Physics 2015-20161st Semester

Ben MangrumPeriod 4

Room 407

9/8/15

*20 minute classes1. “Why Take Physics?” 2. Math/Units Review in class3. Math for Physics WS

9/9/15

1. Fix Seating Chart2. Finish Math/Units Review in class3. Correct Math for Physics WS4. Hand out Syllabus, discuss 5. Skillsheet 1.1

9/10/15

1. Collect Parent Forms2. Correct Skillsheet 1.13. Begin Activity 2.1: Steps 5 and 6 (p.

9)

9/11/15

1. Collect Parent Forms2. Hand out bathroom passes 3. Finish Activity 2.1 (finish #6,

complete #7 assuming a final height of 18 cm), collect

4. Issue books5. Distance, Speed Notes

9/14/15

1. Review, finish Distance, Speed Notes

2. 2.2 Time Activity (section 1, 2, responses in journals)

9/15/15

1. Finish Activity 2.2 (section 3)2. Skillsheet 2.2, Skillsheet 2.33. Collect, discuss Activity 2.2

9/16/15

*Early Release Schedule1. Correct Skillsheet 2.2, 2.32. Describe concept, units of mass3. Read, outline sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

9/17/15

*Substitute1. Physics Pre-Test2. Finish Outlines from yesterday3. Begin Chapter 2 Review

9/18/15

*Substitute1. Finish Chapter 2 Review

9/21/15

*Substitute (unplanned absence)1. Finish Chapter 2 Review

9/22/15

1. Collect Outlines2. Correct Chapter 2 Review

9/23/15

1. Chapter 2 Quiz2. Begin Outlines of 3.1-3.33. Begin 3.1 Activity

9/24/15

1. Make up Chapter 2 Quiz?2. Finish, collect, discuss 3.1 Activity

(1st edition books)

9/25/15

*Assembly Schedule (50 min class)1. Hand back quizzes, discuss2. Begin Activity 3.2 (1st edition)—steps

1-3

9/28/15

1. Continue Activity 3.2 (collect data, graphing)

2. Skillsheet 3.1 3. Finish Outlines 3.1-3.3

9/29/15

*Evacuation Drill Schedule (45 min class)1. Collect Outlines 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,

Correct Skillsheet 3.1 2. Continue Activity 3.2 (testing

predictions, answering questions), collect when done

3. Skillsheet 3.2

9/30/15

*Early Dismissal Schedule1. Collect, discuss Activity 3.2 2. Correct Skillsheet 3.23. Skillsheet 3.3A?

10/1/15

1. Begin Activity 3.3

10/2/15

1. Draw graphs for Activity 3.3 (# 4, 5 on page 16 in workbook), collect when done

2. Skillsheet 3.3A

10/5/15

1. Discuss Activity 3.32. Correct Skillsheet 3.3A3. Skillsheet 3.3B

10/6/15

1. Correct Skillsheet 3.3B2. Start Chapter 3 Review (Vocabulary,

Concept Review)

10/7/15

1. Collect Vocab, Concept Review portion of Ch. 3 Review, correct

2. Finish Chapter 3 Review (Problems)

10/8/15

1. Correct Chapter 3 Review (Concept Review, Problems)

*Chapter 3 Quiz tomorrow!

10/9/15

*Assembly Schedule1. Chapter 3 Quiz2. Start Outlines 4.1-4.3

10/12/15

1. Make up quiz?2. Activity 4.1 (measurements,

graphing)

10/13/15

1. Hand back quiz, discuss2. Review, Finish, Collect Activity 4.1,

discuss3. WS 4.1

10/15/15

1. Finish, Collect Activity 4.1, discuss2. Correct WS 4.13. Begin Activity 4.2 (explain #1, #2)

10/16/15

1. Activity 4.2--measurements, graphs (speed vs. time, position vs. time), responses to 4c-4e

10/19/15

1. Activity 4.2—finish graphs (speed vs. time, position vs. time), responses to 4c-4e, calculations for 5a-d

10/20/15

1. Finish, Collect Activity 4.2, review 4a-c, calculations for 5a-d

2. “Practice acceleration/distance calculations from speed-time graph” WS

10/21/15

1. Collect rest of Activity 4.2, discuss final calculation

2. Correct “Practice acceleration/distance calculations from speed-time graph” WS

3. WS 4.24. Outline 4.1-4.3 in book

10/22/15

1. Collect Outlines 4.1-4.3 2. Correct WS 4.23. Activity 4.3--measure 5 different

heights for steel marble, calculate initial velocity, repeat with plastic ball

10/23/15

1. Activity 4.3--calculate acceleration, % difference from 9.81 m/s2, answer analysis questions #1-3 (on handout)

2. WS 4.3

10/26/15

1. Collect Activity 4.3, discuss analysis questions, calculate time for marble to drop from second story balcony to ground (5.46 m), test prediction of time as a class in stairwell, calculate % error, explain why

2. Correct WS 4.33. Motion in One Dimension WS

10/27/15

1. Correct Motion in One Dimension WS

2. In-class practice with interpreting velocity-time graphs (use WS)

3. Begin Chapter 4 Review (Vocab and Concept Review)

10/28/15

*Early Dismissal Schedule1. Correct Vocab and Concept Review2. Finish Chapter 4 Review (Problems)

10/29/15

1. Correct Chapter 4 Review (Problems)2. Begin Force/Newton’s Laws Lecture

10/30/15

1. Chapter 4 Quiz*Unit 1 Test Wednesday!

11/2/15

1. Make up quiz?2. Speed/Velocity/Acceleration Review

Questions (Powerpoint with Whiteboards)

*Unit 1 Test Wednesday!

11/3/15

1. Hand back quiz, discuss2. Hand out extra quiz question sheets3. Finish Speed/Velocity/Acceleration

Review Questions (Powerpoint with Whiteboards)

4. Discuss variables used in equations5. Show Force PhET simulation*Unit 1 Test tomorrow!

11/4/15

1. Unit 1 Test

11/5/15

1. Collect Ch. 4 quiz question sheets2. Hand back tests, look over answers,

request items for discussion3. Review, finish Force/Newton’s Laws

Lecture, show Force PhET simulation4. Newton’s Second, Third Law Notes

11/6/15

*Substitute1. WS 5.22. Outline 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 in book

11/9/15

1. Discuss items from test2. Collect outlines, Correct 5.2 WS 3. True/False Statements about Force

and Motion4. 5.1 Activity

11/10/15

1. Finish, Collect Activity 5.12. True/False Statements about Mass

and Weight3. Begin Activity 5.2 (2nd edition):

observations for #2, responses, measurements for #3

11/12/15

1. Finish, Collect Activity 5.12. Begin Activity 5.2 (2nd edition):

observations for #2, responses, measurements for #3

11/13/15

1. True/False Statements about Mass and Weight

2. Finish Activity 5.2 (finish measurements, calculations, graph, responses to 4b-e)

11/16/15

1. Collect, discuss Activity 5.22. Toy Car Activity—measurements,

graph, answer questions

11/17/15

1. Collect, discuss Toy Car Activity2. Begin Activity 5.3 (measurements of

time, calculate velocity, answer #1a-c)

11/18/15

*Early Dismissal Schedule1. Discuss how to draw a force

diagram and free body diagram2. Finish Activity 5.3 (finish

measurements and calculations, #3a-h, #4a-d)

3. Chapter 5 Problem Set WS

11/19/15

1. Collect, discuss Activity 5.32. Correct Chapter 5 Problem Set WS3. Begin Chapter 5 Review (Vocab and

Concept Review)

11/20/15

1. Correct Chapter 5 Vocabulary and Concept Review

2. Chapter 5 Review Problems

11/23/15

1. Correct Chapter 5 Review Problems2. Practice calculating a, m, or F on

whiteboards*Chapter 5 Quiz tomorrow!

11/24/15

1. Chapter 5 Quiz

11/25/15

*Early Dismissal Schedule1. Make up quiz?2. Begin Activity 6.1 (2nd edition)

11/30/15

1. Make up quiz?2. Miscellaneous Forces Notes (weight,

friction)3. Finish, collect Activity 6.1 (2nd

edition)4. WS 6.15. Outline 6.1, 6.2 in book

12/1/15

1. Hand back, discuss quiz?2. Collect rest of 6.1 Activity, discuss3. Collect 6.1, 6.2 Outlines, Correct WS

6.14. Coefficient of Friction WS

12/2/15

1. Correct Coefficient of Friction WS2. Activity 6.2 (1st edition)

12/3/15

1. Correct Coefficient of Friction WS2. Finish Activity 6.2 (1st edition),

collect3. Friction WS 6.2

12/4/15

*Assembly Schedule1. Correct Friction WS 6.22. Friction review WS3. Outline 6.3*Quiz on Tuesday on Weight, Friction

12/7/15

1. Collect Outline 6.32. Correct Friction review WS3. 6.3 Lecture (Finish Misc. Forces

Notes)4. https://

phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/hookes-law/latest/hookes-law_en.html

*Quiz tomorrow on Weight, Friction

12/8/15

1. Chapter 6.1, 6.2 Quiz2. Activity 6.3a (extension springs)

12/9/15

*Early Dismissal Schedule1. Make up quiz?2. Finish Activity 6.3a, make final

measurements to test predictions3. Activity 6.3b (compression springs)4. Hooke’s Law/Spring Constant WS

12/10/15

1. Make up quiz2. Correct Hooke’s Law/Spring

Constant WS3. Finish 6.3 Activity, collect4. “Net Force” WS5. Hooke’s Law WS

12/11/15

1. Hand back quiz, discuss2. Collect, discuss Activity 6.3 3. Correct “Net Force” WS, Hook’s Law

WS4. Chapter 6 Problems WS

12/14/15

1. Correct Chapter 6 Problems WS2. Begin Chapter 6 Review (Vocab,

Concept Review)

12/15/15

1. Correct Chapter 6 Review (Vocab, Concept Review)

2. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/forces-1d

3. Finish Chapter 6 Review (Problems)

12/16/15

1. Correct Chapter 6 Review (Problems)2. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/m

orehelp/recforce/recforce.cfm*Chapter 6.3 Quiz tomorrow!

12/17/15

1. Chapter 6.3 Quiz2. Outline 7.1 in book

12/18/15

*Assembly Early Dismissal Schedule1. Hand back quiz, discuss2. Finish 7.1 Outlines

1/4/161. Collect Outlines 7.12. Vector Addition Notes http

://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/vector-addition

3. Vector Addition Map Activity (use rulers, protractors)

*Test on Chapters 5-6 Wednesday

1/5/16

1. Whiteboard practice problems from Chapters 5 and 6

2. Correct Vector Addition Map Activity*Test on Chapters 5-6 tomorrow

1/6/16

1. Chapters 5-6 Test2. Skillsheet 7.1 A

1/7/16

1. Make up test?2. Correct Skillsheet 7.1 A3. Review Trigonometry Functions,

SohCahToa, Pythagorean Theorum4. Skillsheet 7.1B, Skillsheet 7.1 C

1/8/16

1. Correct Skillsheet 7.1B, 7.1 C2. Learning Head to Tail Vector Addition

WS

1/11/16

1. Correct Learning Head to Tail Vector Addition WS

2. Vector Addition WS

1/12/16

1. Hand back tests, discuss2. Correct Vector Addition WS3. Projectile Motion Notes4. Practice Calculations for Projectiles

using Projectile Simulation on http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/projectile-motion/projectile-motion_en.html

1/13/16

*Early Dismissal Schedule1. Discuss Test solutions2. Review Projectile

calculations/simulation (solve for distance travelled for 20m/s projectile at 60 degrees, test, experimentally find maximum range)

3. Activity 7.2 (measure initial velocities, determine range for given angles, test)

1/14/16

1. Finish testing Activity 7.22. Horizontal Projectile Graph WS3. Begin Activity 7.34. Skillsheet 7.2

1/15/16

1. Correct Horizontal Projectile Graph WS, Skillsheet 7.2

2. Finish Activity 7.33. WS 7.3 A

1/19/16

1. Correct WS 7.3 A2. Demonstration of force diagrams on

an incline3. WS 7.3 B

1/20/16

1. Collect Activity 7.2, 7.3, discuss 7.32. Correct WS 7.3 B3. Chapter 7 Review (Vocab, Concept

Review)

1/21/16

1. Collect Ch. 7 Review Vocab, Concept Review

2. Finish Ch. 7 Review (Problems)

1/22/16

1. Correct Chapter 7 Review (Problems)2. Whiteboard practice items

*Chapter 7 quiz tomorrow!

1/25/16

1. Chapter 7 quiz2. Final Exam Review Sheet

1/26/16

1. Hand back quizzes2. Discuss Final Exam Review sheet,

hand out solutions3. Review variables found on the 1st

semester equation sheet*Remember to bring bathroom passes to the final!

1/27/16

Final exam (9:30-11:10)