Unit 1: Graphing, Dimensional Analysis, and Scientific Notation

• Goal 1: I can construct and interpret graphs. 

• Worksheets: 

  • Graphical Methods (will scan as PDF when I have access to the building)

  • Graphical Analysis WS 1

    • Tied with sparkvue 

• Labs:

  • Bread Crumb Lab

• Assessment:

  • Goal 1 & 2 Quiz

• Goal 2: I can convert numbers into scientific notation and use them in calculations

  • Worksheets:

    • Scientific Notation Review: 

  • Assessment: Goal 1 & 2 Quiz

• Goal 3: I can rearrange equations to solve for a variable 

  • Worksheets:

    • Solving for a Variable 

• Goal 4: I can convert a number in one unit to a number in a different unit (more days than Honors)

  • Worksheets: 

    • Dimensional Analysis WS 1

    • Dimensional Analysis WS 2

  • Labs: 

    • Measurement and Conversions Lab

  • Assessments:

    • Goal 3 & 4 Quiz

Unit 2: 1-D Kinematics 

• Goal 1: I can explain the differences between displacement and distance and solve for both.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Distance v Displacement

    • Supplement: Physics Classroom Concept Builder

    • Position Time Graph Concept Builder

  • Labs: 

    • Position, Distance, Displacement Pasco Lab

  • Assessments: Goal 1 & 2 Quiz

• Goal 2: I can explain the differences between velocity and speed and solve for both

  • Worksheets/Activities: 

    • Velocity WS

    • Graph that Motion Physics Classroom

  • Labs: 

    • Motion Graphs

  • Assessments: Goal 1 & 2 Quiz

• Goal 3: I can explain acceleration and calculate it. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Acceleration WS 

    • Velocity-Time Graphs 1

    • Velocity-Time Graphs 2

    • V-T and P-T WS

    • Velocity-Time Graph Concept Builder

  • Labs: 

    • Acceleration and Velocity: How Does the Direction of Acceleration Affect the Velocity of an Object? ADI (Regular Physics Only ADI)

    • Motion Graph Scavenger Hunt

  • Assessments: Goal 3 Quiz

• Goal 4: I can solve for final velocity, initial velocity, displacement, and acceleration. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Kinematics WS 1

    • Kinematics WS 2: 

  • Assessments: Goal 4 Quiz

• Goal 5: I can solve for various components of free fall

  • Worksheets: 

    • Free Fall WS 1

    • Free Fall WS 2

  • Labs:

    • Free Fall Lab

    • Kinematics Crime Scene 

  • Assessments: part of the unit assessment

Unit 3: 2-D Kinematics

• Goal 1: Be able to solve two-dimensional displacement problems with 90 degree angles

  • Worksheets: 

    • Adding and Subtracting Vectors

    • Displacement with Vectors

  • Labs: 

  • Assessments: Goal 1 Quiz

• Goal 2: Be able to solve two-dimensional displacement and velocity problems with riverboat problems

  • Worksheets: 

    • Relative Velocity and Riverboat Problems

    • Riverboat Problems WS 2

  • Labs: 

    • Riverboat Virtual Lab

  • Assessments: Goal 2 Quiz

• Goal 3: Be able to calculate projectile motion problems

  • Goal 3a: launched from horizontal

    • Worksheets: 

      • Horizontal Projectile Packet (pages 1-8)

    • Labs: 

      • Horizontal Projectile Lab

      • Horizontal Projectile Virtual Lab

    • Assessments: Goal 3a Quiz

  • Goal 3b: launched at an angle

    • Worksheets: 

      • At an Angle Packet (p. 9-end)

      • Mixed Projectile Motion Packet

      • Mixed Projectile Motion Packet 2

    • Labs: 

      • Projectile Motion PhET 

      • Projectile Motion ADI

      • Projectile Murder Lab Activity

    • Assessments: Goal 3b Quiz

Unit Assessment

Unit 4: Dynamics 

• Goal 1: I can describe and explain Newton’s Three Laws. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Newton’s Laws Review (pages 1 & 2)

    • Newton’s 2nd Law Math Review

  • Labs: 

    • Newton’s Second Law Lab

  • Assessments: Goal 1 and 2 Quiz

• Goal 2: I can create a free-body diagram.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Recognizing Forces (pages 7-10)

    • Drawing FBD Concept Builder

    • Free Body Diagram WS 1

    • Free Body Diagram WS 2 (pages 1 & 2, maybe 3)

  • Labs: 

  • Assessments: Goal 1 and 2 Quiz

• Goal 3: I can solve free body diagram problems when it becomes a one-dimensional problem.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Solving FBD WS 1

    • Solving FBD WS 2

  • Labs: 

    • Forces PhET

  • Assessments: Goal 3 Quiz

• Goal 4: I can solve free body diagram problems in two-dimensions on a flat surface. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Intro to 2-D Forces

    • 2-D Forces WS 2 (pages 8 & 9)

  • Labs: 

  • Assessments: Goal 4 Quiz

• Goal 5: I can solve free-body diagram problems in two-dimensions on an inclined plane.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Inclined Plane Analysis 1

    • Inclined Plane WS 1

    • Inclined Plane Analysis WS 2

  • Labs: 

    • ADI: Forces on an Inclined Plane

  • Assessments: Goal 5 Quiz 

• Goal 6: Springs and Pulleys

Assessment: Unit Assessment 

Optional: Mass v Weight Lab (in Goal 1)

Unit 5: Circular Motion

• Goal 1: Horizontal circular motion

  • Worksheets:

    • Circular Motion--Speed, Velocity, Acceleration

    • Circular Logic Concept Builder

    • Circular Motion Problem Set One

  • Labs:

    • Circular Motion Lab

  • Assessments: Goal 1 and 2 Quiz

• Goal 2: Vertical circular motion

  • Worksheets:

    • Circular Motion Problem Set Two

    • Circular Motion Problem Set Three (Mixed)

    • UCM Sim

  • Labs:

  • Assessments: Circular Motion Quiz

• Goal 3: I can quantify the gravitational force between any two objects and quantify the value of the acceleration due to gravity.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Universal Gravitation Notes

    • Universal Gravitation Conceptual Worksheet

    • Satellite Motion Conceptual Worksheet

    • Universal Gravitation Math Problem Set 1

    • Universal Gravitation Math Problem Set 2

  • Labs: 

    • Astronomer for a Day

    • Planetary PhET

    • Gravitation PhET

  • Assessments: Universal Law of Gravitation Quiz

Unit Assessment

Unit 6: Momentum 

• Goal 1: I can explain and use the impulse-change in momentum theorem.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Momentum, Impulse, and Momentum Change

    • Impulse Problems

    • Simple Computations with Momentum-Impulse

  • Labs: 

  • Assessments: Impulse Change in Momentum 

• Goal 2: I can explain different types of collisions and mathematically solve different types of collisions. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Collision Analysis

    • Action-Reaction and Momentum Conservation

    • Collision WS 2

    • Controlling a Collision

  • Labs: 

    • Linear Momentum ADI 

    • Conservation of Momentum

    • Impulse and Momentum Lab

• Assessments: Conservation of Momentum

Unit Assessment

Unit 7: Work, Energy, and Power

• Goal 1: I can explain and calculate work and power. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Work Conceptual Worksheet

    • Power and Work/Power WS

  • Labs: 

    • It’s All Uphill Lab (Physical)

    • It’s All Uphill Virtual Lab

    • Horsepower Lab

  • Assessments: Work and Power Quiz

• Goal 2: I can explain and calculate different types of energy.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Energy Conceptual WS

    • Work, Energy, and Power WS 1

    • Work, Energy, and Power WS 2

  • Labs: 

    • Energy PhET

    • Conservation of Energy Lab

    • Work, Energy, and Power Lab

  • Assessments: 

    • Energy Quiz

• Unit Wrap Up

  • Roller Coaster Project

  • Review Guide

  • Unit Assessment

Unit 8: Electricity 

• Goal 1: Electric Charge, Force, and Fields

  • Worksheets: 

    • Charge and Charge Interactions WS

    • Insulators, Conductors, and Polarization WS

    • Coulomb's Law

    • Electric Field

  • Labs: 

    • Electrostatic Demonstrations

    • Electrostatic Discovery Lab

    • Electric Field PhET

    • Static Electricity PhET

  • Assessments: Goal 1 Quiz

• Goal 2: Electric Potential, Current, and Resistance

  • Worksheets: 

    • Electric Potential Difference

    • Ohm’s Law

  • Labs: 

  • Assessments: Goal 2 Quiz

• Goal 3: Electric Circuits

  • Worksheets: 

    • Current Calculations and Circuit Analysis Problems

    • Series Circuits

    • Parallel Circuits

  • Labs: 

    • Basic Circuit Analysis

    • Circuit PhET

    • Dim and Dimmer Lab

  • Assessments: Goal 3 Quiz

• Unit Wrap Up

  • Review Guide

  • Unit Assessment

    • Option 1

    • Option 2

Unit 9: Waves

NGSS: Core Idea PS4.B Electromagnetic Radiation; Practice: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking; Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect

• Goal 1: Simple Harmonic Motion

  • Worksheets: 

    • Simple Harmonic Motion: Pendulum Worksheet

  • Labs: 

    • Pendulum Discovery Lab

  • Assessments: 

    • Simple Harmonic Motion Quiz

• Goal 2: Wave Properties

  • Worksheets: 

  • Labs: 

    • Slinky Lab/Waves on a String PhET

    • Speed of Sound

  • Assessments: 

    • Wave Properties Quiz

• Goal 3: Wave Interactions

  • Worksheets: 

  • Labs: 

    • Wave Interference PhET

  • Assessments: 

    • Waves Interactions Quiz

• Unit Wrap Up

  • Review Guide

  • Test

UNIT 10: Simple Harmonic Motion

Goal 1: Period of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator

Goal 2: Energy of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator 

Unit 11: Torque and Rotational Motion 

Goal 1: Rotational Kinematics

Goal 2: Torque and Angular Acceleration

Goal 3: Angular Momentum and Torque 

Goal 4: Conservation of Angular Momentum