Honors Physics Schedule
 

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September  2011Back  to top  of  page
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Labor Day

The Circle Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Significant Figure Reading

Begin The Circle Post-Lab (Presentation)

Using LoggerPro to graph the Circle Lab

 

Finish The Circle Post-Lab (Presentation)

Honors Physics Syllabus

Diagnostic Test

 

   
12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Significant Figures (Presentation)

Unit I WS 1a

Operations with Significant Figures (Presentation)

Unit I WS 1b

7:00 PM Senior Parent Night

Toy Car Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Toy Car Post-Lab (Presentation)

Lab Scoring Rubric

Writing the Physics Lab Report

Finish

Writing the Physics Lab Report

Using Logger Pro with Word

Work on Toy Car Lab Report

   
19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Moving Right and Moving Left Pre-Activity (Presentation)

Moving Right and Moving Left Activity

Movie "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens" Part 1

6:30 PM Back to School Night

Moving Right and Moving Left Post-Activity (Presentation)

Unit I WS 2

Velocity vs. Time Graphs (Presentation)

Unit I WS 3

Walking the Graph Activity

Toy Car Lab Report Due

Average Speed and Average Velocity (Presentation)

Unit I WS 4

Motion Map Reading

Continue Walking the Graph Activity

   
26 27 28 29 30    

Motion Map Examples (Presentation)

Area Under the Curve (Presentation)

Begin Unit I WS 5

Finish Unit I WS 5

Constant Velocity Multiple Representations (Presentation)

Begin Unit I WS 6

7:00 PM Powderpuff Game

Finish Unit I WS 6

Begin Unit I Review Worksheet

Movie "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens" Part 2

Due to Junior writing exam 2nd & 3rd Hours

Finish Unit I Review Worksheet

   
October  2011Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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          Homecoming Dance  
3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Unit I Test

Turn in Unit I Review Worksheet

Unit I Test Corrections (Presentation)

 

Ball on Incline Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Ball on Incline Lab Data Sheet

Finish Ball on Incline Lab

Ball on Incline Post-Lab (Presentation)

PD Day - No Students Happy 71st Birthday John Lennon!  
10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Lab Extension Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Tangent Lines with TI (Presentation)

Lab Extension Post-Lab (Presentation)

Lab-Extension Scoring Rubric

Work on Ball on Incline Lab Report and Lab Extension Report

Pre-Activity Speeding Up and Slowing Down (Presentation)

Speeding Up and Slowing Down Activity

Whiteboard Speeding Up an Slowing Down Activity #1-4

End of 1st Marking Period

Finish #1-4

Speeding Up and Slowing Down #5-6 (Presentation)

 

   
17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Unit II WS 2a

Unit II WS 2b

Work on Lab Extension Report

Begin Kinematic Concepts & Graphing MOP Record Keeping Form

Continue MOP's

Continue MOP's

 

Finish MOP's and begin

Unit II WS 3a

 

   
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Finish Unit II WS 3a

Kinematic Equations Derivation (Presentation)

 

Kinematic Equations Examples (Presentation)

Begin Unit II WS 3b

Finish Unit II WS 3b

Free Fall Pre-Activity (Presentation)

Free Fall Activity Data Sheet

   
31            

Halloween

BOO!

Free Fall Post-Activity (Presentation)

Movie "Free Fall"

           
November  2011Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
  1 2 3 4 5 6
  PD Day - No Students

Free Fall Demonstration

Unit II WS 4

Unit II Review Worksheet

Unit II Test

Yay!!!!

   
7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Test Corrections

Vector Reading

Drawing and Naming Two-Dimensional Vectors (Presentation)

Vectors Worksheet 1

Vectors MOP Record Keeping Form

Do MOP's #1

Vector Addition Graphical Method (Presentation)

Vectors Worksheet 2

Do MOP's #2-3

4:00-7:00 PM Parent-Teacher Conferences

Right Triangle Vector Trig (Presentation)

Vectors Worksheet 3

Do MOP's #4

Parent-Teacher Conferences during the school day

No Students

   
14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Components (Presentation)

Vectors Worksheet 4

Do MOP's #5

Vector Review Worksheet

Finish MOP's

Vector Quiz

Turn in:

  • Review WS
  • MOP's
Begin "Newton's Dark Secrets"

Quiz Corrections

   
21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Begin Inertia (Presentation)

Movie "Inertia"

Reading-Force Diagrams

Finish Inertia (Presentation) with demonstrations

Unit III Worksheet 1

Newton's Laws MOP Record Keeping Form

Do MOP #1

Thanksgiving Break
   
28 29 30        

Force Diagrams #1-2 (Presentation)

Describe "Freebody"

Unit III Worksheet 2a

Do MOP's #2, 4-5

Force Diagrams #3-5 (Presentation)

Begin Unit III Worksheet 2b

       
December  2011Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
      1 2 3 4
     

Finish Unit III Worksheet 2a & Unit III Worksheet 2b

Extra time - work on MOP's

End of 2nd Marking Period

Force of Gravity Pre-Lab (Presentation)

   
5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Force of Gravity Post-Lab (Presentation)

Unit III Worksheet 3

Do MOP #6

Example 1 (Presentation)

Unit III Worksheet 4

Example 2 (Presentation)

Unit III Worksheet 5

John Lennon

10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980

Happy 13th Birthday!

Chapin Lennon Kartsounes

12/8/1998

Example 3 (Presentation)

Unit III Worksheet 6

Unit III Review Worksheet    
12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Unit III Test

Turn in:

  • Review WS
  • MOP's
Finish "Newton's Dark Secrets" Test Corrections

Newton's Second Law Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Newton's Second Law Data Sheet

Continue Lab    
19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Finish Lab

Begin Working on Lab Report

Newton's Second Law Post-Lab (Presentation)

Unit IV Worksheet 1

Newton's Laws MOP Record Keeping Form

Do MOP's #3 & 7

Unit IV Worksheet 2

Do MOP's #8

Holiday Break
26 27 28 29 30 31  
Holiday Break
 
January  2012Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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            Holiday Break
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Holiday Break

Falling (Presentation)

Begin Unit IV Worksheet 3

Do MOP's #9-11

Newton's Second Law Lab Report Due.

Finish Unit IV Worksheet 3

Unit IV Worksheet 4 Unit IV Worksheet 5    
9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Newton's Third Law Activity

Newton's Third Law Post-Activity (Presentation)

Begin Unit IV Worksheet 6

Do MOP's #12

Finish Unit IV Worksheet 6

MLK Day Presentation

Unit IV Review I Worksheet

Unit IV Review II Worksheet

   
16 17 18 19 20 21 22

MLK Day

Unit IV Test

Turn in:

  • Review WS
  • MOP's
1st Semester Review Test Corrections Continue Review    
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Continue Review

AM Final Exams

AM Final Exams AM Final Exams

End of First Semester

Teacher Records Day

No Students

   
30 31          
Exam Corrections

Force of Kinetic Friction Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Force of Kinetic Friction Lab Sheet

         
February  2012Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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Finish Kinetic Friction Lab

Force of Kinetic Friction Post-Lab (Presentation)

Force of Static Friction (Presentation)

Begin Unit IV Worksheet 7

Take ACT Science Practice Test

Finish Unit IV Worksheet 7

   
6 7 8 9 10 11 12

One Dimensional Projectile Motion (Presentation)

Begin Unit V Worksheet 1

Finish Unit V Worksheet 1

Work on Lab Report

Introduction to 2D Projectile Motion (Presentation)

Unit V Worksheet 2

Projectiles MOP Record Keeping Form

Do MOP #7

Unit V Worksheet 2 (Presentation)

Unit V Worksheet 3

Do MOP #8

Unit V Worksheet 4    
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Projectile Motion Practicum I

General Projectile Motion (Presentation)

Unit V Worksheet 5

Do MOP #9

Projectile Motion Pre-Activity (Presentation)

Projectile Motion Activity

Continue Projectile Motion Activity

Projectile Motion Activity (Presentation)

Finish Projectile Motion Activity

   
20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Projectile Motion Post-Activity (Presentation)

Begin Unit V Worksheet 6

Do MOP #10

Finish Unit V Worksheet 6

Unit V Review Worksheet

Projectile Practicum II

Unit V Test

Turn in:

  • Review WS
  • MOP's
Mid-Winter Break
27 28 29        
Mid-Winter Break Test Corrections

The Law of Conservation of Energy (Presentation)

Pie Chart Examples (Presentation)

       
March  2012Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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      Unit VI Worksheet 1a Unit VI Worksheet 1b    
5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Spring Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Hooke's Law Data sheet

ACT Testing

No regular classes

1st, 2nd & 3rd Hours

Spring Post-Lab (Presentation)

4th Hour

Spring Post-Lab (Presentation)

 

End of 4th Marking Period

Elastic Potential Energy (Presentation)

Unit VI Worksheet 2

 

   
12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Energy Bar Graphs Qualitative Examples (Presentation)

Unit VI Worksheet 3a

Gravitational Potential Energy (Presentation)

Kinetic Energy Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Kinetic Energy Lab Sheet

Begin Kinetic Energy Lab Finish Kinetic Energy Lab

Kinetic Energy Post-Lab (Presentation)

 

   
19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Ediss & Work (Presentation)

Energy Bar Graphs Quantitative Examples (Presentation)

Finish

Energy Bar Graphs Quantitative Examples (Presentation)

Begin Unit VI Worksheet 3b

Finish Unit VI Worksheet 3b

Movie "Conservation of Energy"

Energy Quantitative Examples (Presentation)

Begin Unit VI Worksheet 4

PD Day - No Students
   
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Finish Unit VI Worksheet 4

Movie "Potential Energy"

Power (Presentation)

Unit VI Worksheet 5

Unit VI Review Worksheet

Unit V Test

Turn in:

  • Review WS
Movie    
April  2012Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Test Corrections

Central Force Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Central Force Data Sheet

Continue Lab
Finish Lab
Spring Break
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Spring Break
16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Central Force Post-Lab (Presentation)

Uniform Circular Motion (Presentation)

Finish Uniform Circular Motion (Presentation)

Circular Motion & Gravitation MOP Record Keeping Form

Do MOP's #1-3

Water in a Coffee Can and Examples (Presentation)

Do MOP #4

Unit VII Worksheet 1

Unit VII Worksheet 2

 

Driving in Circles Examples (Presentation)

Do MOP #5

Unit VII Worksheet 3

   
23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Finish Unit VII Worksheet 3

Complete MOP's # 1-5

No School

Kepler's Three Laws (Presentation)

Do MOP's #9-10

Unit VII Worksheet 4

End of 5th Marking Period

Law of Universal Gravitation (Presentation)

 

2nd Hour is one day behind
 
30            

Unit VII Worksheet 5

Do MOP's #6-7

           
May  2012Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
  1 2 3 4 5 6
 

Circular Orbits (Presentation)

Do MOP #8

Unit VII Worksheet 6

Unit VII Review Worksheet

Movie "Einstein's Big Idea"

Unit VII Test

Turn in:

  • Review WS
  • MOP's
   
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Finish "Einstein's Big Idea" Test Corrections Movie "Einstein's Wife"

Momentum (Presentation)

Momentum and Collisions MOP Record Keeping Form

Do MOP #1

Prom
   
14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Impulse-Change in Momentum (Presentation)

Do MOP's #2-3

Finish MOP's

Unit VIII Worksheet 1

Unit VIII Worksheet 2

Explosions Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Explosions Data Sheet

Finish Explosions Lab

Explosions Post-Lab (Presentation)

Do MOP #6

   
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Amusement Park Project Final Continue Amusement Park Project Final Continue Amusement Park Project Final

Seniors' Last Day!

Amusement Park Project Due

PD Day - No Students
   
28 29 30 31      
Memorial Day

Collisions Pre-Lab (Presentation)

Collision Data Sheet

Collisions Post-Lab (Presentation)

Do MOP's #4-5

Conservation of Momentum Examples (Presentation)

Begin Unit VIII Worksheet 3

Finish Unit VIII Worksheet 3

Do MOP's 7-10

   
June  2012Back  to top  of  page
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
        1 2 3
        Unit VIII Worksheet 4    
4 5 6 7 8    
Unit VIII Review Worksheet

Unit VII Test

Turn in:

  • Review WS
  • MOP's

AM Final Exams

Test Corrections

AM Final Exams

Test Corrections

Graduation

AM Final Exams

Test Corrections

Last Day of School!

   

 

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