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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
September 7 8 9 10 11

No School

 

Unit 1: Waves & Sound

Weekly Reading:  Sections 25.1 - 25.6 and Book of Phyz - Wave Notes
(Link to Textbook Page)

Due Today:  Keep Up With the Buggy Lab

In Class:  Introduce Period / Frequency / Amplitude
Blank Notes Sheet

More Get to Know You

 

In Class:  A Swinging Good Time Lab (Due Friday)

Link to PhET Simulation: Pendulum Lab

Discuss Lab / Introduce Wavelength / Wave Speed
Warm-Up Question
Notes

No Class

 

Due Today:  A Swinging Good Time Lab

In Class:  Let's Do the Wave Lab (Due Monday)

Link to PhET Simulation: Pendulum Lab

 

 

September 14 15 16 17 18

Unit 1: Waves & Sound

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Let's Do the Wave Lab

In Class:  Discuss Let's Do the Wave and Introduce Waves
Notes
Wave Picture
Wave on a String PhET Simulation
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves Demo

 

In Class:  Wave Goodness  (Due Wednesday)

Concept-Development 25-1 (Due Wednesday)

 

Due Today:  Wave Goodness (Solutions) and Concept-Development 25-1 (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)

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  In Class Wave Problems Checked Off (Solutions) and Ranking Pendulums and Waves (Solutions)

In Class:  Short Waves Quiz

Work on Wave Concept Builders
Frequency and Period
Period and Frequency of a Pendulum
Rocking the Boat
Wave Basics
Matching Pairs: Wave Characteristics
Wavelength
Waves - Case Studies

 

September 21 22 23 24 25

Unit 1: Waves & Sound

Weekly Reading:  Sections 25.7 - 25.11, 26.6 - 26.10
(Link to Textbook Page)

In Class:  Discuss Wave Interference / Doppler Effect / Shock and Bow Waves
Notes
Flipping Physics Superposition Video (YouTube)
Next-Time Question 25-2 with Answer

Concept-Development 25-2 (Due Tuesday)

 

Due Today:  Concept-Development 25-2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Resonance / Beats / Standing Waves
Notes
Next-Time Question 25-1 with Answer
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Video (YouTube)
Millenium Bridge Wobble Video (YouTube)
Flipping Physics Standing Waves Video (YouTube) -- Jump to 4:40

Superposition of Waves (Due Wednesday)

 

Due Today:  Superposition of Waves (Solutions)

In Class:  Waves Can Stand? Lab (Due Friday)

Link to PhET Simulation: Wave on a String

 

No Class

 

Modified Schedule -- Homecoming Assembly

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)

 

September 28 29 30 October 1 2

Unit 1: Waves & Sound

Weekly Reading:  Sections 26.1 - 26.5
(Link to Textbook Page)

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)

 

Due Today:  Harmonic Goodness XE Part 2 (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Sound

Stand By Your Wave (Due Wednesday)

Standing Wave Math (Due Wednesday)

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)

 

No Class

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable: HIB

In Class:  Discuss Speed of Sound Lab

Introduce Pan Phlutes (Performance on Monday) ***

Pan Phlutes Music Sheets ***

October 5 6 7 8 9

Unit 1: Waves & Sound

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Speed of Sound Lab

In Class:  Pan Phlutes Concert

Pan Phlutes Music Sheets ***

 

In Class:  Prep for Waves Test / Make Index Card

Waves - Things to Consider (Solutions)

 

No Classes -- Super Wednesday

 

All Seven Periods

In Class:  Waves and Sound Test

 

***If absent, you will take test in class the next day you are present***

 

No School

 

October 12 13 14 15 16

Unit 2: Light & Color

Weekly Reading:  Sections 27.1 - 27.3, 27.7 - 27.9
(Link to Textbook Page)

In Class:  Optical Illusions

 

In Class:  Shady Business Lab (Due Wednesday)

Polarization of Light by UCLA Video
Demo using a slinky showing polarization

Understand Polarization in 4 Minutes
This goes into more detail than you really need.  It still presents some good info

 

Due Today:  Shady Business Lab

In Class:  Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Research (Due Friday)

Powers of Ten Website

Discuss E-M Waves, Polarization, and Light in General
Notes

Light Goodness (Due Friday)

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Light Goodness (Solutions) and Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Research (Key)

In Class:  Pixel Peeping Lab (Due Monday)

Appel Colors File

Color Vision - Photons | Monochromatic Light | White Light - PhET Interactive Simulations (colorado.edu)

Color Thesaurus

 

October 19 20 21 22 23

Unit 2: Light & Color

Weekly Reading:  Sections 28.1 - 28.7
(Link to Textbook Page)

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)

Color Addition Simulation

 

 

Due Today:  Adding Colors (Solutions)

In Class:  Color Shadows Video

Dude! The Colors! Shadows

Discuss Dude! The Colors! Lab

 

In Class:  Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Quick Quiz

Color Shadows (Due Friday)

Color Shadows Simulation

Color Addition and Subtraction (Due Friday)

Concept-Development 28-1 (Due Friday)

Brain Games

No Class

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

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)
Handout
PowerPoint

Discuss Color Filters

Viewed in Another Light (Due Monday)

 

October 26 27 28 29 30

Unit 2: Light & Color

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)

 

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

 

In Class:  Practice Multiple Choice (Key)

Get Ready for Color Mini-Test

Color by Algebra
Rocket Page
Ocean Page
Color Guide
Colored in Rocket Page
Colored in Ocean Page

No Class

 

In Class:  Unit 2 Mini-Test -- Light and Color

 

November 2 3 4 5 6

Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Weekly Reading:  Sections 29.1 - 29.4

In Class:  Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab (Due Tuesday)

 

Due Today:  Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab

In Class:  Introduce Plane Mirrors
Notes
PowerPoint

Plane Mirror Practice (Due Wednesday)

 

 

Due Today:  Plane Mirror Practice (Solutions)

In Class:  More Plane Mirrors
Notes
Next-Time Question 29-1
Next-Time Question 29-4
Next-Time Question 29-3
Option 1 PowerPoint
Option 2 PowerPoint

Plane Mirror Notes

Plane Mirror Goodness (Due Friday)

Where Can You See a Pencil? (Due Friday)

 

No Class

 

Last Day of First Quarter

Due Today:  Plane Mirror Goodness (Solutions) and Where Can You See a Pencil? (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Diverging Mirrors
Notes
PowerPoint 1
PowerPoint 2

Curved Mirror Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy)

Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Due Block Day)

Curved Mirror Handout

 

 

November 9 10 11 12 13

Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Weekly Reading:  Sections 29.6 - 29.9, 29.12

Due Today:  Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Converging Mirrors
Notes
PowerPoint

Curved Mirror Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy)

Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Due Tuesday)

 

Modified Schedule -- Veteran's Day Assembly

Due Today:  Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)

In Class:  Discuss Curved Mirror Math / Equations

Whiteboard Notes

Whiteboard Notes v2

Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems  (Due Thursday)

 

No School

 

All Seven Periods

Due Today:  Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Solutions)

In Class:  More Curved Mirror Math (Due Friday)

 

 

Due Today:  More Curved Mirror Math (Solutions)

In Class:  Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Due Monday)

 

November 16 17 18 19 20

Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Weekly Reading:  Sections 30.1 - 30.4

Due Today:  Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Solutions)

In Class:  Introduce Refraction / Critical Angle
Notes
Next-Time Question 29-5
PhET Simulation

Refraction Goodness (Due Tuesday)

Refraction Shapes (Due Tuesday)

 

Due Today:  Refraction Goodness (Solutions) and Refraction Shapes (Solutions)

In Class:  Curved Mirrors Quiz

 

In Class:  Introduce Diverging Lenses
PowerPoint 1
PowerPoint 2

Lens Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy)

Diverging Lens Practice (Due Friday)

Real vs. Virtual Images

Introduce Converging Lenses
PowerPoint

Converging Lens Practice (Due Friday)

 

 

No Class

 

Due Today:  Diverging Lens Practice (Solutions) and Converging Lens Practice (Solutions)

In Class:  Lens Practice (Due Monday)

Number Crunching (Due Monday)

 

November 23 24 25 26 27

Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Weekly Reading:  Sections 30.5 - 30.7

Due Today:  Lens Practice (Solutions) and Number Crunching (Solutions)

In Class:  Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Due Wednesday)

 

Block Schedule -- Odd Periods

No Class

Due Today:  Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions)

In Class:  Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab (Due Monday)

No School

 

No School

 

November 30 December 1 2 3 4

Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

Due Today:  Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab

In Class:  Lens Fun (Due Tuesday)

Sample Lens Problems (Due Tuesday)

 

Due Today:  Lens Fun (Solutions) and Sample Lens Problems (Solutions)

In Class:  Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Due Wednesday)

 

Due Today:  Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Solutions) and Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Solutions) (Done In Class)

In Class:  Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Checked Off Today)

 

No Class

 

In Class:  Lens Quiz

 

December 7 8 9 10 11

Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Weekly Reading:  None This Week

In Class:  Things to Consider Day 1, Focus on Mirrors and Refraction (Solutions)

 

In Class:  Things To Consider Day 2, Focus on Lenses (Solutions)

 

In Class:  Unit 3 Test -- Mirrors and Lenses ***

If absent, test will be given next day you are present during class

Test Equation Sheet

 

 

 

No Class

 

Modified Schedule -- Winterfest Assembly

 

December 14 15 16 17 18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 21 22 23 24 25

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

December 28 29 30 31 January 1

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

January 4 5 6 7 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 11 12 13 14 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- MLK Assembly

 

January 18 19 20 21 22

No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 25 26 27 28 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day of First Semester

 

No Classes

 

February 1 2 3 4 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 8 9 10 11 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

 

February 15 16 17 18 19

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

February 22 23 24 25 26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 1 2 3 4 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 8 9 10 11 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 15 16 17 18 19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No School -- Possible Snow Make Up Day

 

March 22 23 24 25 26

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Lip Dub

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Springfest Assembly

 

March 29 30 31 April 1 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 5 6 7 8 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day of Third Quarter

Modified Schedule -- ASB Election Assembly

 

April 12 13 14 15 16

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

No School

 

April 19 20 21 22 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Roundtable

 

April 26 27 28 29 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 3 4 5 6 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 10 11 12 13 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 17 18 19 20 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 24 25 26 27 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Schedule -- Class Office Election Assembly

Modified Schedule for SBA Testing -- 35 Minute Periods?

 

May 31 June 1 2 3 4

No School

 

No School -- Possible Snow Make Up Day

 

Modified Schedule for SBA Testing -- 55 Minute Even Periods?

 

Modified Schedule for SBA Testing -- 55 Minute Odd Periods?

 

 

 

June 7 8 9 10 11

 

 

 

 

Senior Finals?

 

Senior Finals?

 

Modified Schedule -- Farewell Assembly?

 

June 14 15 16 17 18

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

No School

 

June 21 22 23 24 25

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Modified Schedule (Finals)?

 

Last Day of School

 

Summer--Possible Make Up Day

 

Summer--Possible Make Up Day

 

 

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