Friday, August 12
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 17
Monday, August 15
Lab-Displacement
p20 51,53,55,61
the chapter 2 test will be Monday, August 29
Wednesday, August 17
Quiz on Summer work
p49 11,24
Friday, August 19
p51 41,44
Lab-Velocity and Acceleration of a Hot Wheels Car
Tuesday, August 23
AP practice problems concerning one-dimensional motion
p52 65,70,75
Thursday, August 25
Lab-Free Fall of a marble
Monday, August 29
Test for chapter 2
Wednesday, August 31
start chapter 3
ex p77 22,23,48
p77 70,73
worksheet "Projectile Motion-horizontal launches"
Lab-Projectile Motion:horizontal motion
chapter 3 test will be Friday, September 9
Friday, September 2
p77 29,55,72
Lab-Projectile Motion launched at an angle
Monday, September 5-no school:Labor Day
Wednesday, September 7
video analysis of Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump and Wembley Stadium Jump
Friday, September 9
Test for chapter 3
Tuesday, September 13
start chapter 4: Laws of Motion
p111 19,59
Lab-Force Components
test for chapter 4 will be Tuesday, September 27
Thursday, September 15
p111 26,66,76,79
Lab-Dropping Coffee Filters to Measure Air Resistance
Monday, September 19
p111 36,64,65
Lab-Masses Connected by a String with one Mass Hanging Over an Incline
Wednesday, September 21
ex p115 51,54,49
HW p111 48,53
Lab-Force of Friction
Friday, September 23
video-"Newton's Dark Secrets" - a docudrama about the life and work of physicist Isaac Newton
AP practice multiple choice questions concerning forces
Tuesday, September 27
Test on chapter 4
Thursday, September 29
start chapter 5: Energy, Work, KE, PE, Conservation of Energy
p154 18,46,89
Monday, October 3
Lab-Conservation of Energy with Hot Wheels
Wednesday, October 5
spring potential energy and Hooke's Law
Lab-Power (running stairs)
p154 57,58,87,90
Friday, October 7
review
Monday, October 10 - NO School (Columbus Day)
Wednesday, October 12 - NO Classes (School-wide testing)
Thursday, October 13
Test on chapter 5
Monday, October 17
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 Friday, October 21 and due back on Monday, October 31
Wednesday, October 19
Lab-Conservation of Momentum with Hot Wheels cars
Friday, October 21
video-Asteroid Apocalypse (an extreme example of momentum and collisions!)
take-home test for chapter 6 is distributed today and due back on Monday, October 31
Tuesday, October 25
glancing collisions
Thursday, October 27
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, October 31
due today: the chapter 6 take-home test
centripetal acceleration
video analysis-Steve Trotter Pendulum Swing
HW p221 26,54,65
Wednesday, November 2
Lab-Centripetal Force of a Hot Wheels car in a Vertical Loop
Friday, November 4 - NO School (8th Grade Step-Up Day)
Monday, November 7
Newtonian Gravity
HW p221 33,34,37,38
video-Death Star
The Physics of the "Star Wars" Death Star-the energy needed to blow up a planet
Wednesday, November 9
Test on chapter 7
Friday, November 11 - NO School (Veterans' Day)
Monday, November 14
Start chapter 8:Rotational Motion
sections 8.1 through 8.4
HW p257 9,18,31 (for 31, just calculate the center of mass)
Wednesday, November 16
8.5 through 8.7
HW p261 39,64,44
Friday, November 18
start chapter 9-Solids and Fluids
9.6 Buoyancy
HW p315 36,37,39
Lab-Buoyant Force
Tuesday, November 22
go over HW
AP Review problems
Thursday, November 24-Sunday, November 27: Thanksgiving Break
Monday, November 28
9.7 Fluids in Motion
Bernoulli's Equation
HW p317 52,56,57,85
Wednesday, November 30
chapter 13-Vibrations and Waves
13.7 through 13.9
HW p455 48 and worksheet
Friday, December 2
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Tuesday, December 6
review using sample AP Physics test questions
Thursday, December 8
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
Christmas Lighting Technology
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
2nd Semester Assignments
Monday, January 10
Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
Properties of Charges and Coulomb's Law
Ex p525 6,11,15
HW p525 7,12,13
Wednesday, January 12
Electric Field and Field Lines
Ex p525 19,22,28,26,30-32
HW p525 23,29,27
Friday, January 14
Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional chapter 15 problems: p525 52,60
Monday, January 17 - NO School (MLK Day)
Wednesday, January 19
Test for chapter 15
Friday, January 21
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
Tuesday, January 25
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex p567 35,42
HW p567 38,44
Thursday, January 27
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)
Monday, January 31
chapter 18-DC Circuits (resistors)
Ex p618 5,45
HW p618 13,48
Wednesday, February 2
review chapters 16-18
Friday, February 4
test covering chapters 16-18
Tuesday, February 8
chapter 19-Magnetism
Earth's Magnetism (and South Atlantic Anomaly-http://srag-nt.jsc.nasa.gov/SpaceRadiation/What/What.cfm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly
19.3 Magnetic Fields
Right Hand Rule - http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/SeatExpts/resource/rhr/rhr.htm
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
Thursday, February 10
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, February 14
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
Wednesday, February 16
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
Friday, February 18
test for chapters 19-20
Monday, February 21 - NO School (Presidents' Day)
Wednesday, February 23
chapter 23-Lenses and Mirrors
Ex p785 11,20,28,44,52
HW Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses
Friday, February 25
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
Tuesday, March 1
Quiz on chapters 23 and 24
Chapter 26-Relativity
relativistic energy
Ex p868 16,18,20
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy"
Thursday, March 3
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
Monday, March 7
chapter 28-Atomic Physics
28.3 Bohr Model
Ex p911 12,14,19
HW p911 17,40,43
Wednesday, March 9
test on chapters 26-28
Friday, March 11
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
Tuesday, March 15
Chapter 10-Thermal Physics
10.1 Temperature and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
10.4 Macroscopic Description of an Ideal Gas
10.5 Kinetic Theory of Gases
Ex p349 32,35,40,43
HW p349 37, 39,42
Japanese Nuclear Power Plant accident:
click here for news story and digrams
Radiation and Radiation Sickness:
click here for article
Wednesday, March 16 - ITED Testing 9am-12noon
Friday, March 18 - NO School (Bishop's Holiday)
Monday, March 21 - NO School (Bishop's Holiday)
Japan's Nuclear Reactor Accident Explained
click here for an interactive lesson
How is Japan's Nuclear Disaster Different?
click here for article
Tuesday, March 22
Chapter 11-Energy in Thermal Processes
11.1 Heat and Internal Energy
11.2 Specific Heat
11.3 Calorimetry
Ex p379-380 1,19,20
HW p379-380 6,16,18,
Thursday, March 24
Magic Mountain Calibration
Monday, March 28
Chapter 12-The Laws of Thermodynamics
12.1 Work in Thermodynamic Processes (PV diagrams)
12.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics
12.3 Thermal Processes (Adiabatic-no energy enters or leaves by heat; Isothermal-temp doesn't change)
12.4 Heat Engines and the Second Law (also Carnot Engine)
12.5 Entropy
Ex p419-423 4,5,18,24,29,31
HW p419-423 10,17,26,30
Tuesday, March 29 - Magic Mountain Physics Field Trip
All Physics and AP Physics students who registered
9:30am to 6:30pm
go to your first period class today
Wednesday, March 30
begin AP Physics Exam review (team competition)
Friday, April 1
practice AP Physics multiple choice test
Tuesday, April 5
practice AP Physics multiple choice test
Thursday, April 7
practice AP Physics multiple choice test
Monday, April 11
GRADED AP Physics multiple choice test (counts toward exam grade)
Wednesday, April 13
GRADED AP Physics free response test (counts toward exam grade)
Friday, April 15 - Senior Breakfast
go over exams/review
Tuesday, April 19 STEP Day - Special Schedule (1-7)
Wednesday, April 20-Sunday, May 1 (Easter Vacation)
Monday, May 2
review
Wednesday, May 4
review
Friday, May 6
review
Sunday, May 8-the day before the official AP Physics Exam
get a good night sleep-last minute cramming will not help, but a lack of sleep will hurt your score
you have studied and prepared all year and increased your focus during the last month, so relax at this point
Monday, May 9 - AP Physics Exam
this is the real deal-you are prepared
Good Luck!
Tuesday, May 10
special topics in physics
Thursday, May 12
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Monday, May 16
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Wednesday, May 18
Final Exam taken in class by all students
Friday, May 20
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Tuesday, May 24
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Start chapter 15-Electric Forces and Fields
Properties of Charges and Coulomb's Law
Ex p525 6,11,15
HW p525 7,12,13
Wednesday, January 12
Electric Field and Field Lines
Ex p525 19,22,28,26,30-32
HW p525 23,29,27
Friday, January 14
Lab-Charges on Balloons
additional chapter 15 problems: p525 52,60
Monday, January 17 - NO School (MLK Day)
Wednesday, January 19
Test for chapter 15
Friday, January 21
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
Tuesday, January 25
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex p567 35,42
HW p567 38,44
Thursday, January 27
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)
Monday, January 31
chapter 18-DC Circuits (resistors)
Ex p618 5,45
HW p618 13,48
Wednesday, February 2
review chapters 16-18
Friday, February 4
test covering chapters 16-18
Tuesday, February 8
chapter 19-Magnetism
Earth's Magnetism (and South Atlantic Anomaly-http://srag-nt.jsc.nasa.gov/SpaceRadiation/What/What.cfm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly
19.3 Magnetic Fields
Right Hand Rule - http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/SeatExpts/resource/rhr/rhr.htm
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
Thursday, February 10
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, February 14
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
Wednesday, February 16
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
Friday, February 18
test for chapters 19-20
Monday, February 21 - NO School (Presidents' Day)
Wednesday, February 23
chapter 23-Lenses and Mirrors
Ex p785 11,20,28,44,52
HW Ray Diagram worksheets
Lab-Lenses
Friday, February 25
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
Tuesday, March 1
Quiz on chapters 23 and 24
Chapter 26-Relativity
relativistic energy
Ex p868 16,18,20
HW worksheet "Relativistic Energy"
Thursday, March 3
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
Monday, March 7
chapter 28-Atomic Physics
28.3 Bohr Model
Ex p911 12,14,19
HW p911 17,40,43
Wednesday, March 9
test on chapters 26-28
Friday, March 11
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
Tuesday, March 15
Chapter 10-Thermal Physics
10.1 Temperature and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
10.4 Macroscopic Description of an Ideal Gas
10.5 Kinetic Theory of Gases
Ex p349 32,35,40,43
HW p349 37, 39,42
Japanese Nuclear Power Plant accident:
click here for news story and digrams
Radiation and Radiation Sickness:
click here for article
Wednesday, March 16 - ITED Testing 9am-12noon
Friday, March 18 - NO School (Bishop's Holiday)
Monday, March 21 - NO School (Bishop's Holiday)
Japan's Nuclear Reactor Accident Explained
click here for an interactive lesson
How is Japan's Nuclear Disaster Different?
click here for article
Tuesday, March 22
Chapter 11-Energy in Thermal Processes
11.1 Heat and Internal Energy
11.2 Specific Heat
11.3 Calorimetry
Ex p379-380 1,19,20
HW p379-380 6,16,18,
Thursday, March 24
Magic Mountain Calibration
Monday, March 28
Chapter 12-The Laws of Thermodynamics
12.1 Work in Thermodynamic Processes (PV diagrams)
12.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics
12.3 Thermal Processes (Adiabatic-no energy enters or leaves by heat; Isothermal-temp doesn't change)
12.4 Heat Engines and the Second Law (also Carnot Engine)
12.5 Entropy
Ex p419-423 4,5,18,24,29,31
HW p419-423 10,17,26,30
Tuesday, March 29 - Magic Mountain Physics Field Trip
All Physics and AP Physics students who registered
9:30am to 6:30pm
go to your first period class today
Wednesday, March 30
begin AP Physics Exam review (team competition)
Friday, April 1
practice AP Physics multiple choice test
Tuesday, April 5
practice AP Physics multiple choice test
Thursday, April 7
practice AP Physics multiple choice test
Monday, April 11
GRADED AP Physics multiple choice test (counts toward exam grade)
Wednesday, April 13
GRADED AP Physics free response test (counts toward exam grade)
Friday, April 15 - Senior Breakfast
go over exams/review
Tuesday, April 19 STEP Day - Special Schedule (1-7)
Wednesday, April 20-Sunday, May 1 (Easter Vacation)
Monday, May 2
review
Wednesday, May 4
review
Friday, May 6
review
Sunday, May 8-the day before the official AP Physics Exam
get a good night sleep-last minute cramming will not help, but a lack of sleep will hurt your score
you have studied and prepared all year and increased your focus during the last month, so relax at this point
Monday, May 9 - AP Physics Exam
this is the real deal-you are prepared
Good Luck!
Tuesday, May 10
special topics in physics
Thursday, May 12
special topics in physics
Monday, May 16
special topics in physics
Wednesday, May 18
Final Exam taken in class by all students
Friday, May 20
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Tuesday, May 24
special topics in physics
Thursday, May 26 - last day of class!
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