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| Mr. Whiteโs Honors Physics Calendar, F Period, 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 | 8/24 | |||
| Introductions! RoadRunner physics |
Cart exploration lab | |||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 8/31 | |
| 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 | 9/7 | ||
| 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 | 9/14 | |
| 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 | 9/21 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | 10/5 | |||
| 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 | 10/12 | |
| 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 (๐k= 0.3 and ๐s = 0.5 ), 11 (๐k = 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 | 10/19 | |
| 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 | 10/26 | ||
| 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 |
Kepler's laws exploration | Review | |||
| HW17: | HW18: | HW19: | HW: | |||
| From Ch6: CQ 21 P 25, 34, 40? |
From Ch4: CQ 23, P 13 *use LUG From Ch6: CQ 20 P43? |
Problem set TBD (not OpenStax) | 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| Enjoy the break! | ||||||