REMINDERS
*** All HW assignments are due the next day unless stated otherwise. ***
*** You have two days to turn in missing work due to absences. ***
FRIDAY 12/18
1. Review Electromagnetic Induction
2. Magnetism test
TURNED IN: Magnetism test
HW: View the NOVA special "Einstein's Big Idea"
and complete the reflection assignment posted on the "Handouts" page, due on Monday Jan. 4
THURSDAY 12/17
1. Electromagnetism
TURNED IN: Speaker Lab write-up
HW: 1) Read 20.1-20.4 (you can skip 665-666)
CQ 1,2,4,5,10,12,19 PR 2,9,10,18,23,26,28
2) Read Princeton Review Ch. 14 and do MC 1-5 FR 1
WEDNESDAY 12/16
1. Magnetism Ch.19 review
2. Lab: Making speakers
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Read Princeton Review Ch. 13 and do MC all, FR all
2) Ch. 19 PR 18,38a-b and make a Venn Diagram of E-force vs. M-force
3) Lab Write-up:
- Title, Purpose, Materials
- Diagram: include the magnet, coil, diaphragm, wires.
Draw & label the current, magnetic field of the coil,
& magnetic field of the magnet (with correct directions)
NOTE: The poles of the magnet are on the opposite large faces.
- Explanation: How does it work? (see p. 632-633, but note that
the design described is a little different than ours)
- Questions:
1) What happens to the magnetic field of the coil if the
current is reversed? Explain.
2) If the speakers are producing a constant pitch of 400 Hz, how
often is the current changing direction? Explain.
3) If the diaphragm is being repelled, are the magnetic
fields of the magnet and the solenoid parallel or
antiparallel? Explain.
4) What could you do to make a speaker that sounds better?
TUESDAY 12/15
1. Magnetic force
2. Magnetic fields around current-carrying wires
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Finish last night's problems if you need to
2) Read 19.4, 19.5*, 19.7, 19.8, 19.9*
*Qualitative understanding only
3) CQ 12,13,17-20 PR 4,11,12,15,34,35,44
MONDAY 12/14
1. Magnetism: Read 19.1-19.3,19.6,19.10 CQ 1-3,6-8,14,21,22 PR 1-9 odds,29,30
TURNED IN: none
HW: Finish CW
FRIDAY 12/11
1. Questions?
2. Electricity test
TURNED IN: Electricity test
HW: none
THURSDAY 12/10
1. CW: Review for test tomorrow (Princeton Review)
TURNED IN: Circuits lab
HW: Finish Princeton Review problems (see below)
WEDNESDAY 12/9
1. Review HW
2. Equivalent resistance
3. Ranking Task Exercise
4. Review electrostatic concepts
5. Finish circuits lab
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: 1) Finish RTE both sides
2) Ch. 18 PR 5,13
3) Read 18.7-18.8 and do IDR for both (Interesting, Difficult, Related)
4) Read Princeton Review Ch. 10-12. We will have time to work on the
practice problems tomorrow in class, but it might be a good idea
to get started tonight so you can ask questions tomorrow.
TUESDAY 12/8
1. Review HW
2. Circuits Lab continued
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: 1) Read p. 605 and section 18.6, CQ 11,17-24 PR 4,6-8,10,37,40
2) Bring your PRINCETON REVIEW tomorrow
PRINCETON REVIEW for test on Thursday (due Thursday)
Ch. 10 MC all, FR all
Ch. 11 MC all, FR all
Ch. 12 MC all, FR all
MONDAY 12/7
1. Review HW
2. Electric Circuits lab
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: Read 18.1-18.4 (to first paragraph of p. 602)
DO THE QUICK QUIZZES and CQ 1-10, 12-14 PR 1,2
FRIDAY 12/4
1. Warm-up: Equivalent Capacitance
2. Review HW
3. Resistivity & Resistance, Electric Power and Energy
TURNED IN: HW #3 (Electricity)
HW: 1) Finish assembling HW #3 if you need to
2) Read 17.5-17.8 CQ 1,9-11,14,15 PR 10,14,15,19,31,33,34,41,47
3) E.C. Read 17.9 (Electricity & the heart) and summarize (+3 points)
THURSDAY 12/3
1. Quiz: Capacitors
2. Review HW
3. Current and Resistance notes
TURNED IN: Quiz, last night's HW
HW: Read 17.1-17.4 and do EACH QUICK QUIZ, CQ 2-5,7-8 PR 1,3-5,9
and Ch. 16 PR 33
WEDNESDAY 12/2
1. Review HW
2. Capacitor calculations
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: Ch. 16 CQ 15,16,18 PR 29,30,34,35,38,43,46
TUESDAY 12/1
1. Quiz: Electric Potential
2. Review HW
3. Lab: Capacitors in circuits
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: Read 16.8-16.9 and for EACH section write:
1) what was most Interesting
2) what was most Difficult
3) what was Related to concepts you already understand
MONDAY 11/30
1. Review electric force, fields, potential energy, and potential
2. Capacitors
3. CW: Parallel Plate Capacitors RTE (ranking task exercise)
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: Read 16.6-16.7, 16.9 CQ 2,7,9-11,13,14,18 PR 22-26,47 & Ch. 15 PR 49
WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY (no school, Thanksgiving)
TUESDAY 11/24
1. Quiz: Electrostatics
2. Discuss Millikan Oil Drop lab data
3. Equipotential Lines
TURNED IN: quiz, last night's HW
HW: Ch. 16 PR 13-15,18
MONDAY 11/23
1. Finish Millikan Oil Drop lab data collection
2. Review 16.1-16.2 Electric Potential
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Finish Friday CW if you need to
2) Read 16.3-16.6 and summarize how a laser printer / Xerox copier works
Also write two concepts that you found interesting, two you found
most difficult to understand, and draw two connections with other
concepts you've studied
FRIDAY 11/20
1. Millikan Oil Drop lab
2. CW: Read 16.1-16.2 and do CQ 1,4,5 and PR 1,3,5,7,9
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: Finish CW
THURSDAY 11/19
1. Review Waves & Optics FR
2. Van der Graaff generator demos & discussion
3. Start Millikan Oil Drop lab
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Ch. 24 PR 14,18,20,26
WEDNESDAY 11/18
1. Review HW & induction
2. Notes & Demos: Conductors in Equilibrium (15.6)
3. Review mirror ray diagrams
TURNED IN: last nights HW (bookwork + electric field website)
HW: 1) Finish ray diagrams
2) Read 15.6-15.8 CQ 10,13,16,22 PR 32-35
TUESDAY 11/17
1. Electric Fields
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Read 15.4-15.5 CQ 8,9,11,12,14,17,19 PR 18,21,24(see ex.15.5),28-31
2) Electric Fields Visualized assignment (see handouts)
MONDAY 11/16
1. Return sound lab
2. Electrostatics notes & demos
3. Go over Waves & Optics test MC
TURNED IN: none
HW: Read 15.1-15.3 CQ 1-7, PR 1,4,6,10,(#15 is E.C. +3 = 13/10)
FRIDAY 11/13
1. Questions before test?
2. Waves & Optics test
TURNED IN: last night's HW from book and Princeton Review
HW: none
THURSDAY 11/12
1. Review HW
2. Mirror ray diagrams
3. Begin HW / Studying for test tomorrow
TURNED IN: Lens lab
HW: 1) Read 23.1-23.3 CQ 7,17,20 PR 7,8,10,17
2) Review for the waves & optics test tomorrow:
Princeton Review Ch. 15-16
Ch. 15 MC skip 2,4,9,12; FR 1b-e only
Ch. 16 MC all, FR all
WEDNESDAY 11/11 (no school, Veterans' Day)
TUESDAY 11/10
1. Review HW
2. Lens demos and Ray diagrams
3. Lens lab
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: 1) Read 22.3 PR 13,16,18-20
2) Read 23.6 CQ 10,13 PR 29,31,34
3) Finish lab if you need to
4) Start reviewing for the waves & optics test on Friday:
Princeton Review Ch. 15-16
Ch. 15 MC skip 2,9,12; FR 1b-e only (DUE FRIDAY)
Ch. 16 MC all, FR all (DUE FRIDAY)
MONDAY 11/9
1. Turn in HW packet
2. Notes & Demos: Thin-film interference, Snell's Law, Total Internal Reflection
TURNED IN: HW #2 packet
HW: 1) Read 740-745, 791-795
2) Ch.24 CQ 5,9,12 PR 15-17,19
2) Ch.22 CQ 8,14-16 PR 37
FRIDAY 11/6
1. Quiz: Waves
2. Discuss Standing waves speed of sound lab
3. Notes: Light
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Lab write-up
2) Read 728-732 PR 6,12,15,17
THURSDAY 11/5
1. Review HW
2. Notes: Standing Waves
3. Finish lab: Standing waves speed of sound
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Read 14.8, 14.10 CQ 7,9,11,15,16 PR 43-45
2) Lab write-up will be due Monday
WEDNESDAY 11/4
1. Review diffraction
2. Discuss Doppler effect, Wave intensity, Standing waves
3. Start lab: Standing waves speed of sound
TURNED IN: none
HW: 1) Ch. 14 CQ 1,9,14 PR 16,18 Ch. 24 CQ 11,18,19
2) Read 14.5 (intensity) and 14.10 (standing waves in air columns)
TUESDAY 11/3
1. Review HW
2. Notes: Single-slit diffraction & Diffraction gratings
TURNED IN: last night's HW
HW: Read 24.7-24.8 CQ 10,15,16 PR 30,36,40
MONDAY 11/2
1. Turn in HW from last night
2. Read 24.1-24.2
3. CW: Diffraction-Interference Patterns WS
4. Activity: Single slit diffraction computer simulation
5. CW: Ch. 24 CQ 1,3,4,6,8,22 PR 1,3,6,10,11
TURNED IN: last night's HW, Notes from computer activity
HW: 1) Finish CW
2) Read 13.7-13.11 and write one thing new that you learned from each
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