DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Tuesday, 3rd

(no notes)

Levitation and Ice Cream!

Groups of 6-8 bring:

-1 qt half&half

-1 cup sugar

-bowls and spoons

-flavorings & toppings 

Final Project Presentations 

Seniors last day! Congrats! 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Wednesday, 28th

(no notes)

Junior Post-Secondary Planning

(1st - 5th hours)

Thursday, 29th

(no notes)

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Tuesday, 20th

(no notes)

Valleyfair Physics Day

-go to 1st hour

-dismissal at 9:00 a.m.  

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Monday, 12th

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AP PHYSICS B EXAM

11:45 - 4:00 p.m.

@Washburn in Gym 103 

• get a 5/5! 

-return textbook

-write advice for next year's students

-begin final project  

• wow my classmates with Physics! 

Thursday, 15th

(no notes)

Friday, 16th

(no notes)

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-MC Quiz (20 Qs, 26 min)

-class time to finish Practice #3 MC 

-FR Quiz (1 15pt Q, 17 min)

-class time to finish Practice #3 FR

morning

Thursday, 8th 

morning

Friday, 9th 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-review of Waves & Optics equations

-working through FR #5

-review of Thermo equations

-working through FR #6 

-review of Atomic & Nuclear equations

-working through FR #7 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-Reading of the "Learning Objectives"

• everything 
• get a 5/5 on the AP Physics B Exam! 

-review of Equations

Wednesday, 23rd 

ESO (FR #1)

-review of Equations cont'd

-class time for 1st practice AP Exam 

-review of Equations cont'd

-class time for 1st practice AP Exam  

DUE: 1st practice AP Exam 

2nd practice AP Exam (due Wed, 30 April)

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-Gizmo: Bohr Model of Hydrogen 

-Class time for MP

-Qs on MP?

-CH 31 HW Quiz 

HW QUIZ ANSWER KEYS

      -2nd Hour

      -6th Hour 

-L&D: Nuclear Reactions and the infamous E=mc².

-online lessons: Nuclear Reactions & Mass-Energy Equivalence

V.B.1.a.1 Understand the significance of the mass number and charge of nuclei, in order to interpret symbols for nuclei that indicate these quantities

V.B.1.a.2 Use conservation of mass number and charge to complete nuclear reactions

V.B.1.a.3 Determine the mass number and charge of a nucleus after it has undergone specified decay processes.

V.B.1.b Know the nature of the strong nuclear force, so they can compare its 

strength and range with those of the electromagnetic force

V.B.1.c Understand nuclear fission, so they can describe a typical neutron induced fission and explain why a chain reaction is possible.

V.B.2.a Understand the relationship between mass and energy (mass-energy equivalence), in order to qualitatively relate the energy released in nuclear processes to the change in mass

V.B.2.b Apply the relationship E = mc^2 in analyzing nuclear processes

-Read 32.1-32.6

-CH 32 MP due Friday 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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-L&D: Quantum Effects

-online lessons: Photoelectric Effect & Wave-Particle Duality

V.A.1.a.1. Relate the energy of a photon in joules or electron-volts to its wavelength or frequency.

V.A.1.a.2. Relate the linear momentum of a photon to its energy or wavelength, and apply linear momentum conservation to simple processes involving the emission, absorption, or reflection of photons.

V.A.1.a.3. Calculate the number of photons per second emitted by a monochromatic source of specific wavelength and power.

V.A.1.b.1. Describe a typical photoelectric-effect experiment, and explain what experimental observations provide evidence for the photon nature of light. 

V.A.1.b.2. Describe qualitatively how the number of photoelectrons and their maximum kinetic energy depend on the wavelength and intensity of the light striking the surface, and account for this dependence in terms of a photon model of light.

V.A.1.b.3. Determine the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons ejected by photons of one energy or wavelength, when given the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons for a different photon energy or wavelength

V.A.1.b.4. Sketch or identify a graph of stopping potential versus frequency for a photoelectric-effect experiment, determine from such a graph the threshold 

frequency and work function, and calculate an approximate value of h/e.

V.A.3.a. Calculate the wavelength of a particle as a function of its momentum.

V.A.3.b. Describe the Davisson-Germer experiment, and explain how it provides evidence for the wave nature of electrons. 

-Read CH 30.1-30.5

-MP 30.1-30.5 

-class time for MP

-Qs on MP 

-HM Quiz

L&D: Atomic Physics

-online lesson: Atomic Energy Levels

V.A.2.a. Calculate the energy or wavelength of the photon emitted or absorbed in a transition between specified levels, or the energy or wavelength required toionize an atom.

V.A.2.b. Explain qualitatively the origin of emission or absorption spectra of gases.

V.A.2.c. Calculate the wavelength or energy for a single-step transition between levels, given the wavelengths or energies of photons emitted or absorbed in a two-step transition between the same levels. 

V.A.2.d. Draw a diagram to depict the energy levels of an atom when given an expression for these levels, and explain how this diagram accounts for the various lines in the atomic spectrum.

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

(morning review)

Monday, 24th 

-CH 14 & 28 TEST

    Open Notes/Open Book 

IV.C.1.a Determine how the speed and wavelength of light change when light passes from one medium into another.

IV.C.1.b Show on a diagram the directions of reflected and refracted rays. 

IV.C.1.c Use Snell’s Law to relate the directions of the incident ray and the refracted ray, and the indices of refraction of the media.

IV.C.1.d Identify conditions under which total internal reflection will occur

-L&D: Rays or Waves, WHICH ONE!

-Lab: Playing with Light

IV.C.3.a Determine whether the focal length of a lens is increased or decreased as a result of a change in the curvature of its surfaces, or in the index of refraction of the material of which the lens is made, or the medium in which it is immersed.

IV.C.3.b Determine by ray tracing the location of the image of a real object located inside or outside the focal point of the lens, and state whether the resulting image is upright or inverted, real or virtual.

IV.C.3.c Use the thin lens equation to relate the object distance, image distance, and focal length for a lens, and determine the image size in terms of the object size.

IV.C.3.d Analyze simple situations in which the image formed by one lens serves as the object for another lens.

-Sample MP problems

-Lab: Playing with Light

-class time for work 

Ray-tracing videos:

-Converging Lens

-Converging Lens2 

-Diverging Lens

-Qs on MP

-HW Quiz on 26.1-26.7 

-MP Due @ 4:00pm

-SPRING BREAK STARTS @ 3:00pm 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-Qs on MP

-HW Quiz 

-Due: MP 14.6-14.8 

-Read: 28.1-28.6

ACT for all Juniors 

(Seniors "are encouraged to volunteer in the morning and return for regular 5th and 6th hour classes")

PEP FEST

-L&D: LASERS....or is it LAZERZ?

lesson: Interference and Diffraction

IV.B.1.a.1 Describe the conditions under which the waves reaching an observation point from two or more sources will all interfere constructively, or under which the waves from two sources will interfere destructively. 

IV.B.1.a.2 Determine locations of interference maxima or minima for two sources or determine the frequencies or wavelengths that can lead to constructive or 

destructive interference at a certain point.

IV.B.1.a.3 Relate the amplitude produced by two or more sources that interfere 

constructively to the amplitude and intensity produced by a single source.

IV.B.1.b.1 Sketch or identify the intensity pattern that results when monochromaticwaves pass through a single slit and fall on a distant screen, and describe how this pattern will change if the slit width or the wavelength of the waves is changed. 

IV.B.1.b.2 Calculate, for a single-slit pattern, the angles or the positions on a distant screen where the intensity is zero.

IV.B.1.b.3 Sketch or identify the intensity pattern that results when monochromatic waves pass through a double slit, and identify which features of the pattern result from single-slit diffraction and which from two-slit interference.

IV.B.1.b.4 Calculate, for a two-slit interference pattern, the angles or the positions on a distant screen at which intensity maxima or minima occur.

IV.B.1.b.5 Describe or identify the interference pattern formed by a diffraction grating, calculate the location of intensity maxima, and explain qualitatively why a 

multiple-slit grating is better than a two-slit grating for making accurate determinations of wavelength.

-LAB: Diffraction

-class time for MP

-Qs on MP

-HW Quiz 

-Due: MP 28.1-28.6 

-Due Sunday, 3/23/14 @   3:00pm

-Read: 26.1-26.7

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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-L&D: Wave Wrap Up

-class time for MP 

IV.A.1.a Sketch or identify graphs that represent traveling waves and determine the amplitude, wavelength, and frequency of a wave from such a graph.

IV.A.1.b Apply the relation among wavelength, frequency, and velocity for a wave.

IV.A.1.d Describe reflection of a wave from the fixed or free end of a string.

IV.A.1.e Describe qualitatively what factors determine the speed of waves on a string and the speed of sound. 

IV.A.2.a Understand the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves, and be able to explain qualitatively why transverse waves can exhibit polarization.

IV.A.2.b Understand the inverse-square law, so they can calculate the intensity of waves at a given distance from a source of specified power and compare the intensities at different distances from the source.  

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

-Due: MP 14.1-14.5

IV.A.1.c Understand qualitatively the Doppler effect for sound in order to explain why there is a frequency shift in both the moving-source and moving-observer case.

IV.A.3.a Sketch possible standing wave modes for a stretched string that is fixed at both ends, and determine the amplitude, wavelength, and frequency of such standing waves.

IV.A.3.b Describe possible standing sound waves in a pipe that has either open or closed ends, and determine the wavelength and frequency of such standing waves.

IV.B.1.a.2 Determine locations of interference maxima or minima for two sources or determine the frequencies or wavelengths that can lead to constructive or destructive interference at a certain point.

DAY

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-district student survey

-class time for MP 

III.E.1.a.1  CALCULATE THE MAGNETIC FLUX OF A UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD THROUGH A LOOP OF ARBITRARY ORIENTATION. 

III.E.1.b.1  UNDERSTAND FARADAY’S LAW AND LENZ’S LAW IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE SITUATIONS IN WHICH CHANGING FLUX THROUGH A LOOP WILL CAUSE AN INDUCED EMF OR CURRENT IN THE LOOP. 

III.E.1.b.2.a  CALCULATE THE MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION OF THE INDUCED EMF AND CURRENT IN A LOOP OF WIRE OR A CONDUCTING BAR WHEN THE MAGNITUDE OF A RELATED QUANTITY SUCH AS MAGNETIC FIELD OR AREA OF THE LOOP IS CHANGING AT A CONSTANT RATE.

Register: AP Physics B Exam

(go straight to side room on the right of main office; bring ID and $31 cash or check made out to Washburn High School)

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz  

-SPACE RACE 

    Room: 860259 

TEST: Chaps 21, 22, 23

-Circuits and Magnetism 

-3"x5" card & AP Eq'n Sheet

-L&D: Turning the page...Intro to Waves

-online lessons: Wave Basics, Traveling Waves

IV.A.1.a Sketch or identify graphs that represent traveling waves and determine the amplitude, wavelength, and frequency of a wave from such a graph.

IV.A.1.b Apply the relation among wavelength, frequency, and velocity for a wave.

IV.A.1.d Describe reflection of a wave from the fixed or free end of a string.

IV.A.1.e Describe qualitatively what factors determine the speed of waves on a string and the speed of sound. 

IV.A.2.a Understand the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves, and be able to explain qualitatively why transverse waves can exhibit polarization.

IV.A.2.b Understand the inverse-square law, so they can calculate the intensity of waves at a given distance from a source of specified power and compare the intensities at different distances from the source.  

-Read 14-1 to 14-8

(skip -3)

-MP (due Thursday) 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-L&D: Magnetic Fields, pff...

-online lessons: Forces on Moving Charges,

Forces on Current-carrying Wires,

Fields of Long Wires

III.D.1.a Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force experienced by a charged particle in a magnetic field in terms of q, v, and B, and explain why the magnetic force can do no work.

III.D.1.b Deduce the direction of a magnetic field from information about the forces experienced by charged particles moving through that field.

III.D.1.c Describe the path of charged particles moving in uniform magnetic fields.

III.D.1.d Derive and apply the formula for the radius of the circular path of a charge that moves perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field.

III.D.1.e Describe under what conditions particles will move with constant velocity through crossed electric and magnetic fields.

III.D.2.a Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force on a straight segment of current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field.

III.D.2.b Indicate the direction of the forces on a current-carrying loop of wire in a magnetic field, and determine how the loop will tend to rotate as a consequence of these forces.

III.D.3.a Calculate the magnitude and direction of the field at a point in the vicinity of a long straight current-carrying wire.

III.D.3.b Use superposition to determine the magnetic field produced by two long wires.

III.D.3.c Calculate the force of attraction or repulsion between two long current-carrying wires.

-Read 22-1 to 22-4, 22-6

-MP (due Thursday) 

Wednesday, 26th 

ESO

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

-L&D: "So, current causes B-fields...what about the other way around?"

-online lesson: Electromagnetic Induction (skip section 4) 

-Read 23-1 to 23-5

-MP (due Wed, 5 Mar)

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Tuesday, 18th 

after school test review

-L&D: How to deal with more than one resistor in a circuit, and capacitors again

-online lesson: Circuits w/ Batteries and Resistors (skip section 6( and Capacitors in Circuits (skip sections 2 & 3) 

III.C.2.a.1 Identify on a circuit diagram whether resistors are in series or in parallel.

III.C.2.a.2 Determine the ratio of the voltages across resistors in series or the ratio of the currents through resistors in parallel.

III.C.2.a.3 Calculate the equivalent resistance of a network of resistors that can be broken down into series and parallel combinations.

III.C.2.a.4 Calculate the voltage, current, and power dissipation for any resistor in such a network of resistors connected to a single power supply.

III.C.2.a.5 Design a simple series-parallel circuit that produces a given current through and potential difference across one specified component and draw a diagram for the circuit using conventional symbols.

-Read 21-4 to 21-6

-MP (due Sunday 10:00 p.m.) 

III.C.2.b.1 Calculate the terminal voltage of a battery of specified emf and internal resistance from which a known current is flowing.

III.C.2.c.1 Apply Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Rules to direct current circuits to determine a single unknown current, voltage, or resistance.

III.C.2.d.1 Understand the properties of ammeters and voltmeters and state whether the resistance of each is high or low.

III.C.2.d.2 Identify or show correct methods of connecting meters into circuits in order to measure voltage or current.

III.C.3.a.1 Calculate the equivalent capacitance of a series or parallel combination.

III.C.3.a.2 Describe how stored charge is divided between capacitors connected in parallel.

III.C.3.a.3 Determine the ratio of voltages for capacitors connected in series.

III.C.3.a.4 Calculate the voltage or stored charge,under steady state conditions, for a capacitor connected to a circuit consisting of a battery and resistors.

NO SCHOOL 

-Qs on MP? 

-HW Quiz

MP 21-4 to 21-6 due Sunday by 10:00 p.m.

Lab Report due Monday by 4:00 p.m.

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 10th 

morning review

TEST: Chaps 19&20

-3" x 5" card

-AP Eq'n Sheet

-your own calculator 

-L&D: Practical everyday electricity, or at least closer to it...

-online lesson: Current, Resistance and Power, sections 2 & 5 are "for fun" :)  

III.C.1.a Understand the definition of electric current, and relate the magnitude and direction of the current to the rate of flow of positive and negative charge.

III.C.1.b.1 Understand resistivity, and resistance, and relate current and voltage for a resistor.

III.C.1.b.3 Describe how the resistance of a resistor depends upon its length and cross-sectional area, and apply this result in comparing current flow in resistors 

of different material or different geometry.

III.C.1.b.6 Apply the relationships for the rate of heat production in a resistor. 

-Read 21-1 to 21-3

-MP (due Friday) 

LAB: "What is the resistance of a light bulb?"

Parent-Teacher conferences

4:00 - 8:00 p.m. 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Virtual LAB: Capacitors  

-Read 20-4 to 20-6, MP (due Thursday) 

-L&D: Batteries aren't the only thing that store electric energy

-online lesson: Capacitors

III.B.2.a.1 Relate stored charge and voltage for a capacitor.

III.B.2.a.2 Relate voltage, charge, and stored energy

for a capacitor.

III.B.2.a.3 Recognize situations in which energy in a capacitor is converted to other forms.

III.B.2.b.1 Describe the electric field inside a capacitor, and relate the strength of this field to the potential difference between the plates and the plate separation.

III.B.2.b.4  Determine how changes in dimension will affect the value of the capacitance. 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

6th Hour in Blue Lab

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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NO SCHOOL

L&D: "Remember Ug? there's an electric version too, kinda..." 

-online lesson: Electric Potential

III.A.2.b.1 Determine the electric potential in the vicinity of one or more point charges.

III.A.2.b.2 Calculate the electrical work done on a charge or use conservation of energy to determine the speed of a charge that moves through a specified potential difference.

III.A.2.b.3 Determine the direction and approximate magnitude of the electric field at various positions given a sketch of equipotentials.

III.A.2.b.4 Calculate the potential difference between two points in a uniform electric field, and state which point is at the higher potential.

III.A.2.b.5 Calculate how much work is required to move a test charge from one location to another in the field of fixed point charges.

III.A.2.b.6 Calculate the electric potential energy of two or more point charges, and calculate how much work is required to establish the charge system.

Read 20-1 to 20-3, MP

(due Friday) 

LAB: Equipotentials (virtual)

-Qs on MP? 

-HW Quiz

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-L&D: "Force fields, they're a thing, not just sci-fi nonsense"

-online lesson: Electric Fields 

III.A.2.a.1 Define electric field in terms of the force on a test charge.

III.A.2.a.2 Describe and calculate the electric field of a single point charge.

III.A.2.a.3 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field produced by two or more point charges.

III.A.2.a.4 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force on a positive or negative charge placed in a specified field.

III.A.2.a.5 Interpret an electric field diagram.

III.A.2.a.6 Analyze the motion of a particle of specified charge and mass in a uniform electric field.

III.B.1.b Describe and sketch a graph of the electric field [...] inside and outside a charged conducting sphere.

Electric Field Game

Electric Field Hockey

-class time for MP

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-L&D: "What holds our world together?"

-online lesson: Electric Charges and Coulomb's Law 

III.A.1.a.1 Describe the types of charge and the attraction and repulsion of charges.

III.A.1.a.2 Describe polarization and induced charges.

III.A.1.b.1 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force on a positive or negative charge due to other specified point charges.

III.A.1.b.2 Analyze the motion of a particle of specific charge and mass under the influence of an electrostatic force.

III.B.1.c.1 Describe the process of charging by induction

III.B.1.c.2 Explain why a neutral conductor is attracted to a charged object 

Read 19-1 to 19-3      

MP 19-1 to 19-3

(due Thursday)  

LAB: Coulomb Force (Static) virtual

NO CLASS

-class time for MP 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz

NO SCHOOL

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

-class time to work on lab report

Review for Test  

DUE: Lab Report

(by 4:00 pm) 

TEST (Chaps 13, 17a, 18a)

-3" x 5"card

-AP Eq'n Sheet

-your own calculator

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

II.C.1.a.1 State the assumptions of the kinetic theory of an ideal gas.

II.C.1.a.2 State the connection between temperature and mean translational kinetic energy, and apply it to determine the mean speed of gas molecules as a function of their mass and the temperature of the gas.

II.C.1.a.3 State the relationship among Avogadro's number, Boltzmann's constant, and the gas constant R, and express the energy of a mole of a monatomic ideal gas as a function of its temperature.

II.C.1.a.4 Explain qualitatively how the model explains the pressure of a gas in terms of collisions with the container walls, and explain how the model predicts that, for fixed volume, pressure must be proportional to temperature.

II.C.1.b.1 Relate the pressure and volume of a gas during an isothermal expansion or compression.

II.C.1.b.2 Relate the pressure and temperature of a gas during isochoric heating or cooling, or the volume and temperature during isobaric heating or cooling.

II.C.1.b.4 Understand the process of adiabatic expansion or compression of a gas.

II.C.1.b.5 Identify or sketch on a PV diagram the curves that represent each of the above processes.

class time for MP 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

L&D: 1st Law of Thermo

-online lesson: Laws of Thermodynamics

 (sections 1 and 2)

II.C.2.a.1 Apply the first law of thermodynamics to relate the heat absorbed by a gas, the work performed by the gas, and the internal energy change of the gas for any of the processes above.

II.C.2.a.2 Relate the work performed by a gas in a cyclic process to the area enclosed by a curve on a PV diagram.

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Lab: Bouncy things (video analysis) 

I.F.1.a Sketch or identify a graph of displacement as a function of time, and determine from such a graph the amplitude, period, and frequency of the motion. 

I.F.1.b Write down an appropriate expression for displacement of the form Asinωt or Acosωt to describe the motion.

I.F.1.c Find an expression for velocity as a function of time. 

I.F.1.d State the relations between acceleration, velocity, and displacement, and identify points in the motion where these quantities are zero or achieve their greatest positive and negative values. 

I.F.1.e State and apply the relation between frequency and period. 

I.F.1.g State how the total energy of an oscillating system depends on the amplitude of the motion, sketch or identify a graph of kinetic or potential energy as a function of time, and identify points in the motion where this energy is all potential or all kinetic.

I.F.1.h Calculate the kinetic and potential energies of an oscillating system as functions of time, sketch or identify graphs of these functions, and prove that the sum of kinetic and potential energy is constant.

Read 13-1 to 13-6 (skip the last half of -6, "the physical pendulum")

MP (due Thursday) 

L&D: Bouncy Things

-online lessons: Simple Harmonic Motion, Mass on a Spring

 (skip section 5: Resonance),

 Pendulum & Other Oscillations 

(skip section 4: Damped Oscillations) 

I.F.2.b Apply the expression for the period of oscillation of a mass on a spring.

I.F.2.c Analyze problems in which a mass hangs from a spring and oscillates vertically. 

I.F.2.d Analyze problems in which a mass attached to a spring oscillates horizontally. 

I.F.3.b Apply the expression for the period of a simple pendulum.

I.F.3.c State what approximation must be made in deriving the period.

Qs 0n MP?

HW Quiz 

-L&D: Kinetic Theory and The Ideal Gas

-online lesson: Ideal Gases 

Read 17-1 to 17-2

MP (due Wednesday)

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

TEST: Chaps 9 & 12

-3" x 5" card

-AP Eq'n Sheet

-your own calculator 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-L&D: Kepler's Laws

-online lesson: Orbits of Planets and Satellites,

(just smile & nod at the derivations, focus on Kepler's Laws, Ug, and orbital velocity) 

I.F.5.a.1 Recognize that the motion does not depend on the object’s mass; describe qualitatively how the velocity, period of revolution, and centripetal acceleration depend upon the radius of the orbit; and derive expressions for the velocity and period of revolution in such an orbit.

I.F.5.a.2 Derive Kepler’s Third Law for the case of circular orbits

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

-L&D: "Gravity with a BIG G!"    

-online lesson: Newton's Law of Gravity 

I.F.4.a Determine the force that one spherically symmetrical mass exerts on another.

I.F.4.b Determine the strength of the gravitational field at a specified point outside a spherically symmetrical mass.  

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Lab packet (due Friday)

Lab directions 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

brief L&D: Crash!

online lesson: 

Collisions

I.D.3.a.2 Identify situations in which linear momentum, or a component of the linear momentum vector, is conserved.

I.D.3.a.3 Apply linear momentum conservation to one-dimensional elastic and inelastic collisions and two-dimensional completely inelastic collisions.

I.D.3.a.5 Analyze situations in which two or more objects are pushed apart by a spring or other agency, and calculate how much energy is released in such a process. 

Read 9-5 to 9-6

MP (due Monday, 18 Nov) 

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Monday, 4th 

Jeopardy Qs

TEST: Chaps 7,8,11a (Work, Energy, Torque)

-3"x5" card, AP Eq'n sheet, and your own calculator 

L&D: "It's a fish-eat-fish world"

online lessons: Momentum & Impulse  

I.D.2.a Relate mass, velocity, and linear momentum for a moving object, and calculate the total linear momentum of a system of objects.

I.D.2.b Relate impulse to the change in linear momentum and the average force acting on

an object.

I.D.2.d Calculate the area under a force versus time graph and relate it to the change in momentum of an object.

Read 9-1 to 9-4

MP 9-1 to 9-4 (due Tuesday)

-egg toss

-class time for MP  

DAY

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L&D: Torque

online lesson:

Torque and Rotational Statics

I.E.2.a.2 Calculate the torque on a rigid object due to gravity.  

I.E.2.b.1 State the conditions for translational and rotational equilibrium of a rigid object.  

I.E.2.b.2 Apply these conditions in analyzing the equilibrium of a rigid object under the combined influence of a number of coplanar forces applied at different locations. 

Friday, 1st

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DAY

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-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

L&D: "Liberal and Conservative Forces" 

online lessons:

-Conservative Forces and Potential Energy,

-Conservation of Energy

I.C.2.b.5 Calculate the potential energy of one or more objects in a uniform gravitational field.

I.C.3.a.2 Describe and identify situations in which mechanical energy is converted to other forms of energy. 

I.C.3.a.3 Analyze situations in which an object’s mechanical energy is changed by friction or by a specified externally applied force. 

I.C.3.b.1 Identify situations in which mechanical energy is or is not conserved.  

I.C.3.b.2 Apply conservation of energy in analyzing the motion of systems of connected objects, such as an Atwood’s machine. 

I.C.3.b.3 Apply conservation of energy in analyzing the motion of objects that move 

under the influence of springs.

Read 8-1 to 8-4,

MP (due Friday) 

-CW: MP

-LAB: Effect of Air Resistance on Projectile Motion

Thursday, 24th 

(sub: no notes)

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz 

DAY

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-brief L&D: The return of the spring

-class time for MP 

I.C.2.b.4 Write an expression for the force exerted by an ideal spring and for the potential energy of a stretched or compressed spring.

-LAB: How many horses are you worth?

Parent-Teacher conferences

4:00 - 8:00 p.m. in small gyms

no appt. neccessary 

NO SCHOOL!

Parent-Teacher conferences

8:00 - 12 Noon in classrooms

no appt. neccessary  

DAY

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TOPIC/TARGET

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Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

Tuesday, 8th 

Jeopardy Qs

TEST: Chaps 5 & 6 (Newtons' Laws)

-3"x5" notecard, AP Eq'n sheet, and your own calculator

L&D: "Power tends to corrupt"

online lessons: Work and Work-Energy Theorem & Power  

I.C.1.a.1 Calculate the work done by a specified constant force on an object that undergoes a specified displacement.

I.C.1.a.2 Relate the work done by a force to the area under a graph of force as a function of position, and calculate this work in the case where the force is a linear 

function of position.

I.C.1.a.4 Use the scalar product operation to calculate the work performed by a specified constant force F on an object that undergoes a displacement in a plane.

I.C.1.b.1 Calculate the change in kinetic energy or speed that results from performing a specified amount of work on an object.

I.C.1.b.2 Calculate the work performed by the net force, or by each of the forces that make up the net force, on an object that undergoes a specified change in speed or kinetic energy.

I.C.1.b.3 Apply the theorem to determine the change in an object’s kinetic energy and speed that results from the application of specified forces, or to determine the 

force that is required in order to bring an object to rest in a specified distance.  

DAY

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Monday, 30th 

afterschool

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

-L&D: Strings & ramps and circular motion

(online lesson: Uniform Circular Motion) 

I.E.1.a Relate the radius of the circle and the speed or rate of revolution of the particle to the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration.

I.E.1.b Describe the direction of the particle’s velocity and acceleration at any instant during the motion. 

I.E.1.c Determine the components of the velocity and acceleration vectors at any instant, and sketch or identify graphs of these quantities.

I.E.1.d.1 Determine the magnitude and direction of the net force, or of one of the forces that makes up the net force for motion in a horizontal circle (e.g., mass on a rotating merry-go-round, or car rounding a banked curve).

I.E.1.d.2 Determine the magnitude and direction of the net force, or of one of the forces that makes up the net force for motion in a vertical circle (e.g., mass swinging on the end of a string, cart rolling down a curved track, rider on a Ferris wheel).

DAY

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L&D: Forces as vectors and the difference between mass and weight

(online lesson: Apps of Newton's Laws) 

I.B.2.b.1 Draw a well-labeled, free-body diagram showing all real forces that act on the object. 

I.B.2.b.2 Write down the vector equation that results from applying Newton’s Second Law to the object, and take components of this equation along appropriate axes.  

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

I.B.2.d.1 Write down the relationship between the normal and frictional forces on a surface.

I.B.2.d.3 Analyze under what circumstances an object will start to slip, or to calculate the magnitude of the force of static friction.

I.B.3.c Students should know that the tension is constant in a light string that passes over a massless pulley and should be able to use this fact in analyzing the motion of a system of two objects joined by a string.

I.C.2.b.4 Write an expression for the force exerted by an ideal spring. 

DAY

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Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

Review for Test: Problem Solving, FR practice

Thursday, 19th

(sub: no notes) 

Online lessons: 1st Law,

 2nd Law, 3rd Law 

I.B.1 Analyze situations in which a particle remains at rest, or moves with constant velocity, under the influence of several forces.

I.B.2.a.1 Calculate, for an object moving in one dimension, the velocity change that results when a constant force F acts over a specified time interval.

I.B.2.a.3 Determine, for an object moving in a plane whose velocity vector undergoes a specified change over a specified time interval, the average force that acted on 

the object.

I.B.3.a Understand Newton’s Third Law so that, for a given system, they can identify the force pairs and the objects on which they act, and state the magnitude and direction of each force.

I.B.3.b Apply Newton’s Third Law in analyzing the force of contact between two objects that accelerate together along a horizontal or vertical line, or between two surfaces that slide across one another. 

TEST: Chaps 2 & 4 (Kinematics)

2 Free Response (FR) for 20 pts (due at end of class)  

DAY

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Monday, 9th 

afterschool

morning

Tuesday, 10th 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

Wednesday, 11th 

L&D: "How to win at Bowman"

(online lesson: Motion in 2D) 

I.A.2.a.1 Determine components of a vector along two specified, mutually perpendicular axes.

I.A.2.c.1 Write down expressions for the horizontal and vertical components of velocity and position as functions of time, and sketch or identify graphs of these components.

I.A.2.c.2 Use these expressions in analyzing the motion of a projectile that is projected with an arbitrary initial velocity.  

DAY

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CW: Qs on MP? HW Quiz

I.A.1.b.2 Use the equations [of motion for uniform acceleration, EMUAs,] to solve problems involving one-dimensional motion with constant acceleration 

brief L&D: More on motion graphs, and some practical problem solving

CW: class time for MP 

LAB: EMUA Verification 

DAY

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L&D: Intro to AP Physics, syllabus and safety

CW: student survey (due today), check out physical textbook (bring your student ID), make a MasteringPhysics (MP) account: click here to begin

-get safety contract signed (due Wednesday)

-get a scientific calculator w/ your name on it (due Friday)

-MP intro (due Tuesday midnight)

L&D: "Are you moving right now? If so, to where and how fast?"

online lesson: Motion in One Dimension

I.A.1.a.1 Given a graph of one of the kinematic quantities, position, velocity, or acceleration, as a function of time, recognize in what time intervals the other two are positive, negative, or zero, and can identify or sketch a graph of each as a function of time.

I.A.1.b.1 Write down expressions for velocity and position as functions of time, and identify or sketch graphs of these quantities. 

-Read 2-1 to 2-3, MP (due next Tuesday)

LAB: Intro to Motion Detector