4th Quarter:
Week 9: (May 20 -22): Finals
Monday: 2nd Period Exam (10:00-11:30 AM)
Tuesday: 4nd Period Exam (10:00-11:30 AM)
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Week 8: (May 13 -17): Finish up
Monday: Gas Laws Test & HW due; Seniors Last Day: Senior Exams must be scheduled with Teacher!!
Tuesday: Discussion on Selected topics in Physics
Wednesday:Discussion on Selected topics in Physics
Thursday: Review
Friday: Wrap-up
Week 7: (May 6 -10): Gas Laws Review & TED Talks
Monday: Gas Laws Discussion & Calc examples
Tuesday: Gas Laws Calculations (Sign-up for TED Talk Presentation Slots)
Wednesday: Complete Worksheet
Thursday: TED Talks
Friday:TED Talks
Week 6: (Apr 29 -May 3): Finish Nuclear Physics; Begin Gas Law Dynamics
Monday: Half Life Calculations - finish WS
Tuesday: Review
Wednesday: TEST
Thursday: TED Talk Rough Draft Due
Friday: NO SCHOOL/Weather Day
Week 5: (Apr 22-26): Finish Electrical Circuits, Begin Nuclear Physics
Monday: Review
Tuesday: TEST
Wednesday: Nuclear Physics, Lecture
Thursday: Radioactive decay & Half-life Calculations
Friday: TED Talk Topics Selected, finish WS on Nuke Calcs
Week 4: (Apr 15-18): Finish Electric Circuits
Monday: Electric Circuits, WS3 (Combined Series & Parallel)
Tuesday: Complete WS3
Wednesday: Practice Drawing Schematics
Thursday: Combined Practice
Friday: OFF (Good Friday)
Week 3: (Apr 8-12): Finish Electrostatics; begin Electric Circuits
Monday: review
Tuesday: TEST
Wednesday: Electric Circuits/Lecture
Thursday: Solving Circuits (Series, Parallel; Voltage, Current, Resistance) - WS
Friday: Continue WS
Week 2: (Apri 1-5): Wrap up Electrostatics
Monday: Continue Work on Electrostatic Word Problems/Test Prep
Tuesday: ACT for most Students
Wednesday: Finish WS
Thursday: Wrap-up section
Friday: Q & A for any students in class (Prom day)
Week 1: (Mar 25-29): Electrostatics
Monday: Lecture, Intro to Electrostatics
Tuesday: Worksheet Packet, Section A
Wednesday: Worksheet Packet, Section B & C
Thursday: Worksheet Packet, Section D
Friday: Word Problems, Test Practice Problems
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3rd Quarter:
Week 10: (Mar 11-15): Finish Optics & end of the 9 Weeks
Monday: Practice Ray diagrams (Lenses, Mirrors, & Prisms)
Tuesday: Review & prep for test
Wednesday: TEST
Thursday: Turn in work for the section
Friday: end of quarter
Week 9: (Mar 4-8): Continue Optics
Monday: Refraction notes & Lens Diagrams
Tuesday: Refraction WS Packet
Wednesday: Complete WS Packet
Thursday: Prisms Diagrams
Friday: Prisms Diagrams & Lab
Week 8: (Feb 25-Mar 1):
Monday: Lecture, Light & Optics
Tuesday: Lecture & practice, Reflection
Wednesday: Worksheet
Thursday: Complete Worksheet
Friday: Application of concepts, Optics-Reflections
Week 7: (Feb 18-22):
Monday: OFF
Tuesday: OFF
Wednesday: Basics of Waves WS Packet
Thursday: Complete section & Review
Friday: Basics of Waves TEST
Week 6: (Feb 11-15): Finish Six Simple Machines
Monday - Review Six Simple Machines, Mech. Adv. & Efficiency
Tuesday - TEST
Wednesday - Begin Study of Waves
Thursday - Work on Concepts/
Friday - Work / Discussion on Concepts
Week 5: (Feb 4 -8); Begin Study of Six Simple Machines, Mechanical Advantage & Efficiency
Monday -Lecture, Six Simple Machines
Tuesday -Rube Goldberg Machines & Identifying Real life uses of six simple machines; Discuss Mechanical Advantage/Efficiency
Wednesday - Application, Mechanical advantage & Efficiency worksheet
Thursday - review worksheet, extend understanding
Friday - Practice Problems - real-world examples
Week 4: (Jan 28 -Feb 1): Complete Rotational/Circular Motion. Test Wednesday. Begin study of Six Simple Machines & Efficiency.
Week 3: (Jan 22-25): OFF Monday. Continue Study of Rot/Cir Motion. Test Early Next Week.
Week 2: (Jan 14-18): Begin Study of Rotational & Circular Motion.
Week 1: (Jan 7-11): Review Key concepts from the first semester, prepare for second semester. Quiz on Friday over First semester concepts.
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