Academic and Bridge Physics 19/20

Academic & Bridge Physics 19/20
Periods: Blue 1,4, White 5,7(BY)
Instructor: P. Perry C129
Text Overview: Modeling Instruction in High School Physics
Previous Syllabus 18/19

Unit 1: Data Collection and Mathematical Modeling
Standard: Design and conduct an experiment to determine the mathematical model best describing the relationship between two variables.

Summative Assessment
Cube It
Unit 1 Quiz
Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis

Thu 8/29 B1,4 Fri 8/30 W5,7
1. Do the teacher moderated part of Cube It
2. If time, continue with the evaluation part of 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 orange 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.- due Thursday 9/5 for Blue Day and Friday 9/6 for White Day

Tue 9/3 B1,4 Wed 9/4 W5,7
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 orange 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

Thu 9/5 B1,4 Fri 9/6 W5,7
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
4. Do Determining Relationships from Graphs (first page only) - due next class

Mon 9/9 B1,4Tue 9/10 W5,7
Finish Unit 1 WS I: Graphing Practice using the LoggerPro program. - pass in by the end of the period

Wed 9/11 B1,3 Thu 9/12 W5,7
1. Read Unit 1 Reading: Significant Figures
2.Do Significant Figures Tutorial and Arithmetic and Significant Figures online and fill in the printed copy as you go. Check your answers and correct them.. pass in next class
3. Finish and go over Unit 1 WS I: Graphing Practice
4. Graphing quiz next class

Fri 9/13 B1,4
1. Discuss Unit 1 Reading: Significant Figures
2. Graphing quiz
3. Do Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures

Mon 9/14 W5,7
1. Graphing quiz
2. Go online and do the following. Click "H" for help and "View Correct Answers" at the bottom to check your work. Write your work and answers on a separate sheet of paper. Data Analysis #1, Data Analysis #2, Data Analysis #3, and Data Analysis #4 - pass in next class
3. Do Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures

Tue 9/17 B1
1. Read Unit 1 Reading: Significant Figures and finish the rest of Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures
2. Go online and do the following. Click "H" for help and "View Correct Answers" at the bottom to check your work. Write your work and answers on a separate sheet of paper. Data Analysis #1, Data Analysis #2, Data Analysis #3, and Data Analysis #4 - pass in next class

Wed 9/18 W5,7, Thu 9/19 B1,4
1. Go over Unit 1 Reading: Significant Figures
2. Do: The Ball Bounce Challenge - Summative Assessment Review - please have me go over this with you so that you have feedback before doing the summative
3. If time, begin writing hypothesis and taking data for Summative Assessment: Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis

Fri 9/20 W5,7, Mon 9/23 B1,4 Tue 9/24 W5,7. Wed 9/25 B1,4, Thu 9/26 W5,7, Fri 9/27 B1,4, Mon 9/30 W5,7, Tue 10/1 B1,4
Continue and finish Summative Assessment: Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis .

Wed 10/2 W5,7 and Thu 10/3 B1,4
1. Finish Summative Assessment: Suite of Labs Graphical Analysis. Staple all 3 together and pass into the basket today
2. Please read Physics Lab Activity - Motorized Cars. Also read and use these as a guide in writing your lab report: Thickness of a Page Lab Report and the Lab Report Grading Sheet. There is a box of motorized cars under the table in the middle of the room and screwdrivers and extra batteries on the table. Red cars should have one battery and a piece of tinfoil in them to make them go slower than the blue cars which should have two batteries. Stopwatches and tape measures are also on the table. Start a shared google doc for a lab report for your lab group (work in groups of 2 or 3). You will be doing the report together except for the conclusion. Please start this today and at least write the purpose statement and hypothesis and get a data table set up for next class.

Fri 10/4 W5,7 and Mon 10/7 B1,4, Tue 10/8 W5,7 and Wed 10/9 B1,4, Thu 10/10 W5,7
Finish Physics Lab Activity - Motorized Cars -
IMPORTANT - turn in a shared google doc for your group with the Purpose through the Data Analysis sections and a SEPARATE document for your conclusion. If you cannot figure out how to get both data sets on a graph, do two separate graphs. On class room computers, use the "print screen" button on the keyboard to copy your graphs to the clipboard and then paste them into your Google doc. I will go over the results with the class and allow you to make edits in your lab report before a final grade.

Tue 10/15 W5,7 and Wed 10/16 B1,4
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

Click to Run

Thu 10/17 W5,7 and Fri 10/18 B1,4
1. Finish the lab, "Graph Matching" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version)
2. Do Unit II Worksheet 1 - due next class

Mon 10/21 W5,7 and Tue 10/22 B1,4
1. Go over Unit II Worksheet 1
2. Read constant velocity notes
3. Do Average Speed Drill, 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 - due next class

Wed 10/23 W5,7 and Thu 10/24 B1,4
Do Unit II Worksheet 2 and Unit II Worksheet 3 - due next class

Fri 10/25 W5,7 and Mon 10/28 B1,4
1. Go over: 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 3. Quiz next class.

Tue 10/29 W5,7 and Wed 10/30 B1,4
Finish work from last class

Thu 10/31 W5,7 and Fri 11/1 B1,4
1. Quiz
2. Do hypothesis Motion on an Inclined Plane lab

Mon 11/4 W5,7 and Tue 11/5 B1,4
1. Take data for Motion on an Inclined Plane lab
2. Do Unit 2 Review - due next class

Wed 11/6 W5,7 and Thu 11/7 B1,4
1. Go over review sheet
2. Continue Motion on an Inclined Plane lab

Tue 11/12 B1,4
snow day

Fri 11/8 W5,7 and Thu 11/14 B1,4
1. Unit 2 test
2. Continue work on Motion on an Inclined Plane lab

Wed 11/13 W5,7 and Mon 11/18 B1,4 and Fri 11/15 W5,7
FInish Motion on an Inclined Plane lab

Tue 11/19 W5,7 and Wed 11/20 B1,4
1. Lab reports are due before Thanksgiving break
2. Read Summary: Graph Shapes for Constant Velocity and Summary: Graph Shapes for Uniformly Accelerated Motion
3. Do Stacks of Kinematics Curves - due next class, quiz next week
4. Do Graphs and Ramps. Read directions and then click "launch interactive." When you get one right, you will get a gold star. Hit the back button and go on to the next problem. Either screen shot your results or take a picture with your phone and email to me. Each gold star is worth one bonus point on the quiz.

Thu 11/21 W5,7 and Fri 11/22 B1,4
1. I don't see that anyone did "Graphs and Ramps" from last class (see link above), so do this over the weekend if you want the extra credit!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. This packet of papers has been photocopied and is on the lab desk in the front of the room. Do this packet online and CHECK YOUR ANSWERS!!!! Accelerated Motion: Graph Shape Patterns, Position-Time Graph "Story" Combination and SVA Relationships #2 - due next class, finish as homework
*if You need more help, read and work through the "Check your Understanding" Questions for Lesson 3 - Describing Motion with Position vs. Time Graphs and Lesson 4 - Describing Motion with Velocity vs. Time Graphs here.

Mon 12/2 B1,4 and Thu 12/5 W5,7
1. Go over derivation of kinematics equations or read Derivation of the Kinematics Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion
2. Begin Solving Kinematics Problems - finish next class for blue days and as HW for white days.

Wed 12/4 B1,4 and Mon 12/9 W5,7
1. Finish Solving Kinematics Problems - finish next class for blue days and as HW for white days.

2. Begin 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

Remaining classes until break
Fri 12/6 B1,4
1. Finish 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 2. Do Review

Tue 12/10 B1,4, Wed 12/11 W5,7
1. Do the preliminary questions and collect the data for the lab "Picket Fence Free Fall" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version)
2. Work on the review - MUST be done at the beginning of the period next class as we are whiteboarding it.

Thu 12/12 B1,4, Fri 12/13 W5,7
1. Go over review.
2. Continue the lab "Picket Fence Free Fall" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version)

Mon 12/16 B1,4, Tue 12/17 W5,7
1. U3 summative - acceleration
2. Finish the lab "Picket Fence Free Fall" (LabQuest Version, LabPro & Computer Version) - pass in

Thu 1/2 (W5, W7), Fri 1/3 (B1, B4)
1. Discuss kinematics and freefall
2.Do 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 "v_o" for initial velocity. - finish for homework

Mon 1/6 (W5, W7),Tue 1/7 (B1, B4)
Do "Kinematics Crime Scene" -due Wednesday and Thursday

Wed 1/8 W5,W7, Thu 1/9 B1,B4
Finish "Kinematics Crime Scene" -pass in

Fri 1/10 W5,W7, Mon 1/13 B1,B4
1. Read Finding the Components of a Vector
2. Do the virtual lab Vector Components Lab. The simulation is below. Click the bottom right to make the simulation full screen. - due next class

Tue 1/14 W5,W7, Wed 1/15 B1
1. Finish Vector Components Lab - pass in
2. Begin Basketball Throw - make sure hypothesis is done BEFORE next class

Fri 1/17 B1, Wed 1/22 B1
Work on Basketball Throw - SAVE your Logger Pro file to your google drive. This way, if there are problems with your graphs, we can open the file again to fix it and you don't have to take the data all over again.

Fri 1/17 B4, Wed 1/22 B4
1. Finish Vector Components Lab - pass in
2. Work on Basketball Throw - SAVE your Logger Pro file to your google drive. This way, if there are problems with your graphs, we can open the file again to fix it and you don't have to take the data all over again.

Thu 1/16 W5,W7, Thu 1/23 W5, W7, 1/24 Fri B1/B4
Finish Basketball Throw - pass in

Mon 1/27 W5, W7 Tue 1/28 B1,B4
Do Freefall: Horizontally Released Projectiles (2D-Motion) and Horizontally Released Projectiles #2 (check answers here)

Wed 1/28 W5, W7 Thu 1/29 B1,B4
Do Freefall: Projectiles Released at an Angle (2D-Motion)

Fri 1/30 W5, W7 Mon 2/2 B1,B4
Do prelab for Piggie Poppers Assessment

Fri 1/30 W5,W7, Mon 2/2 B1,B3
Piggie Popper Assessment - due in two class periods

*snow days*

Static Equilibrium activities

Fri 2/14 (W5, W7), Mon 2/24 (B1, B4)
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 - due by the end of class

Tue 2/25 (W5, W7), Wed 2/26 (B1, B4)
1. Read Unit IV Reading - Introduction to Vector Analysis and Unit IV Reading - Force Diagrams
2. Do Forces and Freebody Diagrams and Drawing Freebody Diagrams, the link to the simulation is here - finish as homework, due at the beginning of next period

Thu 2/27 (W5, W7), Fri 2/28 (B1, B4)
1. Do Unit 4 Worksheet 1
2. Practice problems, solutions are online so you have guides for future worksheets!!!: Forces in Equilibrium - Practice Problems.

Mon 3/2 (W5, W7), Tue 3/3 (B1, B4)
Do Resource Lesson: Static Equilibrium and Ropes and Pulleys in Static Equilibrium #1-5 and #7 - check answers online and show your work!

Wed 3/4 (W5, W7), Thu 3/5 (B1, B4)
1. Do Unit 4 Worksheet 2 v.2
2. Quiz next class!!!

Fri 3/6 (W5, W7), Mon 3/9 (B1, B4)
1. Do "Unit 4 Quiz"
2 Do lab Newton's Third Law - pass in by end of period

Tue 3/10 (W5, W7), Wed i3/11 (B1, B4)
Do Newton's First Law Lab - pass in

Thu 3/12 (W5, W7), Fri 3/13 (B1, B4)
Do Unit 4 Worksheet 3 v.3

Mon 3/16 (W5, W7), Tue 3/17 (B1, B4)
1. Whiteboard homework
2 Do Unit 4 Review
Wed 3/18 (W5, W7), Mon 3/23 (B1, B4)
1. Whiteboard review

2. Begin Atwood Machine Lab - online version

Tue 3/24 (W5, W7), Wed 3/25 (B1, B4)
Do "Unit 4 Summative"

Thu 3/26 (W5, W7), Fri 3/27 (B1, B4)
Finish Atwood Machine Lab - online version