Eleanor

Roosevelt High School Physics Pacing Calendar (2011-2012)

W 1 From 9/8 To 9/9 D 2 Unit Topic Introduction Contents * Introduction: scope & objectives * Course format & organization * Course requirements & policy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Scientific method Physics & other disciplines Measurement & units Scientific notation Significant digits Precision & accuracy Graphing data analysis Trigonometric functions Solving equations Logarithmic functions Scalars & vectors Vector operations Dimensional analysis Problem solving skills Reference table Distance & displacement Speed & velocity Relative motion Acceleration Free fall Graph of motion Velocity vectors Components of vectors Reading * Syllabus * Pacing * Website Lab Safety & Group Project/Test Comments * 9/8 School starts * 9/10 ACT Test

9/12

9/16

5 Unit 1 Introduction of Physics

Scientific Worldview & Language of Physics

* Text: CH 1 * PP: L 1-L 2

Lab 1 Density

* Project: Guidelines

9/19

9/23

Language of Physics & Study Strategies

* Text: CH 1 * PP: L 2-L 3

Lab 2 Graph Matching

* Test 1 * Project: Grouping

* 9/20 Curriculum Night * 9/22-23 Ramapo Trip

9/26

9/30

Linear Motion

* Text: CH 2 * PP: L 4

Lab 3 Graphical Analysis of Motion Lab 4 Picket Fence Free Fall

* Project: Topic Selection

* 9/29-30 Rosh Hashanah * 10/1 SAT & subject tests

10/3

10/7

Unit 2 Linear & Projectile Motion

One & Two Dimensional Motion

* Text: CH 3 * PP: L 5

* Test 2

10/10

10/14

3 Projectile Motion

* Projectile motion * Horizontally launched projectiles * Upward launched projectiles * Satellite * History on motion Newton's 1st Law * Newton's law of inertia * Mass * Net force & equilibrium Static Equilibrium * Free-body diagram * Force vectors addition * Force & acceleration * Mass & acceleration * Newton's 2nd law

* Text: CH 4 * PP: L 6 * Text: CH 4 * PP: L 6 * Text: CH 3 * PP: L 7 * Text: CH 3 * PP: L 8 Lab 6 Vectors Lab 5 Period of a Pendulum

* 10/10 Columbus Day * Project: Task * 10/12 PSAT test; trip Planning & Assignment * 10/14 Progress reports * Test 3 * 10/17 9-11 Grades pictures * 10/22 ACT test * 10/25 Parent teacher conference * 10/27 Parent teacher conference * 10/28 Parent teacher conference * 11/5 SAT & subject tests * * * * Lab 7 Atwood's Machines #1 * Project: Progress Meeting 2 (Design) 11/7 History trip (11 grade) 11/8 Election Day 11/10 End of 1st marking period 11/11 Veterans Day

10/17

10/21

10/24

10/28

4 Unit 3 Statics

* Project: Progress Meeting 1 (Planning)

10/31

11/4

* Test 4

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11/7

11/11

2 Unit 4 Dynamics Newton's 2nd & 3rd Laws

* Text: CH 3 * PP: L 9

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11/18

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Friction Free fall & air resistance Forces & interactions Newton's 3rd law Action & reaction Rotation & revolution Rotational speed Centripetal force Centrifugal force Simulated gravity Falling apple, moon & Earth Law of universal gravitation Inverse square law Universal gravitation Gravitational fields Inside a planet Weightlessness Ocean, Earth & atmosphere tides Black holes Momentum Impulse Conservation of momentum Collision Momentum vectors Work & power Mechanical energy Potential energy Kinetic energy Winter Recess

* Text: CH 3 * PP: L 10

* 11/15 12 Grade pictures * 11/17 Report cards * 11/18 Fall school dance

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11/25

Circular Motion

* Text: CH 4 * PP: L 11

* Test 5

* 11/24-25 Thanksgiving Recess

13 11/28

12/2

Unit 5 Circular Motion & Universal Gravitation

Universal Gravitation

* Text: CH 5 * PP: L 12

Lab 8 Atwood's Machines #2

* 12/3 SAT & subject tests

14

12/5

12/9

Gravitational Interactions

* Text: CH 5 * PP: L 13

Lab 9 Centripetal Force

* Test 6

* 12/8 Winter concert * 12/9 AIDS Fashion show

15 12/12

12/16

5 Unit 6 Momentum, Work & Energy

Momentum

* Text: CH 6 * PP: L 14

Lab 10 Conservation * Test 7 of Momentum * Project: Progress Meeting 3 (Implementation)

* 12/16 Progress reports

16 12/19

12/23

Work & Energy

* Text: CH 7 * PP: L 15

Lab 11 Hooke's Law

17 12/26 18 1/2

12/30 1/6

0 4 Unit 6 Momentum, Work & Energy Unit 7 Project & Review Work & Energy

* 12/26-1/2 Winter Recess * Text: CH 7 * PP: L 15 * Test 8 Lab 12 Conservation *Project: Presentation of Energy * Project: Report * 1/16 Dr. Martin Luther King Day * * * * 1/23 End of 2nd marking period 1/24-27 Midterms & Regents 1/27 Last day of Fall Term 1/27-29 Senior trip * 12/26-1/2 Winter Recess

* Conservation of energy * Machines & efficiency

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1/9

1/13

Project

* Project presentation * Project presentation * Final review

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1/16

1/20

Project & Review

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1/23

1/27

Regents & Regents Exams * * * * *

Midterms and Regents Exams

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1/30

2/3

4 Unit 8 Electric Charge

Electrostatics

Electrical forces & charges Conservation of charge Coulomb's law Conductors & insulators Charging by friction, contact & induction * Charge polarizationction Electric fields Electric Shielding Electric potential energy Electric potential Electrical energy storage Van de Graaff generator Flow of charge Electric current Voltage source Electric resistance Ohm's law DC & AC Speed & source of electrons Electric power

* Text: CH 20 * PP: L 16

* 1/31 School starts * 2/3 Report cards

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2/6

2/10

Electric Fields & Potential

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* Text: CH 20 * PP: L 17

Lab 13 * Test 9 Electrostatics

* 2/10 Winter dance

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2/13

2/17

Unit 9 5 Electric Charges in Motion

Electric Current

* Text: CH 21 * PP: L 18

Lab 14 Mapping * Project: Guidelines Electric Fields

Chin-Sung Lin

Eleanor Roosevelt High School Physics Pacing Calendar (2011-2012)

25 2/20 2/24 0 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Midwinter recess Electric circuits Series circuits Parallel circuits Schematic diagram Combining resistors Overloading Magnetic poles Magnetic fields Magnetic domains Electric currents and magnetic fields Magnetic forces on moving charges Meters & motors Earth's magnetic field Electromagnetic induction Faraday's law Generators Motors Transformers Power transmission Electricmagnetic Waves Vibrations Waves Transverse waves Longitudinal waves Interference Standing waves Doppler effect Bow & shock waves Origin of sound Media of sound Speed of sound Loudness Forced vibration Natural frequency Resonance Interference & beats Concepts of light Speed of light Transparent & opaque materials Shadows Polarization & 3-D viewing Spring Recess * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Law of reflection Mirrors Diffuse Reflection Law of refraction Refraction of sound & light Atmospheric refraction Dispersion in a prism & rainbow Total reflection Converging & diverging lenses Image formation Ray diagram Optical instruments The eye Defects in vision & lenses Huygens' principle Diffraction & interference Young's interference experiment Color interference from thin films Laser light Hologram * Regents practice exam * 2/20-24 Midwinter recess

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2/27

3/2

Unit 9 5 Electric Charges in Motion

Electric Circuits

* Text: CH 21 * PP: L 19

Lab 15 Ohms Law

* Test 10

27

3/5

3/9

Magnetism

* Text: CH 22 * PP: L 20

Lab 16 Series & Parallel

* 3/9 Progress reports * 3/10 SAT test

Unit 10 Magnetism Electromagnetic Induction

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3/12

3/16

* Text: CH 22 * PP: L 21

* Test 11

* 3/12 Faculity meeting (1/2 day)

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3/23

* * * * Vibrations & Waves * * * * Unit 11 Waves, Sound & Light * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Lab 17 * Text: CH 15 Magnetic Field * PP: L 22 in Slinky

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3/26

3/30

Sound

* Text: CH 16 * PP: L 23

* Test 12

* 3/29 Parent teacher conference * 3/30 Parent teacher conference

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4/2

4/6

Light

* Text: CH 17 * PP: L 23

* 4/5 End of 3rd marking period * 4/6-13 Spring recess

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4/9

4/13

* Regents practice exam

* 4/6-13 Spring recess * 4/14 ACT test

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4/16

4/20

Reflection & Refraction

* Text: CH 18 * PP: L 24

Lab 18 Speed of Sound Each Method

* Test 13

* 4/20 Report cards

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4/23

4/27

Unit 12 Reflection, Refraction & Diffraction

Lenses

* Text: CH 18 * PP: L 25

Lab 19 Speed of Sound Resonance

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4/30

5/4

Diffraction & Interference

* Text: CH 19 * PP: L 26

* Test 14

* 5/5 SAT & subject tests

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5/7

5/11

* * * * * Atom & Quantum * * * Unit 13 Atomic & Nuclear Physics

Atomic spectra & models Photoelectric effect De Broglis's wave Wave-particle duality Quantum mechanic atoms Radioactive decay & half-life Radioactive isotopes Natural & artificial transmutation of elements * Carbon & Uranium dating Nuclear fission Nuclear fission reactor Plutonium Breeder reactor Mass-energy equivalence Nuclear fusion Fundamentl forces Classification of matter Particles of the standard model Antiparticles Quarks & leptons Regents tests Reference table Measurement 1D & 2D motion Newton's laws Momentum, work & energy Rotational mechanics & gravity Regents tests Reference table Electricity Magnetism Regents tests Reference table Sound & light Reflection, refraction & diffraction Atom & quantum physics

* Text: CH 23 * Text: CH 24 * PP: L 27

Lab 20 Law of Reflection

* 5/7-18 AP exams * 5/10 Spring concert * 5/11 Progress reports

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5/14

5/18

Nuclear Fission & Fusion

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* Text: CH 26 * PP: L 29

Lab 21 Law of Refraction

* Test 15

* 5/7-18 AP exams * 5/18 Spring dance

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5/21

5/25

Standard Model

* Text: CH 25 * PP: L 30

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5/28

6/1

Measurement & Mechanics

* Review

* Regents practice exam

* 5/28 Memorial day * 5/31 Jazz night * 6/2 SAT & subject tests

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6/4

6/8

Unit 14 4 Regents Review

Electricity & Magnetism

* Review

* Regents practice exam

* 6/6 Film fest & music recital * 6/7 Chancellor's conference day * 6/9 ACT test

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6/11

6/15

Wave & Atomic Physics

* Review

* Regents practice exam

* 6/12 End of 4th marking period * 6/13-21 Regents exams * 6/15 Senior prom * 6/13-21 Regents exams * 6/22 Commencement * 6/25-26 Advisory/Service day * 6/27 Report cards

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6/22 6/29

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Regents

Regents Exams

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