Last update:
27 Aug 2010

Conceptual Physics Course Calendar

NOTE: Dates & assignments are subject to change!

8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 Week 0
               
               
               
Mr. White's Conceptual Physics Course, First Quarter, 2010-2011    
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT LAB
8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 Week 1
Open testing Teacher Meetings Teacher Meetings   LECTURE: Introduction to Course, Website Orientation.
ACTIVITY: Velocity of Cars
LECTURE: Intro to Science, scientific method   LAB: No lab this week!
        HW: Read Chapter 1--reading quiz tomorrow! HW: Read Sec 2.1 to 2.3, do Chapter 2 Review Questions #1, 2, 4-8   HW:
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9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 Week 2
Open testing Holiday-Labor Day LECTURE: Motion, Speed, Velocity   LECTURE: Acceleration, Introduce Free-Fall, How fast, how far, how quickly how fast changes LECTURE: More acceleration   LAB: Average Speed
    HW: Read Sec 2.4, do problems 9-14, 26-30, 43-46   HW: Read Sec 2.5, 2.6, do problems 15-21, 31-33, front side of Wksht 2-1 HW: Read Sec 2.7, 2.8, do problems 22-25, 34-39, back side of Wksht 2-1   HW:
               
9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 Week 3
Test B LECTURE: Questions on homework, Review Velocity, Acceleration & Freefall; Wksht 2-2 LECTURE: Physlets, graphs of motion, air resistance, Demo-Physlets   LECTURE: Introduce vectors, scalars, velocity vectors, components of vectors; introduce projectile motion LECTURE: Projectile problems, including Nerf guns (Projectile motion lab) Rosh Hashanah LAB: Conceptual Graphing
  HW: Problems from Chapter 2, 40-50 HW: Appendix F, p. 660: Read Chapter 2 Summary carefully, including sample problems. Then do Practice Problems 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 28   HW: Wksht 3-2: Vectors; Read 3.1 to 3.4 and do 1-4, 7-10, 19, 20 HW: Read 3.5 to 3.6 and do 11-18   HW:
           
9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 Week 4
Test A LECTURE: More projectile problems, introduce upwardly launched projectiles; Wksht 3-1 LECTURE: Review projectile motion, more upwardly launched projectiles. Begin Review Packet   LECTURE: Review for exam LECTURE: Test on Chapters 2, 3, unit conversions   LAB: Intro to Inertia (Asteroids)
  HW: Appendix F, Chapter 3, problems 1-3, 12-14 HW: Review 3.1-3.4, read 3.5-3.6. Do problems at end of Chapter 3: 19, 20, 21, 24, 31.   HW: Review for exam HW: Read 4.1 to 4.4   HW:
             
9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 10/1 10/2  
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10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 Week 5
Test B Francis Wass Day LECTURE: Discuss Galileo, inertia, mass vs. weight   LECTURE: Discuss net force, static and dynamic equilibrium LECTURE: Go over Ch 4 problems and introduce Newton's 2nd Law, F(net)=ma   LAB: SI system and Unit Conversion
    HW: Read 4.5; do problems at end of Chapter 4: 1-13, Worksheet 4-1 (front side)   HW: Read 4.6, 4.7, 4.9; do problem 14-25. Worksheet 4-2 (back side) HW: Read 5.1 - 5.3, do problems from Appendix F, Chapter 4, 1-6, 9, 10.   HW:
             
10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 Week 6
Test A LECTURE:Discuss net force, static and dynamic equilibrium; Worksheet 4-3 in class; Discussion Board assignment begins! LECTURE: Discuss Friction; Worksheet 5-1 in class PSAT Day   LECTURE: Discuss Falling, & Air Resistance; Worksheet 5-2 in class   LAB: Skateboards (Newton's 2nd Law)
  HW: Do Chapter 4, problems 26-30; Chapter 5: Read 5.4, do problems 1-9, 19-21. HW: Read 5.6 to 5.7 and do Chapter 5 problems 12-16, 18, 24-26, 28, 31-33.     HW: Do Chapter 5 problems 35-38, 40-44.   HW:
           
10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 Week 7
Test B LECTURE: Introduce Newton's 3rd Law; Action/reaction on different masses, force pairs do not cancel. LECTURE: Horse-Cart problem; Worksheet 6-1 (front side); problems 9-17 in class   LECTURE: Worksheet 6-1 (back side), do problems 31-39 in class. LECTURE: Summary of Newton's 3 Laws of Motion   LAB: Mechanical Universe (Newton's Laws)
  HW: Read 6.1 to 6.4 and do Chapter 6 problems 1-8. HW: Read 6.5 to 6.7, do Chapter 6 problems 19-30.   HW: HW: Study for test!   HW:
             
10/24 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30 Week 8
Test A LECTURE: Review for test LECTURE: Test on Chapters 4-6   LECTURE: Introduce Momentum / Impulse; get Review Packet for Newton's Laws test LECTURE: Halloween Speed Test!   LAB: Newton's Laws of Motion Review Lab
  HW: Study for test! HW: Relax!   HW: Read 7-1, 7-2, 7-3; begin working on Review Packet HW: Study for test!   HW:
             
10/31 11/1 11/2 11/3 11/4 11/5 11/6 Week 9
Test B LECTURE: Introduce Momentum / Impulse LECTURE: Review momentum, discuss bouncing, Law of Conservation of Momentum, collision   LECTURE: Finish momentum, do Wksht 7-1 in class, introduce Work, Power, Mechanical Energy LECTURE: Discuss potential, kinetic energy, conservation of energy   LAB: Conservation of Momentum (Kickball)
  HW: Read 7.4 to 7.5 (skip 7.6) and do Chapter 7 problems 1-13. HW: Do Chapter 7 problems 14-17, 19-22, 23, 24, 26, 27.   HW: Appendix F, Chapter 7, problems 1-9. Read 8.1-8.3. HW: Read 8.4 to 8.6 and do Chapter 8 problems 1-11.   HW:
           
Mr. White's Conceptual Physics Course, Second Quarter, 2010-2011    
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11/7 11/8 11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 Week 10
Open testing LECTURE: Do problems 21-28 in class LECTURE: Mechanical Universe video--Conservation of Energy   LECTURE: Review, do Wksht 8-2, Wksht 8-3 LECTURE: Finish Wksht 8-3   LAB: Conservation of Energy (Pendulum w/ photogates)
  HW: Appendix F, Chapter 8, problems 1-9, 12, 18, 19, 21 HW:   HW: Worksheet on Unit Conversion HW:   HW:
           
11/14 11/15 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20 Week 11
Test A LECTURE: Impulse analysis in Kickball; Review Packet available LECTURE: Momentum review   LECTURE: Momentum review LECTURE: Momentum Packet, Review Packet solutions available   LAB: Conservation of Energy & Momentum (Ballistic pendulum, Tarzan)
  HW: Work on Review Packet HW: Work on Review Packet, Momentum Packet   HW: Work on Review Packet, Momentum Packet HW: Work on Review Packet, Momentum Packet   HW:
             
11/21 11/22 11/23 11/24 11/25 11/26 11/27 Week 12 (short)
Open testing LECTURE: Test on Chapters 7-8 LECTURE: Thanksgiving Speed Test Holiday: Thanksgiving Holiday: Thanksgiving Holiday: Thanksgiving   LAB: No lab this week
  HW: Relax HW: Relax!         HW:
               
11/28 11/29 11/30 12/1 12/2 12/3 12/4 Week 13 (short)
Test B LECTURE: Introduce Chapter 17, handout Periodic tables; Atoms, Molecules, Elements, Compounds LECTURE: The Atomic Nucleus, Electrons, Periodic table, periodic trends, electron shells (energy levels)   LECTURE: More on the Periodic Table LECTURE: Wksht on Atoms & the Periodic Table   LAB: Mechanical Universe (Models of the Atom)
  HW: Read Ch 17.1-17.6; do Chapter 17 problems 1-3, 7, 9-13 HW: Read 17.7-17.9; do Chapter 17 problems 14-25.   HW: Wksht 1-Periodic Table; do Ch 17 problems 26-34. HW:   HW:
             
12/5 12/6 12/7 12/8 12/9 12/10 12/11 Week 14
Test A LECTURE: Density; Intro to Sig Figs. Review Packet available LECTURE: Continue SigFigs   LECTURE: Continue SigFigs LECTURE: Review   LAB: Density
  HW: Read Sec 18.1, 18.2; do Ch18 problems 1-8, 21, 22. HW: Do Significant Figures worksheet   HW: Do Significant Figures worksheet HW:   HW:
               
12/12 12/13 12/14 12/15 12/16 12/17 12/18 Week 15
One major assessement LECTURE: Test Ch 17 LECTURE: Phases of matter, Discuss atmospheric pressure, barometers.   LECTURE: Boyle's Law and Charles' Law LECTURE: Holiday Speed Test   LAB: Intro to Egg Drop Competition
    HW: Read 20.1 to 20.3, 20.5.; Do Chapter 20 problems 1-9. 12, 18-26, 28   HW: HW:   HW:
               
12/19 12/20 12/21 12/22 12/23 12/24 12/25 Week 16
  Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break    
               
               
12/26 12/27 12/28 12/29 12/30 12/31 1/1  
  Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break Holiday: Winter Break    
               
               
1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 Week 17
Open testing LECTURE: Introduce Temperature, Heat, Thermal Equilibrium, Internal Energy, LECTURE: Specific Heat Capacity   LECTURE: Discuss Heat Transfer, Significant Figures for Adding & Subtracting LECTURE: Discuss Newton's Law of Cooling, Greenhouse Effect   LAB: Egg Drop Competition all week!
  HW: Read Ch 21, skipping Section 21-8; Do Ch 21 problems 1-8. HW: Do Ch 21 problems 9-12, 15-24.   HW: Read 22.1-22.3, do Chapter 22 problems 1-11. HW: Read 22.4-22.7, do Chapter 22 problems 12-20.   HW:
               
1/9 1/10 1/11 1/12 1/13 1/14 1/15 Week 18 (overflow)
Dead Week LEC: Quiz on Ch 20-22 LEC: Discuss midterm format, look at old tests, Review for midterm exam   LEC: Review Semester Exams   LAB: No lab this week
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1/16 1/17 1/18 1/19 1/20 1/21 1/22 Week 19 - Finals Week
  Holiday: MLK, Jr. Day Semester Exams Semester Exams Semester Exams Semester Exams   LAB:
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