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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
March 24 25 26 27 28

Unit 6: Oscillatory Motion

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Assignment 6-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  Swing Your Stick Lab (Quiz Thursday, March 27)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 6-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Simple Harmonic Motion and Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 6-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  Simple Harmonic Motion Labs Mega Quiz

"Simple" Harmonic Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version): Swinging Goodness (Solutions)

 

Power Outage Make Up Day -- Yes, We Have School

Due Today:  Assignment 6-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Harmonious Goodness (Solutions)

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version): Harmonious Goodness (Solutions)

March 17 18 19 20 21

Unit 6: Oscillatory Motion

Weekly Reading:  Sections 15.1 - 15.5

Due Today:  Assignment 6-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Continue Introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion (3/17)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pendulum PhET
Block & Spring PhET

 

Due Today:  Assignment 6-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Shake Your Mass Lab (3/18; Quiz Thursday, March 27)

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 6-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  A Swingin' Good Time Lab (3/20; Quiz Thursday, March 27)
Handout
Data Tables
Pendulum PhET Simulation

 

In Class:  Harmonious Goodness (Solutions)

In Class:  Pendulums and Simple Harmonic Motion (3/21)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Pictures of Whiteboard (3/21)
General SHM
Block and Spring
Simple Pendulum
Physical Pendulum
Simple vs. Physical Pendulum
Torsional Pendulum
Summary

 

March 10 11 12 13 14

Unit 5: Rotation

Modified Schedule -- Elective Fair

Weekly Reading:  Sections 12.1 - 12.3

Due Today:  Assignment 5-12 (Solutions)

In Class:  Everything is Zero (Solutions)

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version):  Everything is Zero (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-13 (Solutions)

In Class:  Sometimes it's Zero, Sometimes it Isn't (Solutions)

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version):  Sometimes it's Zero, Sometimes it Isn't (Solutions)

No Class

 

In Class:  Test #5

 

Unit 6: Oscillatory Motion

In Class:  Oscillating Systems Focusing on a Block and Spring System
Notes
Sample Question
Solution

 

March 3 4 5 6 7

Modified Schedule -- Elective Fair

Unit 5: Rotation

Weekly Reading:  Sections 11.1 - 11.4

In Class: Pulley What? Lab (Lab Quiz 3/6)
Handout
Important Information

 

Original Plan:

In Class:  Rolling Motion Goodness (Solutions)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version):  Rolling Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Rolling Into Mid-Winter Break Goodness (Solutions)

Due Today:  Assignment 5-9 (Solutions, Written Out Solution for 8-68)

In Class:  Rolling Motion Goodness (Solutions)

 

Original Plan:

In Class:  Conservation of Angular Momentum
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-10 (Solutions)

In Class:  Pulley What? Lab Quiz

It's Still Bizarro Goodness (Solutions)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version): Show Me the Goodness! It's Bizarro! (Solutions)

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

Due Today:  Assignment 5-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Static Equilibrium
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

February 24 25 26 27 28

Unit 5: Rotation

Weekly Reading:  Section 10.9

In Class:  Introduce Rolling Motion
Notes
Bowling Ball Note Sheet (Solutions)
Ring Note Sheet (Solutions)
Bowling Video

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  Rolling Torque and Rotational Kinetic Energy
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Disk vs. Ring Race Video
Mega Race Video

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Dot and Cross Product / Introduce Angular Momentum
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Conservation of Angular Momentum
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Original Plan:

In Class: Pulley What? Lab (Lab Quiz 3/6)
Handout
Important Information

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-8 (Solutions)

In Class: Pulley What? Lab (Lab Quiz 3/6)
Handout
Important Information

 

Original Plan:

In Class:  Dot and Cross Product / Introduce Angular Momentum
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

February 17 18 19 20 21

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

February 10 11 12 13 14

Unit 5: Rotation

Weekly Reading:  Sections 10.4, 10.5, 10.7, 10.8

Due Today:  Assignment 5-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Torque
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

In Class:  SOS Lesson

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-4 (Solutions)

In Class: More Torque, Work, and Power
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

The World is Spinning (Solutions)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version):  The World is Spinning (Solutions)

Due Today:  Assignment 5-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  We're Still Torqued (Solutions)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version):  We're Still Torqued (Solutions)

February 3 4 5 6 7

Unit 5: Rotation

Weekly Reading:  Sections 10.1 - 10.3, 10.6

In Class:  Introduce the Bizarro World
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
PhET Ladybug Revolution Simulation
Linear - Bizarro Dictionary

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Bizarro World -- Crossing Between the Worlds
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Different Accelerations
PhET Ladybug Revolution Simulation

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 5-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Bizarro World Fun (Solutions)

Introduce Rotational Inertia without Calculus
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

In Class:  Rotational Inertia with Calculus
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

January 27 28 29 30 31

Unit 4: Momentum

Weekly Reading:  Sections 9.8 - 9.9 (Not Covered in Class)

Due Today:  Assignment 4-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  Even More Momentum Free Response Fun (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 4-7 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Test #3

No Class

 

1st and 7th Period Finals

In Class:  Test #4
(30 Multiple Choice in 60 Minutes)

 

Last Day of First Semester

5th Period Final

In Class:  Test #4
(30 Multiple Choice in 60 Minutes)

 

 

January 20 21 22 23 24

No School

 

Unit 4: Momentum

Weekly Reading:  Sections 9.5 - 9.7

Due Today:  Assignment 4-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  Two-Dimensional Collisions
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 4-5 (Solutions)

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

 

In Class:  Center of Mass / Systems of Particles
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

January 13 14 15 16 17

Unit 4: Momentum

Weekly Reading:  Section 9.4

In Class:  Conservation of Momentum the Appel Way -- Elastic Collisions
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Newton's Cradle Simulation
Physics Classroom Simulation

 

 

Due Today:  Assignment 4-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Conservation of Momentum Free Response Goodness (Solutions)

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 4-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Pivot with Momentum Lab (Due Friday)

Pivot Interactives Link
Use Clever to sign in

 

Modified Schedule -- MLK Assembly

Due Today:  Pivot with Momentum Lab

In Class:  More Conservation of Momentum Free Response Goodness (Solutions)

January 6 7 8 9 10

Unit 4: Momentum

Weekly Reading:  Sections 9.1 - 9.3

In Class:  Impulse and Momentum
Notes
Pictures
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

In Class:  Impulse and Momentum Free Response Goodness (Solutions)

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 4-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Conservation of Momentum the UW Way (Solutions)

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

In Class:  Conservation of Momentum the Appel Way -- Inelastic Collisions
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Physics Classroom Simulation

 

 

 

30 31 January 1 2 3

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

December 23 24 25 26 27

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

December 16 17 18 19 20

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Assignment 3-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Still More Free Response Fun (Solutions)

 

Due Today:  Assignment 3-12 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Test #2

 

No Class

 

New Plan:

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

 

Old Plan:

In Class:  Test #3

 

New Plan:

In Class:  Test #3

 

Old Plan:

In Class:  Almost Newton's Birthday Goodness (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

 

New Plan:

Due Today:  Assignment 3-9 (Solutions) and What's the k? Lab (Done in Class)

In Class:  Conservation of Energy "Lab Quiz"

What's the k? Lab

 

Old Plan:

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 2 3 4 5 6

Unit 3: Energy

Weekly Reading:  Sections 7.5 - 7.8, 8.1 - 8.5

New Plan:

Due Today:  Assignment 3-2 (Solutions) and Assignment 3-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Power and Potential Energy
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Optional:  Power Through to Your Potential Goodness (Solutions)

 

Old Plan:

Due Today:  Assignment 3-4 (Solutions)

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

 

New Plan:

Due Today:  Assignment 3-4 (Solutions)

In Class: Finish Power and Potential Energy

Conservative & Non-Conservative Forces
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Old Plan:

Due Today:  Assignment 3-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Conservation of Energy
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

New Plan:

Due Today:  Assignment 3-5 (Solutions)

In Class:  Finish Conservative & Non-Conservative Forces

Conservation of Energy
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Old Plan:

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

(New) Due Today:  Assignment 3-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  Non-Conservative Work
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

November 25 26 27 28 29

Unit 3: Energy

No Power Day

No School

 

Old Plan:

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

New Plan:

"Due" Today:  Assignment 3-1 (Solutions)

In Class: Springs in Parallel and Series / Work Using Calculus
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Work the UW Way (Solutions)

Work-Kinetic Energy the Appel Way
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

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

Optional:  Work and Energy Goodness (Solutions)

 

Old Plan:

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

 

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 no Calculus, and Dot Product
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Power Day

No School

 

No Power Day

No School

 

Old Plan:

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

 

 

No Power Day

No School

 

Old Plan:

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Mandatory Safety Assembly

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 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)

Due Today:  Assignment 2-11 (Solutions)

In Class:  Key Mass'ter Lab Quiz

Forces and More Goodness (Solutions)

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

 

Modified Schedule -- Veteran's Day Assembly

Due Today:  Pre-lab for Whirling Good Time

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

No Class

 

Due Today:  Assignment 2-7 (Solutions) and

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

 

Modified Schedule -- Panorama Survey

Due Today:  Assignment 2-8 (Solutions)

In Class:  Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

 

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

 

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 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 Friday, 10/18)

 

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

In Class:  Prep for Test

Work on Unit 1 Progress Check

 

 

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

 

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)

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 16 17 18 19 20

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7

Due Today:  Assignment 1-4 (Solutions)

In Class:  More Linear Motion and The Big Five Kinematic Equations
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Due Today:  Assignment 1-5 (Solutions)

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

No Class

 

Due Today:  Uncertainty in Data Lab Tables

In Class:  Uncertainty in Data Lab Quiz

Linear Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Begin What Does Motion Look Like in Graphs?
Notes
Sample Question
Solutions

Due Today:  Assignment 1-6 (Solutions)

In Class:  What Does Motion Look Like in Graphs?
Notes
Sample Question
Solutions

 

September 9 10 11 12 13

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8 and Freefall Reading

Due Today:  Assignment 1-1 (Solutions)

In Class:  Dimensional Analysis

Due Today:  Assignment 1-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Displacement and Velocity
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

No Class

 

In Class:  Uncertainty in Data Lab (Quiz and Tables Due Thursday, 9/19)
Introduction
Instructions
Sources of Uncertainty
Data Tables
Station Instructions

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Welcome

Due Today:  Assignment 1-3 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Lab

Introduce Acceleration Including Freefall
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

September 2 3 4 5 6

No School

 

First Day of School

Modified Schedule -- Short Periods

Unit 1: Kinematics

Reading:  Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 - 1.6

In Class:  Welcome to Physics by Appel / Introduction to Measurements and Uncertainty

 

No Class

 

In Class:  More with Measurements and Uncertainty

Some Rules and Regs

Modified Schedule -- Welcome Back Assembly

In Class:  Sources of Uncertainty / Sig Figs / Accuracy and Precision

August 26 27 28 29 30

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

August 19 20 21 22 23

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

Summer

 

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