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| January 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 35.1 - 35.7 and Circuit Basics Due Today: Circuits Lab Part 3 -- Parallel Circuits and Parallel Circuit Practice (Solutions) In Class: Compare and Contrast Series and Parallel Circuits Series and Parallel Practice (Not Due) Physics Classroom - Circuit Analysis (Not Due)
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Due Today: Not Due: Series and Parallel Practice (Solutions) and Not Due: Physics Classroom - Circuit Analysis (Solutions) In Class: Discuss Combination Circuits Combination Circuits (Due Thursday)
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Due Today: Not Due: Combination Circuits (Solutions) In Class: Get Caught Up Pivot Electric Circuits "Quiz" (Due Today)
Pivot Interactives Link Circuits Lab Part 3 -- Parallel Circuits (Already Due) Parallel Circuit Practice (Already Due) Solve Circuit Problems on Tables (Solutions) (Optional) |
Modified Schedule -- MLK Assembly? In Class: Group Electric Circuits Quiz |
| January 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 34.1 - 34.6, 34.10 In Class: Circuits Lab Part 1 -- Voltage and Ohm's Law (Due Tuesday) Discuss Ohm's Law--Voltage, Current, and Resistance Concept-Development 34-1 - Ohm's Law (Due Tuesday) Related Video: Crash Course Physics #28--Electric Current
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Due Today: Circuits Lab Part 1 -- Voltage and Ohm's Law and Concept-Development 34-1 - Ohm's Law (Solutions) In Class: Start Circuits Lab Part 2 -- Series Circuits (Due Friday) |
No Class
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In Class: Finish Circuits Lab Part 2 -- Series Circuits (Still Due Friday) Discuss Series Circuits Series Circuit Practice (Due Friday) Start Circuits Lab Part 3 -- Parallel Circuits (Due Monday) Related Video: Crash Course Physics #29--DC Resistors and Batteries
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Modified Schedule -- Roundtable? Due Today: Circuits Lab Part 2 -- Series Circuits and Series Circuit Practice (Solutions) In Class: Finish Circuits Lab Part 3 -- Parallel Circuits (Still Due Monday) Discuss Parallel Circuits Parallel Circuit Practice (Due Monday) |
| December 29 | 30 | 31 | January 1 | 2 |
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| December 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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| December 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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Weekly Reading: None This Week In Class: Things to Consider Day 1, Focus on Mirrors and Refraction (Solutions)
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In Class: Things To Consider Day 2, Focus on Lenses (Solutions)
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No Class
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In Class: Unit 3 Test
-- Mirrors and Lenses
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Modified Schedule -- Roundtable In Class: TBD |
| December 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Weekly Reading: None This Week Due Today: Lens Fun (Solutions) and Sample Lens Problems (Solutions) In Class: Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Solutions) In Class: Time To Get Caught Up
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No Class
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In Class: Either Catch-Up Day or Paper Tower Challenge
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Modified Schedule -- Winterfest Assembly In Class: Lens Quiz |
| December 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 30.5 - 30.7 Due Today: Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab In Class: Lens Practice (Due Tuesday) Number Crunching (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Lens Practice (Solutions) and Number Crunching (Solutions) In Class: Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Due Block Day)
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No Class
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Due Today: Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions) and Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Solutions) (Done In Class) In Class: Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Checked Off Today)
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In Class: Lens Fun (Due Monday) Sample Lens Problems (Due Monday) |
| November 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 30.5 - 30.7 Due Today: Diverging Lens Practice (Solutions) and Converging Lens Practice (Solutions) In Class: Physics Classroom Concept Builders
Law Enforcement aka Refraction Practice L-O-S-T Art of Image Direction
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Block Schedule -- Odd Periods In Class: Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab (Due Monday) |
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| November 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 30.1 - 30.4 Due Today: More Curved Mirror Math (Solutions) and Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Solutions) (Done In Class) In Class: Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Checked Off Today)
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In Class: Introduce
Refraction / Critical Angle Refraction Goodness (Due Block Day) Refraction Shapes (Due Block Day)
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No Class
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Due Today: Refraction Goodness (Solutions) and Refraction Shapes (Solutions) In Class: Introduce
Diverging
Lenses Lens Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy) Diverging Lens Practice (Due Monday) Introduce Converging Lenses Lens Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy) Converging Lens Practice (Due Monday)
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Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Safety In Class: Curved Mirrors Quiz
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| November 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 29.6 - 29.9, 29.12 Due Today: Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions) In Class: Introduce
Converging Mirrors Curved Mirror Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy) Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Due Friday) Discuss Curved Mirror Math / Equations Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Due Friday)
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Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Veteran's Day Assembly Due Today: Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions) and Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Solutions) In Class: More Curved Mirror Math (Due Monday) |
| November 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Weekly Reading: Sections 29.1 - 29.4 In Class: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab Old Plan: Introduce
Plane Mirrors Plane Mirror Practice (Due Block Day)
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No Class
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Due Today: Plane Mirror Practice (Solutions) In Class: More Plane
Mirrors Plane Mirror Goodness (Due Friday) Where Can You See a Pencil? (Due Friday)
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Modified Schedule -- Veteran's Day Assembly Due Today: Plane Mirror Goodness (Solutions) and Where Can You See a Pencil? (Solutions) In Class: Introduce
Diverging Mirrors Curved Mirror Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy) Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Due Block Day)
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| October 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Weekly Reading: None This Week Due Today: Comic Time Lab (Handout, PowerPoint) and Viewed in Another Light (Solutions) In Class: Discuss Pigments Primary Colors of Paint (Due Tuesday) Light and Pigments and Paints (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Primary Colors of Paint (Solutions) and Light and Pigments and Paints (Solutions 1, Solutions 2) In Class: Discuss Anything Left with Color and Paint Color by Algebra |
No Class
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In Class: Practice Multiple Choice (Key) Get Ready for Color Mini-Test
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Last Day of First Quarter In Class: Unit 2 Mini-Test -- Light and Color
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| October 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Weekly Reading:
Sections 28.1 - 28.7 Due Today: Pixel Peeping Lab In Class: Discuss Lab / Start Guided Notes (Filled in Copy) Slo-Mo Guys - How a TV Works in Slow Motion (YouTube) Adding Colors (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Adding Colors (Solutions) Original Plan In Class: Dude! The Colors! Lab (Due Thursday) |
No Class
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Due Today: Dude! The Colors! Lab In Class: Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Quick Quiz Discuss Dude! The Colors! Lab Color Shadows (Due Friday) Color Addition and Subtraction (Due Friday) Concept-Development 28-1 (Due Friday) Brain Games |
Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Disability History Lesson Due Today: Color Shadows (Solutions Part 1, Solutions Part 2), Color Addition and Subtraction (Solutions), and Concept-Development 28-1 (Solutions) In Class: Comic Time
Lab (Due Monday) Discuss Color Filters Viewed in Another Light (Due Monday)
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| October 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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Weekly Reading:
Sections 27.1 - 27.3, 27.7 - 27.9 In Class: Optical Illusions
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In Class: Shady Business Lab (Due Thursday)
Polarization of
Light by UCLA Video
Understand
Polarization in 4 Minutes |
No Class
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Due Today: Shady Business Lab In Class: Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Research (Due Friday) Discuss E-M Waves, Polarization, and Light in General Light Goodness (Due Friday) |
Modified Schedule -- Homecoming Assembly Due Today: Light Goodness (Solutions) and Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Research In Class: Pixel Peeping Lab (Due Monday)
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| October 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Weekly Reading: None This Week Due Today: Speed of Sound Lab In Class: Pan Phlutes Concert
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In Class: Prep for Waves Test / Make Index Card Waves - Things to Consider (Solutions)
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No Classes -- Super Wednesday
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All Seven Periods In Class: Waves and Sound Test
***If absent, you will take test in class the next day you are present***
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No School
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| September 29 | 30 | October 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Weekly Reading:
Sections 26.1 - 26.5 Due Today: Harmonic Goodness XE Part 1 (Solutions) In Class: Discuss Harmonics for Soda Bottles (aka Open-Closed) Harmonic Goodness XE Part 2 (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Harmonic Goodness XE Part 2 (Solutions) In Class: Discuss Sound Stand By Your Wave (Due Thursday) Standing Wave Math (Due Thursday) |
No Class
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Due Today: Stand By Your Wave (Solutions) and Standing Wave Math (Solutions) In Class: Speed of Sound Lab (Due Monday and There Will Be a Lab Question on the Unit Test)
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Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: HIB In Class: Discuss Speed of Sound Lab Introduce Pan Phlutes (Performance on Monday) |
| September 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Weekly Reading:
Sections 25.7 - 25.11, 26.6 - 26.10 In Class: Discuss Wave Interference / Doppler Effect / Shock and Bow Waves Next-Time Question 25-2 with Answer Concept-Development 25-2 (Due Tuesday) Flipping Physics Superposition Video (YouTube)
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Due Today: Concept-Development 25-2 (Solutions) In Class: Introduce Resonance / Beats / Standing Waves Next-Time Question 25-1 with Answer Superposition of Waves (Due Thursday) Tacoma Narrows Bridge Video (YouTube) Millenium Bridge Wobble Video (YouTube)
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No Class
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Due Today: Superposition of Waves (Solutions) In Class: Waves Can Stand? Lab (Due Friday) Link to PhET Simulation: Wave on a String
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Due Today: Waves Can Stand? Lab In Class: Introduce Harmonics for Guitars (aka Fixed-Fixed or Closed-Closed) and Bathtubs (aka Open-Open) Harmonic Goodness XE Part 1 (Due Monday)
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| September 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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Weekly Reading: None This Week In Class: Wave Goodness (Due Tuesday)
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Due Today: Wave Goodness (Solutions) In Class: More Practice with Waves Concept-Development 25-1 (Due Thursday) Describing Waves (Due Thursday
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No Class
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Due Today: Concept-Development 25-1 (Solutions) / Describing Waves (Solutions) / In Class Wave Problems Checked Off (Solutions) In Class: Solve Wave Problems on Tables (You'll Be checked off during class, or if not checked off will do the work as homework) Ranking Pendulums and Waves (Due Friday)
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Due Today: Ranking Pendulums and Waves (Solutions) In Class: Short Waves Quiz Work on Wave Concept
Builders
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| September 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Weekly Reading:
Sections 25.1 - 25.6 and
Book of Phyz - Wave Notes Due Today: Keep Up With the Buggy Lab and Hunt for Blue November (Solutions) In Class: Introduce
Period / Frequency / Amplitude More Get to Know You
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In Class: A Swinging Good Time Lab (Due Thursday) Link to PhET Simulation: Pendulum Lab |
No Class
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Due Today: A Swinging Good Time Lab In Class: If Necessary, Finish A Swinging Good Time Lab (Still Due Today) Link to PhET Simulation: Pendulum Lab Discuss Lab / Introduce Wavelength / Wave Speed Let's Do the Wave Lab (Due Friday) Link to PhET Simulation: Wave on a String
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Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: Welcome Due Today: Let's Do the Wave Lab In Class: Discuss
Let's Do the Wave and Introduce Waves Link to PhET Simulation: Wave on a String |
| September 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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No School
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First Day of School Modified Schedule -- Short Periods Weekly Reading: None This Week In Class: Welcome to Physics by Appel
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No Class
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In Class: Keep Up With the Buggy Lab (Due Monday)
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Modified Schedule -- Welcome Back Assembly In Class: Discuss Buggy Lab Hunt for Blue November (Due Monday) Discuss the Class and Some Rules and Regs
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| August 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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| August 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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