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| Honors Physics - F (White S1, Dunham S2) | ||||||
| 2024-2025 | ||||||
| First Quarter, 2024-2025 | ||||||
| SUN | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SAT |
| 8/18 | 8/19 | 8/20 | 8/21 | 8/22 | 8/23 | 8/24 |
| 1st day of school | Day 1 (no L) | Day 2 | ||||
| Introductions! RoadRunner physics |
Cart exploration lab | |||||
| HW0: | HW1: | |||||
| Read course policies, complete student survey | 1. Read Openstax sections 2.1 (displacement) and 2.2 (vectors + scalars) 2. Answer + check: CQ2.1, 2.4, 2.6 Problems 2.1, 2.3 | |||||
| 8/25 | 8/26 | 8/27 | 8/28 | 8/29 | 8/30 | 8/31 |
| Day 3 (no L) | Day 4 | Day 5 (no L) | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | ||
| Vocabulary of motion Pull-back truck mini-lab Graphs of motion |
Mathematical and graphical relationships | Problem solving with kinematic equations + free fall intro | Lab#1: Accelerating cart | |||
| HW2: | HW3: | HW4: | HW: | |||
| CQ2.10, 2.27 problem 2.64 |
CQ 2.18 Problems 2.59, 2.65 |
CQ 2.14, 2.15, Problems 2.21, 2.28, 2.43 |
work on lab write up - due Weds | |||
| 9/1 | 9/2 | 9/3 | 9/4 | 9/5 | 9/6 | 9/7 |
| Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | |||
| LABOR DAY HOLIDAY | Free fall | Problem solving round robin | Multiple representations of data activity Poppers mini-lab Review |
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| HW: | HW5: | HW: | ||||
| Finish lab write-up - due tomorrow | Problems 2.38, 2.47, 2.67 | Review for test | ||||
| 9/8 | 9/9 | 9/10 | 9/11 | 9/12 | 9/13 | 9/14 |
| Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | ||
| Test #1 on graphs + 1D kinematics | Vectors and vector notation | 2D kinematics - concepts + cannonball | 2D kinematics problem solving + nerf minilab | |||
| HW: | HW6: | HW7: | HW8: | |||
| Relax! | From Chapter 3: CQ 3, 8 Problems 2, 3, 4 |
From chapter 3: CQ 13 Problem 19 |
From chapter 3: Problems 26, 27 |
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| 9/15 | 9/16 | 9/17 | 9/18 | 9/19 | 9/20 | 9/21 |
| Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | Day 3 | ||
| Bus Jump mini-lab | To Catch a ball lab | Problem solving practice for test | Test #2 on vectors + 2D kinematics | Vector walk | ||
| HW: | HW: | HW: | HW: | HW: | ||
| Do pre-lab preparation for To Catch a Ball Lab | Review | Review | relax! | Enjoy the week away! | ||
| 9/22 | 9/23 | 9/24 | 9/25 | 9/26 | 9/27 | 9/28 |
| Outdoor Ed Week | Outdoor Ed Week | Outdoor Ed Week | Outdoor Ed Week | Outdoor Ed Week | ||
| 9/29 | 9/30 | 10/1 | 10/2 | 10/3 | 10/4 | 10/5 |
| Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | ||||
| Francis Wass Day no school |
1. NLs concepts + demos 2. Hoverdisk mini-lab 3. important figures in developing dynamics **Post Extra-Credit assignment - due Thurs 10/17 |
Rosh Hashanah | 1. Inertia, mass, and weight 2. Newton's first law 3. Start types of forces |
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| HW9: | HW10: | |||||
| From Ch.4: CQ 9, 17 |
From Ch.4: CQ 4, 19, 21 |
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| 10/6 | 10/7 | 10/8 | 10/9 | 10/10 | 10/11 | 10/12 |
| Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 - RD out | ||
| 1. Recap types of forces 2. Drawing FBDs 3. If time, start N2L problem solving without friction |
N2L problem solving without friction: 1. 1D 2. ramps 3. pulleys |
N2L lab (formal writeup) | Friction: static vs kinetic Problem solving with friction |
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| HW11: | HW12: | HW: | HW13: | |||
| Finish FBD drawing problem set from class | From Ch4: Problems 9, 11a, 20, 23 |
work on lab write-up: due in 3 classes | From Ch. 4: Problem 46 From Ch 5: CQ 1 Problems 4 (𝜇k= 0.3 and 𝜇s = 0.5 ), 11 (𝜇k = 0.1) |
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| 10/13 | 10/14 | 10/15 | 10/16 | 10/17 | 10/18 | 10/19 |
| Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 **optional Extra Credit due today by 3:15 | Day 3 | ||
| More practice with problem solving, with and without friction | 1. Coin on book mini-lab 2. Intro to centripetal force - concepts + demos (cup w/ water, skiing video, loop the loops) |
Centripetal motion practice | Review problems | PSAT Day No Classes |
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| HW: | HW14: | HW15: | HW: | |||
| Finish lab write-up - due tomorrow | From Ch6: CQ 2, 4, 6 P 11 |
Ch6: CQ 5 P 31 |
Review | |||
| 10/20 | 10/21 | 10/22 | 10/23 | 10/24 | 10/25 | 10/26 |
| Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | |||
| TEST #3 on Newton's laws + dynamics (including centripetal motion) | Solving problems with centripetal forces | 1. Check in about centripetal calculations 2. Talk about artificial gravity as an application 3. Start talking about gravitation |
FACULTY WRITING DAY (NO SCHOOL)--(first quarter ends) | |||
| HW: | HW16: | HW: | ||||
| Q1 reflection for tomorrow | From Ch6: CQ 7, 10 P 21, 32 |
Do prelab for Penny on a Turntable lab | ||||
| Second Quarter, 2024-2025 | ||||||
| SUN | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SAT |
| 10/27 | 10/28 | 10/29 | 10/30 | 10/31 | 11/1 | 11/2 |
| Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | ||
| 1. Penny on a turntable lab (in class) 2. More with gravitation |
1. Weightlessness and apparent weight 2. Orbits and satellites |
Airplane mini-lab, something fun for Halloween | Review | |||
| HW17: | HW18 - due Fri | HW | HW: | |||
| From Ch6: CQ 21 P 25, 34, 40? |
From Ch4: CQ 23, P 13 *use LUG From Ch6: CQ 20 P43? |
finish HW19 | Review | |||
| 11/3 | 11/4 | 11/5 | 11/6 | 11/7 | 11/8 | 11/9 |
| Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | ||
| Quest #4 on centripetal problem solving, gravitation, orbits (30-40 min only) afterwards, start talking about energy! |
Work and energy introduced | Work/energy theorem Power introduced PE functions derived (gravitation, springs) |
Finish up PE functions if needed Conservation of energy derived |
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| HW: | HW19: | HW20: | HW21: | |||
| Relax! | From chapter 7: CQ 2, 4, 5 P 2, 6 |
From chapter 7: CQ 19, 21 P 3, 7, 12 |
from chapter 7: CQ 8, 13 P 20, 21, 34 |
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| 11/10 | 11/11 | 11/12 | 11/13 | 11/14 | 11/15 | 11/16 |
| Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | ||
| Hot Wheels lab - in class | CoE problem solving - round robin | Pendulum lab - formal writeup | more compelx problem solving | |||
| HW: | HW22: | HW: | HW23: | |||
| Finish lab write-up to turn in next class | From chapter 7: P 22, 24, 27 |
Start write-up: due Tues | From chapter 7: CQ 11 P 23, 25 |
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| 11/17 | 11/18 | 11/19 | 11/20 | 11/21 | 11/22 | 11/23 |
| Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | Day 3: GPSFD | ||
| Energy odds n ends | Review | TEST 5 on work/energy | Goalless problems introduced | Thanksgiving speed test | ||
| HW: | HW: | HW: | HW: | HW: | ||
| Finish lab - due tomorrow | Review | relax! | relax! | Enjoy the break! | ||
| 11/24 | 11/25 | 11/26 | 11/27 | 11/28 | 11/29 | 11/30 |
| THANKSGIVING | THANKSGIVING | THANKSGIVING | THANKSGIVING | THANKSGIVING | ||
| 12/1 | 12/2 | 12/3 | 12/4 | 12/5 | 12/6 | 12/7 |
| Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | Day 2 | ||
| Impulse/momentum introduced Impulse mini-lab |
Impulse in 2D Conservation of momentum derived + explained |
Conservation of energy vs. conservation of momentum + start problem solving | more momentum problem solving | |||
| HW24: | HW25: | HW26: | HW27: | |||
| from Chapter 8: CQ 4, 5, 6 P 4, 8 |
from Chapter 8: CQ 1, 9, 13 P 11, 20 |
From chapter 8: CQ 14, 15, 16 P 23, 36, 43 |
Chapter 8: CQ 20, 21 P 37, 44 |
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| 12/8 | 12/9 | 12/10 | 12/11 | 12/12 | 12/13 | 12/14 |
| Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 1 - L period | ||
| Ballistic Pendulum lab - data collection | 2D problem solving | Round robin problem solving | "The Wave" and egg crash minilabs | |||
| HW: | HW: | HW28: | HW: | |||
| Work on lab write-up: due in 2 classes | finish lab write up for tomorrow | From chapter 8: CQ 17 P 47, 48ab only |
start reviewing | |||
| 12/15 | 12/16 | 12/17 | 12/18 | 12/19 | 12/20 | 12/21 |
| Day 2 | Block Day | Block Day | Block Day | Block Day | ||
| Review | 12-2: F block | |||||
| HW: | 1st hour: Momentum unit test | |||||
| Review for unit test | 2nd hour: something fun and creative! | |||||
| 12/22 | 12/23 | 12/24 | 12/25 | 12/26 | 12/27 | 12/28 |
| Winter Break | Winter Break | Winter Break | Winter Break | Winter Break | ||
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| 12/29 | 12/30 | 12/31 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 1/4 |
| Winter Break | Winter Break | Winter Break | Winter Break | Winter Break | ||
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| 1/5 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 1/8 | 1/9 | 1/10 | 1/11 |
| Day 1 - EC part 2 posted | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | ||
| Welcome back! Intro to rotational motion |
Rotational kinematics Intro static equilibrium |
Rigid body analyses |
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| HW29: | HW30: | |||||
| From chapter 6: CQ 1, Prob. 1, 2, 5 |
From chapter 10: CQ 4 Prob. 2, 7, 8 From chapter 9: CQ 2 |
CQ 3, 5 Prob. 1, 3 |
Prob 7, 9, 17 |
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| 1/12 | 1/13 | 1/14 | 1/15 | 1/16 | 1/17 | 1/18 |
| Day 6 | Day 1 - shortened L period | Day 2 | Day 3 - end of Sem1 | Day 4 - start Sem 2 - EC due 3:30 pm | ||
| Reconnecting + resetting If time, EC work time |
1. Balancing act mini-lab 2. Revisit torque definitions + basic calculations (HW31 in class) |
More torque practice (HW32 in class) | ||||
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| no HW - optional: work on EC | no HW - optional: work on EC | no HW - optional: work on EC | ||||