SECOND SEMESTER
Assignments are tentative until given in class.
week one Jan 27 - 30
tues
discuss lab reports
begin chapter 9 on thermal
ideas for sound/wave lab
conceptual packet on heat
ideas for thermal
wed
discuss CAP and problems solving method
assign learning terms: adibatic, isothermal, isochoric, isobaric
thurs
quiz on terms
multiple choice handout on terms and PV graphs
study the PV information from the CAP
fri
lab on specific heat
week two (feb 2 - 6)
mon
lab questions for lab due on wednesday
go over the PV sample problems for FR problem
MCAT preview simulations/animations
tues
complete CAP chapter 9
discuss lab ideas
test review
wed
electrical forces IP introduction
thermal test
start CAP 10 electrical forces
thurs
introduction to electrical force
collect lab on specific heat
fri
complete chapter 10 packet up to oil drop experiment
IP on electrical forces
prepare for electrical formula quiz
week three (feb 9- 13)
mon
lab on electrical field lines
complete pink handout
tues
lab questions
prepare for chapter 10 quiz
wed
Check in pink sheet and chapter 10 packet
hand in electrical field lines lab
assign chapter 11 up to capacitors
demo with headphones and vandergraff
thurs
quiz on chapter 10
discuss chapter 11
fri
set up notebooks
capacitors explained (demos?)
complete entire chapter 11 packet
week four feb 16-20
mon
explain formulas
homework study formulas
complete chapters 10 and 11
tues
go over capacitors
wed
quiz on formulas
begin chapter 12 finish part I
thurs
snow day current: flow of charges / time
resistance: straws, multimeter, color code
light a bulb
circuit construction
CAP chapter 12 part II
fri
no school
week five feb 23-27
mon
no school
tues
current: flow of charges / time
resistance: straws, multimeter, color code
circuit construction
table on units and formulas
CAP chapter 12 part II complete on Wednesday
make a circuit with batteries and lights
wed
(gone for textbook review)
help with CAP chapter 12 part I and II
power sheet (tan)
thurs
light a bulb
circuitry problems with tables for prelab
fri
snow day
week six (mar 2- 6)
mon
table quiz and circuit question
crocodile clips lab on circuits to check prelab predictions
create quiz problems
chapter 12 CAP part III due wednesday
homework check in
tues
circuit problems
review for capacitance and resistance testing
circuit quiz?
wed-thurs
review for testing
fri
test on electricity
FR in class MC as take home
week seven (mar 9-13)
mon-wed
chapter 13 worksheet
introduction of magnetic fields
thurs
physics concepts handout 60 questions due tuesday
fri
review chapter 13 and explain RHRs
quiz monday on RHR
assign chapter 14
week eight (mar 16-20)
mon
quiz on RHR
explain motors and induction
practice problem packet on induced current
get labs ready for notebook submission due by friday
tues
sample problems assigned
begin discovery lab on electricity and magnetism
wed
complete lab
check work on chapter 13 and 14
thurs
review for quiz on inductance for friday
fri
quiz on inductance
setup lab notebooks
week nine (mar 23 - 27)
mon
Lecture: direction and equations for induced current
quiz on lecture tomorrow
hand in lab notebooks (last lab grade for this term)
read CAP pages 325 to through page 333, skip the section
called "mathematical description of a wave"
hand in test corrections for take home (optional)
tues
quick quiz on yesterday's lecture (RHR induced I etc)
fill in score card for the 60 question packet hand in by wednesday
lecture on waves and sound
finish reading wave/sound chapter
wed
handout with intro packet chapter 15 waves and sound
hand in score card for 60 questions
lab on sound due by thursday
thurs
lecture on math wave equation, dB, Doppler Effect and standing waves
quiz friday on today's lecture
read rest of CAP 15
do and show all work for CAP pages 345-347 MC and first FR
fri
practice quiz on wave equation, standing wave and dB (mark and keep to
study)
packet on waves and sound due Monday when students can check key
worksheet for next week's formual quizzes
sound packet due Monday
fourth quarter
week one (mar 30 - )
mon
quiz on wave equation, standing wave and dB
Check sound packet with key
begin work on AP practice MC and FR for Monday-Friday
liquid packet due upon return from break
tues
formula quiz one
team work on AP Practice MC and FR
wed
formula quiz two
team work on AP Practice MC and FR
thurs
continue on AP packets and check answers
fri
fluid packet for spring break
week two (apr 14-17)
tues
optics part one due tuesday
wed
young's equation
index of refraction
optics two due thurs
thur
site for reviewing for AP Physics exam
lens and mirrors
intro with light boxes
drawing diagrams
fri
complete diagrams
week three (20-24)
mon
complete optics
free response packet for index of refraction, young, sound and optics
due next monday
tues
young's and lens quiz
introduce nuclear reactions conceptual handouts
read Bohr Model of the Atom section of CAP chapter 17
wed
complete chapter 17 and do MC and FR
thurs
workday
fri
lab on young, bohr, balmer, planck,
week four (april 27-may 1)
mon-fri
binding energy
lab writeup due thurs
chapter 17 MC and FR due tues
complete tan FR packet due wed
AP FR questions
optics bench lab
testing on concepts
week five (may 4-8)
mon-fri
AP review sessions and packets
week six (may 11-15)
mon
AP testing
prepare for projects
update assignments
tues-fri
assign projects and begin work
week seven
complete projects
hand in all assignments
week eight
project presentation
individual projects may require writeups depending on difficulty level
announcement of senior exemption for exams
week nine
electronic or rocketry labs
