1st Semester Assignments 2011-12

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