Physics Semester Schedules      

Physics - Fall 2009

Physics - Spring 2010

Tutoring Info

Test Make-up Info

Lab Make-up Info

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Unit	Chapter(s)	Exam, Projects, H/W Dates
Dimensional Analysis  Homework - show your work:       1) D. A. w/s (Bottom of D. A. page)       2) Sc. Notation w/s (bottom of D.A. page)	Notes	September 9/10, 2009 Homework due dates:       Sept. 8/9, 2009
Science of Physics	Chapter 1	September 2009
Volume Activity	Chapter 1	September 9/10, 2009 Note: Late reports receive a grade of 50. No reports accepted after September 18
Motion in One Dimension   TI-84 / CBR2 Activity  Homework - show your work:       Linear Motion Problems   Labs       Constant Velocity Lab        Constant Acceleration Lab	Chapter 2	September 18, 2009  Homework due date:       Sept. 18, 2009
Vectors  Homework - show your work:       Resolving vectors         Graphical addition of vectors         Adding vectors         Resultants of vectors   Lab       Force Board Lab Honors	Chapter 3 Sections 1, 2	October 23, 2009  All homework due:       Oct. 23, 2009
Forces and the Laws of Motion  Homework - show your work:       Dynamics Problems   Lab       1st Law Lab - Academics          1st Law Lab - Honors          Shoe Friction Lab	Chapter 4	November 6, 2009 Homework due:       Nov. 6, 2009
Mousetrap Car Project	Project  Require for Honors Classes Extra Credit for Academic Classes	November 11/12, 2009 Note: Late Projects receive a grade of 50.
Two Dimensional Motion  Homework - show your work:       Page 102, Section 3D Problems 1, 2, 3          Page 104, Section 3E Problems 2, 3, 4        Page 109, Section 3F Problems 1, 2, 3	Chapter 3 Sections 3, 4	December 4,  2009 Homework due:       Dec, 4, 2009
Work and Energy  Lab       Work and Power Lab	Chapter 5	December 16/17, 2009
Momentum	Chapter 6	November 2009
Messier Object Activity	Extra Credit Research	January 13, 14, 2010
Semester Exam Review	All the Above	January 2010

            Physics Spring 2010 SCHEDULE    

Unit	Chapter(s)	Exam Dates
Rotational Motion and  the Law of Gravity	Chapter 7	Display Poster
Waves and Sound  Homework - show your work:          Wave and Frequency Problems	Chapter 12, 13	February 10/11, 2010 Homework due:       Feb 10/11, 2010
Electrostatic Project  Electrostatic Lab - Honors	Honors Physics - Research	February 17/18, 2010 Note: Late Projects receive a grade of 50.
Electric Field and Charges	Chapter 17	February 26, 2010 Academic classes only
Electric Current  Voltaic Pile Lab - Honors   Homework - show your work:       Ohm's Law Problems	Chapter 18, 19	March 2010
Useful Stuff: Breadboard Patterns   BK 2703B Multimeter Instructions
Series and Parallel Circuits	Chapter 20	March 2010
Electronic Circuits  Semiconductors   Inductors/Inductance   Capacitors/Capacitance	Chapter 24	April 2010
Electronics Circuit Project	Project	April 2010 Note: Late Projects receive a grade of 50.
Magnetism and Magnetic Fields	Chapter 21	April 2010
The Nature of Light	Chapter 14	May 2010
Refraction and Lenses	Chapter 15	May 2010
Optics Project	Research	Presentations June 2010 Note: Late Projects receive a grade of 50%.
Xtal Radio  Timeline/Formulas  Xtal Radio - Basic Theory	Project	June 2010
Semester Exam	All of the above	June 2010

       

Laboratory make ups Lab make ups will always be in my classroom  DATE:  Tuesdays                            TIME: 2:40 PM If you have class or activity at another campus, your lab make-up will be at the time you can return here.

         

Test make ups     Test make ups will always be in my classroom  DATE:  Thursdays                            TIME: 2:40 PM If you have class or activity at another campus, your lab make-up will be at the time you can return here.

         

Tutoring Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:45 to 4:30  PM

    This schedule is not quite etched in stone and it may be changed as needed in the event of a natural disaster, an unnatural disaster, an invasion of aliens, over breeding of Bufo alvarius or the extinction of old buzzard eggs.  Please check back for any changes and/or additions to this schedule.