2008-09 Physics Calendar

August | September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May

NOTE: this calendar is tentative - verify the following material daily with your instructor

August
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
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          Teachers Report  
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
        Classes Begin Frosh AM
Upperclassmen PM

Syllabus
Books
Handouts
Read Ch 1

 
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
 

Ch 1 RQ
Scientific Method

Science and Technology

Metric System

 

 Dimensional Analysis

Accuracy and Precision
Sig Figs
Graphing Basics

 Ch 1 Quiz  
24 25 27 27 28 29 30
 

Quiz Due

Reading Assignment
Hand out Constant Velocity Lab

 Displacement and Velocity

Constant Velocity Lab


 Acceleration
 Acceleration  
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September
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
  No School
Labor Day		 Velocity and Acceleration Quiz Graphing Velocity and Acceleration Graphing Worksheet
 Graphing Velocity and Acceleration
Lab
  
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  Go over Graphing Packet
Graphing Quiz
 Falling Objects

Ch 2 Homework Quiz

Ch 2 Review

Ch 2 Test w/ take home portion due Monday first thing

 

  
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
 

Ch 2 Take home portion due

Ch 3 Reading Assignment

Ch 3 RQ
Graphing Vectors Pythagorean theorem for Vectors

 Vector Lab

Resolving Vectors

Group Problems due

  
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
 

Vector Quiz

Projectiles Launch Horizontally

Projectile Motion Lab

Projectile Motion Lab

Projectile Motion
Launched at angle

 

  
28 29 30        
  No School Teacher InService

Projectile Motion
Launched at angle

 

  

 
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October
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Relative Motion

 Ch 3 Homework Quiz

Ch 3 Review

  
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
 

Ch 3 Test

 

Ch 3 Test

Work on Catapult

 

Launch Catapult

 Ch 4 Reading Assignment  
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
 

Ch 4 RQ
Force Diagrams
Newton’s 1st law
Net Forces
Hand out Paper Table Contest


Net Force Problems

 Paper Table Contest Newton's 2nd Law No School Teacher Inservice
  
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
  Net Force Quiz

 Early Out
Engineering

Early Out
Newton’s 2nd Law Lab

Newton’s 3rd Law
Gravity
Normal Force



 No School  
26 27 28 29 30 31  
  Friction

Friction
Static and Kinetic Friction
Friction Problems

 Overcoming Friction 4D Friction Quiz Friction Lab  
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November
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Ch 4 Homework Quiz

 Ch 4 Review Ch 4 Test Ch 4 Test

Work

 

  
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 

Work and Kinetic Energy Theorem

Potential Energy

 Conservation of Energy Energy Quiz

Popper Lab

  
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
 

Power

 

 Power Lab in Weight Room

Ch 5 Homework Quiz


 Ch 5 Test Review Ch 5 Test  
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
  Ch 5 Test
 Momentum and Impulse Notes

Early Out

Test Corrections

 No School

No School

  
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December
sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday
30 1 2 3 4 5 6
  Work on Homework Group Problems Conservation of Momentum Collisions Problems

Ch 6 Homework Quiz

  
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
 

Ch 6 Review

Hand out Egg Drop Information

 Ch 6 Test Car Crashes Circular Motion

Circular Motion Lab

 
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
 

Newton's Law of Gravitation

Kepler's Laws

 Rotational Motion Quiz Egg Drop

Work on Egg Drop Lab Report

  
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
 

No School Winter Break

 No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

 
28 29 30 31      
  No School Winter Break No School Winter Break No School Winter Break      
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January
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No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

  
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 

Lab Report Due

Final Review

Final Review

 Final Review  Semester Finals

Semester Finals

  
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
  No School Teacher Inservice

 Electric Force and Charge

 Electric Force and Charge
Coulomb’s Law
 Electrostatic Lab Electric Field  
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
  Electrostatic Quiz Electric Potential Flow of Charge and Current Electric Power Circuits
Series and Parallel
  
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  Complex Circuits Circuit Lab

Current Review

Current and Circuit Test Read and notes over Ch 11 Waves  
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February
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Early Out

Early Out

 No School Teacher Inservice No School  
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March
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 No School Teacher Inservice  
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April
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Prom
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    No School No School  
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  No School  

 

 
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May
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Senior's Last Day

        
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Graduation     No School Teacher Inservice  
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
             
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