Academic Physics 16/17
Periods: Blue 4, White 7
Instructor: P. Perry C129
Text: Modeling Instruction in High School Physics
Previous Syllabus 15/16

Unit 1: Data Collection and Mathematical Modeling
Priority Standard: Systems & System Models
Supporting Standard: CCSS.Math.Content.HSF.LE.A.2 Construct linear and exponential functions, including arithmetic and geometric sequences, given a graph, a description of a relationship, or two input-output pairs (include reading these from a table).

Summative Assessment
Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis

Thu 8/31 Blue (1) Fri 9/1 White (5,7)
Do Introductory Lab:Thickness of a Page - due next class.

Tue 9/5 Blue (1) Wed 9/6 White (5,7)
1. Do the teacher moderated part of Cube It
2. Finish Introductory Lab:Thickness of a Page - pass in by the beginning of next class.

Thu 9/7 Blue (1)
Chromebook deployment for seniors.

Fri 9/8 White (5.7)
Finish Cube It - work in groups of 2 (one group of 3 is acceptable if there is an odd number of people in the room). Each group should make a cube (use pink templates on the desk in the center of the room) to exchange with another group. Follow the same procedure as modeled last class and write your report using the guideline on the handout.- pass in by the beginning of next class

Mon 9/11 Blue (1) Tue 9/12 White (5,7)
1. Read pages Unit I Reading: Graphical Methods and Graphical Methods-Summary
2. Discuss Graphical Analysis Using Logger Pro 3.6
3. Begin Unit 1 WS I: Graphing Practice using the LoggerPro program. - finish next class

Wed 9/13 Blue (1) Thu 9/14 White (5,7)
1. Finish Unit 1 WS I: Graphing Practice using the LoggerPro program. - pass in next class
2. Do Determining Relationships from Graphs (first page only) - due next class

Mon 9/18 Blue (1) Tue 9/19 White (5,7)
1. Discuss Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures
2. Do Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures - due next class
3. Graphing quize next class

Wed 9/20 Blue (1) Thu 9/21 White (5,7)
1. Go over Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures
2. Graphing quiz
3. Begin diffraction grating lab to review for summative assessment when you are finished, see me and I will go over this with you personaly to make sure you are all set for the summative
* Alternative review: The Ball Bounce Challenge - Summative Assessment Review

Fri 9/22 Blue (1) Mon 9/25 White (5,7),
1. Finish diffraction grating lab to review for summative assessment when you are finished, see me and I will go over this with you personaly to make sure you are all set for the summative
2. Begin writing hypothesis and taking data for Summative Assessment: Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis

Tue 9/26 Blue (1) Wed 9/27 White (5,7), Fri 9/29 Blue (1) Mon 10/2 White (5,7), Wed 10/3 Blue (1), Thu 10/4 White (5,7)
1. Continue work on Summative Assessment: Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis - final reports due Tue 10/10 and Wed 10/11 next week
2. Do

Tue 10/10 Blue (1) Wed 10/11 White (5,7)
1. Do Physics Lab Activity - Motorized Cars
2. Use these as a guide in writing your lab report: Thickness of a Page Lab Report and the Lab Report Grading Sheet

Thu 10/12 Blue (1) Fri 10/13 White (5,7)
Finish Physics Lab Activity - Motorized Cars - lab report due next Wed (blue) and Thu (white)

Mon 10/16 Blue (1) Tue 10/17 White (5,7)
Do the lab, "Graph Matching" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version)
*IF SUB or if you are absent Instead do Unit 2 CP Lab 2 - The Moving Man - the simuation is below
The Moving Man
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Wed 10/18 Blue (1) Thu 10/19 White (5,7)
1. Finish the lab, "Graph Matching" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version)
2. Do Unit II Worksheet 1 and Average Speed Drill (check your answers online) - due next class

Fri 10/20 Blue (1) Mon 10/23 White (5,7)
1. Go over Unit II Worksheet 1
2. Read constant velocity notes
3. Do Resource Lesson: Constant Velocity: Position-Time Graphs and Resource Lesson: Constant Velocity: Velocity-Time Graphs and check your answers online. You MUST show work for any calculations to get credit - pass in by the end of the period

Tue 10/24 Blue (1) Wed 10/25 White (5,7)
Do Unit II Worksheet 2 and Unit II Worksheet 3 - due next class

Thu 10/26 Blue (1) Fri 10/27 White (5,7)
1. Check answers using key: Unit II Worksheet 2 and Unit II Worksheet 3
2. Do Constant Velocity: Position-Time Graphs #2, Constant Velocity: Position-Time Graphs #3, Constant Velocity: Velocity-Time Graphs #1, and Constant Velocity: Velocity-Time Graphs #2 - You MUST show work for any calculations and fill in all charts to get credit. All graphs must have numbers on the y-axis. - pass in by the beginning of next class

Mon 10/30 Blue (1)
no school

Tue 10/31 White (5,7), Wed 11/1 Blue (1)
1. Finish Work from last class
2. Do Unit 2 Review - due next class

Thu 11/2 White (5,7), Fri 11/3 Blue (1)
1. Go over your review sheet with the given answer key
2. Do Physical Science–KinematicsVocabulary to review for test next class
3. Some of you have already done the packet above and can do Converting s-t and v-t Graphs instead, print out a copy on the printer.

Wed 11/1 Blue (1) Thu 11/2 White (5,7)
1. Unit 2 test
2. Begin Motion on an Inclined Plane lab

Fri 11/3 to Fri 11/18
Work on Motion on an Inclined Plane lab

Fri 11/18 Blue 1, Mon 11/21 White 5,7
Do Tables, Graphs and Ramps*** on computers, link to the website is here - pass in next class (finish as homework)
***USING JAVA APPLETS:
You MUST open the web page in Internet Explorer.
If the applet won't load, copy the URL.
Go to the icon at the bottom left of the Windows screen, click and open the "Control Panel" and then open "Java" (this can take a few seconds to open, so wait.) Go to the "Security" tab. Click "Edit Site List" and then "Add" in the new window. Paste in the URL and then click "OK" and "OK" on the next window.
Close Internet Explorer and reopen the web page. You will get two Java notices. In "Java Update Needed", choose "Later." In "Security Warning," choose "Run."

Mon 11/27 W5, 7, Tue 11/28 B1
1. Do and go over Stacks of Kinematics Curves
2. Read Summary: Graph Shapes for Uniformly Accelerated Motion and do Accelerated Motion: Graph Shape Patterns, Position-Time Graph "Story" Combinations, and Accelerated Motion: Velocity-Time Graphs

Wed 11/29 W5, 7, Thu 11/30 B1
1. Quiz over stacks of kinematics curves (W7)
2. Go over derivation of kinematics equations or read Derivation of the Kinematics Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion
3.Do Solving Kinematics Problems - due next class.

Fri 12/1 W5, 7, Mon 12/4 B1
1. Quiz over stacks of kinematics curves (W5, B1)
2. Finish Solving Kinematics Problems - due next class.
3. Do Kinematics Equations #1 and/or (depending on how much practice you think you need) Kinematics Equations #2 - due next class, you MUST show work for credit. DO the problems!!! it doesn't help just to write down answers - quiz class after next

Tue 12/5 W5 Wed 12/6 B1
Review

Thu 12/7 W5 Fri 12/8 B1
U3 summative - acceleration

Thu 12/7 W7, Mon 12/11 B1, Tue 12/12 W6
Do the lab "Picket Fence Free Fall" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version) - due next class at the end of the period

Tue 12/12 W7, Wed 12/13 B1, Thu 12/14 W6
1. Discuss the kinematics of freefall.
2. Finish the lab from last class

3. Begin Freefall: Projectiles in 1-Dimension (click arrows to check answers) and Freefall #1 (check answers here, if the viewing answers option is not available on the website), NOTE: This curriculum uses "s" for displacement and "vo" for initial velocity. - due at the end of next class

*Bridge Physics only -- test on kinematics, including Freefall on Tuesday)

First class after vacation
1. Read Finding the Components of a Vector
2. Do the virtual lab Vector Components Lab. The simulation is below.- due next class

remainder of projectile motion unit
1. Do Basketball Throw - two class periods allowed
2. Do prelab for Air Rockets Assessment

3. Piggie Popper Assessment (sorry too cold for air rockets!) two class periods

Wed Jan 24 (W5) Academic Physics
1. Please be ready to take summative assessment data for Piggie Poppers next class
2. Do Forces and Freebody Diagrams (print yourself a copy!) - pass in by the end of the period

Wed Jan 24 (W8) Bridge Physics
1. Make sure the Addition of Vectors lab is passed in
2. Go to your college blackboard class and work on assignments there

Static Equilibrium activities
1. Do Unit IV - Force Table Lab. No formal lab report - just fill out the sheets provided. Each person must draw one diagram (one trial). Get data for the other 3 trials from any other 3 people. Force tables are on the table in the middle of the room and protractors, rulers and white paper on on table in front
2. Do Forces and Freebody Diagrams - due by the end of the period
3. Do Drawing Freebody Diagrams, the link to the simulation is here
4. Read "Unit IV Reading - Introduction to Vector Analysis" and "Unit IV Reading - Force Diagrams"
5. Do "Unit 4 Worksheet 1"
6. Practice problems, solutions are online so you have guides for future worksheets!!!: Forces in Equilibrium - Practice Problems.
7. Do Ropes and Pulleys in Static Equilibrium #1-5 and #7 - check answers online and show your work!
8. Do "Unit 4 Worksheet 2"
9. Do Static Equilibrium and check your answers online
10. Do "Unit 4 Quiz"
11. Do "Unit 4 Worksheet 3"
12. Do "Unit 4 Review"
13. Do "Unit 4 Summative"
2/26, 2/27 Academic Physics (W5, B1)
Do Static Equilibrium - you must show your work to get credit, check answers online, turn in by the end of the period
*Here are some problems with solutions to help you with the above - Forces in Equilibrium - Practice Problems.

2/26 Bridge Physics (W7)
1. If your professor has not posted a new assignment, do Unit IV - Force Table Lab. No formal lab report - just fill out the sheets provided. Each person must draw one diagram (one trial). Get data for the other 3 trials from any other 3 people. Force tables are on the front desk and protractors, rulers and white paper on on table in front
2. If a new assignment is posted on Blackboard, do this instead and we will do the lab on Wednesday.

2/28, 3/1 Academic Physics (W5, B1)
Do Unit 4 Worksheet 3, use a classroom computer to print it out. - we have gone over how to do all of these problems except ones on an inclined plane. There is an example here with solutions (click the worksheet link and then the solution link) Forces in Equilibrium - Practice Problems. You also have another explanation in your Unit 4 Readings. This paper is due at the beginning of next period, so if you don't finish it, finish it for homework. I will go over any questions you have at the beginning of next period.

2/26 Bridge Physics (W7)
1. You had an assignment due Tuesday in your Blackboard online college class. Please make sure this is done.
2. Do or finish Unit IV - Force Table Lab. No formal lab report - just fill out the sheets provided. Each person must draw one diagram (one trial). Get data for the other 3 trials from any other 3 people. Force tables are on the front desk and protractors, rulers and white paper on on table in front

3/2 Bridge Physics (W7)
Do "Prelab and Atwood Machine Lab - online version - Pick one machine or the other (2 graphs total). Use the simulations here: Atwood Machine (note, you will have to hit "pause" before the block hits the bottom to get the acceleration and "reset" in between trials), Modified Atwood Machine- due next Thursday

3/7, 3/8 Academic Physics (W5, B1)
1. Make sure you pass in the Newton's 1st and 3rd Law labs and Unit IV Worksheet 3. Use the answer key to check U4WS3 and ask questions. 2. Do Lesson 4: Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (this is a printout of the questions from the Physicsclassroom.com parts a and b of Lesson 4 on this page)
3. Write an answer to the Horse and Wagon Problem (you can read some explanations here)
4. Begin the Unit IV Review

3/9, 3/12 Academic Physics (W5, B1)
1. Finish the Unit IV Review - test next class
2. Do "Prelab

3/13, 3/14 Academic Physics (W5, B1)
1. Unit IV Test
2. Begin "Prelab and Atwood Machine Lab - online version - Pick one machine or the other (2 graphs total). Use the simulations here: Atwood Machine (note, you will have to hit "pause" before the block hits the bottom to get the acceleration and "reset" in between trials), Modified Atwood Machine

snow days

3/23, 3/26 Academic Physics (W5, B1)
Continue "Prelab and Atwood Machine Lab - online version - Pick one machine or the other (2 graphs total). Use the simulations here: Atwood Machine (note, you will have to hit "pause" before the block hits the bottom to get the acceleration and "reset" in between trials), Modified Atwood Machine
*REMEMBER You are collecting 2 sets of data. (1) acceleration vs net force (net force = (m2-m1)g for the atwood machine and net force = (hanging mass)g for the modified atwood machine). For this graph you need to choose your masses so the total mass (m1 + m2) is a constant. (2) acceleration vs total mass where you must make sure that you keep the net force constant when you are picking your numbers. Use the sheet with the 5 graph shapes to linearize your graphs if necessary.

Mon. 3/26 Bridge Physics W7
1. Only two students have shared their Atwood lab reports with me. PLEASE shared it with me via Google by the end of the period.
2. Work on the review sheet given last class and check your college blackboard to see if there are any new assignments.
3. I have a question out to your professor regarding the test. If he answers me before class, I will post information here. If you are reading this, then he hasn't answered yet and count on the test being on Friday

Tue 3/27, Wed 3/28 Academic Physics (B1, W5)
Work on the Atwood Machine lab -- reports due the first class next week

Wed 3/28 Bridge Physics W7
Online Lesson - Friction link to the first simulation is here and the second is here - pass in
***USING JAVA APPLETS:
You MUST open the web page in Internet Explorer.
If the applet won't load, copy the URL.
Go to the icon at the bottom left of the Windows screen, click and open the "Control Panel" and then open "Java" (this can take a few seconds to open, so wait.) Go to the "Security" tab. Click "Edit Site List" and then "Add" in the new window. Paste in the URL and then click "OK" and "OK" on the next window. Close Internet Explorer and reopen the web page. You will get two Java notices. In "Java Update Needed", choose "Later." In "Security Warning," choose "Run."

Thu 3/29, Fri 3/30 Academic Physics (B1, W5)
Do Elevator Mini Lab - Formative Assessment (Newton's 2nd Law), link to simulation is here - due next class, finish as homework
***USING JAVA APPLETS:
You MUST open the web page in Internet Explorer.
If the applet won't load, copy the URL.
Go to the icon at the bottom left of the Windows screen, click and open the "Control Panel" and then open "Java" (this can take a few seconds to open, so wait.) Go to the "Security" tab. Click "Edit Site List" and then "Add" in the new window. Paste in the URL and then click "OK" and "OK" on the next window. Close Internet Explorer and reopen the web page. You will get two Java notices. In "Java Update Needed", choose "Later." In "Security Warning," choose "Run."

Academic Physics B1 and W5 from now until April Vacation
1. Do Unit V Worksheets 1 and 2
2. Do the review sheet and take the summative on elevator problems

Bridge Physics W7 from now until April Vacation
1. Do Experiment 12A Centripetal Acceleration
2. Work on your online college class assignments on Blackboard

Academic Physics B1 and W5 Unit 7 - Work, Energy and Conservation of Energy
1. Spring has Sprung (class discussion or click here for help with the conclusion)
2. Do Unit VII Worksheet 2
3. Do "Lab 16 Energy of a Tossed Ball"
4. Read Conservation of Energy notes
5. Do Unit VII Worksheet 1
6. Read Work, Energy, and Power - Lesson 2 - The Work-Energy Relationship, Bar Chart Illustrations and do all check your understanding questions
7. Do Unit VII Worksheet 3a
8. Do Unit VII Worksheet 3b, here are notes to help
9. Do Unit VII Worksheet 4
10. Do Unit VII Worksheet 5 (read the notes on power first)
11. Do Unit VII Review
12. Unit VII Test