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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
September 23 24 25 26 27

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Section 2.9

Due Today:  Assignment 1-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Graphing Techniques and Analysis
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Graphing Standards

Good Graphs vs. Bad Graphs

 

In Class:  Day o' Calculus **

I Will Derive Video

Day o' Calculus Handout

** If you have already completed a class in calculus, please bring something to quietly work on.

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-8 (Solutions)

In Class:  Galileo Lab (Due Monday, 10/7)
Introduction
Handout

Modified Schedule -- Homecoming Assembly

Due Today:  Assignment 1-9 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Linear Motion Goodness (Solutions)

 

September 30 October 1 2 3 4

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 3.1 - 3.4, 4.1 - 4.3 and Vectors Reading

Due Today:  Assignment 1-10 (Solutions)

In Class:  Vector Pre-Test (Solutions)

Introduction to Vectors

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce 2-D Motion and Horizontally Launched Projectiles
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-12 (Solutions)

In Class:  Horizontal Projectile Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Monkey Gun with a Focus on Angled Projectiles / Derive Height and Range Equations
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Beloved Community Recap & HIB

Due Today:  Assignment 1-13 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Projectile Motion Goodness (Solutions)

October 7 8 9 10 11

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 4.4 - 4.5

Due Today:  Galileo Lab Report

In Class:  Graphing and Calculus Quiz

Small Dose of Projectile Goodness (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-14 (Solutions)

In Class:  Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

No Classes? -- Super Wednesday?

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-15 (Solutions)

In Class:  Roundabout Goodness (Solutions)

No School

 

October 14 15 16 17 18

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Section 4.6

Due Today:  Assignment 1-16 (Solutions)

In Class:  Relative Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-17 (Solutions)

In Class:  Show Me the Goodness!  Two-Dimensional and Relative Motion (Solutions)

No Class

 

In Class:  Appel's Projectile Motion Challenge (Score Sheet Due Monday, 10/16) ***

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-18 (Solutions) and Projectile Challenge Score Sheet

In Class:  Prep for Test

 

 

October 21 22 23 24 25

Unit 1: Kinematics

In Class:  Test #1

 

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Reading:  Sections 5.1 - 5.6

In Class:  Introduce Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Free Body Diagrams
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Free-Body Diagrams Handout

Bonus Stuff:

UW Tutorial Day 1 (Solutions)

UW Tutorial Day 2 (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  More with Free-Body Diagrams
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

October 28 29 30 31 November 1

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  Sections 5.7, 5.8, and 6.1

Due Today:  Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Newton's Laws Goodness (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  Friction
Warm-Up Question
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

 

No Class

 

In Class:  Force Your Way Through Lab (Lab Quiz Friday, Nov. 8)
Notes
Handout
Notes from Whiteboard 1 (From Last Year)
Notes from Whiteboard 2 (From Last Year)

 

Last Day of First Quarter

Due Today:  Assignment 2-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pictures

 

November 4 5 6 7 8

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  Sections 6.2 and 6.3

Due Today:  Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Circular Motion and Accelerated Frames of Reference
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Finish Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pictures

 

Due Today:  Pre-lab for Whirling Good Time and Checked Off on Lab

In Class:  Whirling Good Time Lab

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-7 (Solutions) and

In Class:  Key Mass'ter Lab (Lab Quiz Friday, Nov. 15)

 

Modified Schedule -- Veteran's Day Assembly

Due Today:  Assignment 2-8 (Solutions)

In Class:  Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

 

November 11 12 13 14 15

No School

 

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Assignment 2-9 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Test #1

Free Response Fun (Solutions)

 

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-10 (Solutions)

In Class:  Show Me the Goodness! Forces (Solutions)

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Mandatory Safety Assembly

Due Today:  Assignment 2-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Key Mass'ter Lab Quiz ***

Forces and More Goodness (Solutions)

November 18 19 20 21 22

Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

In Class:  Test #2

 

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Sections 7.1 - 7.4

In Class:  Work and Dot Product ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Spring Mini-Lab

In Class:  Importance of Springs / Springs in Parallel and Series / Work Using Calculus / Spring Lab***
Notes
Video
Sample Questions
Solutions

Spring Mini-Lab***

 

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Work the UW Way (Solutions) ***

Work-Kinetic Energy the Appel Way ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Optional: Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem the UW Way (Solutions) ***

 

November 25 26 27 28 29

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Sections 7.5 - 7.8, 8.5

Due Today:  Assignment 3-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Work and Energy Goodness (Solutions) ***

 

 

Block Schedule -- Odd Periods

Due Today:  Assignment 3-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Power and Potential Energy ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Power Through to Your Potential Goodness (Solutions) ***

 

No Class

 

No School

 

No School

 

December 2 3 4 5 6

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Sections 8.1 - 8.4

Due Today:  Assignment 3-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  Conservative & Non-Conservative Forces ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Conservation of Energy ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-6 (Solutions) and What's the k? Lab (Done in Class)

In Class:  Conservation of Energy "Lab Quiz" ***

What's the k? Lab ***

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

In Class:  Non-Conservative Work ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

December 9 10 11 12 13

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Section 7.9

Due Today:  Assignment 3-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Energy Diagrams ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-8 (Solutions)

In Class:  Energy Diagram Goodness (Solutions) ***

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-9 (Solutions)

In Class:  Show Me the Goodness! Energy Free Response Fun (Solutions) ***

 

Modified Schedule -- Winterfest Assembly

Due Today:  Assignment 3-10 (Solutions)

In Class:  Conservation of Energy Goodness (Solutions) ***

 

December 16 17 18 19 20

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Assignment 3-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Energy Goodness (Solutions) ***

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-12 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Test #2

 

No Class

 

In Class:  Test #3

 

In Class:  Almost Newton's Birthday Goodness (Solutions) ***

 

December 23 24 25 26 27

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

30 31 January 1 2 3

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

January 6 7 8 9 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 13 14 15 16 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- MLK Assembly

 

January 20 21 22 23 24

No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day of First Semester

 

January 27 28 29 30 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 3 4 5 6 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

 

February 10 11 12 13 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 17 18 19 20 21

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

February 24 25 26 27 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 3 4 5 6 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

 

March 10 11 12 13 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 17 18 19 20 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Springfest Assembly

 

March 24 25 26 27 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No School -- Possible Snow Make Up Day

 

31 April 1 2 3 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day of Third Quarter

Modified Schedule -- ASB Election Assembly

 

April 7 8 9 10 11

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

April 14 15 16 17 18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

 

April 21 22 23 24 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 28 29 30 May 1 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 5 6 7 8 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 12 13 14 15 16

 

 

 

 

Real AP Exam in the Afternoon

 

 

 

 

 

May 19 20 21 22 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Class Office Election Assembly

 

May 26 27 28 29 30

No School

 

 

 

Modified Schedule? -- Even Periods 55 Minutes

 

Modified Schedule? -- Odd Periods 55 Minutes

 

 

 

June 2 3 4 5 6

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule? -- Even Periods 55 Minutes

 

Modified Schedule? -- Odd Periods 55 Minutes

 

 

 

June 9 10 11 12 13

Modified Schedule -- Farewell Assembly?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

June 16 17 18 19 20

Modified Schedule (Finals)

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)

 

Last Day of School

 

No School

 

No School -- Possible Snow Make Up Day

 

June 23 24 25 26 27

No School -- Possible Snow Make Up Day

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

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