Conceptual Physics Course Calendar
NOTE: Dates & assignments are subject to change!
Also, please note that Mr. White's F period Conceptual Physics class—the one that you're taking from me—does NOT meet on Wednesdays ordinarily. The Tuesday spot on this calendar indicates material covered on Tuesday morning during X period, and the Wednesday spot on this calendar is used to indicate what material will be covered on Tuesday afternoon during our F period class. Thus, the activities schedule on Tue and Wed on this calendar actually both take place on Tuesday.
| Richard White, Conceptual Physics, Third Quarter, 2011-2012 | ||||||
| SUN | MON-ABCDEF | TUE-CADEFB | WED-BBAAEE | THU-DDFFCCA | FRI-FECBD | SAT |
| 1/29 | 1/30 | 1/31 | 2/1 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 |
| Tst Wk Open | Go over Midterem Exams with first semester classes | LECTURE: Heat Transfer and Newton's Law of Cooling (live demo); greenhouse effect | LECTURE: Discuss Energy & Changes of Phase | LAB Phase Change | LECTURE: Discuss Q=mL; | |
| HW: Read 22.1 to 22.3 and do Chapter 22 problems 1-11. | HW:HW: Read 22.4 to 22.7 and do Chapter 22 problems 14-17, 20-24. | HW: | HW:Read 23.1 to 23.5 and do Chapter 23 problems 1-13. | HW: Read 23.6-23.8, Problems 14-20, 26-30 | ||
| 2/5 | 2/6 | 2/7 | 2/8 | 2/9 | 2/10 | 2/11 |
| Tst Wk B | LECTURE: Discuss Q=mL; Review Packet distributed | LECTURE: Discuss Q=mL; | LECTURE: Discuss Q=mL; | LECTURE: Valentine's Day Speed Test; Video--Mechanical Universe: Waves | LECTURE: Review Ch 22, 23 | |
| HW: Do problems Chapter 23:21-30; finish phase change lab | HW: Do problems Chapter 23: 31-42 | HW: Do Review Packet | HW: Study for quiz. | |||
| 2/12 | 2/13 | 2/14 | 2/15 | 2/16 | 2/17 | 2/18 |
| Test Wk A | Test Ch 22, 23 | LECTURE: Introduction to Waves | LECTURE: Interference, Standing Waves, Doppler Effect | LAB: Mechanical Waves | Professional Growth Day | |
| HW: Read 25.1 to 25.4. | HW: Read 25.1-25.8, do Chapter 25, problems 1-4, 6-11. | HW: | HW: Read 25.9, 25.11. Do Chapter 25, problems 12-14, 21-25. | |||
| 2/19 | 2/20 | 2/21 | 2/22 | 2/23 | 2/24 | 2/25 |
| Tst Wk B | Presidents' Day Holiday | LECTURE: Shockwaves, examine Physlets on Waves, do Worksheet 25-1. | LECTURE: Discuss Sound, examine demonstrations | LAB: Speed of Sound | LECTURE: Worksheet 25-1, Worksheet 26-1 | |
| HW: Do Chapter 25, problems 26-41. | HW: | HW: Read 26.1-26.4, do Chapter 26, problems 1-10. | HW: Read 26.7 to 26.10, Do Chapter 26, problems 1-10. | |||
| 2/26 | 2/27 | 2/28 | 2/29 | 3/1 | 3/2 | 3/3 |
| Test Wk A | LECTURE: Discuss Natural Frequency, Resonance, Interference, Beats. Video of Tacoma Narrows bridge. | LECTURE: Finish Sound | LECTURE: Discuss Speed of Light, EM Waves, Transparency | LAB: Data Analysis | LECTURE: Discuss polarized light, do worksheet 27-1 | |
| HW: HW: Read 26.5 to 26.11 and do Chapter 26 problems 10, 15, 17, 19-21, 23-26. | HW: HW: Do Chapter 26 problems 27-31, 33-38. | HW: Read 27.1-27.5, do Chapter 27, problems 1-13. | HW: Read 27.6-27.8. Do Chapter 27, problems 14-19, 24, 28-30. | |||
| 3/4 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 3/9 | 3/10 |
| Tst Wk B | LECTURE: Intro to Color: transmission, reflection, sunlight | LECTURE: Colors: Light & Pigments, light scattering; Review Packet available | LECTURE: Review em waves and color | LECTURE: Review em waves and color | LECTURE: | |
| HW: Do Appendix F, Chapter 26 (p. 683-684) problems 1-7. | HW: Read 28.1-28.4, do Chapter 28 problems 1-15. | HW: | HW: Study for test on Chapters 25-28 | HW: Study for test on Chapters 25-28 | ||
| 3/11 | 3/12 | 3/13 | 3/14 | 3/15 | 3/16 | 3/17 |
| Test Wk Open | LECTURE: Test on Chapters 25-28 | LECTURE: Universal Gravitation, Inverse Square Law | LECTURE: Gravitational Interactions-Gravity field, weightlessness, tides, black holes | LAB: Gravitational & Electrical Fields; Implications of Gravitational Attraction-Black Holes | ST. PATRICK'S SPEED TEST | |
| HW: Read Sections 12.1-12.5 | HW: Do Chapter 12 problems 1-6, 8, 10-12, 15-16, 22. | HW: Read Sections 13.1, 13.3, 13.4. Do Chapter 13 problems 1-5, 9-10, 13-14. | ||||