Unit 2: Forces

Weekly Reading: Sections 4-5, 4-7, 4-8

Due Today:  Everybody Likes Newtons (Solutions)

In Class:  Free Body Diagrams and Newton's Third Law
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

FBD Types

Optional: Assignment 2-2 (Solutions)

Due Today:  Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Newton's Second Law Goodness (Solutions)

Due Today:  Pulley My Finger Lab

In Class:  Force Your Way Through Lab (Lab Quiz Monday, 11/17)

No Class

Last Day of First Quarter

Due Today:  Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Friction
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Friction Goodness (Solutions)

Unit 2: Forces

Weekly Reading:  Sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6

In Class:  Heaviness of Mass Lab (Due Block Day)

Weight vs. Mass

In Class:  Newton's First Law / Get Ready for Pulley My Finger Lab
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Due Today:  Heaviness of Mass Lab

In Class:  Pulley My Finger Lab (Due Next Week Block Day)

No Class

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Disability History Lesson

Due Today:  Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Newton's Second and Third Laws
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Everybody Likes Newtons

Unit 1: Kinematics

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

In Class:  Bull's Eye Lab Quiz

Practice 2-D Motion Without Acceleration

In Class:  Practice 1-D and 2-D Motion

Discuss Kinematics Quiz

TIPERS 2D Questions (Key)

ConcepTests
These have multiple choice questions on the topics indicated.  We borrowed this some another teacher, so some questions address things we do not cover.  And we cover topics not included in them.  That being said, they're still good practice.
One Dimensional Motion
Two Dimensional Motion

In Class:  Prepare for Unit Exam

Kinematics Test, Part 1:  Multiple Choice

No Class

Modified Schedule -- Homecoming Assembly

In Class:  Kinematics Test Part 2: Free Response

Unit 1: Kinematics

Weekly Reading:  Section 3-6 to 3-8 and Angled Projectiles and Vectors Reading

Due Today:  Free Response Kinematics 3 (Rubric)

In Class:  Monkey and Hunter / Projectiles Launched at an Angle
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

An Angled Launch Problem

Due Today:  An Angled Launch Problem (Solutions)

In Class:  Complex Projectile Problems

Trajectory Goodness (Solutions)

No Classes -- Super Wednesday

All Seven Periods

In Class:  2-D Motion Without Acceleration aka River and Wind Problems

River Problems Handout

River Problems Sample Questions (Solutions

No School

Unit 1: Kinematics

Weekly Reading:  Section 3-1 to 3-5 and Horizontal Projectiles Reading

Due Today:  Free Response Kinematics 2 (Rubric)

In Class:  Walk the Graph Lab Quiz

Introduction to Horizontally Launched Projectiles
Notes
Sample Question
Solutions

Due Today:  Assignment 1-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Continue Introduction to Horizontally Launched Projectiles

Horizontal Projectile Goodness (Due Tomorrow)

Due Today:  Horizontal Projectile Goodness (Solutions)

In Class:  Bull's Eye Lab (Lab Quiz Monday, 10/13)

No Class

In Class:  Introduce Vectors / Vector Components

Pointing Every Which Way (Solutions)

Extended Projectile Problem (Solutions)

Unit 1: Kinematics

Weekly Reading:  Section 2-7 and Freefall Reading

Due Today:  Free Response Kinematics 1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Acceleration on a Ramp Lab Using Graphs (Due Tuesday)

Due Today:  Acceleration on a Ramp Lab Using Graphs

In Class:  Graphing Goodness aka Solving Problems with Graphs (Solutions)

In Class:  Kinematics Free Response Quiz

Kinematics Multiple Choice Quiz

Find the Acceleration of a Falling Object Mini-Lab
Whiteboard Directions
Data Table (Due Friday)

No Class

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: HIB

Due Today:  Acceleration of a Falling Object Mini-Lab
Whiteboard Directions
Data Table

In Class:  Introduce Freefall
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Falling for UAM (Solutions)

Unit 1: Kinematics

Weekly Reading:  Sections 2-5, 2-6, and 2-8

Due Today:  Kinematics Equations Packet (Solutions)

In Class:  Take the Big Five for a Drive (Solutions)

In Class:  Motion Represented by Graphs.  x vs t, v vs t, a vs t.  Slope and Area
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Due Today:  Assignment 1-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  How to Create a Graph

Good Graphs vs Bad Graphs

Creating and Analyzing Graphs (Solutions)

Converting Graphs (Solutions)

No Class

In Class:  Walk the Graph Lab (Lab Quiz Monday, 9/29)
Handout
Basic Shapes
Challenge Shapes

LoggerPro Files (Right click each file and save it to your laptop)
Position vs Time Graph
Velocity vs Time Graph
Both Graphs

Unit 1: Kinematics

Weekly Reading:  Sections 2-1 to 2-4

In Class:  Introduce Scalars/Vectors, Displacement and Velocity
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Due Today:  Assignment 1-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Practice with Constant Velocity (Due Block Day)

Due Today:  Practice with Constant Velocity (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Acceleration
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Acceleration on a Ramp Lab (Due Today)

No Class

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Welcome

Due Today:  Assignment 1-3 (Solutions) and
Acceleration on a Ramp Lab

In Class:  Kinematics Equations Packet (Due Monday)

No School

First Day of School

Modified Schedule -- Short Periods

Unit 1: Kinematics

In Class:  Welcome to Physics by Appel

Rules and Regs

Weekly Reading:  Sections 1-1 to 1-6 and Numbers in Physics Info Sheet

In Class:  Keep Up with the Buggy Lab (An Extra Credit Opportunity?  No Way!) (Due Friday)

No Class

Modified Schedule -- Welcome Back Assembly

Due Today:  Keep Up with the Buggy Lab

In Class:  Introduce the Class / Get to Know Each Other

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer

Summer