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! |
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| 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 | |
| Trips Week | Trips Week | Trips Week | Trips Week | Trips Week | |||
| 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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