Physics Class Schedule for Spring 2015
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Week #18: May 11, 2015 to May
15, 2015 (No Block Schedule this Week)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/11/15:
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Due Tuesday,
5/12/15:
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Magnetism
Chapter Questions 7-9 and Magnetism
Chapter Problems 21-24 and 29-32.
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Tuesday, 5/12/15:
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Due Wednesday,
5/13/15:
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Wednesday,
5/13/15:
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Due Thursday,
5/14/15:
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Thursday,
5/14/15:
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Due Friday,
5/15/15:
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Friday, 5/15/15:
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Due Monday,
5/18/15:
- Final
Exam Review Sheet and Spring
2015 Final Exam Schedule
- Have a nice weekend!
- Review for quiz on Magnetism Hewitt Chapter 36 on
Monday.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015. LAST WEEKEND!
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Week #17: May 4, 2015 to May
8, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/4/15:
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Due Tuesday,
5/5/15:
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Magnetism
Chapter Questions 1-4 and Magnetism
Chapter Problems 3-4.
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Tuesday, 5/5/15:
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Due Thursday,
5/7/15 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 5/7/15
(Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/8/15:
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Friday, 5/8/15:
- Today’s
lesson canceled due to too many students absent for AP US History Exam. Interstellar 2nd
Period and Gravity 6th
Period.
- Next
Week
- Questions
about HW: Read Hewitt Section 36.6: Magnetic Forces on Moving Charged
Particles, page 570. Magnetism
Chapter Questions 7-9 and Magnetism
Chapter Problems 29-32.
- Notes
on Magnetic Field Force on Current Carrying Wire: Right Hand Rule: Text
and Video.
- Paleomagnetism
Lab
- Final Exam Review Study Guide and go over Spring
2015 Final Exam Schedule.
- Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction
- Electromagnetic
Induction Lab
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Due Monday,
5/11/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #16: April 27, 2015 to
May 1, 2015 (Block
Schedule 1, 3, 5 Mon & Wed and 2, 4, 6 Tue & Thu this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 4/28/15
(Block Day):
- We are on block CAASPP testing schedule this week with block
schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6
Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will be regular schedule.
- Warm Up: Series and Parallel Circuits
- Series and Parallel Circuit Phet Lab.
- Review for Current, Ohms Law, Resistance, Parallel,
and Series Circuits Test on Thursday.
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Due Thursday,
4/30/15 (Block Day):
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Review for test on Current, Ohms Law,
Resistance, Parallel, and Series Circuits. Use Physics Classroom
and Class Notes
and Dr. E’s Review
PowerPoint and Review
Game to prepare. Also work additional classwork problems from Electric
Current and Circuits Chapter Problems if you feel you need to. It would
also be helpful to review Hewitt Chapters 34 and 35.
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Extra Credit Opportunity: Phet
Lab: Series and Parallel Circuits. MUST be turned in first thing on
Thursday!
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Download Homework
Packet Rubric for the Current, Ohms Law, and Circuits Unit to assemble
your homework packet.
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Thursday,
4/30/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/1/15:
- Read
Hewitt textbook sections 36.1 (Magnetic Poles), 36.2 (Magnetic Fields),
36.3 (Nature of Magnetic Field), and 36.4 (Magnetic Domains). Answer
Questions 1-9 on page 575.
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Friday, 5/1/15:
- Warmup:
Magnetic Poles
- Notes
on Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Fields
- Geomagnetism
- Magnet
Art Lab
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Due Monday,
5/4/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Download Homework
Packet Rubric for the Current, Ohms Law, and Circuits Unit to assemble
your homework packet due Monday.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. All
students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucault
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does
NOT count as one of your 5 required exhibits. This extra credit
opportunity will be in effect until May 19, 2015.
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Week #15: April 20, 2015 to
April 24, 2015 (Block
Schedule 1, 3, 5 Mon & Wed and 2, 4, 6 Tue & Thu this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 4/21/15
(Block Day):
- We are on block CAASPP testing schedule this week with block
schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6
Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will be regular schedule. This will be the
case for the next three weeks.
- Warm Up: Voltage and Current in Series Circuits
- Notes
on equivalent resistance in series circuits
- Personal
Energy Audit. Analyze the data that we took last week and finish
write-up.
- US Energy
Information Administration for Electricity Production.
- Series and Parallel Circuit Light Bulb Lab
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Due Thursday,
4/23/15 (Block Day):
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Electric
Current and Circuits Chapter Problems 38-42. Check
Answers Here.
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Thursday,
4/23/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/24/15:
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Friday, 4/24/15:
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Due Monday,
4/27/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- We are on block CAASPP
testing schedule next week with block schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on
Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will
be regular schedule. This will be the case for the next week.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #14: April 13, 2015 to April
17, 2015 (Block
Schedule 1, 3, 5 Mon & Wed and 2, 4, 6 Tue & Thu this Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 4/14/15
(Block Day):
- We are on block CAASPP testing schedule this week with block
schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6
Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will be regular schedule. This will be the
case for the next three weeks.
- Physics Feature Film due to 11th grade
testing.
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Due Thursday,
4/16/15 (Block Day):
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Correct Electrostatics Tests
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Thursday,
4/16/15 (Block Day):
- We are on block CAASPP testing schedule this week with block
schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6
Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will be regular schedule. This will be the
case for the next three weeks.
- Physics
Feature Film due to 11th grade testing.
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Due Friday,
4/17/15:
- Correct
Electrostatics Tests
- Make
sure to have a copy of your parent’s electricity bill.
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Friday, 4/17/15:
- Turn
in corrected electrostatics tests
- Warmup:
Your Power Bill
- Personal
Energy Audit. Analyze the data that we took last week and finish
write-up.
- US Energy Information
Administration for Electricity Production.
- Next
Week
- Circuits and Equivalent Resistance
- Series
and Parallel Circuits
- Series
and Parallel Circuits Lab
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Due Monday,
4/20/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- We are on block CAASPP
testing schedule next week with block schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on
Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will
be regular schedule. This will be the case for the next two weeks.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #13: April 6, 2015 to
April 10, 2015 (No Block Schedule this Week)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/6/15:
- Recruit for help at Open House on Thursday, 4/9/15.
Sign up for a display of a lab or activity from this year that you want
to show off.
- Warmup: Power Calculations Revisited
- Finish Nichrome Wire Lab and turn in.
- Start Homework
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Due Tuesday,
4/7/15:
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Electric
Current and Circuits Chapter Problems 4-6, 10-12, 17-20, and 27-32. Download
Solution Set.
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Tuesday, 4/7/15:
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Due Wednesday,
4/8/15:
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Wednesday,
4/8/15:
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Due Thursday,
4/9/15:
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Thursday,
4/9/15:
- Sign up for what small appliance you will bring to
class tomorrow for Personal Energy Audit.
- Phet Ohm’s Law Lab. See Internet
Investigations for Links: Finish and turn in.
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Due Friday,
4/10/15:
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Friday, 4/10/15:
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Due Monday,
4/13/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- We are on block CAASPP
testing schedule next week with block schedules each day. 1, 3, 5 on
Monday and Wednesday and 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday and Thursday. Friday will
be regular schedule. This will be the case for the next three weeks.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #12: March 30, 2015 to
April 3, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/30/15:
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Due Tuesday,
3/31/15:
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Lesson 2 a-c Electric
Current: What is an Electric Circuit?, Requirements of a Circuit, Electric
Current. Read and Answer Check for Understanding Questions.
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Tuesday,
3/31/15:
- Hewitt
Conceptual Physics Alive Video and Questions: Electric Current
- Start
HW: Conceptual Physics Practice Sheet: Electric Current and Ohm’s Law.
You must get this in class, as there are copyright issues with posting
on the website.
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Due Thursday,
4/2/15 (Block Day):
- Conceptual
Physics Practice Sheet: Electric Current and Ohm’s Law. You must get
this in class, as there are copyright issues with posting on the
website.
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Thursday, 4/2/15
(Block Day):
- Today’s Facebook
Post of the Day
- Warmup: iPod and iPhone chargers and current
- Go over HW: Conceptual Physics Practice Sheet:
Electric Current and Ohm’s Law.
- Resistance and Ohm’s Law
- Nichrome Wire Lab
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Due Friday,
4/3/15:
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Friday, 4/3/15:
- Lunar
Eclipse on Saturday!
- Nichrome
Wire Lab: Finish
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Due Monday,
4/6/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless you
want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5 displays,
shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in
the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #11: March 23, 2015 to
March 27, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/23/15:
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Due Tuesday,
3/24/15:
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See homework due Thursday, 3/26/15
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Tuesday,
3/24/15:
- Traeger
out for TDG Training
- Lightning!
Video and questions
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Due Thursday,
3/26/15 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
3/26/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
3/27/15:
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Friday, 3/27/15:
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Due Monday,
3/30/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and take
a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless you
want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5 displays,
shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in
the picture. Write up a description of what you learned
at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
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Week #10: March 9, 2015 to
March 13, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/9/15:
- Questions about 3rd Quarter Benchmark
Assessment will be on Tuesday, 3/10/15
- Warm Up: Gravity and Electric Fields.
- What is an Electric Field and How do you calculate
its magnitude?
- Electric
Bunny Lab: Finish and Turn in if not done.
- Hand back gravity and orbits test
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Due Tuesday,
3/10/15:
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Complete Electrostatics and Electric Field
Problem Sheet 1: Front and Back.
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Correct Gravity and Orbits Test
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Get ready for 3rd Quarter Benchmark
Assessment
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Tuesday,
3/10/15:
- 3rd
Quarter Benchmark Assessment
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Due Thursday,
3/12/15 (Block Day):
- Lesson 4 a-c
Electric Fields: Action at a distance, Electric Field Intensity, Electric
Field Lines. Read and Answer Check for Understanding Questions.
- Bring
a lemon, orange, apple, kiwi, grapefruit, potato, sweet potato, onion,
avocado, or other juicy fruit/vegetable for lab on Thursday
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Thursday,
3/12/15 (Block Day):
- Warmup: Electric Fields
- Stamp/go over HW from Monday and Tuesday.
- Notes on Electric Potential Energy and Electric
Potential (Voltage)
- Voltage and Potential: The
Fruit Batteries Lab
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Due Friday,
3/13/15:
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Friday, 3/13/15:
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Due Monday,
3/23/15:
- Have a nice Spring Break!
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! Go to the Griffith Observatory and
take a digital camera along with a note book. Admission is FREE, unless
you want to do the planetarium show. Take pictures of at least 5
displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you
learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the
description. All students who do this extra credit must tell
me about the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 19, 2015.
- Extra Credit
Possibility: Up
to 20 Points for Going. Go to the Pasadena
Lapidary Society Gem and Mineral Show Saturday, 3/14/15 or Sunday,
3/15/15 at the San Marino Masonic Center in San Marino. It’s FREE. Write
a small report of what you learned there WITH a picture proving you were
there. Email this to me or give me your write up when we return on
3/23/15.
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Week #9: March 2, 2015 to
March 6, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/2/15:
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Due Tuesday,
3/3/15:
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Lesson 1 d-e Static
Electricity and 2d: Grounding. Read and Answer Check for Understanding
Questions.
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Tuesday, 3/3/15:
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Due Thursday,
3/5/15 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 3/5/15
(Block Day):
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Due Friday,
3/6/15:
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Friday, 3/6/15:
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Due Monday,
3/9/15:
- Have a nice weekend!
- 3rd Quarter Benchmark Assessment on
Tuesday!
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Week #8: February 23, 2015 to
February 27, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/23/15:
- Warm Up: Tides on Earth
- Moon/Planet/Star Observations at Palm Crest
Elementary on Wednesday, 2/25/15 from 6:15 to 8:30 PM. Hand out
permission slips.
- Pilgrim
Tides
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Due Tuesday,
2/24/15:
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Complete Problems 34, 37, 40, and 41 in Universal
Gravitation Practice Problems. Solution
Set here.
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Finish graphing portion only of Pilgrim
Tides. We will finish the rest of it tomorrow.
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Get permission slips signed for Astronomy
night at Palm Crest Elementary on Wednesday, 2/25/15 from 6:15 to 8:30 PM.
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Tuesday,
2/24/15:
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Due Thursday,
2/26/15 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
2/26/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/27/15:
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Friday, 2/27/15:
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Due Monday,
3/2/15:
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Week #7: February 18, 2015 to
February 20, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Wednesday,
2/18/15:
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Due Thursday,
2/19/15:
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Complete Problems 35, 36, 38, and 39 in Universal
Gravitation Practice Problems. Solutions
Here.
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Correct Circular Motion and Rotational
Mechanics Tests given back to you.
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Support our boys basketball and girls water
polo teams today in play offs!
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Thursday,
2/19/15:
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Due Friday,
2/20/15:
- To
be announced.
- Support
our girls basketball team today in play offs!
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Friday, 2/20/15:
- Warmup: Escape Velocity of Jupiter
- Kepler’s Laws Practice
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Due Monday,
2/23/15:
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Week #6: February 9, 2015 to
February 12, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/9/15:
- District Panorama
Ed Surveys
- Announcement: Please come to Astronomy Institute
Tuesday from 3-4 PM. Dr. Majid will be talking about his research on
black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. He would like to get students
involved in this research!
- Universe: Beyond the Big Bang video and questions: historical astronomy and Kepler’s Laws of Motion: Finish
- Give back circular
motion and rotational mechanics tests for corrections.
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Due Tuesday,
2/10/15:
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Lesson 4 a-c of Physics
Classroom Planetary and Satellite Motion: Read and answer Check for
Understanding Questions.
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Correct Circular Motion and Rotational
Mechanics Tests given back to you.
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Tuesday,
2/10/15:
- Traeger
out for TDG Training
- Hewitt
Satellite Motion video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
2/11/15 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
2/11/15 (Block Day):
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Due Wednesday,
2/18/15:
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Week #5: February 2, 2015 to
February 6, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/2/15:
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Due Tuesday,
2/3/15:
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Lesson 3 a-c of Physics
Classroom Universal Gravitation: Read and answer Check for Understanding
Questions.
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Tuesday, 2/3/15:
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Due Wednesday,
2/4/15 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
2/4/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/6/15:
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Friday, 2/6/15:
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Due Monday,
2/9/15:
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Week #4: January 26, 2015 to
January 30, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/26/15:
- Warmup: Jasper’s First Stand and Moment of Inertia
- Hand back Circular Motion quiz for corrections
- Notes
on Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum.
- What
IS Angular Momentum?
- Mr. Traeger’s son Eric demonstrates conservation of
angular momentum.
- Start HW: Problems 1-12 on Worksheet 15.
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Due Tuesday,
1/27/15:
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Problems 1-12 on Worksheet 15.
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Tuesday,
1/27/15:
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Due Wednesday,
1/28/15 (Block Day):
- Correct
Circular Motion Quizzes: EVERYONE must do this!
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Wednesday,
1/28/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
1/30/15:
- Review
for Circular Motion and Rotational Mechanics Test, Hewitt Chapters 9 and
11.
- Review
Hewitt Chapter 9 and Physics Classroom
and Dr.
E Circular Motion Review PowerPoint for quiz/test (36 points) on
circular motion. Also work more Circular
Motion Problems if you need to. Read over Lesson 2 a-c of
Physics Classroom Circular Motion to get some application-based
problems.
- Also,
it is HIGHLY recommended that you look over your warmup problems again!
- Also,
it is HIGHLY recommended that you go over my lesson on Coriolis Force
and Effect Again. See the following links: Coriolis
Effect video 1
and video
2, Angular
Velocity, and Conservation
of Angular Momentum, Coriolis
Effect Over Earth’s Surface, Coriolis
Effect and Wind Direction, Coriolis
Effect and Ocean Surface Currents, and Coriolis
Effect on Earth and Jupiter. Link to Slides
8-28 of Atmosphere in Motion PPT.
- Assemble
and score homework packets for circular motion: Download
Rubric.
- Review
for test Friday by working Problems 1-3, 7-8, 11-16, 23-24, 27-28, and
37 of Circular
Motion Problems. See
Answers.
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Friday, 1/30/15:
- Test
on Chapters 9 and 11: Circular Motion and Rotational Mechanics.
- Turn
in homework packets for circular motion: Download
Rubric.
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Due Monday,
2/2/15:
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Week #3: January 20, 2015 to
January 23, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
1/20/15:
- Warmup:
Opening the Door.
- Introduction
to Torque
- Phet Lab:
Torque and Activity
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Due Wednesday,
1/21/15 (Block Day):
- Complete
Hewitt Chapter 11, Sections 11.1 to 11.3, pages 150-154. Answer Review
Questions 1-6, 21-22, 23-26, and 33-34 on pages 165-167.
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Wednesday,
1/21/15 (Block Day):
- Warmup: Recent
Air Asia Flight QZ8501 Crash. What if the Weight
and Balance of the aircraft was out of tolerances? Could an aft CG
have contributed to the stall and crash of the aircraft?
- Fun with model gliders: How changing Center of
Gravity affects balance.
- Go over HW: problems 1-12 of “Practice Exercises”
given out in class today. Also fill out chart on last page.
- Phet Lab: Torque
and Activity:
Finish up through Part 1
- Balancing
Lab
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Due Friday,
1/23/15:
- Complete
Hewitt Chapter 11, Sections 11.4 to 11.7, pages 154-164. Answer Review
Questions 7-20 and 27-32 on pages 165-167.
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Friday, 1/23/15:
- Warmup:
Balancing an Elephant
- Moment
of Inertia and Conservation of Angular Momentum
- Finish
parts 2 and 3 of Phet Lab: Torque
and Activity
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Due Monday,
1/26/15:
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Week #2: January 12, 2015 to
January 16, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/12/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/13/15:
·
Circular
Motion Problems #s 4-6, 9-10, and 17-22.
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Finish Phet Lab: Ladybug Revolution
, Motion in 2-d
and Activity
if needed.
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Tuesday,
1/13/15:
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Due Wednesday,
1/14/15 (Block Day):
- Complete
problems 1-12 of “Practice Exercises” given out in class today. Also
fill out chart on last page.
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Wednesday,
1/14/15 (Block Day):
- Warmup: Basketball and Circular Motion
- Go over HW: problems 1-12 of “Practice Exercises”
given out in class today. Also fill out chart on last page.
- Centripetal
Force Lab
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Due Friday,
1/16/15:
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Friday, 1/16/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/20/15:
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Week #1: January 5, 2015 to
January 9, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/5/15:
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Due Tuesday,
1/6/15:
·
Read Lesson 1a:
Speed/Velocity and 1b: Acceleration on Circular Motion in Physics Classroom.
Answer check for understanding questions in sections 1a and 1b on separate
sheet of paper.
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Tuesday, 1/6/15:
- Hewitt
Circular Motion Video and Questions
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Due Wednesday,
1/7/15 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
1/7/15 (Block Day):
- Warmup problem. Why we launch rockets from Cape
Canaveral, FL
- Spreadsheet Basics
- Lab: Round
and Round: Finish
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Due Friday,
1/9/15:
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Friday, 1/9/15:
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Due Monday,
1/12/15:
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