| AP Physics C,White - B Period, 2024-2025 |
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First Day of School, Special Schedule. CLASS: Introduction to the course, classroom, website. |
CLASS: Test-Chapter 3, Kinematics |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 2.1:Vector Definition, 2.2: Graphical Analysis, 2.3: Adding and Subtracting Vectors, 2.4: Polar Notation of Vectors, 2.5: Unit Vectors (i,j) |
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HW: Study for test |
HW: Relax |
HW: Do Practice Problems 1 (pp1): 2.25, 2.27, 2.29, 2.34, 2.40, 2.47; 2.51. Download Lab-Kinematics |
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08/26/24 |
08/27/24 |
08/28/24 |
08/29/24 |
08/30/24 |
08/31/24 |
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Day 3-L3 no Lab in first cycle |
CLASS: Lab-Kinematics: Acceleration of a Cart |
CLASS: Reflection Activity. Presentation on Chapter 4-1 (OpenStax textbook sections 4.1: Displacement & Velocity Vectors; 4.2: Acceleration Vector; 4.3: Projectile Motion) |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 4-2 (OpenStax textbook sections 4.4: Uniform Circular Motion) In-class Quiz: Speed. |
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HW: Complete lab writeup if not finished in class. |
HW: Do pp2: 4.18, 4.19, 4.22, 4.26, 4.27, 4.33, 4.38, 4.46 |
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HW: Do pp3: 4.61, 4.62, 4.68 |
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09/02/24 |
09/03/24 |
09/04/24 |
09/05/24 |
09/06/24 |
09/07/24 |
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Labor Day (Holiday) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 4-3. (OpenStax textbook sections on Uniform Circular Motion; 4.5: 4.5 Relative Velocity & Acceleration) |
CLASS: Lab-Catch the Ball |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 5, parts 1-3. 5.1: Forces; 5.2: Newton's First Law; 5.3: Newton's Second Law; 5.4: Mass & Weight |
CLASS: Test-Ch 2,4 |
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HW: Do pp4: 4.73, 4.75; Download Lab-Catch the Ball; Download Practice Test |
HW: Complete lab writeup if not finished in class |
HW: Do Practice Problems 5 (pp5): 5.19, 5.24, 5.27, 5.33 |
HW: Relax! |
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| 09/08/24 |
09/09/24 |
09/10/24 |
09/11/24 |
09/12/24 |
09/13/24 |
09/14/24 |
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Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 5, parts 4-6. (OpenStax textbook sections 5.5: Newton's Third Law; 5.6: Common Forces, Inclines; 5.7: Drawing Free-Body Diagrams) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 5, part 7. (OpenStax textbook sections 6.1: Solving Problems with Newton’s Laws) |
CLASS: Continue w/ Newton’s Laws |
CLASS: Lab-Newton’s Second Law: Inclines |
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HW: Do pp6: 5.37, 5.41, 5.45, 5.46 |
HW: Do pp7: 5.53, 5.57, 5.63, 5.65 |
HW: Do pp8: 5.67, 5.71, 6.28, 6.30; Download Lab-Inclines |
HW: Complete lab writeup if not finished in class. Do pp9: 6.37, 6.42, 6.43 |
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| 09/15/24 |
09/16/24 |
09/17/24 |
09/18/24 |
09/19/24 |
09/20/24 |
09/21/24 |
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CLASS: Demo-Pulleys; Presentation on Chapter 6, part 1. (OpenStax textbook section 6.2: Friction) |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Lab-Newton’s Second Law: Friction; QUIZ-Dragging a Student; |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 6, parts 2-3. (OpenStax textbook section 6.3: Centripetal Force (car around a curve)) |
CLASS: ACTIVITY-Airplane: Tension in String; Presentation on Chapter 6, parts 4-6. ACTIVITY-Vertical Circles |
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HW: Do pp10: 6.48, 6.52, 6.55, 6.61 |
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HW: Do pp11: 6.62, 6.63, 6.65 |
HW: Do Do pp12: 6.68, 6.73 |
HW: Do pp13: 6.79, 6.94. Download Practice Test |
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| 09/22/24 |
09/23/24 |
09/24/24 |
09/25/24 |
09/26/24 |
09/27/24 |
09/28/24 |
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Outdoor Ed |
Outdoor Ed |
Outdoor Ed |
Outdoor Ed |
Outdoor Ed |
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| 09/29/24 |
09/30/24 |
10/01/24 |
10/02/24 |
10/03/24 |
10/04/24 |
10/05/24 |
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Francis Wass Day (No school) |
CLASS: Demo-Penny on a Turntable, Test Review |
CLASS: Test Review |
Rosh Hashana (No school) |
CLASS: Test-Ch 5, 6 |
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HW: Study for test |
HW: Study for test |
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HW: Relax! |
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| 10/06/24 |
10/07/24 |
10/08/24 |
10/09/24 |
10/10/24 |
10/11/24 |
10/12/24 |
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Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 7, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 7.1: Work, 2.4: Products of Vectors (dot product)). Semester 1 Review Assignment available.
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CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 7, parts 3-4. (OpenStax textbook sections 7.2: Kinetic Energy; 7.3: Work-Energy Theorem.) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 7, part 5, and Chapter 8, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 7.4: Power; 8.1: Potential Energy) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 8, parts 2-4. (OpenStax textbook sections 8.2: Conservative & Non-Conservative Forces; 8.3: Conservation of Energy) |
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HW: Do Practice Problems 14 (pp14): 7.23, 7.25, 7.27, 7.28 |
HW: Do pp15: 7.33, 7.50, 7.53, 7.59 |
HW: Do pp16: 7.67, 7.73, 7.81, 8.23 |
HW: Do pp17: 8.32, 8.33, 8.35, 8.38 ; Download Lab-Pendulum |
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| 10/13/24 |
10/14/24 |
10/15/24 |
10/16/24 |
10/17/24 |
10/18/24 |
10/19/24 |
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CLASS: 8.3: Conservation of Energy; Lab-Pendulum |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 8, part 5. (OpenStax textbook sections 8.4 Potential Energy Diagrams & Stability |
CLASS: Lab-Skate Park; Review Assignment Due |
PSAT Testing Day |
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HW: Do pp18: 8.40, 8.42, 8.43 |
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HW: Do pp19: 8.24, 8.26, 8.28 |
HW: Do pp20: 8.47, 8.50, 8.72; Download Practice Test |
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| 10/20/24 |
10/21/24 |
10/22/24 |
10/23/24 |
10/24/24 |
10/25/24 |
10/26/24 |
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CLASS: Review for Test. |
CLASS - Test-Ch 7,8 |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Quarter 1 ends. Presentation on Chapter 9, parts 1, 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 9.1: Linear Momentum; 9.2: Impulse & Collisions) |
US Writing Day |
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HW: Study for test |
HW: Relax! |
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HW: Do Practice Problems 21 (pp21): 9.20, 9.25, 9.28, 9.32; Download Lab-Impulse & Momentum |
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| 10/27/24 |
10/28/24 |
10/29/24 |
10/30/24 |
10/31/24 |
11/01/24 |
11/02/24 |
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CLASS: Lab-Impulse and Momentum |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 9, parts 3, 4. (OpenStax textbook sections 9.3: Conservation of Linear Momentum; 9.4: Types of Collisions) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 9, part 5. (OpenStax textbook sections 9.5: Collisions in Multiple Dimensions; 9.6: Center of Mass) |
CLASS: Halloween Speed Test |
Day 6-No class |
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HW: Complete writeup if not finished in class |
HW: Do pp22: 9.35, 9.37, 9.39, 9.41; Download Lab-Ballistic Pendulum |
HW: Do pp23: 9.45, 9.46, 9.47, 9.57 |
HW: Relax! |
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| 11/03/24 |
11/04/24 |
11/05/24 |
11/06/24 |
11/07/24 |
11/08/24 |
11/09/24 |
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CLASS: Lab-Ballistic Pendulum |
CLASS: 9.6: Center of Mass, continued. Review for test. |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 10, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 10.1: Rotational Variables; 10.2: Rotation with Constant Angular Acceleration; 10.3 Relating Angular & Translational Quantities) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 10, part 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 10.4: Moment of Inertia & Rotational Kinetic Energy; 10.5: Calculating Moments of Inertia ) |
CLASS: Test-Ch 9 |
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HW: Do pp24: 9.63, 9.68, 9.70, 9.76. Download Practice Test |
HW: Study for test |
HW: Do Practice Problems 25 (pp25): 10.31, 10.33, 10.42, 10.51 |
HW: Do pp26: 10.54, 10.58, 10.65, 10.66, 10.68 |
HW: Relax! |
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| 11/10/24 |
11/11/24 |
11/12/24 |
11/13/24 |
11/14/24 |
11/15/24 |
11/16/24 |
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Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 10, part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 10.5: continued. 2.4: Products of Vectors (cross-product)) |
CLASS: Course/Teacher/Text evaluation; Presentation on Chapter 10, part 4 (OpenStax textbook sections 10.6: Torque; 10.7: Newton’s Second Law for Rotation) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 10, part 5. (OpenStax textbook sections 10.8: Work & Power for Rotational Motion) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 11, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 11.1 Rolling Motion) Discuss Rolling Objects lab. |
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HW: Do pp27 : 2.68, 10.73, 10.74 |
HW: Do pp28: 10.75, 10.84, 10.92 |
HW: Do pp29: 10.94, 10.100, 10.103 |
HW: Do pp30: 11.19, 11.23, 11.31 |
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| 11/17/24 |
11/18/24 |
11/19/24 |
11/20/24 |
11/21/24 |
11/22/24 |
11/23/24 |
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CLASS: Lab-Rolling Objects |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Lab-Rolling Objects |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 11, part 2-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 11.2: Angular Momentum, 11.3: Conservation of Angular Momentum) |
CLASS: Thanksgiving Speed Test |
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HW: Process Lab results, continue writeup |
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HW: Process Lab results, continue writeup |
HW: Do pp31: 11.36, 11.37, 11.41 |
HW: Relax |
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| 11/24/24 |
11/25/24 |
11/26/24 |
11/27/24 |
11/28/24 |
11/29/24 |
11/30/24 |
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Thanksgiving Holiday |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| 12/01/24 |
12/02/24 |
12/03/24 |
12/04/24 |
12/05/24 |
12/06/24 |
12/07/24 |
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CLASS: Continue Angular Momentum |
CLASS: Review; Complete Angular Momentum |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Review |
CLASS: Test-Ch 10, 11 |
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HW: Do pp32: 11.52, 11.53, 11.56, 11.63. Download Practice Test |
HW: Review for Test |
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HW: Review for Test |
HW: Relax! |
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| 12/08/24 |
12/09/24 |
12/10/24 |
12/11/24 |
12/12/24 |
12/13/24 |
12/14/24 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 15, Parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 15.3: Comparing Simple Harmonic Motion & Circular Motion; 15.1: Simple Harmonic Motion |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 15, part 3. (OpenStax textbook sections 15.2: Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion) Lab-Hooke’s Law. |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 15, part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 15.4: Pendulums). Activity-Length of a Pendulum |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Review for Block Day exam |
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HW: Do pp37: 15.25, 15.26, 15.29, 15.30; Download Hooke's Law Lab |
HW: Do pp38: 15.32, 15.34, 15.37, 15.41; Download Practice Test |
HW: Do pp39: 15.42, 15.49, 15.60 |
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HW: Review for Test |
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| 12/15/24 |
12/16/24 |
12/17/24 |
12/18/24 |
12/19/24 |
12/20/24 |
12/21/24 |
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CLASS: Review for Block Day exam |
Block Day |
Block Day |
Block Day |
Block Day |
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HW: Review for Test |
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| 12/22/24 |
12/23/24 |
12/24/24 |
12/25/24 |
12/26/24 |
12/27/24 |
12/28/24 |
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Winter Break |
Winter Break |
Winter Break |
Winter Break |
Winter Break |
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| 12/29/24 |
12/30/24 |
12/31/24 |
01/01/25 |
01/02/25 |
01/03/25 |
01/04/25 |
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Winter Break |
Winter Break |
Winter Break |
Winter Break |
Winter Break |
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| 01/05/25 |
01/06/25 |
01/07/25 |
01/08/25 |
01/09/25 |
01/10/25 |
01/11/25 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 13, parts 1-2 (OpenStax textbook sections 13.1: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation; 13.2: Gravitation Near Earth’s Surface). |
Presentation on Chapter 13 part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 13.3: Gravitational Potential Energy & Total Energy) |
CLASS: School cancelled |
CLASS: School cancelled |
CLASS: School cancelled |
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HW: Do pp34: 13.13, 13.15, 13.20, 13.23. |
HW: Do pp35: 13.29, 13.32, 13.33 |
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01/13/25 |
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01/18/25 |
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Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Return to School |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 13 part 4 (OpenStax textbook sections 13.4 Satellite Orbits & Energy). |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 5, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 5.1: Electric Charge; 5.2: Conductors, Insulators, & Charging by Induction; 5.3: Coulomb's Law) |
Start of Semester 2. CLASS: Presentation on Ch 5, part 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 5.4: The Electric Field; 5.5: Calculating Electric Fields of Charge Distributions |
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HW: |
HW: Do pp36: 13.36, 13.37, 13.39 |
HW: Do Practice Problems 40 (pp40): 5.39, 5.41, 5:45, 5.49. |
HW: Do pp41 : 5.55, 5.63, 5.65, 5.69, 5.81. |
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01/21/25 |
01/22/25 |
01/23/25 |
01/24/25 |
01/25/25 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
CLASS: Lab - Lab-Electric Fields. Write-up due at end of class. |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 6, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 6.1 Electric Flux; 6.2: Explaining Gauss's Law; 6.3: Applying Gauss’s Law) |
CLASS: 6.3 Gauss's Law (continued) |
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HW: Complete Electric Fields Lab |
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HW: Do pp42 : 5.84, 5.94, 5.100, 5.102. |
HW: Do pp43 : 6.20, 6.21, 6.25, 6.30, 6.31, 6.34 |
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02/01/25 |
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Start of Semester 2. CLASS: Presentation on Ch 6, part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 6.4 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium) |
CLASS: LAB-Millikan’s Oil Drops |
CLASS: Review for Test |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Test-Ch 5, 6 |
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HW: Do pp44 : 6.43, 6.44, 6.45, 6.46 |
HW: Do pp45 : 6.57, 6.60, 6.65, 6.67; Download Practice Test |
HW: Study for test |
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HW: Relax! |
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| 02/02/25 |
02/03/25 |
02/04/25 |
02/05/25 |
02/06/25 |
02/07/25 |
02/08/25 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Ch 7, parts 1-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 7.1:Electric Potential Energy; 7.2: Electric Potential & Electric Potential Difference; 7.3: Calculations of Electric Potential) |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 7, part 4 (OpenStax textbook sections 7.4: Determining Field from Potential) |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 7, part 5 (OpenStax textbook sections 7.5: Equipotential Surfaces and Conductors) |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 8, part 1 (OpenStax textbook section 8.1: Capacitors & Capacitance) |
Day 6-No class |
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HW: Do pp46 : 7.29, 7.31, 7.36, 7.4 |
HW: Do pp47 : 7.47, 7.49, 7.55, 7.56 |
HW: Do pp48 : 7.58, 7.60. |
HW: Do Practice Problems 49 (pp49) 8.19, 8.25, 8.28 |
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| 02/09/25 |
02/10/25 |
02/11/25 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Ch 8, part 2-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 8.2: Capacitors in Series & in Parallel; 8.3: Energy Stored in a Capacitor) |
CLASS: Lab-Electric Potential |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 8, part 4 (OpenStax textbook sections 8.4: Capacitors with a Dielectric; 8.5: Molecular Model of a Dielectric. Demo: Capacitor Discharge) |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 9, parts 1-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 9.1: Electrical Current; 9.2: Model of Conduction in Metals; 9.3: Resistivity & Resistance; 9.4: Ohm’s Law). Demo-Ohm’s Law (Squirt Bottle) |
Professional Growth Day |
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HW: Do pp50 : 8.31, 8.32, 8.38, 8.40, 8.43; Download Lab-Electric Potential |
HW: Complete lab assignment |
HW: Do pp51 : 8.51, 8.52, 8.53, 8.56; Download Practice Test |
HW: Do pp52 : 9.23, 9.28, 9.50, 9.51, 9.53 |
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| 02/16/25 |
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02/18/25 |
02/19/25 |
02/20/25 |
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02/22/25 |
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Presidents’ Day (Holiday) |
CLASS: Review for Test |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Test-Ch 7, 8 |
CLASS: Lab - Simple Circuits. |
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HW: Study for test |
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HW: Study for test |
HW: Complete lab if not done in class |
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| 02/23/25 |
02/24/25 |
02/25/25 |
02/26/25 |
02/27/25 |
02/28/25 |
03/01/25 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Ch 9, parts 3-4, Ch 10, parts 1-2 (OpenStax textbook sections 9.5: Electrical Energy & Power; 10.1: Electromotive Force; 10.2: Resistors in Series & Parallel) |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 10, part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 10.3: Kirchhoff’s Rules) |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 10, part 3 continued, part 4: Measuring Instruments (OpenStax textbook sections 10:3; 10.4: Electrical Measuring Instruments). Activity/Demo: Series and Parallel Circuits. Extra Credit due. |
Day 6-No class |
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HW: Do pp53 : 9.55, 9.56, 9.58, 9.60, 9.61; Semester 2 Review assignment available |
HW: Do pp54 : 10.25, 10.26, 10.28. Solve Complex Circuit problem |
HW: Do pp55 : 10.36, 10.37 a & c, 10.38 |
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| 03/02/25 |
03/03/25 |
03/04/25 |
03/05/25 |
03/06/25 |
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03/08/25 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Ch 10, part 5 (OpenStax textbook sections 10.5: RC Circuits). |
CLASS: Lab-RC Circuits |
CLASS: Review for Test |
CLASS: Test-Ch 9, 10 |
Day 6-No class |
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HW: Do pp56 : 10.49, 10.50, 10.51; Download Lab-RC Circuits |
HW: Complete lab |
HW: Review for Test |
Relax! |
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| 03/09/25 |
03/10/25 |
03/11/25 |
03/12/25 |
03/13/25 |
03/14/25 |
03/15/25 |
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US Writing Day |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 11, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 1.1: Magnetism & its Historical Discoveries; 11.2: Magnetic Fields & Lines; 11.3: Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field.) DEMO: Magnetic Force on moving chargeCh 11, parts 1-2 |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 11, parts 3-4. (OpenStax textbook sections 11.4: Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor. 11.5: Force & Torque on a Current Loop); DEMO: Force on current-carrying wire |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 11, part 5. (OpenStax textbook sections 11.6: The Hall Effect; 11.7: Applications of Magnetic Forces and Fields) |
CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 12, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 12.1: The Biot-Savart Law; 12.2: Magnetic Field Due to a Thin, Straight Wire; 12.3: Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Currents) |
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HW: Do Practice Problems 57 (pp57) 11.15, 11.17, 11.25, 11.28 |
HW: Do pp58 : 11.33, 11.37, 11.40 |
HW: 11.49; Download Lab-Drawing Magnetic Fields |
HW: Do pp59 : 12.16, 12.18, 12.24, 12.31 |
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| 03/16/25 |
03/17/25 |
03/18/25 |
03/19/25 |
03/20/25 |
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CLASS: Presentation on Ch 12, part 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 12.4: Magnetic Field of a Current Loop; 12.5: Ampere's Law) |
Day 6-No class |
CLASS: Presentation on Ch 12, part 2 (cont’d) (OpenStax textbook sections 12.6: Solenoids & Toroids; 12.7: Magnetism in Matter) |
CLASS: Review for Exam |
CLASS: Test-Ch 11, 12 |
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HW: Do pp60 : 12.35, 12.42 a, b, c, 12.47, 12.48 |
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HW: Do pp61 : 12.49, 12.50 |
HW: Review for Exam |
HW: Relax |
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| 03/23/25 |
03/24/25 |
03/25/25 |
03/26/25 |
03/27/25 |
03/28/25 |
03/29/25 |
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Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
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| 03/30/25 |
03/31/25 |
04/01/25 |
04/02/25 |
04/03/25 |
04/04/25 |
04/05/25 |
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Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
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