PHYSICS
Period 2 Fall 2009
September BRIDGE ASSIGNMENT
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1 -Intro -Thumb Wars HW: Read and sign class guidelines |
2 -Turn in guidelines -Review Graphing -Metric Review Metric practice sheet -Begin Speed Demon lab HW: Metric practice sheet |
3 -Check out Books Text intro -Continue Speed Demons Part 1 &2 **Lab due Tuesday** HW: Read pg. 14-20 and Do p. 31 #1-8 |
4 WU: What is relative motion? -Review metric practice -stamp/review hw -Complete lab -Notes on speed and velocity HW: Lab due Tuesday Read pgs. 21-28 |
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| 7 Labor Day Holiday |
8 WU: Graphing skills -Review/turn in lab -Notes on Acceleration (cont. from Fridays notes) -Intro to part 1 of acceleration lab HW: p. 28 Q#'s 1-5 odd, 25,31,32 and p. 31 #16 & 17 |
9 WU: p. 31 #18 -Review hw -Complete part 1 of ramp lab -Understanding checklist **Quiz on Friday** HW: Complete Understanding checklist |
10 -Review HW -Ramp lab part II -Arthur, Vickie, Dickie practice HW: 1) Complete part II 2) Write out knowns, and unknowns on practice sheet 3) Prepare for quiz tomorrow |
11 **Quiz Today** -Discuss ramp lab-Finish conclusion-Due Monday *See Ramp part II link on Thursday* -Work on Arthur Vickie and Dickie _Problem set up. HW: 1) Complete Ramp lab 2) Complete Arthur, Vickie and Dickie practice 3) Read pgs. 23-28 |
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14 -Turn in lab -Review hw -Freefall notes -Mousetrap project HW: p. 30 #'s 39,51,54 and p. 31 #'s 19-24 |
15 -Pos. & Neg Acceleration review -Review HW -Stomp Rocket HW: Stomp Rocket |
16 -Stomp Rocket question-Discuss with group -Work on Mouse trap car/Computer research - HW: Read pgs. 33-44 |
17 -Grade quiz -Review Stomp Rocket -Intro to vectors HW: 1) Finish girls's stomp rocket calculations. 2)Vector Practice problems-Set up triangles |
18 -Review Vectors -Intro to Newton's 1st and 2nd laws HW: p. 52 #'s 6,7,10,21,26 and p. 54 #'s 5,6,9-12 |
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21 - warmup -Review HW -Work on mousetrap car HW: study for test tomorrow |
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**Test #1** HW: Read pgs. 45-51 Do p. 54 #'s 18-21, 24 |
23 -Review hw -Motion in 2 directions -Conceptual Physics 3-1 handout HW: Motion in 2 directions handout |
24 -Review hw -Practice problems HW: p. 73 #'s 13,15,16 |
25 -Review hw Bull's eye practice HW: Mouse trap car due Tuesday! Have a great 3 day weekend! |
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28 No school |
29 **Mouse trap car races** HW: 1) Mouse trap write-up (Due Friday 10/2 2) Comparing projectiles fired at angles http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/kap3/cd060.htm |
30 -Bull's Eye lab Write-up due tomorrow HW: Bull's eye write-up due tomorrow and Mousetrap car writeup due Friday |
October
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1 -Turn in lab -Review test -Projectile at an angle notes HW: Projectile practice problems |
2 -Turn in Mousetrap write-up -"Invisible Force" HW: Read ch. 4 pgs. 57-69 Answer pgs. 71-72 #'s 32,34,36-38 |
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5 -Review hw -Projectile practice HW: (optional) Castle and cannon problem |
6 -Review castle & cannon -Forces HW: Packet p. 2 #'s D,E,F |
7 Review Hw-multiple objects and pulleys-and hw pulley problem |
8 Review hw Slopes and friction *Test on Tuesday* HW: Finish last two slop problems in packet. |
9 -Review hw -Coefficient of friction -Circular motion -Conceptual Physics ch. 9 Read and do questions. HW: p.73 #'s 7-10,18 |
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12 -Review hw -Universal Gravitation HW: Read p80 to end of ch.5 Do p. 89-90 #'s2,3,5,29,30 and p. 91 #'s 1,3-6,11,13 |
13 Review HW: Force practice test |
14 Late start Review HW: Prep 3x5 notecard for test |
15 Review |
16 **Test** HW: Read Chapter 6, Do p. 107 #'s 12-20 even |
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19 -Momentum notes-review hw -Momentum balloon activity HW: p. 109 #1-13 odd |
20 -Review hw -BN: Momentum -Egg drop assignment HW: Egg drop design |
21 Conservation of Momentum HW: p. 110 #'s 15,17,19,20 |
22 -review HW -return/discuss test -intro to energy & work HW: Read ch. 7 Do p. 129 #'s 1-9 odd, and p. 132 #'s 1-9 odd **Due Monday* |
23 -Conceptual Physics Ch. 8. Answer #'s 1-29 odd, 33,35, 43,45 -Begin Elegant Universe HW: 1) see Thursday and 2) Work on Egg drop contraption |
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26 -Finish Conceptual Phys. -Review HW -Work on packet HW: packet p.63-75 #'s 1-6 |
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**Retake Test after school** Review hw -Energy practice HW: packet pgs. 77,78 #1-9 odd and p. 61,62 #1-11odd |
28 Review |
29 **Test on Momentum and Energy** |
30 -work on review sheet (Egg drop postponed til 11/4) |
November
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2 review game |
3 **Midterm ** |
4 End of 1st quarter Minimum day **Egg drop due** |
5 -Review midterm -Bridge assignment -Elegant Universe HW: Draw life-size face of bridge |
6 -Finish Elegant Universe-Discuss HW: Draw 2nd life-size face of bridge (Make it very different from 1st drawing) |
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9 Turn in bridge drawings -Elastic potential and more conservation of energy HW: handout 5C-5D |
10 -Review/discuss hw (see Monday's link) HW: handout 5C-5D |
11 Veteran's Day No school |
12 -Simple Machines -Understanding Bridges (hand out bridge wood) ** Quiz on cons. of energy and simple machines on Tuesday 11/17** HW: Mechanical advantage and efficiency worksheet |
13 -Review HW -Begin straw bridge (will have short time to finish on Monday before testing) HW: Work on Balsa bridge |
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16 Straw bridge HW: Quiz tomorrow |
17 ** Quiz on cons. of energy and simple machines ** -Density practice handout HW: Read p. 227-238 Do p. 242 #2-6 even and p. 246 #1-6 |
18 -Review HW -Float Your Boat Activity HW: Handout 19-1/19/2 **Friday...Quiz on Density, Buoyancy, Bernoulli's principle and flight** |
19 -Review Float your boat activity -Practice problems -Bernoulli's Principle and the principles of flight _"Understanding Flight" HW: Review for quiz tomorrow |
20 -Review p. 246 # 17-20 -Turn in Float your boat **Quiz on Density, Buoyancy, Bernoulli's principle and flight** HW: Work on Bridge Have a great Holiday! |
December
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