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