2010-11

Daily Summary & Assignments

IB Physics 1 (SL)

Periods 5 and 6
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2nd Semester Dates:

Week 1: 1/24-1/28/11 Week 5: 2/28-3/4/11 Spring Break Week 14: 5/9-5/13/11
Week 2: 1/31-2/4/11 Week 6: 3/7-3/11/11 Week 10: 4/11-4/15/11 Week 15: 5/16-5/20/11
Week 3: 2/7-2/11/11 Week 7: 3/14-3/18/11 Week 11: 4/18-4/22/11 Week 16: 5/23-5/27/11
Week 4: 2/14-2/18/11 Week 8: 3/21-3/25/11 Week 12: 4/25-4/29/11 Week 17: 5/30-6/3/11
2nd Winter Break Week 9: 3/28-4/1/11 Week 13: 5/2-5/6/11 Week 18: 6/6-6/10/11
      Week 19: 6/13-6/17/11

Semester 2

Week 1

Monday 1/24/11 go over 1st semester final exam; introduce isotope poster project; select isotopes
Tuesday 1/25/11 work-day on poster project
Wednesday 1/26/11 work-day on poster project
Thursday 1/27/11 Projects due!
Video:  Numb3rs "Dirty Bomb"
Friday 1/28/11 Video:  Modern Marvels "Nuclear Tech"

 

Week 2

Monday 1/31/11 Notes and demonstrations:  Cloud chambers; artificial transmutations
Tuesday 2/1/11 Notes:  nuclear fission and fusion; binding energy
Wednesday 2/2/11 review of notes on binding energy; continue discussion
Thursday 2/3/11 Quiz:  Half-life calculations; decay processes and cloud chambers

Continue notes/discussion of fission and fusion and binding energy
Friday 2/4/11  

 

Week 3

Monday 2/7/11  
Tuesday 2/8/11  
Wednesday 2/9/11 Notes/discussion:  Nuclear power plants, chain reactions
Thursday 2/10/11 Work-day on review packet--handed out today because you had a sub
Friday 2/11/11 notes/discussion:  Nuclear Power

 

Week 4

Monday 2/14/11 Chernobyl--historical context for nuclear disasters; notes, discussion, video
Tuesday 2/15/11 Review for exam
Wednesday 2/16/11 work-day on review packet
Thursday 2/17/11 Unit Exam:  Nuclear and Atomic Physics (Topic 7)
Friday 2/18/11 video:  mythbusters....student choice while we talk about G4 lab designs.

have a great break!

Week 5

Monday 2/28/11 Sub day--video

HW:  print off topic outline for thermal physics by tomorrow
Tuesday 3/1/11 Intro to thermal physics
Demo:  melting ice blocks
notes:  Temperature scales
HW:  WebAssign on temperature conversions.  Due Thursday AM
Wednesday 3/2/11 Finish notes on temperature scales
video demos:  Boyle's Law and Charles' Law (gas laws)
Thursday 3/3/11 G4 reminder discussion

Notes:  Temperature and internal energy
Friday 3/4/11
notes/demos:  internal energy of molecules; states of matter

 

Week 6

Monday 3/7/11 Notes/demos:  Brownian motion; kinetic theory of gases; Moles and Molar mass
Tuesday 3/8/11  
Wednesday 3/9/11  
Thursday 3/10/11 Quiz:  covering all information through Monday, 3/7/11
RTEs for thermal concepts
Friday 3/11/11  

 

Week 7

Monday 3/14/11  
Tuesday 3/15/11 Group 4 Symposium:  evening--mandatory!  Get this evening off work!
Wednesday 3/16/11  
Thursday 3/17/11  
Friday 3/18/11  

 

Week 8

Monday 3/21/11  
Tuesday 3/22/11  
Wednesday 3/23/11 Design lab:  the effect of a factor of your choice on the evaporation rate of water
Thursday 3/24/11 Design lab:  the effect of a factor of your choice on the evaporation rate of water
Friday 3/25/11 Design lab:  the effect of a factor of your choice on the evaporation rate of water

 

Week 9

Monday 3/28/11 Notes/discussion/demonstrations:  heat capacity; what happens to the thermal energy transferred to an object?
Tuesday 3/29/11 full lab report for your design lab due today!
Wednesday 3/30/11 pre-lab:  specific heat capacity
Thursday 3/31/11 Lab:  Calorimetry and specific heat capacity--due on Monday, 4/11/11
Friday 4/1/11  

Spring break!

Week 10

Monday 4/11/11  
Tuesday 4/12/11  
Wednesday 4/13/11  
Thursday 4/14/11  
Friday 4/15/11  

 

Week 11

Monday 4/18/11  
Tuesday 4/19/11  
Wednesday 4/20/11  
Thursday 4/21/11  
Friday 4/22/11  

 

Week 12

Monday 4/25/11  
Tuesday 4/26/11  
Wednesday 4/27/11  
Thursday 4/28/11  
Friday 4/29/11  

 

Week 13

Monday 5/2/11  
Tuesday 5/3/11  
Wednesday 5/4/11  
Thursday 5/5/11  
Friday 5/6/11  

 

Week 14

Monday 5/9/11  
Tuesday 5/10/11  
Wednesday 5/11/11  
Thursday 5/12/11  
Friday 5/13/11  

 

Week 15

Monday 5/16/11  
Tuesday 5/17/11  
Wednesday 5/18/11  
Thursday 5/19/11  
Friday 5/20/11  

 

Week 16

Monday 5/23/11  
Tuesday 5/24/11  
Wednesday 5/25/11  
Thursday 5/26/11  
Friday 5/27/11  

 

Week 17

Monday 5/30/11  
Tuesday 5/31/11  
Wednesday 6/1/11  
Thursday 6/2/11  
Friday 6/3/11  

 

Week 18

Monday 6/6/11  
Tuesday 6/7/11  
Wednesday 6/8/11  
Thursday 6/9/11  
Friday 6/10/11  

 

Week 19

Monday 6/13/11  
Tuesday 6/14/11  
Wednesday 6/15/11  
Thursday 6/16/11  
  6/17/11  

 

1st Semester Dates:

Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 Oct. 4 - 8 Nov. 8 - Nov. 12 Dec. 13 - Dec. 17
Sept. 6 - 10 Oct. 11 - Oct. 15 Nov. 15 - Nov. 19 Jan. 3 - 7
Sept. 13 - 17 Oct. 18 - Oct. 22 Nov. 22 - Nov. 26 Jan. 10 - 14
Sept. 20 - 24 Oct. 25 - Oct. 29 Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 Jan. 17 - 21
Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 Nov. 1 - 5 Dec. 6 - Dec. 10 Jan. 24 - 28

1st Semester

Week 1

Monday    
Tuesday 8/31/10 -Welcome to IB Physics!
-Fill out info sheet
-Intro activity:  What is physics?  Power Point Slide Show (in case you missed it or want to see it again!)
HW: Graphic Organizer--due on Friday, BOP
Wednesday 9/1/10 Course Expectations and Safety Guidelines
HW:  Signatures due on Friday for full 5 points.  Next week for fewer points
HW:  Physicsrocks.com webquest worksheet--due Friday

HW:  Course expectations check-up--online assignment, find it on your Student Access/Family Access account.  Please have this completed before school starts NEXT Wednesday.
Thursday 9/2/10 Activity: Physics Exploration Stations
* No new homework...you have 2 things due tomorrow from earlier this week.
Friday 9/3/10 -Due:  Webquest worksheet
-Due:  Graphic organizers
-Group/class discussion of yesterday's results/observations
-Begin Notes:  Order of Magnitude and Estimation

 

Week 2

Monday    
Tuesday 9/7/10 -Entrance question: M&M estimation
Notes/discussion:  Estimation and orders of magnitude

Activity/HW:  Orders of Magnitude
HW:  Fermi Question
Wednesday 9/8/10 Video:  Powers of Ten
practice calculations for OM; finish Heartbeat activity
Thursday 9/9/10 Pt. 1 (grass blades) of OM activity
pre-lab:  Raindrop volume lab; peer assessment of rough draft procedure
Friday 9/10/10 Due:  Assessment statements 1.1.1-1.1.4 (complete in your comp. book.  For a reminder of the instructions on how to complete these statements, look HERE)

Due: Procedure for Raindrop lab; begin collecting data

 

Week 3

Monday 9/13/10 Data collection:  Raindrop lab
Data analysis questions are on the board
Procedure, Data table, and analysis due Wednesday, Beginning of Period (BOP) tomorrow

WebAssign HW #1:  metric preview assignment...due before 1st period Wednesday.

There will be a short quiz on Wednesday on orders of magnitude
Tuesday 9/14/10 finish data collection; work day on lab analysis

please have a USB drive handy in class so you can get a copy of the LoggerPro graphing program we will be using this year!
Wednesday 9/15/10 Quiz:  Orders of magnitude

Due:  lab

 
Thursday 9/16/10 Notes/clickers:  Experimental errors and sig. figs.
Friday 9/17/10 mini-lab:  accuracy and precision

 

Week 4

Monday 9/20/10 Notes/practice:  sig. figs.; accuracy/precision; uncertainties
HW:  WebAssign (WA) HW2: Sig. Figs.--due Thursday before 1st period.
Tuesday 9/21/10 Sig. figs--more practice (kept short because of fire drill 3rd period)
Wednesday 9/22/10 Notes/discussion/practice:  uncertainties in measurements and calculations
HW:  due Monday--Syll. Statements 1.2.1-1.2.11
Thursday 9/23/10 Notes/practice:  propagation of error; density example

HW:  1/2 sheet of uncertainty practice problems--due tomorrow
Friday 9/24/10 correct wksht
Quickly review metrics
Class work time on Syll. Statements AND procedure for lab:  Density of Aluminum
HW:  finish syll. statements; finish procedure; print off Graphing Relationships notes, put in binder

 

Week 5

Monday 9/27/10 - Show Answer key to metric worksheet--give completion points--Help/Study session for metrics and factor-label method after school, in room 1111, starting at 2:45 for those of you who have more questions
- Graphing Exercise--Force vs. Displacement Due Wednesday
HW:  graphing exercise (due Wednesday); have you printed off the graphing relationships notes?  If not...please do!
Tuesday 9/28/10 Vernier Caliper and Micrometer use; mini-lab
Wednesday 9/29/10 Quiz:  Uncertainties
Finish mini-lab measurements
Thursday 9/30/10 video:  Mythbuster's--Baseball Myths
Friday 10/1/10 Vectors and vector addition--notes and practice problems

online Vector simulation (good reinforcement!)

HW:  WA--Vector practice problems  (due Wednesday before 1st period)

 

Week 6

Monday 10/4/10

Finish notes--vectors; practice problems for component method
Tuesday 10/5/10 Displacement Vectors activity
-don't forget about WA vectors assignment due tomorrow!
Wednesday 10/6/10 in-class work on lab
Thursday 10/7/10 in-class work on lab and practice problems/discuss WA assignment
Friday 10/8/10 vector sets group practice

 

Week 7

Monday 10/11/10 Relative velocity; displacement, speed and velocity
Tuesday 10/12/10 Quiz:  Vectors and Vector Addition
Wednesday 10/13/10 special schedule (PSAT)--1st and 2nd periods only
Thursday 10/14/10 motion graphing--pre-unit assessment;

continue discussion of velocity; practice problems
WA:  HW5--speed and velocity; due Monday morning.
Friday 10/15/10 Instantaneous velocity; Uniform accelerated motion;

 

Week 8

Monday 10/18/10 Pre-lab:  Uniform accelerated motion
 
Tuesday 10/19/10 Lab:  Uniform accelerated motion
DCP and CE due on Tuesday
Wednesday 10/20/10 in-class work on lab
Thursday 10/21/10 uniform accelerated motion--kinematic equations (derivation, use and practice)
HW:  WA HW6:  Uniform accelerated motion--Due Wednesday before the quiz
Friday 10/22/10 uniform accelerated motion--kinematic equations practice  (in-class group collaboration; extra credit opportunity)

HW:  Syllabus Statements 2.1.1-2.1.9 due Wednesday

 

Week 9

Monday 10/25/10 Free-fall; acceleration due to gravity
 
Tuesday 10/26/10 Uniform accelerated motion lab due today
Syll. statements 2.1.1-2.1.3, 2.1.5, 2.1.7-2.1.9--due Thursday
WA HW5:  Kinematic equations--due Monday
Wednesday 10/27/10 Practice problems; kinematic equations
intro Free-fall (video)
Thursday 10/28/10 Free-fall:  practice problems; pre-lab
Friday 10/29/10 Quiz:  Linear motion

 

Week 10

Monday 11/1/10 Lab:  Acceleration due to gravity--due Thursday
Tuesday 11/2/10 work on lab
Wednesday 11/3/10 quiz:  free-fall and acceleration due to gravity
Thursday 11/4/10 lab:  Terminal Velocity and air resistance with coffee filters
Friday 11/5/10 in-class work on lab; finish data collection (If needed)--lab due next Wednesday

 

Week 11

Monday 11/8/10  
Tuesday 11/9/10  
Wednesday 11/10/10 No Classes--special schedule for Veteran's Day recognition
Thursday 11/11/10 No School -- Veteran's Day
Friday 11/12/10  

 

Week 12

Monday 11/15/10  
Tuesday 11/16/10  
Wednesday 11/17/10  
Thursday 11/18/10  
Friday 11/19/10  

 

Week 13

Monday 11/22/10 Sub day--Video:  Mythbusters "Snow Special"
Tuesday 11/23/10 No School--Snow Day
Wednesday 11/24/10 No School--Snow Day
Thursday 11/25/10 No School--Happy Thanksgiving!!
Friday 11/26/10 No School

 

Week 14

Monday 11/29/10 Lab:  Forces in Equilibrium--answer questions on lab packet, due tomorrow.
Tuesday 11/30/10 Due--Equilibrium lab
Notes/Discussion/Demonstrations:  Newton's 3 laws of motion
Wednesday 12/1/10 Review/critical thinking questions: Newton's laws
Thursday 12/2/10 Notes/Discussion/Demonstrations:  Momentum and Impulse
Friday 12/3/10 demos and practice problems:  momentum and impulse

 

Week 15

Monday 12/6/10 Notes and practice problems:  conservation of momentum and collisions

HW:  WA9:  Momentum, impulse and collisions--due Wednesday before 1st period
Tuesday 12/7/10 Mini-lab:  collisions
Wednesday 12/8/10 Quiz:  Newton's laws and momentum
Thursday 12/9/10 Intro notes and demos:  Energy
Friday 12/10/10 work & mechanical energy--demos, practice problems, examples, pre-lab

 

Week 16

Monday 12/13/10 Lab:  conservation of energy--DCP and CE...
Tuesday 12/14/10 finish lab; review
Wednesday 12/15/10 review
Thursday 12/16/10 Mechanics Unit Test:  Part 1:  multiple choice ; part 2:  problems and short answer

ALL WebAssign written work will be collected today, as well as your syll. statement books with all of Topic 2 completed.
Friday 12/17/10 mythbusters special:  Holiday myths.  Have a great break!!

Enjoy your winter break!

Week 17

Monday 1/3/11 Welcome back!  New unit:  Nuclear and Atomic Physics (pt. 1)
Before class tomorrow:  print off topic outline for this unit--can be found on unit page
Tuesday 1/4/11  
Wednesday 1/5/11  
Thursday 1/6/11  
Friday 1/7/11  

 

Week 18

Monday 1/10/11  
Tuesday 1/11/11  
Wednesday 1/12/11  
Thursday 1/13/11  
Friday 1/14/11  

 

Week 19

Monday 1/17/11 No School--Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/18/11  
Wednesday 1/19/11  
Thursday 1/20/11  
Friday 1/21/11  

 

Week 20