05/25/12 – 06/01/12

• Energy Use at Your Apartment

• Appliance Energy Use 

• Constructed Response – Formative Assessment Review Bulbs

• Constructed Response – Formative Assessment Review Cameras

• Constructed Response – Formative Assessment Review Chocolate Phase Change

• Constructed Response – Formative Assessment Review Guitar

• Constructed Response – Formative Assessment Review Solar cooker 

05/21/12 – 05/24/12

• Series and Parallel Circuits Basics – PhET

• Movie Questions – Lightning 

05/09/12 – 05/18/12

• Properties of Resistance

• How does the power gets to you

• Generator Fun

• Movie Questions -Bill Nye Electric Current

• Simulation Balloons and Static Electricity

05/07/12 & 05/08/12

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 32-37 Schedule – 2011-2012 New

• Notes – Current, Resistance and Ohm’s Law

• Ohm’s Law & Bulbs

• Measuring Voltage and Current

05/0

2/12 & 05/03/12

• Notes – Electric Fields and Current

• Notes – Electric Fields and Current Practice

• Notes – Electric Fields and Currents Practice Solutions

04/30/12-05/01/12

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 32-37 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Notes – Electrostatics

• Notes – Electrostatics Practice

• Notes – Electrostatics Practice Solutions

 04/13-18/12

• Work on Wave, Sound and Light Project

• Project Due By Friday April 20 11:59 pm (Project & Project Outline (PI/NL, etc.) emailed to me)

04/11/12 & 04/12/12

• Ray Tracing With Concave Mirrors

• Physics Indicators Waves Sound Light

• Depth of Knowledge Chart

• Project Outline Blank

• Project Self Analysis

• Product

04/09/12 & 04/10/12

• Ray Tracing with Convex Lenses

• Classwork – RQ #1,3-6 p466-467

04/05/12 & 04/06/12

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 30 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Notes – Lenses

• PhET Geometric Optics

04/03/12 & 04/04/12

• Physics Demo Day – Optics

03/30/12 & 04/02/12

• Chapter 27-29 Test

03/28/12 & 03/29/12

• Chapter 27-29 Quiz – Reflection and Refraction Study Guide

• Chapter 27-29 – Light, Reflection and Refraction Quiz – Practice

• Chapter 27-29 – Light, Reflection and Refraction Quiz – Practice Solutions

03/26/12 & 03/27/12

• Diamond – A Cut Above

• Where does the light come out – Protractor

• Where does the light come out – Laser Light box

• Chapter 29 Quiz – Reflection and Refraction Study Guide

03/22/12 & 03/23/12

• Light Practice

• Refraction Practice

• Refraction Data

• Investigating the Refraction of Light

03/20/12 & 03/21/12

• Notes – Reflection and Refraction

• Protractor Practice

• Properties of Images

• Protractors

03/16/12 & 03/19/12

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 27 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Notes – Intro to Light

03/14/12 & 03/15/12

• Chapter 25-25 Sound and Waves Test

03/12/12 & 03/13/12

• Practice With Sound Waves

• Practice with Sound Waves Solutions

• Chapter 25-26 Waves and Sound Practice Test

• Chapter 25-26 Waves and Sound Practice Test Solutions

03/08/12 & 03/09/12

• Lab – Resonance

02/23/12 & 02/24/12

• Physics Demo Day

02/22/12 & 03/07/12

• Lab – Frequency Analysis

• Lab – Frequency Analysis with Logger Pro – Voltage Probe Set Up

• Notes – Introduction to Sound Waves

02/20/12 & 02/21/12

• More Practice with Period and Frequency

• Practice With Waves

• Constructive and Destructive Interference

• Constructive and Destructive Interference – Graphs

• Doppler Effect Online

02/16/12 & 02/17/12

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 25-26 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Notes – Introduction to Period and Frequency

• Practice with Period and Frequency

• Lab – Meterstick Vibrations

• Lab – Meterstick Vibrations – LoggerPro Phototgate Instructions

02/14/12 & 02/15/12

• Chapter 21-23 Test

02/10/12 & 02/13/12

• Ch 21-23 Heat Test Notes

• Review for Heat Test

02/08/12 & 02/09/12

• Phase Change

• Phase Change Practice

• Chapter 22 Quiz

• Chapter 22 Quiz Ans

02/06/12 & 02/07/12

• Reading Quiz 22.4-22.7 Today

• Notes – How Heat Moves

• NOVA – Saved By The Sun Video Questions

02/02/12 & 02/03/12

• Specific Heat Lab – Part II

• Chapter 21 Practice Quiz

01/31/12 & 02/01/12

• Calorimetry Practice

• Specific Heat Lab – Part I

01/29/12 & 01/30/12

• Heat and Temp Concept Development

• Heat Capacity Practice

01/25/12 & 01/26/12

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 21-23 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Notes – Intro to Temperature and Heat

• Temperature Conversion Practice

01/13/12 & 01/17/12

• Midterm Practice Test 1

• Midterm Practice Test 1 Solutions

• Midterm Practice Test 2

• Midterm Practice Test 2 Solutions

• Midterm Practice Test 3

• Midterm Practice Test 3 Solutions

01/11/12 & 01/12/12

• Midterm Review

• Midterm Review 2-4

• Midterm Review 3-5

• Midterm Review 5-8

01/03/12 – 01/10/12

• Trebuchet Scoring List

• Treb DataSheet

12/09/11 – 12/20/11

• Trebuchet Build Project

12/07/11 & 12/08/11

• Renewables Are Ready Presentation by Vermont Energy Education Program

12/05/11 & 12/06/11

• Intro to Energy Practice Problems

• Notes – Machines

12/01/11 & 12/02/11

• Skate Park

11/29/11 & 11/30/11

• PhET Pendulum Lab

• Energy Worksheet 8-2

11/18/11 & 11/28/11

• Kinetic and Potential Energy Practice

• Energy Worksheet 8-1

 11/16/11 & 11/17/11

•  Activity – Elastic Potential Energy

• Activity – Horsepower

11/14/11 & 11/15/11

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 8 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Notes – Intro to Energy

• Potential and Kinetic Energy Practice

• Potential and Kinetic Energy Practice Solutions

11/10/11 & 11/11/11

• Chapter 7 Test!
  

11/08/11 & 11/09/11

• Egg Drop Challenge Today – Bring Your Materials!/Do Any Major Assembly At Home

• Chapter 7 Test Review

11/04/11 & 11/07/11

• Impact vs Impulse
  

11/02/11 & 11/03/11

• Constructed Response – Impact and Momentum

• Constructed Response – Impact and Momentum Answers

• Lab – Impact and Momentum

10/31/11 & 11/01/11

Happy Halloween!

• Egg Drop Challenge Introduction
  

• Work on Make It Move project

10/27/11 & 10/28/11

• Work on Make It Move project
  

10/25/11 & 10/26/11

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 7 Schedule – 2011-2012
  

• Notes – Intro to Momentum & Impulse

• Notes – Intro to Momentum & Impulse Solutions

• Momentum Intro

• Momentum Intro Solutions

10/19/11 & 10/24/11

• Newton’s Laws – Culminating Assessment

• Newton’s Laws Project Ideas

• How to use Format Factory? – http://screencast.com/t/ADo2UdIHutO

10/17/11 & 10/18/11

• Chapter 4 & 5 Test

10/13/11 & 10/14/11

• Chapter 4 & 5 Test Review

• Chapter 4 & 5 Test Review Solutions

• Using Newton’s Laws – Stop Light Example

• Using Newton’s Laws – Stop Light Example Solutions

10/07/11 & 10/11/11

• Notes – Newtons 3rd Law, Free Body Diagrams and Mass vs. Weight

• Newton’s 3rd Law – Cow versus Bus

• Newton’s Laws Summarized

• Newton’s Laws – Culminating Assessment

• Newton’s Laws Project Ideas

10/05/11 & 10/10/11

• Chapter 4 Review – Practice

• Chapter 4 Review – Solutions

10/03/11 & 10/06/11

• Lab – Coffee Filter Analysis

• Lab – Coffee Filter Data Collection

09/29/11 & 09/30/11

• Newtons 2nd Practice

• Newtons 2nd Practice Solutions

• PhET – The Moving Man

09/27/11 & 09/28/11

• Chapter 3 Quiz

• Water Rocket Contest

09/23/11 & 09/26/11

• Chapter 3 Inertia Practice Questions

• Water Rocket contest next class

• Chapter 3 Quiz next class

09/21/11 & 09/22/11

09/19/11 & 09/20/11

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 3-5 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Chapter 3 Key Equations and Ideas

• Notes – Newtons 1st & 2nd Laws

• Massing the Car

09/15/11 & 09/16/11

• Ch 2 Quiz

• General Interest:  Shadow Day at FA/Health Careers Conf/Medquest

09/13/11 & 09/14/11

• Navigating Physics Formulas

• Navigating Physics Formulas – Key

• Practice Problems with Motion

• Practice Problems with Motion Key

09/09/11 & 09/12/11

• Notes – Free Fall and Acceleration at the Earth’s Surface

• Chapter 2 Key Equations and Ideas Practice

• Lab – Reaction Time

• Lab – Reaction Time – Time Versus Distance Table

• Practice Problems with Motion

09/07/11 & 09/08/11

• Notes – Intro to Acceleration

• Chapter 2 Key Equations and Ideas Practice

• Lab – Inserting Video into LoggerPro

• Lab – Finding Velocity and Acceleration from a Video

09/02/11 & 09/06/11

• Notes – Position and Velocity Time Graphs

• Lab – Motion Detecting-Part II

08/31/11 & 09/01/11

• Welcome to Conceptual Physics 2011-2012

• Conceptual Physics Course Expectations 2011-2012

• Conceptual Physics Chapter 2 Schedule – 2011-2012

• Chapter 2 Key Equations and Ideas

• Lab – Motion Detecting-Motion Matching

• Massing the Car with Video

• Massing the Car Portfolio

Last updated: May 23 2012 at 7:54 am