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8/23 no school |
8/24 (Early Dismissal) syllabus and web pages textbooks HW: Read section 2.1; do Basics sheet |
8/25 short pop quiz? Fermi questions using calculators, scientific notation, SI units and prefixes, factor-label method, sig figs problem solution format HW: Physics Skills sheet |
8/26 (3rd bell out for assembly) position, displacement, average velocity, time constant velocity prelab HW: Constant Velocity? sheet |
8/27 (underclass picture day) Lab: Constant Velocity vectors & scalars, constant velocity, distance, speed HW: Ch 3 AC #3, 5; Prob #2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
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8/30 Quiz over units, prefixes, and sig figs p-t graphs, +/- and instantaneous velocity, using v-t graphs simulation activity HW:Using p-t and v-t Graphs |
8/31 Speed on Speed prelab HW: Ch 3 RC #5-8; AC #6-9; Prob #15-22 |
9/1 HW: finish lab analysis sheet |
9/2 Graph Matching Challenge
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9/3 video analysis of motion HW: Ch 3 Question Set A part 2 |
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9/6 No school |
9/7 more practice HW: Ch 3 SP #1-7, 9-11 |
9/8 review |
9/9 Ch 3 Test |
9/10 average acceleration, a and graphs problem-solving simulation activity HW: Ch 4 PP #1-8 |
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9/13 0-60 in 5 miles Back to the Future problem-solving demo: ball on ramp HW: Ch 4 PP #9-11, 13-15, 17-19, 21-23 |
9/14 Lab: Ball Toss HW: finish lab sheet |
9/15 free fall, acceleration due to gravity (dropped objects) more constant acceleration practice demo: penny & feather free fall in air and in a vacuum falling hammer & feather on the moon HW: Read pgs. 76-77; do Ch 4 RC #8-10; AC #7; Prob. #30, 31, 35 |
9/16 No school |
9/17 more free fall (thrown objects) simulations HW: Ch 4 Question Set B #4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18 |
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9/20 some review HW: Acceleration Problem Review sheet |
9/21 Chapter 4 Test |
9/22 guest speaker motion according to the ancient Greeks kinematics and dynamics, Aristotle station activity: Can We Save the Appearances for Aristotle? HW: Read Free Fall packet; answer Q1 and Q2 |
9/23 discuss and present conclusions from yesterday's activity station activity: How Do Objects Start, Keep, and Stop Moving? HW: Read The Birth of Dynamics; answer Q1, Q2, and Q3 |
9/24 Lab: Newton's Second Law (w/ computers) HW:
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9/27 guest speaker Galileo, Newton's Laws of Motion problem-solving (accelerations using Newton's 2nd law) demo: Action and Reaction Forces (w/computer) Newton's 3rd law applied to helicopter (with clip from Black Hawk Down) HW: Ch 5 PP #1-4; RC #2-4; AC #2-4 |
9/28 discussion Julius Sumner Miller on Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia problem-solving (calculating mass/weight, using Newton's 2nd law) HW: Ch 5 Prob. #1-2, 4-7, 9-13 |
9/29 problem-solving video clip: Newton's Three Laws of Motion |
9/30 quiz (Newton's laws of motion) video clip: friction problem-solving HW: Ch 5 PP #9-12 |
10/1 Lab: Static and Kinetic Friction HW: Ch 5 AC #6-9; Prob. #14-16 |
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10/4 postlab analysis (using Graphical Analysis to process your friction lab data) net force and acceleration problem-solving HW: Free Body Diagrams |
10/5 Net Force Problems fall of bodies in air terminal velocity problem-solving net force and acceleration with friction HW: Net Force Problems 2 |
10/6 review |
10/7 Ch 5 Test |
10/8 wing dynamics and flight video clip: The Story of the Wright Brothers: The Dynamics of Flight paper airplane dynamics Ken Blackburn's "simple airplane" (homecoming pep assembly in afternoon) |
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10/11 |
10/12 continue video |
10/13 continue video (PSAT testing) |
10/14 continue video |
10/15 finish video |
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10/18 lab: graphical resolution of three forces (using spring scales) |
10/19 independence of vector quantities some trig (SOH CAH TOA) HW: finish Introduction to Vectors sheet; do handout problems #4-7 |
10/20 pulling a sled at an angle simulation activity: Adding Vectors by Components HW: Ch 6 PP #11-13; Prob. #21-24 |
10/21 Ch 6 Quiz #1 (combining vectors using graphical method and perpendicular vectors using analytical method) X-plane dynamics HW: Resolving Vectors sheet #1-4, 6-7, 9-10 |
10/22 adding non-perpendicular vectors HW: Adding Vectors Algebraically sheet #1, 2, and 4
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10/25 review and practice net force and equilibrium (hanging sign, etc.) HW: Ch 6 PP #17-21 |
10/26 intro to bridge design |
10/27 quiz (adding non-perpendicular vectors) begin popsicle/craft stick bridge truss activity |
10/28 continue truss design and construction |
10/29 No classes |
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11/1 continue truss design and construction intro to Mechanics Project (design of bridge, tower, bottle rocket, etc.) Downloadable Forms: HW: |
11/2 Truss Testing info about UC High School Bridge Building Competition |
11/3 guest speakers: Dr. Lisa Abrams and Dr. Jim Moller (Miami University School of Engineering & Applied Science) engineering and the engineering design process |
11/4 ramp dynamics project planning HW: Ch 6 PP #23-26
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11/5 project planning HW: |
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11/8 test remaining trusses review: Ch 3 RC #2-4 Ch 6 RC #1, 8; AC #3, 4, 9; Prob #15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 31 |
11/0 (NHS ceremony) Ch 6 Test |
11/10 (Camp Kern) review gravitational force and inclined planes |
11/11 (Camp Kern) (early dismissal for conferences) quiz over gravitational force and inclined planes |
11/12 (Camp Kern) project work |
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11/15 intro to projectile motion horizontally launched projectiles HW: Ch 7 Problem Set A: Horizontally Launched Projectiles |
11/16 projectiles launched at any angle HW: Ch 7 PP #5-8 |
11/17 review and practice demo: video analysis of motion of a horizontally-launched projectile activity: Video Analysis of Non-horizontal Projectile Motion |
11/18 Chapter 7 Quiz (projectiles only) intro to circular motion |
11/19 centripetal acceleration HW: Circular Motion Problem Set A |
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11/22 centripetal force James Bond in a centrifuge, space station simulated gravity, Ringworld HW: Circular Motion Problem Set B |
11/23 PROJECT LAB DAY |
11/24 no school |
11/25 no school |
11/26 no school |
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11/29 review HW: Ch 7 Prob. #13-20 |
11/30 PROJECT LAB DAY |
12/1 review |
12/2 Chapter 7 Test |
12/3 planetary motion, Kepler's laws, universal gravitation HW: Ch 8 RC #4-5; AC #2-3; Prob. #6-16 even |
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12/6 "weighing" Earth calculating g on the surface of a planet of known radius and mass HW: Gravitational Force sheet odd problems; also determine "g" on the "surface" of: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto |
12/7 video: Black Holes HW: Ch 8 PP #1-3 |
12/8 Ch 8 Quiz |
12/9 momentum and impulse Momentum & Impulse Stations HW: Ch 9 PP #1-4 |
12/10 review |
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12/13 exam review |
12/14 exam review |
12/15 exams |
12/16 exams |
12/17 exams |
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1/3 exam scores writing your project Summary Report review of impulse and momentum video clips: Mars mission entry and landing introduce The Great Egg Drop |
1/4 construction of egg drop crates |
1/5 The Great Egg Drop |
1/6 intro to conservation of momentum, explosions HW: Momentum Practice Exercises sheet |
1/7 review video clip: Physics: A World in Motion: Collinear Momentum HW: Ch 9 Prob. #16-17, 19-20, 22-23 |
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1/10 (substitute) video: NOVA: Welcome to Mars |
1/11 brief intro to conservation of momentum in two dimensions HW: sheet A #2, 4, 7; sheet B #2, 5, 6; sheet C #4, 7 |
1/12 review |
1/13 Ch 9 Test |
1/14 Projects Due (including Summary Report) work and energy power HW: Read section 10.1; do PP #1-7, 9-11; RC #1-5 |
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1/17 No school |
1/18
HW: Ch 11 RC #2,4,7; AC #2,4,6; Prob. #4, 6, 12, 14 |
1/19
HW: Ch 11 SP #1-10 |
1/20 (substitute) video: NOVA: Galileo's Battle For the Heavens |
1/21 continue video |
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1/24 continue video review HW: Ch 11 PP #1a-c, 2-3, 5-7 |
1/25 finish video energy stored by a compressed or stretched spring HW: problems of side two of "Remember Hooke's Law" sheet |
1/26 review |
1/27 quiz over 10.1, 11.1, springs conservation of energy and work done on/by systems HW: Energy Accounting sheet (Identify + or - work and "zeros" only.) |
1/28 practice conservation of energy HW: solve problems on the Energy Accounting sheet |
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1/31 lab activity: collect force vs. distance data for a stretched spring conservation of energy on a roller coaster HW: solve for v's at points C, D, and E on coaster example; do Conservation of Energy Problem Set A |
2/1 lab activity: graph lab data, finding slope and integral for your F vs. x graph
HW: Ch 11 SP #11-12 |
2/2 review |
2/3 Ch 10 & 11 Test |
2/4 intro to electrostatics demos: charged rods, pith ball, balloon HW: Read section 20.1; do CR #1.1-1.4 |
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2/7 demos: bending a stream of water, charging an electroscope electroscope, charging by conduction and induction Coulomb's law HW: Read chapter 20; do Electric Charges & Forces sheet |
2/8 superposition principle review and practice HW: Practice Exercises #1-5 and Superposition Principle Problems |
2/9 equilibrium Coulomb Gauntlet activity HW: Coulomb's Law & Equilibrium sheet |
2/10 review and practice |
2/11 (substitute) |
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2/14 video: NOVA: Lightning |
2/15 finish video intro to electric fields HW: Read section 21.1 carefully; do CR #1.1-1.3 and PP #1-4 |
2/16 electric fields around multiple charges Multiple Charge E-Field activity HW: Ch 21 RC #1-5, Prob. #1-3 |
2/17 Multiple Charge E-Field Matching activity electric potential, potential difference (voltage), and uniform fields HW: Read pages 431-434; do PP #5-8, RC #6-9 |
2/18 (UC High School Bridge Building Competition) (shortened bell schedule for early dismissal) (substitute) Julius Sumner Miller video |
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2/21 No school |
2/22 sharing charge HW: |
2/23 storing charge, capicitors and capacitance, energy stored in a capacitor demo: Leyden jar and Van de Graaf generator HW: Capacitance sheet |
2/24 review HW: Electrostatics Test Review packet |
2/25 Ch 20 & 21 Test |
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2/28 producing electric current, electric circuits, rates of charge flow and energy transfer HW: Read pages 448-451 of chapter 22. Do RC #1, 2, 4; PP #1-4 |
3/1 resistance, Ohm's law demo: cooking a hot dog, pencil lead dimmer, toaster heating element HW: Read pgs. 451-453. Do PP #5-10; RC #3, 5; AC #2-4, 6-8 |
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3/3 diagramming circuits lab: Getting Aquainted with Circuits |
3/4 energy transfer in electric circuits (P=I2R), the kilowatt hour Quiz over electric current, circuits, energy transfer, resistance and Ohm's law(study pages 448-453 and your notes and homework) HW: Submit Chapter 22 Review Problem Set A through WebAssign at least once by 8 a.m. Monday, March 7. Final submission is due by 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 9th. (Up to five submissions are allowed.) |
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3/7 resistance and voltage in series and parallel circuits HW: Read pages 470-478; do Ch 23 PP #1-6, 9-11 |
3/8 combination circuits prelab (measuring voltage and current, ammeters and voltmeters) in-class assignment before lab: Prelab: Voltages in Circuits sheet Lab: Voltages in Circuits |
3/9 (WebAssignment due) finish lab some review HW: Practice Exercises sheet |
3/10 Chapter 23 quiz #1 TBA |
3/11 (WebAssignment due) HW: TBA |
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3/14 review |
3/15 Ch 22 & 23 Test |
3/16 intro to waves HW: Waves sheet |
3/17 (shortened bell schedule) reflection, refraction, and diffraction HW: Ch 14 PP #1-4; CR #1.1-1.2 |
3/18 (bells 6 & 7 do not meet) review and practice |
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3/21 standing waves on a spring demo: standing waves on a slinky |
3/22 WebAssignment (Chapter 14 Review Problem Set A) due 8 AM TODAY Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse harmonics and speed of waves on a string demo: string harmonics Activity Links: Simulation One HW: Waves Question Set A |
3/23 string harmonics in music review |
3/24 WebAssignment (Chapter 14 Review Problem Set B) due 8 AM TODAY quiz over waves |
3/25 No school |
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4/4 sound as wave, speed of sound, Doppler shift demos: ringing bell in a vacuum, speed of asound in cardboard tube, Doppler shift of a whirling beeper HW: Intro to Sound sheet |
4/5 closed and open pipe resonators HW: Pipe Harmonics sheet |
4/6 Lab: Resonance in a Closed Tube
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4/7 WebAssignment (Chapter 15 Review Problem Set A) due 8 AM TODAY intro PVC flute activity HW: calculate length of pipe and tone hole locations for PVC flute |
4/8 cut PVC for flutes drill finger holes for flutes |
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4/11 continue drilling PVC work on WebAssignment |
4/12 continue drilling PVC discussion work on WebAssignment hints for WebAssignment |
4/13 WebAssignment (Chapter 15 Review Problem Set B) due 8 AM TODAY musical instruments in more depth |
4/14 Kings Island forms and money due!!! review |
4/15 Ch 14 & 15 Test |
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4/18 video: Einstein |
4/19 Light Stations I |
4/20 EM waves, EM spectrum, speed of light |
4/21 finish speed of light |
4/22 absorption, reflection, and transmission of light |
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4/25 Light Bulb Efficacies activity lab: Light, Brightness and Distance |
4/26 (substitute) video: Einstein (continued) |
4/27 What is the Relationship Between Light Output and Illumination? (processing lab data) lights sources and illumination |
4/28 color addition demo: colored flood lights PowerPoint color activity HW: Adding Colors sheet |
4/29 color subtraction demos: color filters, various items printed using 4-color process HW: Color sheet |
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5/2 (APs this week) thin film interference thin film interference simulation demos: reduced glare lenses and $20 bill HW: Thin Film Interference sheet |
5/3 (APs this week) polarization of light demos: removing glare, combining polarizing filters (two and three), rotation of light by corn syrup, effect of polarizing filter on light from the LCD projector, iceland spar polarizing filter can reduce glare orientation of a polarizing filter polarized light hitting a molecule HW: Polarization of Light sheet
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5/4 (APs this week) work on WebAssignment |
5/5 (APs this week) refraction, index of refraction, Snell's law work on WebAssignments |
5/6 (APs this week) review and practice work on WebAssignments |
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5/9 (APs this week) Light Stations II work on WebAssignments |
5/10 (APs this week) demo: laser with fiber optic cable and plastic rod/bars, jar of water HW: Critical Angle sheet |
5/11 (APs this week) review and practice Reflect or Refract WebAssignment (Chapter 16 Review Problem Set A) due 8 AM today |
5/12 (APs this week) The Cut of a Diamond WebAssignment (Chapter 17 Review Problem Set A) due 8 AM today |
5/13 (APs this week) No school May Fete |
Kings Island Math & Science Day May 18th !!!
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