DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 6th

(no notes: no class)

BLOCK SCHEDULE

Periods: Advisory, 2, 4, 6

BLOCK SCHEDULE

Periods: 1, 3, 5, 7

-Final Project Presentations

-Catharsis

• present some memetastic physics! 

SCHOOL'S OUT!

FOR THE SUMMER!!

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 30th

(no notes)

Thursday, 2nd

(no notes: sub)

•  amaze my peers with physics!

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

continue work on final project

PEP FEST 

Senior final project presentations

Seniors' Last Day! 

• Wow my peers with Science! 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 16th

(sub: no notes)

Valleyfair Field Trip

be @ 49th St 8:05ish

w/ student ID

-continue work on final project

• summarize and evaluate scientific arguments

• effectively communicate and defend scientific conclusions 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Thursday, 12th

(no notes)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Tuesday, 3rd

(no notes: no class)

AP PHYSICS 1 EXAM

NOON - 3:30ish

Shir Tikvah

bring pencils or

dark blue/black pen 

• remember all the things! 
• get $1855 worth of college credit for only $40!!

Coffee @ Bull Run

8:30 - 10:00

Brunch @ Curran's 

10:00 - 11:30ish 

-write advice for next year's students

-textbook return

-solar panel "field trip"

Friday, 6th

(no notes)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

• ensure the happiness of my future self 

FINAL EXAM: MC

-90 min: 50 questions

-Eq'n Sheet provided

-your own calculator 

morning

Friday, 29th

FINAL EXAM: FR

-90 min: 5 questions

-Eq'n Sheet provided

-your own calculator 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

class time to work on 2nd practice exam

(key with explanations & scoring guidelines given at end of class)

DUE: 2nd practice AP Physics 1 Exam

DUE: VF permission slip and $$ (no extensions)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

The Reading of the Learning Objectives

-receive 1st practice AP Exam 

• remember all the things! 

Tuesday, 12th

(sub: no notes)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: Diffraction & Interference

online lesson: Interference and Diffraction

mini-Lab: Squinting

• Describing the effect of slit width on the diffraction pattern
• Determining the position of first interference minimum
• Qualitatively describing single-slit diffraction patterns produced from white light and from a range of monochromatic light frequencies
• Qualitatively describing two-slit interference patterns, including modulation by one-slit diffraction effect
• Investigating Young’s double-slit experimentally
• Sketching and interpreting intensity graphs of double-slit interference patterns
• Solving problems involving the diffraction grating equation 

Read 28-1 to 28-6 (-3, -5)

MP (due Friday)

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz

Take home Test 

DUE: MP

Take-home Test (due Monday when you walk into class, no exceptions) 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-L&D: Sound Effects

-online lessons: Standing Waves, Doppler Shift, Interference and Diffraction

6.D.1.1: Use representations of individual pulses and construct representations to model the interaction of two wave pulses to analyze the superposition of two pulses.

6.D.2.1: Analyze data or observations or evaluate evidence of the interaction of two or more traveling waves in one or two dimensions (i.e., circular wave fronts) to evaluate the variations in resultant amplitudes.

6.D.3.2: Predict properties of standing waves that result from the addition of incident and reflected waves that are confined to a region and have nodes and antinodes.

6.D.3.4: Describe representations and models of situations in which standing waves result from the addition of incident and reflected waves confined to a region.

6.D.4.1: Challenge with evidence the claim that the wavelengths of standing waves are determined by the frequency of the source regardless of the size of the region.

6.D.4.2: Calculate wavelengths and frequencies (if given wave speed) of standing waves based on boundary conditions and length of region within which the wave is confined, and calculate numerical values of wavelengths and frequencies. Examples should include musical instruments.

6.D.5.1: Use a visual representation to explain how waves of slightly different frequency give rise to the phenomenon of beats.

finishing L&D...

class time for MP 

-mini-LAB: estimate speed of sound in air

-class time for MP 

Qs on MP? 

HW Quiz 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

finishing L&D

class time for MP

Tuesday, 15th

ACT/PLAN testing day 

Juniors: main gym by 8:15 a.m.

Bring #2 pencils and a calculator

class time for MP

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

DUE: Gizmo packet

Read 14-6 to 14-9

MP (due Wednesday)  

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

morning review

Thursday, 10th

TEST: Electromagnetism

-Chaps 22 & 23

-3" x 5" notecard

-AP eq'n sheet with supplement

-your own calculator 

L&D: Intro to Waves

online lessons: Wave Basics, Traveling Waves  

6.A.1.1 Use a visual representation to construct an explanation of the distinction between transverse and longitudinal waves by focusing on the vibration that generates the wave

6.A.1.2 Describe representations of transverse and longitudinal waves

6.A.2.1 Describe sound in terms of transfer of energy and momentum in a medium and relate the concepts to everyday examples

6.A.3.1 Use graphical representation of a periodic mechanical wave to determine the amplitude of the wave

6.A.4.1 Explain and/or predict qualitatively how the energy carried by a sound wave relates to the amplitude of the wave, and/or apply this concept to a real-world example

6.B.1.1 Use a graphical representation of a periodic mechanical wave (position versus time) to determine the period and frequency of the wave and describe how a change in the frequency would modify features of the representation

6.B.2.1 Use a visual representation of a periodic mechanical wave to determine wavelength of the wave

6.B.4.1 Design an experiment to determine the relationship between periodic wave speed, wavelength, and frequency and relate these concepts to everyday examples

Read 14-1 to 14-5

(skip -3)

MP (due Thursday) 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

-L&D: "So, current causes B-fields...what about the other way around?"

-online lesson: Electromagnetic Induction (skip section 4) 

• Understand emf, magnetic flux, magnetic flux linkage, Faraday’s law of induction, & Lenz’s law
• Describe the production of an induced emf by achanging magnetic flux and within a uniform magnetic field
• Solve problems involving magnetic flux, magnetic flux linkage and Faraday’s law
• Explain Lenz’s law through the conservation of energy  

Thursday, 3rd

(no notes)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 22nd 

(sub: no notes)

class time for MP and/or Lab Report 

• Determine the direction of force on a charge moving in a magnetic field
• Determine the direction of force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field
• Sketch and interpret magnetic field patterns
• Determine the direction of the magnetic field based on current direction
• Solve problems involving magnetic forces, fields, current and charges 

Read 22-1 to 22-4, 22-6,

MP (due Friday Monday) 

Tuesday, 23rd

(sub: no notes)

L&D: Magnetic Fields, pff...

-online lessons: Forces on Moving Charges,

Forces on Current-carrying Wires,

Fields of Long Wires  

L&D cont'd

class time for MP

class time for MP & structured play

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 15th

(no notes) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

mini-LAB: Resistivity of conductive play-doh

mini-LAB: Verification of Kirchoff's rules

morning review

Friday, 19th 

TEST: Electrostatics and Circuits (Chaps 19 & 21) 

-3" x 5" notecard

-AP eq'n sheet

-your own calculator

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

cont;d L&D: How to deal with more than one resistor in a circuit 

mini-LAB: Determining resistivity of a material

brief L&D: Kirchoff's loop rule

class time for MP 

brief L&D: Internal Resistance of a Battery

class time for MP

Parent-Teacher Conferences

4:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Friday, 12th

(no notes) 

Parent-Teacher Conferences

8:00 a.m. - Noon

NO SCHOOL! 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: Practical everyday electricity, or at least closer to it...

-online lesson: Current, Resistance and Power, sections 2 & 5 are "for fun" :)  

1.B.1.2 Make predictions, using the conservation of electric charge, about the sign and relative quantity of net charge of objects or systems after various charging processes, including conservation of charge in simple circuits.

5.C.3.2 Design an investigation of an electrical circuit with one or more resistors in which evidence of conservation of electric charge can be collected and analyzed.
5.C.3.3 Use a description or schematic diagram of an electrical circuit to calculate unknown values of current in various segments or branches of the circuit.

Read 21-1 to 21-3, MP (due Thursday)

brief L&D: Power corrupts...

class time for MP 

mini-Lab: determining resistivity of play-doh 

class time for MP

Qs on MP?

HW QUIZ 

L&D: How to deal with more than one resistor in a circuit

-online lesson: Circuits w/ Batteries and Resistors (skip section 6) and Capacitors in Circuits (skip sections 2 & 3)

Read 21-4 to 21-6, MP (due Tuesday, 16 Feb)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-L&D: "What holds our world together?"

-online lesson: Electric Charges and Coulomb's Law    

Read 19-1 to 19-3,     

MP (due Thursday)

mini-LAB: Sticky Interactions

brief L&D: Materials

brief L&D: Adding vectors

LAB: Pith Ball (gizmo)

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz  

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Monday, 18th

(no notes) 

Tuesday, 19th

(no notes)

Review for Test on Rot. Mech.

Friday, 22nd

morning review

TEST on Chaps 10 & 11

-Rotational Mechanics

-3" x 5" notecard

-AP Eq'n sheet

-your own calculator

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Wednesday, 13th

(no notes)

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: From whence comes alpha?(Torque)

online lesson:

Torque and Rotational Statics  

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

L&D: Angular acceleration and momentum

online lesson: Ang. Mom. 

3.F.2.1 Make predictions about the change in the angular velocity about an axis for an object when forces exerted on the object cause a torque about that axis.

3.F.3.1 Predict the behavior of rotational collision situations by the same processes that are used to analyze linear collision situations using an analogy between impulse and change

of linear momentum and angular impulse and change of angular momentum.

3.F.3.2 In an unfamiliar context or using representations beyond equations, justify the selection of a mathematical routine to solve for the change in angular momentum of an object caused by torques exerted on the object.

4.D.1.1 Describe a representation and use it to analyze a situation in which several forces exerted on a rotating system of rigidly connected objects change the angular velocity and angular momentum of the system.

4.D.2.1 Describe a model of a rotational system and use that model to analyze a situation in which angular momentum changes due to interaction with other objects or systems.

4.D.3.1 Use appropriate mathematical routines to calculate values for initial or final angular momentum, or change in angular momentum of a system, or average torque or time during

which the torque is exerted in analyzing a situation involving torque and angular momentum.

5.E.1.1 Make qualitative predictions about the angular momentum of a system for a situation in which there is no net external torque.

5.E.1.2 Make calculations of quantities related to the angular momentum of a system when the net external torque on the system is zero.

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

• explain the origin of the concept of rotational inertia
• apply and analyze the rotational inertia of an object
• analyze the motion of rolling without slipping by applying conservation of energy

Friday, 18th

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

TEST: Gravity and SHM

-Chapters 12 & 13

-3" x 5" notecard

-AP eq'n sheet

-your own calculator 

• connect rotational variables to linear variables
• compare and contrast rotational motion with linear motion
• analyze rolling motion 

brief L&D: Relating linear and angular quantities

LAB: Direct Measurement Videos

Falling Disk

Falling Hoop

Falling Bicycle Wheel

LAB cont'd

class time for MP 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: Bouncy Things

-online lessons: Simple Harmonic Motion, Mass on a Spring

(skip section 5: Resonance),

Pendulum & Other Oscillations 

(skip section 4: Damped Oscillations)  

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz  

student Survey

review for TEST: Gravity and Bouncy Things (Chaps 12&13)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW QUIZ 

3.B.3.1 Predict which properties determine the motion of a simple harmonic oscillator and what the dependence of the motion is on those properties.

3.B.3.2 Design a plan and collect data in order to ascertain the characteristics of the motion of a system undergoing oscillatory motion caused by a restoring force.

3.B.3.3 Analyze data to identify qualitative or quantitative relationships between given values and variables (i.e., force, displacement, acceleration, velocity, period of motion, frequency, spring constant, string length, mass) associated with objects in oscillatory motion to use that data to determine the value of an unknown.

3.B.3.4 Construct a qualitative and/or a quantitative explanation of oscillatory behavior given evidence of a restoring force. 

Read 13-1 to 13-6 (skip the last half of -6, "the physical pendulum")

MP (due Thursday)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

L&D: Kepler's Laws

online lesson: Orbits of Planets and Satellites,

(just smile & nod at the derivations, focus on Kepler's Laws, Ug, and orbital velocity) 

L&D continued

class time for MP 

LAB: Kepler's Laws

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

morning review

Wednesday, 11th 

L&D: "Gravity with a BIG G!"    

online lesson: Newton's Law of Gravity  

2.B.2.1 Apply g=G M/r^2 to calculate the gravitational field due to an object with mass M, where the field is a vector directed toward the center of the object of mass M. 

2.B.2.2 Approximate a numerical value of the gravitational field (g) near the surface of an object from its radius and mass relative to those of the Earth or other reference objects.

3.C.1.1 Use Newton's law of gravitation to calculate the gravitational force the two objects exert on each other and use that force in contexts other than orbital motion. 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

LAB: Crash!

online lesson: 

Collisions 

5.D.1.3 Apply mathematical routines appropriately to problems involving elastic collisions in one dimension and justify the selection of those mathematical routines based on conservation of momentum and restoration of kinetic energy. 

5.D.1.5 Classify a given collision situation as elastic orinelastic, justify the selection of conservation of linear momentum and restoration of kinetic energy as the appropriate principles for analyzing an elastic collision, solve for missing variables, and calculate their values.

5.D.2.1 Qualitatively predict, in terms of linear momentum and kinetic energy, how the outcome of a collision between two objects changes depending on whether the collision is elastic or inelastic.

5.D.2.5 Classify a given collision situation as elastic or inelastic, justify the selection of conservation of linear momentum as the appropriate solution method for an inelastic collision, recognize that there is a common final velocity for the colliding objects in the totally inelastic case, solve for missing variables, and calculate their values.

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

L&D: "It's a fish-eat-fish world"

online lessons: Momentum & Impulse

3.D.1.1 Justify the selection of data needed to determine the relationship between the direction of the force acting on an object and the change in momentumcaused by that force.

3.D.2.1 Justify the selection of routines for the calculation of the relationships between changes in momentum of an object, average force, impulse, and time of interaction.

3.D.2.2 Predict the change in momentum of an object from the average force exerted on the object and the interval of time during which the force is exerted.

3.D.2.3 Analyze data to characterize the change in momentum of an object from the average force exerted on the object and the interval of time during which the force is exerted.

4.B.2.1 Apply mathematical routines to calculate the change in momentum of a system by analyzing the average force exerted over a certain time on the system.

4.B.2.2 Perform analysis on data presented as a force-time graph and predict the change in momentum of a system. 

Read 9-1 to 9-4

MP 9-1 to 9-4 (due Tuesday) 

egg toss

class time for MP

LAST DAY OF 1st QUARTER 

Thursday, 29th

(no notes) 

Friday, 30th

(no notes) 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

LAB: How does ______ affect Work done by Air Resistance?

Projectile Motion

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz  

L&D: "Liberal and Conservative Forces" 

online lessons:

-Conservative Forces and Potential Energy,

-Conservation of Energy  

4.C.1.1 Calculate the total energy of a system and justify the mathematical routines used in the calculation of component types of energy within the system whose sum is the total energy.

4.C.1.2 Predict changes in the total energy of a system due to changes in position and speed of objects or frictional interactions within the system.

4.C.2.2 Apply the concepts of Conservation of Energy and the Work-Energy theorem to determine qualitatively and/or quantitatively that work done on a two-object system in linear motion will change the kinetic energy of the center of mass of the system, the potential energy of the systems, and/or the internal energy of the system.

5.A.2.1 Define open and closed systems for everyday situations and apply conservation concepts for energy [...] to those situations.

5.B.1.2 Translate between a representation of a single object, which can only have kinetic energy, and a system that includes the object, which may have both kinetic and potential energies.

5.B.3.1 Describe and make qualitative and/or quantitative predictions about everyday examples of systems with internal potential energy.

5.B.3.2 Make quantitative calculations of the internal potential energy of a system from a description or diagram of that system.

5.B.3.3 Apply mathematical reasoning to create a description of the internal potential energy of a system from a description or diagram of the objects and interactions in that system.

5.B.4.1 Describe and make predictions about the internal energy of systems. 

Read 8-1 to 8-4,

MP (due Monday)

Friday, 23rd

(no notes)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: "Power tends to corrupt"

online lessons: Work and Work-Energy Theorem & Power 

3.E.1.1 Make predictions about the changes in kinetic energy of an object based on considerations of the direction of the net force on the object as the object moves. 

3.E.1.2 Use net force and velocity vectors to determine qualitatively whether kinetic energy of an object would increase, decrease, or remain unchanged.

3.E.1.4 Apply mathematical routines to determine the change in kinetic energy of an object given the forces on the object and the displacement of the object.

5.B.5.3 Predict and calculate from graphical data the energy transfer to or work done on an object or system from information about a force exerted on the object or system through a distance.

5.B.5.5 Predict and calculate the energy transfer to (i.e., the work done on) an object or system from information about a force exerted on the object or system through a distance. 

LAB: Effect of Air Resistance on Motion

Parent-Teacher Conferences

4:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Main Gym

No appt. necessary 

Wednesday, 14th

(no notes)

NO SCHOOL!

Parent-Teacher Conferences

8:00 - Noon in classrooms

No appt. necessary  

Thursday, 15th

(no notes) 

Friday, 16th

(no notes)

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

• design and perform an experiment
• clearly communicate experimental results 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz  

TEST: Chaps 5 & 6

-3"x5" card & calculator

-AP Eq'n sheet provided 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

3.B.1.1 Predict the motion of an object subject to forces exerted by several objects using an application of Newton's second law in a variety of physical situations with acceleration in one dimension.

3.B.1.3 Re-express a free-body diagram representation into a mathematical representation and solve the mathematical representation for the acceleration of the object.
3.B.2.1 Create and use free-body diagrams to analyze physical situations to solve problems with motion qualitatively and quantitatively.

3.C.4.1 Make claims about various contact forces between objects based on the microscopic cause of those forces.
3.C.4.2 Explain contact forces (tension, friction, normal, buoyant, spring) as arising from interatomic electric forces and that they therefore have certain directions.
4.A.2.2 Evaluate using given data whether all the forces on a system or whether all the parts of a system have been identified.
4.A.3.1 Apply Newton's second law to systems to calculate the change in the center-of-mass velocity when an external force is exerted on the system.
4.A.3.2 Use visual or mathematical representations of the forces between objects in a system to predict whether or not there will be a change in the center-of-mass velocity of that system. 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

-L&D: Strings & ramps and circular motion

(online lesson: Uniform Circular Motion)  

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: So...what causes acceleration??

Online lessons: 1st Law,

 2nd Law, 3rd Law  

Physics theatre (3rd Law)

FBD practice

class time for MP 

mini-Lab: field trip to the elevator

class time for MP 

mini-Lab: 3rd Law

class time for MP  

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

• analyze the effect of air resistance on projectile motion 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

Thursday, 17th

(sub: no notes)

TEST: Chaps 2 & 4 (Kinematics)

-2 Free Response (FR), 20 pts 

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

Qs on MP?

HW Quiz 

L&D: "How to win at Bowman"

(online lesson: Motion in 2D) 

• Determine components of a vector along two specified, mutually perpendicular axes.
• Write down expressions for the horizontal and vertical components of velocity and position as functions of time, and sketch or identify graphs of these components.
• Use these expressions in analyzing the motion of a projectile that is projected with an arbitrary initial velocity.   

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

-Qs on MP?

-HW Quiz  

4.A.2.1 Make predictions about the motion of a system based on the fact that acceleration is equal to the change in velocity per unit time, and velocity is equal to the change in position per unit time.

4.A.2.3 Create mathematical models and analyze graphical relationships for acceleration, velocity, and position of the center of mass of a system and calculate properties of the motion of the center of mass of a system.  

DAY

(click for Notes) 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...) 

L&D: Intro to AP Physics, syllabus and safety

CW: student survey (due today), check out physical textbook (bring your student ID)

-get safety contract signed (due Wednesday)

-get a scientific calculator w/ your name on it (due Wednesday)

-MP intro (due Wednesday midnight)

-Read 2-1 to 2-3, MP (due next Monday)

L&D: "Are you moving right now? If so, to where and how fast?"

-CW: make a MasteringPhysics (MP) account: click here to begin

-online lesson: Motion in One Dimension

3.A.1.1 Express the motion of an object using narrative, mathematical, and graphical representations.
3.A.1.2 Design an experimental investigation of the motion of an object.
3.A.1.3 Analyze experimental data describing the motion of an object and express the results of the analysis using narrative, mathematical, and graphical representations.

LAB: Intro to Motion Detector