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2009-10 Daily Summary & Assignments IB Physics 1 (SL) Periods 5 and 6 |

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| Jan. 25-29 | March 1 - 5 | April 5 - 9 | May 10 - 14 |
| Feb. 1-5 | March 8 - 12 | April 12 - 16 | May 17 - 21 |
| February break | March 15 - 19 | April 19 - 23 | May 24 - 28 |
| Feb. 15 - 19 | March 22 - 26 | April 26 - 30 | May 31 - June 4 |
| Feb. 22 - 26 | Spring Break | May 3 - 7 | June 7 - 11 |
| June 14 - 18 |
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Week 1
| Monday | No School for Students | |
| Tuesday | No School for Students | |
| Wednesday | 9/2/09 | First Day of School! Welcome Back! Discussion: Areas of Physics HW: Due Tomorrow--Math skills worksheet (5th period--due Tuesday...didn't get until Thursday) HW: Due Friday--Graphic Organizer |
| Thursday | 9/3/09 | - Fill out student info sheet - Correct math worksheet - course expectations--highlights - Purchase 2 comp books by Tuesday! |
| Friday | 9/4/09 | -
graphic organizers due! - Start Notes: Order of Magnitude and Estimation - OM activity: Heartbeats - HW: physicsrocks.com web assignment--due Tuesday - HW: Estimation and Order of Magnitude wksht--due Tuesday Don't forget--Signatures are due on Tuesday, also! Have a fabulous long weekend! |
Week 2
| Monday | 9/7/09 | Labor Day--No School |
| Tuesday | 9/8/09 | - Due: Estimation and OM wksht - Due: PhysicsRocks web assignment - Due: Signatures for course expectations
- Notes: finish discussion about OM, Fermi
questions - Pre-Lab: Raindrop estimation--How many average-sized raindrops would it take to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool? Due tomorrow: rough draft procedure; rough draft data table -- all completed in your lab book HW: read through the IA criteria for both Design and Data collection and processing |
| Wednesday | 9/9/09 | Due:
syllabus statements 1.1.1-1.1.4 Due: rough draft procedure and data table Quiz: Order of Magnitude
- go over warm-up and questions on any of the syll.
statements HW: type up your final draft of your materials and procedure |
| Thursday | 9/10/09 | Lab:
Raindrops collect all your data, using only the materials you requested yesterday
HW: begin your data
processing |
| Friday | 9/11/09 | - finish data collection, if necessary - discuss expectations for write-up (looking at rubric) - computer lab available to work on final report Note: there is a change in the requirements--please also do the conclusion and evaluation section lab is due Monday HW: Metric conversion practice worksheet |
Week 3
| Monday | 9/14/09 | Due: typed raindrops lab Due: metric conversion worksheet--correct in class ~~Answer Key~~ Notes: Metrics--units and conversions (remember--find the power point on the Unit page)
In class listening: we listened to the NPR
podcast about the standard Kilogram "losing weight".
Find the audio file
here if you want to hear it again or if you just want to read the
accompanying article (with very similar information) |
| Tuesday | 9/15/09 | - Finish the metric units notes (won't take
long) - Mini-lab: Accuracy and Precision in measurement--worksheet due tomorrow |
| Wednesday | 9/16/09 | Quiz: metrics Finish metric units notes if not finished on Tuesday Notes: Accuracy and Precision--talk about the lab results while discussing these concepts. Notes posted on the unit page if you need to review these concepts. |
| Thursday | 9/17/09 |
Notes: Errors and Uncertainty in Measurement--sig figs in
measurements and calculations Handout: Sig fig. rules |
| Friday | 9/18/09 | Notes: Errors and Uncertainty in Measurement--more on sig figs in measurements and calculations |
Week 4
| Monday | 9/21/09 | Notes and
examples: uncertainties in measurements and propagation of errors in
calculations HW: create a rough-draft data table in which to collect dimensions and mass measurements for 7 aluminum sample pieces |
| Tuesday | 9/22/09 | Lab: day 1--Density of Aluminum: an exercise with uncertainties |
| Wednesday | 9/23/09 | Lab: day
2--continue data collection HW: 1/2 sheet of uncertainty calculation practice problems |
| Thursday | 9/24/09 | Lab day 3: discuss expectations for
data processing and error calculations; computer lab is reserved for our use
during the last half of the class period. time also allowed for any last measurements that must be completed |
| Friday | 9/25/09 | Lab day 4: Logger Pro and graphing
expectations instruction. computer lab is available for continued work on data processing. HW: Finish formal lab report: Data Collection AND Processing, as well as a Conclusion/Evaluation. Due Monday |
Week 5
| Monday | 9/28/09 | computer lab work time for lab report |
| Tuesday | 9/29/09 | Lab due; bring your copy of the rubric so we
can do a peer evaluation of the final report Notes: Vectors and Vector Mathematics |
| Wednesday | 9/30/09 | Quiz: uncertainty calculations |
| Thursday | 10/1/09 | Continue notes on vectors and vector
mathematics Notes: introduction to mechanics: Displacement and Distance HW: due tomorrow--practice worksheet for vector addition |
| Friday | 10/2/09 | Lab: Displacement Vectors--collect your data today; data and processing will be due on Tuesday. |
Week 6
| Monday | 10/5/09 | - continue data collection if time is needed - discuss lab results/strategies--1st draft of lab due on Tuesday (tomorrow) notes: Introduction to mechanics--distance vs. Displacement; velocity vs. speed; Relative velocity |
| Tuesday | 10/6/09 | Warm-up: peer review of calculations Notes: Introduction to mechanics--velocity, speed, and acceleration; HW: practice problems--average velocity; vector addition; relative velocity |
| Wednesday | 10/7/09 | Final draft Lab Due: Vector
diagram (to scale, labeled with lengths and angles; draw in Resultant
displacement vector); Calculations for the magnitude and direction of the
resultant vector using the component method. Use the front wall of the
classroom as the horizontal line to which you report your direction angle. Quiz: Vector Addition |
| Thursday | 10/8/09 | Lab Postponed--due
to technical difficulties :) Class time used for completion of Pre lab questions and Syllabus Statements (reminder: all of topic 1 due tomorrow!) |
| Friday | 10/9/09 | Syllabus statement
books collected Lab: Graph Matching |
Week 7
| Monday | 10/12/09 | 1st half of class: finish up data
collection for graph matching activity. Analysis questions due at the end of the period HW: Due tomorrow-- Read pages 33-41; complete problems p. 60-61: 2, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 22 When you are finished with the lab, work on these questions--there are class copies of the problems available to BORROW |
| Tuesday | 10/13/09 | graphing motion Pre-lab: Uniform Accelerated Motion--HW: have data tables ready to fill out in your lab book. Print out the procedure--it will be available to print out at the given link by Wednesday at noon. Syllabus Statements: books returned, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.7, 2.1.8 due FRIDAY |
| Wednesday | 10/14/09 | no class: PSAT alternate schedule |
| Thursday | 10/15/09 | Lab: Uniform Accelerated Motion--data collection today; Data collection and processing (DCP) and Conclusion/Evaluation due on Wednesday |
| Friday | 10/16/09 | Syllabus statements stamped Next set: 2.1.3-2.1.6, 2.1.9 due Friday, 10/23/09 1st half of class--if needed--time to finish data collection notes: uniform accelerated motion and kinematic equations |
Week 8
| Monday | 10/19/09 | notes: continuation of uniform accelerated motion notes from Friday |
| Tuesday | 10/20/09 | notes: Kinematic equations HW: due Thursday--Ticker-timer accelerated motion |
| Wednesday | 10/21/09 | Lab Due Quiz: graphing motion; introduction to kinematics (displacement, velocity, and acceleration) HW: Kinematic Equations bookwork--due tomorrow |
| Thursday | 10/22/09 | bookwork stamped off...not corrected until
tomorrow video: "Elevator of Death" |
| Friday | 10/23/09 | Correct bookwork syll. statements due date postponed until Monday Notes/Demos: Free-Fall; uniform accelerated motion due to gravity |
Week 9
| Monday | 10/26/09 | collect Ticker-timer data processing Free-fall acceleration; video clips (hammer/feather on moon, skydiving) |
| Tuesday | 10/27/09 | begin data collection: Terminal Velocity lab (write-up due on Monday) |
| Wednesday | 10/28/09 | Stamp Syll. statements keep working on data collection HW: book problems--68, 69, 71 |
| Thursday | 10/29/09 | finish data collection, discuss lab
expectations go over book problems; more practice problems |
| Friday | 10/30/09 | review kinematic equations--bonus practice
assignment remember, terminal velocity lab due Monday! (data table, 2 graphs, and CE) |
Week 10
| Monday | 11/2/09 | Quiz:
Kinematic equations and free-fall notes: Forces and Newton's Laws of motion |
| Tuesday | 11/3/09 | Notes: Newton's 1st law of motion: examples, video demonstrations, application |
| Wednesday | 11/4/09 | Forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium |
| Thursday | 11/5/09 | 2-d Tension forces in equilibrium HW: p. 110 example problems--read, then do the follow-up questions in your notes |
| Friday | 11/6/09 | Mass, Weight and apparent weight Newton's 3rd Law of motion Hw: syll. statements 2.2.1-2.2.9; 2.2.13-2.2.14 due Tuesday HW: conceptual questions p. 133: 9, 11, 15 Hw: exercises p. 135+: 12, 15, 18, 22, 26, 32 |
Week 11
| Monday | 11/9/09 | notes: apparent weight (elevator problem) |
| Tuesday | 11/10/09 |
Stamp syll. state. |
| Wednesday | 11/11/09 | No School--Veteran's Day |
| Thursday | 11/12/09 | check bookwork lab tips--sample problem involving tensions at different angles Notes/demos linear momentum and impulse |
| Friday | 11/13/09 | warm-up: ranking task exercise packet: 4
impulse and momentum problems; turned in before taking notes today. Notes: Linear momentum and impulse HW: practice problems--> p. 213: mult. choice 1-7; p. 213-214: conceptual #4, 5, 7; p. 215-216: exercises #3, 4, 5, 13, 16, 21, 28, 31 |
Week 12
| Monday | 11/16/09 | go over
practice problems for momentum and impulse notes/demos: impulse, collisions, conservation of momentum syll. state. 2.2.10-2.2.13 due Wed. |
| Tuesday | 11/17/09 | go over book problems with neighbor; bookwork
stamped for completion video: Modern Marvels--Car Crashes HW: using notes taken during the video, type a 1 page response to the following question: "How has car safety evolved over time? Discuss the physics principles involved in the safety features." |
| Wednesday | 11/18/09 | notes/demos: collisions |
| Thursday | 11/19/09 | mini-lab: collisions and conservation
of momentum HW: short lab analysis If time allows, we'll start with the notes/demos for work and the work-kinetic energy theorem |
| Friday | 11/20/09 | Turn lab in Practice problems worksheet (momentum, impulse, and collisions)--due Monday HW for Monday: Print off the Pre-lab and procedure for the conservation of energy lab. answer each of the questions for Pre-Lab parts 1 and 2. |
Week 13
| Monday | 11/23/09 | lab: conservation of energy |
| Tuesday | 11/24/09 | finish lab: conservation of energy |
| Wednesday | 11/25/09 | Quiz: Momentum & collisions |
| Thursday | 11/26/09 | no school--Thanksgiving |
| Friday | 11/27/09 | no school |
Week 14
| Monday | 11/30/09 | discuss lab results notes: power, energy and work |
| Tuesday | 12/1/09 |
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| Wednesday | 12/2/09 |
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| Thursday | 12/3/09 | Work on exam review worksheet |
| Friday | 12/4/09 | Review for exam
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Week 15
| Monday | 12/7/09 | Work day--review for test and complete worksheet and syll. statements (all except section 2.4) Answers to the
Worksheet: (and here are some
hints for solving the problems, too) |
| Tuesday | 12/8/09 | Unit Test:
Mechanics--day 1 calculations and short answer |
| Wednesday | 12/9/09 | Unit Test:
Mechanics--day 2 multiple choice All Syll. Statements, bookwork that's been stamped, and review worksheets must be turned in today. They will not be accepted late. |
| Thursday | 12/10/09 | Intro to thermal physics
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| Friday | 12/11/09 | Thermal energy transfer |
Week 16
| Monday | 12/14/09 | Lab prompt--rough draft due tomorrow: Design a lab to study a thermometric property of matter |
| Tuesday | 12/15/09 | peer edit Design lab; final draft due
tomorrow Notes and demos: Temperature; thermal energy transfer (radiation) |
| Wednesday | 12/16/09 | collect final lab Design Notes and demos: kinetic theory of matter; physical chemistry (molar mass, etc.) |
| Thursday | 12/17/09 | finish notes |
| Friday | 12/18/09 | mini-engineering challenge; holiday movie physics analysis |
Enjoy your winter break!
Week 17
| Monday | 1/4/10 | review: thermal properties of matter;
temperature; kinetic theory Notes and demos: calorimetry, specific heat, |
| Tuesday | 1/5/10 | Continue/finish notes: calorimetry and
specific heat intro info for field trip and preliminary sign-up Begin notes: phase changes |
| Wednesday | 1/6/10 | Notes: latent heat, phase change |
| Thursday | 1/7/10 | HW: Problems--calorimetry, specific heat, and latent heat
practice; plus review for unit exam--class time to work on assignment--homework
due tomorrow (will be stamped; collected day of unit test)
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| Friday | 1/8/10 | - Reminder: syll. statements due the
day of the exam (next Thursday) - review and in-class practice problems similar to those on the worksheet/in the book |
Week 18
| Monday | 1/11/10 | Mini-Lab: Calorimetry; report due Friday |
| Tuesday | 1/12/10 | mini-lab: gas pressure and volume handout/notes: ideal gases time to work on syll. statements or other review when done with the lab |
| Wednesday | 1/13/10 | Review for exam |
| Thursday | 1/14/10 | Thermal physics unit exam--All syllabus statements for this topic and all assigned homework will be turned in today! |
| Friday | 1/15/10 | HW:
review for final exam--topics:
physics and physical measurement; mechanics; thermal physics Answers to the even questions for review (odd answers are in the back of your textbook) |
Week 19
| Monday | 1/18/10 | No school--Martin Luther King, Jr. day |
| Tuesday | 1/19/10 | final exam review in class After school review session for final exams: meet in room 902 beginning at 3 PM until all questions are answered (but no later than 5 PM) |
| Wednesday | 1/20/10 | final exams--periods 5 and 6 |
| Thursday | 1/21/10 | final exams--periods 3 and 4 |
| Friday | 1/22/10 | final exams--periods 1 and 2 |
Week 20
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Week 1
| Monday | 1/25/10 | go over final exam; pass back Sem. 1 papers Notes/Demos: Intro to atomic and nuclear structure |
| Tuesday | 1/26/10 | |
| Wednesday | 1/27/10 | Quiz #1: Atomic structure |
| Thursday | 1/28/10 | Notes/demos/discussion (continued): discovery of radioactivity and Alpha radiation |
| Friday | 1/29/10 | Notes/demos/discussion (cont.): Alpha radiation |
Week 2
| Monday | 2/1/10 | Notes/discussion: Beta particles and gamma rays |
| Tuesday | 2/2/10 | Research project: Applications of nuclear physics--introduced; initial research day in computer lab |
| Wednesday | 2/3/10 | 8:30 AM: initial Group 4 project
planning meeting; theater--mandatory! research for project continued: library |
| Thursday | 2/4/10 | Video: Einstein's big Idea |
| Friday | 2/5/10 | Video (pt. 2): Einstein's Big Idea |
Week 3
| Monday | 2/8/10 | finish video; review previous week's events peer edit G4 individual planning design work time in class for G4 and/or poster project |
| Tuesday | 2/9/10 | G4 introductory paper due (if not turned in
yesterday); individual design DUE today Beginning of period notes/discussion: nuclear decay |
| Wednesday | 2/10/10 | Project (posters) due today; continue notes on Beta decay |
| Thursday | 2/11/10 | Positron emission; electron capture; gamma decay--notes |
| Friday | 2/12/10 | Video: Numb3rs--"Dirty Bomb" |
Week 4
| Monday | 2/22/10 | Lab: Lifetime of a radioactive isotope;
analysis due tomorrow HW: syllabus statements 7.1.1-7.2.9 due on Friday |
| Tuesday | 2/23/10 | Discuss lab results from yesterday notes: Half-life |
| Wednesday | 2/24/10 | Quiz: Nuclear decay processes |
| Thursday | 2/25/10 | In class work--please bring your book:
practice problems/worksheet; syll. statements 7.1 - 7.2. Both
assignments due tomorrow worksheet:
review of decay equations |
| Friday | 2/26/10 | Stamp Syll. statement books; stamp/go over
homework begin notes: Nuclear reactions |
Week 5
| Monday | 3/1/10 | notes: cloud chambers; unified mass unit; E=mc^2 |
| Tuesday | 3/2/10 | Demo: Cloud chamber notes: Binding energy and nuclear reactions reminder: syll. statements are all due on the day of the unit exam! (In addition to those already completed: 7.3.1 - 7.3.11 and 8.4.1 - 8.4.11) |
| Wednesday | 3/3/10 | Quiz: half-life and cloud chambers continue notes: binding energy |
| Thursday | 3/4/10 | Nuclear reactions--fission and fusion |
| Friday | 3/5/10 | Video: Modern Marvels--Nuclear Tech |
Week 6
| Monday | 3/8/10 | Nuclear reactions--review HW: p. p. 1030: 1, 16, 17 |
| Tuesday | 3/9/10 | Nuclear power plants Chernobyl |
| Wednesday | 3/10/10 | Chernobyl |
| Thursday | 3/11/10 | Review for exam |
| Friday | 3/12/10 | Unit Exam--all
syll. statements due today! Also, turn in your lab book to get credit for the cloud chamber activity! |
Week 7
| Monday | 3/15/10 | |
| Tuesday | 3/16/10 | |
| Wednesday | 3/17/10 | |
| Thursday | 3/18/10 | evening: group 4 science symposium |
| Friday | 3/19/10 |
Week 8
| Monday | 3/22/10 | |
| Tuesday | 3/23/10 | |
| Wednesday | 3/24/10 | |
| Thursday | 3/25/10 | |
| Friday | 3/26/10 |
Week 9
| Monday | 4/5/10 | |
| Tuesday | 4/6/10 | |
| Wednesday | 4/7/10 | |
| Thursday | 4/8/10 | |
| Friday | 4/9/10 |
Week 10
| Monday | 4/12/10 | |
| Tuesday | 4/13/10 | |
| Wednesday | 4/14/10 | |
| Thursday | 4/15/10 | |
| Friday | 4/16/10 |
Week 11
| Monday | 4/19/10 | |
| Tuesday | 4/20/10 | |
| Wednesday | 4/21/10 | |
| Thursday | 4/22/10 | |
| Friday | 4/23/10 |
Week 12
| Monday | 4/26/10 | |
| Tuesday | 4/27/10 | |
| Wednesday | 4/28/10 | |
| Thursday | 4/29/10 | |
| Friday | 4/30/10 |
Week 13
| Monday | 5/3/10 | |
| Tuesday | 5/4/10 | |
| Wednesday | 5/5/10 | |
| Thursday | 5/6/10 | |
| Friday | 5/7/10 |
Week 14
| Monday | 5/10/10 | |
| Tuesday | 5/11/10 | |
| Wednesday | 5/12/10 | |
| Thursday | 5/13/10 | |
| Friday | 5/14/10 |
Week 15
| Monday | 5/17/10 | |
| Tuesday | 5/18/10 | |
| Wednesday | 5/19/10 | |
| Thursday | 5/20/10 | |
| Friday | 5/21/10 |
Week 16
| Monday | 5/24/10 | |
| Tuesday | 5/25/10 | |
| Wednesday | 5/26/10 | After school (4 PM): be on buses for field trip |
| Thursday | 5/27/10 | field trip: Silverwood--return to Skyline ~ 11:30 PM |
| Friday | 5/28/10 | No School--Memorial Day weekend |
Week 17
| Monday | 5/31/10 | No School--Memorial Day |
| Tuesday | 6/1/10 | |
| Wednesday | 6/2/10 | |
| Thursday | 6/3/10 | |
| Friday | 6/4/10 |
Week 18
| Monday | 6/7/10 | |
| Tuesday | 6/8/10 | |
| Wednesday | 6/9/10 | |
| Thursday | 6/10/10 | |
| Friday | 6/11/10 | graduation |
Week 19
| Monday | 6/14/10 | |
| Tuesday | 6/15/10 | |
| Wednesday | 6/16/10 | |
| Thursday | 6/17/10 | |