7 Fluids in Motion
Bernoulli's Equation
HW p317 52,56,57,85
Wednesday, December 1
chapter 13-Vibrations and Waves
13.7 through 13.9
HW p455 48 and worksheet
Friday, December 3
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Tuesday, December 7
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Thursday, December 9
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Physics of Christmas
a) video-Science of Christmas
b) Physics of Santa handout
c) Star of Bethlehem handout
go over syllabus, math check, etc.
remember the Summer work was to read chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook and do the following problems (due today):
p20 problems 4, 23, 41, 54, 55
p47-48 Multiple Choice Questions 1-12
p49 problems 6, 8, 14, 39, 59, 63
you will be quizzed on these problems on Wednesday, August 18
Monday, August 16
Lab-Displacement
p20 51,53,55,61
the chapter 2 test will be Monday, August 30
Wednesday, August 18
Quiz on Summer work
p49 11,24
Friday, August 20
p51 41,44
Lab-Velocity and Acceleration of a Hot Wheels Car
Tuesday, August 24
p52 65,75
classwork: p53 70
Thursday, August 26
Lab-Free Fall of a marble
Monday, August 30
Test for chapter 2
Wednesday, September 1
start chapter 3
p77 70,73
worksheet "Projectile Motion-horizontal launches"
Lab-Projectile Motion:horizontal motion
chapter 3 test will be Friday, September 10
Friday, September 3
p77 29,55,72
Lab-Projectile Motion launched at an angle
Monday, September 6-no school:Labor Day
Wednesday, September 8
video analysis of Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump and Wembley Stadium Jump
Friday, September 10
Test for chapter 3
Tuesday, September 14
start chapter 4: Laws of Motion
p111 19,59
Lab-Force Components
test for chapter 4 will be Tuesday, September 28
Thursday, September 16
p111 26,66,76,79
Lab-Dropping Coffee Filters to Measure Air Resistance
Monday, September 20
p111 36,64,65
Lab-Masses Connected by a String with one Mass Hanging Over an Incline
Wednesday, September 22
p111 48,53
Lab-Force of Friction
Friday, September 24
video-"Newton's Dark Secrets" - a docudrama about the life and work of physicist Isaac Newton
Tuesday, September 28
Test on chapter 4
Thursday, September 30
start chapter 5: Energy, Work, KE, PE, Conservation of Energy
p154 18,46,89
Monday, October 4
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels
Wednesday, October 6
spring potential energy and Hooke's Law
Lab-Power (running stairs)
p154 57,58,87,90
Friday, October 8
review
Monday, October 11 - NO School (Columbus Day)
Wednesday, October 13 - NO Classes (School-wide testing)
Thursday, October 14
Test on chapter 5
Monday, October 18 - NO School (faculty retreat)
Tuesday, October 19
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 27 and due back on Thursday, November 4
Thursday, October 21
Lab-Conservation of Momentum with Hot Wheels cars
Monday, October 25
video-Asteroid Apocalypse (an extreme example of momentum and collisions!)
Wednesday, October 27
glancing collisions
take-home test for chapter 6 is distributed today and due back on Thursday, November 4
Friday, October 29
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 2
centripetal acceleration
video analysis-Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing
HW p221 26,54,65
Thursday, November 4
due today: the chapter 6 take-home test
Lab-Centripetal Force of a Hot Wheels car in a Vertical Loop
Friday, November 5 - NO School (Step-Up Day)
Monday, November 8 - NO School (Veteran's Day)
Wednesday, November 10
Newtonian Gravity
HW p221 37,38
video-Death Star
Friday, November 12
Test on chapter 7
Tuesday, November 16
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 18
8.5 through 8.7
HW p261 39,64,44
Monday, November 22
start chapter 9-Solids and Fluids
9.6 Buoyancy
HW p315 36,37,39
Lab-Buoyant Force
Wednesday, November 24 - all classes meet today with dismissal at 11:30am
go over HW
Thursday, November 25-Sunday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Break
Monday, November 29
9.7 Fluids in Motion
Bernoulli's Equation
HW p317 52,56,57,85
Wednesday, December 1
chapter 13-Vibrations and Waves
13.7 through 13.9
HW p455 48 and worksheet
Friday, December 3
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Tuesday, December 7
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Thursday, December 9
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Physics of Christmas
a) video-Science of Christmas
b) Physics of Santa handout
c) Star of Bethlehem handout
Monday, March 1, 2010
Magic Mountain
The money ($47 for bus and ticket) is due no later than this Friday, March 5.
We will use the principles of physics we have learned all year to analyze the rides at Magic mountain. The students will have to use physics to determine the speeds, accelerations, and forces of their favorite rides by making some measurements on the rides.
We will use the principles of physics we have learned all year to analyze the rides at Magic mountain. The students will have to use physics to determine the speeds, accelerations, and forces of their favorite rides by making some measurements on the rides.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Semester Two Assignments for 2010
Tuesday, Jan 12
Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
Properties of Charges and Coulomb's Law
Ex p525 6,11,15
HW p525 7,12,13
Thursday, Jan 14
Electric Field and Field Lines
Ex p525 19,22,28,26,30-32
HW p525 23,29,27
Monday, Jan 18 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)
Tuesday, Jan 19
Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional chapter 15 problems: p525 52,60
Thursday, Jan 21
Test for chapter 15
Monday, Jan 25
Start chapter 16-Electrical Energy and Capacitance
Potential Difference and Electrical Potential
Electrical Potential and Potential Energy due to Point Charges
Ex p565 2,16
HW p565 6,17
Capacitance and Parallel Plate Capacitors
Ex p565 25
HW p565 29,32
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Ex p565 48
HW p565 66
Wednesday, Jan 27
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex p567 35,42
HW p567 38,44
Friday, Jan 29
Start chapter 17-Current and Resistance
1. current
2.Ohm's Law
3.resistivity
4.Electrical Energy and Power
Ex p590 7,19,37,47
HW p590 12,41,55
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take-home-due next class)
Tuesday, Feb 2
chapter 18-DC Circuits (resistors)
Ex p618 5,45
HW p618 13,48
Thursday, Feb 4
review chapters 16-18
Monday, Feb 8
test covering chapters 16-18
Wednesday, Feb 10
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 p655 2,4,12,21,36
HW p655 10,20,38
Friday, Feb 12
19.7 B Field of a long, straight wire
19.8 B force between two parallel conductors
Ex p658 44,48,57
HW p658 49,51,72,74
Monday, Feb 15 - NO SCHOOL (Presidents' Day)
Wednesday, Feb 17
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 p690 10,55,61
HW p690 17,62,63
Friday, Feb 19
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 p754 8,16,26,43
HW p754 17,27,44
Tuesday, Feb 23
test for chapters 19-20
Thursday, Feb 25
chapter 23-Lenses and Mirrors
Ex p785 11,20,28,44,52
HW Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses
Monday, Mar 1
Chapter 24-Wave Optics
24.2 Young's Double Slit Experiment
24.7 Single Slit Diffraction
Diffraction Gratings
Ex p817 11,37,63
HW p817 2,7,36
Lab-Diffraction of a Laser Light
Quiz next class on chapters 23 and 24
Wednesday, Mar 3
Quiz on chapters 23 and 24
Chapter 26-Relativity
relativistic energy
Ex p868 16,18,20
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy"
Friday, Mar 5
chapter 27-Quantum Physics
27.2 Photoelectric Effect
27.5 Compton Effect
27.6 Wave/Particle Duality
The Davisson-Germer Experiment (read through these web resources)
-this experiment is often asked about on the AP Exam
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/quantum/davger2.html
http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=AtomicNuclear_DavissonGermer.xml
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=DavissonGermer_Electron_Diffraction
Ex p889 12,26
HW p889 13,14,25,47
Tuesday, Mar 9
chapter 28-Atomic Physics
28.3 Bohr Model
Ex p911 12,14,19
HW p911 17,40,43
Thursday, Mar 11
test on chapters 26-28
Monday, Mar 15
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics and chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics
29.4 The Decay Process
Ex p934 23,24,29
HW worksheet "Chapter 29 Nuclear Physics Reactions"
chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
fission and fusion
Ex p958 2,9,12,23
HW p958 3,6,11
Wednesday, Mar 17
begin AP Physics Exam review (team competition)
Friday, Mar 19
review for AP Exam
Tuesday, Mar 23
review for AP Exam
Thursday, Mar 25
Magic Mountain calibration
March 29-April 11: NO School (Easter Break)
Tuesday, April 13
Magic Mountain PowerPoint and Ride Packet Preview
Wednesday, April 14 - Magic Mountain field trip
All Physics and AP Physics students
9:30am to 6:30pm
go to your first period class today
Thursday, Apr 15
review for AP Exam
Monday, Apr 19
review for AP Exam
Wednesday, Apr 21
review for AP Exam
Thursday, Apr 22
STEP Day
Monday, Apr 26
test-sample AP Exam (free response)-this is graded
Wednesday, Apr 28
test-sample AP Exam (multiple choice)-this is graded
Friday, Apr 30
Senior Breakfast-no seniors in class
review for AP Exam
Tuesday, May 4
review for AP Exam
Thursday, May 6
review for AP Exam
Monday, May 10
AP Physics B Exam
Wednesday, May 12
video-Trinity and Beyond
Friday, May 14
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"
Tuesday, May 18
video-"Einstein" (from the History Channel)
Thursday, May 20
finish Einstein video
video-"The Elegant Universe"
Monday, May 24
finish "Elegant Universe"
modern physics-string theory, etc.
Wednesday, May 26
Final Exam
Friday, May 28
no seniors in class/last day of class
Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
Properties of Charges and Coulomb's Law
Ex p525 6,11,15
HW p525 7,12,13
Thursday, Jan 14
Electric Field and Field Lines
Ex p525 19,22,28,26,30-32
HW p525 23,29,27
Monday, Jan 18 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)
Tuesday, Jan 19
Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional chapter 15 problems: p525 52,60
Thursday, Jan 21
Test for chapter 15
Monday, Jan 25
Start chapter 16-Electrical Energy and Capacitance
Potential Difference and Electrical Potential
Electrical Potential and Potential Energy due to Point Charges
Ex p565 2,16
HW p565 6,17
Capacitance and Parallel Plate Capacitors
Ex p565 25
HW p565 29,32
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Ex p565 48
HW p565 66
Wednesday, Jan 27
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex p567 35,42
HW p567 38,44
Friday, Jan 29
Start chapter 17-Current and Resistance
1. current
2.Ohm's Law
3.resistivity
4.Electrical Energy and Power
Ex p590 7,19,37,47
HW p590 12,41,55
Lab-Electrical Appliances (take-home-due next class)
Tuesday, Feb 2
chapter 18-DC Circuits (resistors)
Ex p618 5,45
HW p618 13,48
Thursday, Feb 4
review chapters 16-18
Monday, Feb 8
test covering chapters 16-18
Wednesday, Feb 10
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 p655 2,4,12,21,36
HW p655 10,20,38
Friday, Feb 12
19.7 B Field of a long, straight wire
19.8 B force between two parallel conductors
Ex p658 44,48,57
HW p658 49,51,72,74
Monday, Feb 15 - NO SCHOOL (Presidents' Day)
Wednesday, Feb 17
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 p690 10,55,61
HW p690 17,62,63
Friday, Feb 19
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 p754 8,16,26,43
HW p754 17,27,44
Tuesday, Feb 23
test for chapters 19-20
Thursday, Feb 25
chapter 23-Lenses and Mirrors
Ex p785 11,20,28,44,52
HW Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses
Monday, Mar 1
Chapter 24-Wave Optics
24.2 Young's Double Slit Experiment
24.7 Single Slit Diffraction
Diffraction Gratings
Ex p817 11,37,63
HW p817 2,7,36
Lab-Diffraction of a Laser Light
Quiz next class on chapters 23 and 24
Wednesday, Mar 3
Quiz on chapters 23 and 24
Chapter 26-Relativity
relativistic energy
Ex p868 16,18,20
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy"
Friday, Mar 5
chapter 27-Quantum Physics
27.2 Photoelectric Effect
27.5 Compton Effect
27.6 Wave/Particle Duality
The Davisson-Germer Experiment (read through these web resources)
-this experiment is often asked about on the AP Exam
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/quantum/davger2.html
http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=AtomicNuclear_DavissonGermer.xml
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=DavissonGermer_Electron_Diffraction
Ex p889 12,26
HW p889 13,14,25,47
Tuesday, Mar 9
chapter 28-Atomic Physics
28.3 Bohr Model
Ex p911 12,14,19
HW p911 17,40,43
Thursday, Mar 11
test on chapters 26-28
Monday, Mar 15
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics and chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
chapter 29-Nuclear Physics
29.4 The Decay Process
Ex p934 23,24,29
HW worksheet "Chapter 29 Nuclear Physics Reactions"
chapter 30-Nuclear Energy
fission and fusion
Ex p958 2,9,12,23
HW p958 3,6,11
Wednesday, Mar 17
begin AP Physics Exam review (team competition)
Friday, Mar 19
review for AP Exam
Tuesday, Mar 23
review for AP Exam
Thursday, Mar 25
Magic Mountain calibration
March 29-April 11: NO School (Easter Break)
Tuesday, April 13
Magic Mountain PowerPoint and Ride Packet Preview
Wednesday, April 14 - Magic Mountain field trip
All Physics and AP Physics students
9:30am to 6:30pm
go to your first period class today
Thursday, Apr 15
review for AP Exam
Monday, Apr 19
review for AP Exam
Wednesday, Apr 21
review for AP Exam
Thursday, Apr 22
STEP Day
Monday, Apr 26
test-sample AP Exam (free response)-this is graded
Wednesday, Apr 28
test-sample AP Exam (multiple choice)-this is graded
Friday, Apr 30
Senior Breakfast-no seniors in class
review for AP Exam
Tuesday, May 4
review for AP Exam
Thursday, May 6
review for AP Exam
Monday, May 10
AP Physics B Exam
Wednesday, May 12
video-Trinity and Beyond
Friday, May 14
video-"BBC History of WWII:Hiroshima"
Tuesday, May 18
video-"Einstein" (from the History Channel)
Thursday, May 20
finish Einstein video
video-"The Elegant Universe"
Monday, May 24
finish "Elegant Universe"
modern physics-string theory, etc.
Wednesday, May 26
Final Exam
Friday, May 28
no seniors in class/last day of class
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