Physics

Physics Syllabus

Upcoming:

  • Test Chapter 35: Electric Circuits Wednesday May 22nd


Test Corrections:

On the test or a separate piece of paper (stapled to the test):

  • Correct Answer
  • Page Number for where information can be found in the book that leads to correct answer
  • One sentence that explains why the correct answer is in fact correct

Homework:

  • 8/14: Read Syllabus in preparation of Syllabus Quiz (on Thursday 8/17)
  • 8/15: Vocabulary p25 (acceleration, average speed, elapsed time, freefall, instantaneous speed, rate, relative, speed, velocity): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 8/16: Review Questions p25 (1-12): write question, then answer
  • 8/20: Metric Review Worksheet 2
  • 8/21: Review Questions p25-26 (14-25): write question, then answer
  • 8/22: Think and Explain p26 (34-37): write out question, then answer
  • 8/23: Lab Coversheet: Domino Lab
  • 8/27: Concepts p26-27 (38-41): write out question, then answer
  • 8/28: Plug and Chug p26 (28-33): write question, show work
  • 8/29: Think and Solve p27 (42-46): write question, show work
  • 8/30: Think and Solve p27 (47-50): write question, show work
  • 9/4: Cornell Notes p10-24: min. 1 note per page; prepare 3"x5" card for test
  • 9/5: Vocabulary p40 (component, projectile, resolution, resultant, satellite, scalar quantity, vector, vector quantity): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 9/6: Review Questions p40 (1-9): write out question, then answer
  • 9/10: Plug and Chug p41 (19-23): write out question, show work
  • 9/11: Think and Explain p41 (29-33): write out question, then answer
  • 9/12: Review Question p40 (10-18): write out question, then answer
  • 9/13: Lab Coversheet: Projectile Motion Cannons
  • 9/17: Think and Explain p41-42 (34-38): write out question, then answer
  • 9/18: Think and Solve p42 (39-42): write out question, then answer
  • 9/19: Think and Solve p42 (43-46): write out question, then answer
  • 9/20:Cornell Notes p28-39: min. 1 note per page; prepare 3"x5" card for test
  • 9/24: Vocabulary p56 (equilibrium, force, friction, inertia, kilogram, law of inertia, mass, net force, newton, Newton's First Law, normal force, support force, weight): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 9/25: Review Questions p56-57 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 9/26: Think and Explain p57 (26-31): write question, then answer
  • 9/27: Review Questions p56-57 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 10/1: Think and Explain p58 (32-37): write question, then answer
  • 10/2: Cornell Notes p43-55: 13 pages, 13 notes; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 10/3: Vocabulary p71 (air resistance, fluid, free-body diagram, inversely, Newton's Second Law, pascal, pressure, terminal speed, terminal velocity): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 10/4: Review Questions p71 (1-9): write question, then answer
  • 10/8: Lab Coversheet: Newton's Second Law
  • 10/9: Think and Explain p72 (24-28): write question, then answer
  • 10/11: Plug and Chug p72 (19-23): write question, then answer
  • 10/15: Review Questions p71-72 (10-18): write question, then answer
  • 10/16: Think and Explain p72-73 (29-34): write question, then answer
  • 10/17: Finish Lab Coversheet: Calculating g
  • 10/18: Cornell Notes p59-70: 12 pages, 11 notes; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 10/22: Vocabulary p83, 100 (action force, interaction, Newton's Third Law, reaction force, conserved, elastic collision, impulse, inelastic collision, law of conservation of momentum, momentum): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 10/23: Review Questions p83 (1-9): write question, then answer
  • 10/24: Think and Explain p84 (19-25): write question, then answer
  • 10/25: Review Questions p83-84 (10-18): write question, then answer
  • 10/29: Review Questions p100 (1-9): write question, then answer
  • 10/30: Review Questions p100-101 (10-18): write question, then answer
  • 10/31: Think and Explain p101 (23-27): write question, then answer
  • 11/1: Finish Coversheet for Lab: Conservation of Momentum
  • 11/5: Cornell Notes p74-82: 9 pages, 9 notes
  • 11/6: Cornell Notes p86-99: 14 pages, 14 notes; 3" x 5" note card for test
  • 11/7: Vocabulary p119 (efficiency, energy, fulcrum, joule, kinetic energy, law of conservation of energy, lever, machine, mechanical advantage, mechanical energy, potential energy, power, pulley, watt, work, work-energy theorem): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 11/8: Review Questions p119 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 11/13: Review Questions p119-120 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 11/14: Cornell Notes p103-117: 15 pages, 15 notes
  • 11/15: FINISH ESSAY; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 11/26: Vocabulary p133 (axis, centrifugal force, centripetal force, linear speed, revolution, rotation, rotational speed, tangential speed): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 11/27: Review Questions p133 (1-9): write question, then answer
  • 11/28: Review Questions p133-134 (10-18): write question, then answer
  • 11/29: Vocabulary p147, p165 (center of gravity, center of mass, neutral equilibrium, stable equilibrium, unstable equilibrium, angular momentum, law of conservation of angular momentum, lever arm, linear momentum, rotational inertia, rotational velocity, torque): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 12/3: Cornell Notes p122-132: 11 pages, 11 notes
  • 12/4: Cornell Notes p136-146: 11 pages, 11 notes; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 12/5: No Homework
  • 12/6: Review Questions p165 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 12/10: Lab Coversheet: Weighing an Elephant
  • 12/11: Review Questions p165-166 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 12/12: Think and Explain p166-167 (23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32): write question, then answer
  • 12/13: No Homework


  • 1/8: Review Questions p180 (1-7): write question, then answer
  • 1/9: Review Questions p180-181 (8-14): write question, then answer
  • 1/10: Think and Explain p181 (21-25): write question, then answer
  • 1/14: Think and Explain p181 (26-30): write question, then answer
  • 1/15: Review Questions p196-197 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 1/16: Cornell Notes p168-179: 12 pages, 12 notes
  • 1/17: Cornell Notes p182-195: 14 pages, 14 notes
  • 1/22: Think and Explain p197-198 (27, 29, 31, 34, 36, 38): write question, then answer; 3"x 5" card for test
  • 1/23: Vocabulary p210, 230 (apogee, ellipse, escape speed, focus, perigee, period, first postulate of special relativity, postulate, second postulate of special relativity, space-time, special theory of relativity, time dilation): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 1/24: Review Questions p210 (1-7): write question, then answer
  • 1/28: Review Questions p210 (8-14): write question, then answer
  • 1/29: Think and Explain p211 (15-21): write question, then answer
  • 1/30: Think and Explain p211 (22-28): write question, then answer
  • 1/31: Cornell Notes p199-209 (11 pages, 11 notes); 3" x 5" card for Quiz/Test Chapter 14
  • 2/4: Vocabulary p387 (amplitude, antinodes, blue shift, bow wave, constructive interference, crest, destructive interference, Doppler effect, frequency, hertz, in phase, interference pattern, longitudinal wave, node, out of phase, period, red shift, shock wave, simple harmonic motion, sine curve, sonic boom, standing wave, transverse wave, trough, vibration, wave, wavelength): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture DUE WEDNESDAY 2/6
  • 2/5: Finish Vocabulary p387
  • 2/6: Review Questions p388 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 2/7: Review Questions p388 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 2/11: Think and Explain p388-389 (26-30): write question, then answer
  • 2/12: Think and Explain p389 (31-35): write question, then answer
  • 2/13: No Homework (Snow Day)
  • 2/14: No Homework (Snow Day)
  • 2/25: Think and Solve p389 (36-41): write question, then answer
  • 2/26: Cornell Notes p372-386: 15 pages, 15 notes; 3" x 5" note card for test
  • 2/27: Vocabulary p401 (beats, compression, forced vibration, infrasonic, natural frequency, pitch, rarefaction, resonance, ultrasonic): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 2/28: Review Questions p401 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 3/4: Review Questions p402 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 3/5: Lab Coversheet: Sound Waves
  • 3/6: Think and Explain p402 (21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30): write question, then answer
  • 3/7: Cornell Notes p390-400: 11 pages, 11 notes; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 3/11: Vocabulary p419 (electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic wave, infrared, light-year, opaque, penumbra, photon, polarization, ray, shadow, transparent, ultraviolet, umbra): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 3/12: Review Questions p419 (1-8, 11-12): write question, then answer
  • 3/13: Review Questions p420 (13-23): write question, then answer
  • 3/14: Think and Explain p420 (24-29): write question, then answer
  • 3/18: Think and Explain p420 (30-36): write question, then answer
  • 3/19: Cornell Notes p404-417; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 3/20: Vocabulary p439 (additive primary colors, complementary colors, line spectrum, pigment, scatter, spectroscope, spectrum, subtractive primary colors, white light): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 3/21: No Homework (YEP Day)
  • 3/25: Review Questions p439-440 (1-13): write question, then answer
  • 3/26: Review Questions p440 (14-25): write question, then answer
  • 3/27: Review Questions p460-461 (1-13): write question, then answer
  • 3/28: Review Questions p461 (14-27): write question, then answer
  • 4/1: Cornell Notes p421-438: 18 pages, 18 notes
  • 4/2: Cornell Notes p442-459: 18 pages, 18 notes
  • 4/3: Vocabulary p515 (charge, conductor, coulomb, Coulomb's Law, electrical force, electrically polarized, electrostatics, grounding, induced, induction, semiconductor, superconductor): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 4/4: Review Questions p515 (1-13): write question, then answer
  • 4/8: Lab Coversheet: Static Cling
  • 4/9: Review Questions p515-516 (14-25): write question, then answer
  • 4/10: No Homework (Sophomore Trip)
  • 4/11: No Homework (Sophomore Trip)
  • 4/22: Think and Explain p516 (26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 35): write question, then answer
  • 4/23: Cornell Notes p500-514: 15 pages, 15 notes
  • 4/24: Vocabulary p529 (capacitor, electric field, electric potential, electric potential energy, volt, voltage): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 4/25: Review Questions p529 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 4/29: Review Questions p529-530 (11-20): write question, then answer
  • 4/30: Cornell Notes p517-528: 12 pages, 12 notes; 3" x 5" card for test
  • 5/1: Vocabulary p545 (alternating current, ampere, diode, direct current, electric current, electric power, electric resistance, ohm, Ohm's Law, potential difference, voltage source): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 5/2: Review Questions p545-546 (1-11): write question, then answer
  • 5/6: Review Questions p546 (12-23): write question, then answer
  • 5/7: Review Questions and Plug and Chug p546 (24-33), write question, then answer
  • 5/8: Think and Explain p546-547 (35, 36, 38, 39 , 40, 41, 42): write question, then answer
  • 5/9: Cornell Notes p531-544: 14 pages, 14 notes; 3"x 5" card for test
  • 5/13: Vocabulary p559, 574 (circuit, in parallel, in series, parallel circuit, schematic diagram, series circuit, electromagnet, magnetic domain, magnetic field, magnetic pole): word, full glossary definition, sentence, picture
  • 5/14: Review Questions p559-560 (1-10): write question, then answer
  • 5/15: Review Questions and Plug and Chug p560 (11-17): write question, then answer
  • 5/16: Think and Explain p560 (18-22): write question, then answer
  • 5/20: Think and Explain p560-561 (23-27): write question, then answer
  • 5/21: Cornell Notes p548-558 (11 pages, 11 notes); 3"x 5" card for test