Physical Science with Earth

Updated  08-26-26

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Online texts and resources:

The text by Tom Hsu is a PDF document:  Link. 

For additional Astronomy and Earth Science information, we will use this Glencoe text:  Link. 

You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view pdfs:  Adobe

Assignment submissions: 

All assignments may be submitted either on paper in class or via the assignment portal in Google Classroom.

Grading: 

Classroom Activities:  Tests, Quizzes, Labs:  70%

Learning Activities:  Classwork, Homework, Participation:  15%

Quarterly Assessments:  Common tasks and Quarterly exams:  15%

Course Information:

• District Syllabus:  Download

• Classroom Expectations:  Download

• Class Participation Rubric:  Download

• Home Work Rubric:  Download

• Lab Safety Contract:  Download

• Materials Required for Class:  Download

• Who to Call When - A Quick Reference:  Download

• CHSE Citizenship & Effort Rubric:  Download

Course outline:

Our NGSS aligned curriculum:  Link.

Labs: 

Although labs may require working in groups, each student is responsible for handing in his or her own written lab report.  It is reasonable that group members collect the same data, however, student responses to questions should be uniquely your own thoughts.  Responses that are overly similar will receive no credit.  Students in question will be dealt with according to the student handbook.

The following lab documents can be found here:  Link

• Lab Grading

• Lab 1 A - Time, Distance, and Speed

• Lab 2 A - The Law of Inertia

• Lab 3 A - Momentum and the Third Law

• Unit 2.1 - Gravity and Universal Gravitation

• Unit 3 - Kepler's Laws - Eccentricity Lab

• Lab 3 B - Conservation of Energy

• Lab 20 B - Resonance and Standing Waves

• Unit 6-2  - Ray Diagrams Lab

• Unit 6-2  - Geometric Optics Lab

• Unit 7 - Spectroscopy

• Lab 13 A - Electricity

• Lab 13 B - Resistance and Ohm's Law

• Lab 14 A - Electric Circuits

Documents and links from class:  Link

Unit 1:  Forces and Motion

Unit 1-1:  Laws of Motion:

            - Unit 1-1 Worksheets and Reviews:  Link.

            - Video playlist:  Link - Units, Metric, Laws.

    Unit 1-2:  Forces:

            -  Unit 1-2 Worksheets and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlist:  Link - Fundamental Forces.

Unit 1-3:  Momentum:

            -  Unit 1-3 Worksheets and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists: Link.

            -  How to choose wood for board breaking exercises:  Link.

            -  The physics of board breaking:  Link.

            -  Ms. Walkup's board breaking demo from Fall, 2015:  Link.

            -  Ms. Walkup's board breaking demo from Fall, 2016:  Link.

            -  Ms. Walkup's board breaking demo, TWO boards, Fall, 2018:  Link.

            -  Ms. Walkup's board breaking demo, TWO boards, Spring, 2019:  Link.

Unit 2:  Fundamental Forces and Gravity:

            -  Unit 2 Worksheets and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Gravity.

Unit 3:  Kepler's Laws:

            -  Unit 3 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Kepler's Laws.

            - Link to Chapter 7, Gravitation and Kepler's Laws.  Kepler is in section 7.1  Link.

Unit 4:  Energy Types, Transformation, and Conservation:

            - Unit 4 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Energy.

 Unit 5:  Plate Tectonics:

            -  Unit 5 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Plate Tectonics.

            -  The Glencoe book Link covers plate tectonics in Ch. 12.

            -  Unit 5:  Plate Tectonics PowerPoint:  Download.

Unit 6:  Wave Properties:

Unit 6-1:  Waves: 

            -  Unit 6-1 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Waves 1: Waves.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Waves 2: Color and Vision.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Waves 3: Sound and Hearing.

            -  A good set of wave simulators:  Link.

Unit 6-2:  Wave properties: 

            -  Unit 6-2 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Waves of fire!  A 2 D Ruben's Tube:  Link.

            -  And for your reading pleasure:  The Mantis Shrimp.

Unit 7:  Electromagnetic Radiation:

            -  Unit 7 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - EM Radiation.

Unit 8:  Electricity and Magnetism:

Unit 8-1:  Moving Charges: 

            -  Here are Unit 8-1 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Moving Charges.

            -  How to jump-start your car:  Link.

Unit 8-2:  Magnetism:

            -  Unit 8-2 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Magnetism.

           -  Relative magnetic field strengths: Link.

            -  The Right Hand Rule explained:  Link.

            - For extra Right Hand Rule practice, spend some time here:  Link.

            - Even more Right Hand Rule Practice:  Link.

Exam Information Page:  Link.

Exam Review:  Link.

Completing the review will earn you extra credit toward the exam.  CORRECTLY completing ALL of the review will add up to 10% extra credit to your exam score.

Portfolio & Common Task Information:   Link

You must take a picture of your cover page and rubric from your common task.  These must be uploaded to your Google Drive.  You must also write a 2 - 3 paragraph reflection on your task.  This reflection must score a 3 or 4 on the reflective writing rubric.  Here is a link to the 2022 Portfolio Information Packet:   Link

Old Units, no longer in the CHSE Physical Science curriculum:

Formation of Stars: 

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Astrophysics.

             - How big is the solar system?  This interactive site give you a size-accurate model of the solar system!  Link.

 Structure of the Universe: 

            - Video playlists:  Link.

            - The Big Bang to now in 18 minutes:  Link.

            - The Big Bang to Now in 10 easy steps:  Link.

The Atom: 

            -  Unit 8-1 Worksheets, PPTs, and Reviews:  Link.

            -  Video playlists:  Link - Atomic Structure.

           -  An interactive periodic table:  Link.  Mouse over elements to see all their properties.

           -  What are all the elements used for?  Interactive Link.  Printable version: Link.

Static Charges: 

            - Animation of how charges move in an electroscope:  link

  Miscellaneous:

          Extra resources by Stephen Murray: Link.

          Online physics simulations from PhET:  Link.

          Even more online physics simulations from Aspire:  Link.