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Employability - 10%
Daily Work/Homework and Labs - 40%
Tests - 25%
Quizzes - 10%
Final - 15%                            ******Please note: Dates are TENTATIVE   **********

Tuesday, Sept 6th -  Formula Sheet
pass out books. HW: Turn in completed parent slip by Friday. Introduce website; Intro metric conversions, Begin Metric Conversions 1;  

Discuss Scientific notation rules;  Practice SciNot1  

 Wednesday, Sept 7th -  (Class orientation meetings) Intros and expectations, lab rules ; Metric Conversions 2
  Review metric conversions, scientific notation.  

Thursday, Sept 8th -
Mass Volume Density Notes; Significant Figures significantfigures.pdf , practice measuring, HW: Read section 1.3 Answer #1-7 Due Friday; practice converting and scientific notation, review, etc.

Friday, Sept 9th - Measuring Lab, Accuracy vs. Precision

Monday, Sept 12th -
Metrics Quiz, Practice Measuring, Finish up Measuring Lab, hand our Metric Review (this is not homework, but you should do it to prepare for test) Metricquizpracticehw.doc

Tuesday, Sept 13th -
Aluminum Foil Lab (at the end of chapter 1); Review for TEST

Wednesday, Sept 14th - METRICS TEST;   Homework due Friday-  11.1 #1-3,  11.2 #1-3, 8-9

Thursday, Sept 15th -
Notes over 11.1-11.2: Frame of Reference, Distance vs. Displacement, Speed vs. Velocity 11-1/11-2notespage1.jpg notespage2.jpg , Newton Worksheet #1 Wksht1.doc , frame of reference notes , speed/velocity notes

Friday, Sept 16th -Go over homework(RQ?) ;  Newton Worksheet #2 Wksht2.doc, Speed Work SpeedWork.doc

Monday, Sept 19th -   Notes over 11.3; Acceleration11-3notes.jpg 11-3notes2.jpg, Newton Worksheet #3Wksht3.doc,

 Tuesday, Sept 20th -
Finish NW #3; Accelerometers lab; Graphing Motion Worksheet motion_graph_wksheet.doc ; HW: 11.3 #1-9; Also do these: p. 351, 1-10; page 351-352, 13, 18-22, 24, 29-31; page 353 1, 2, 4, 5 All questions should be written with both question and answer combined (don't write just the letter) except for the questions on page 353. For those ones, just write the letter and write out the answer. All Due Monday   

Wednesday, Sept 21st - Finish Graphing Motion Sheet; Newton video
 

Thursday, Sept 22nd -Finish Graphing Motion Sheet; Rolling Lab AccelerationofVariousSpheroidalObjec.doc  acclab.xls

Friday, Sept 23rd - Finish rolling lab; Finish graphing of lab; Go over lab; Go over graphing motion sheet; Homework: Draw (with color) examples of the 4 types of friction mentioned in 12.1 Due Wednesday; Also complete 12.1 #1-5, 7-8; 12.2 #1-3, 5; 12.3 #1-4 Due Friday

Monday, Sept 26th - Go over HW = 11.3, ch.11 review, etc.;  Work on HW; Gravity video?
 

Tuesday, Sept 27th -   Projectile Motion and Falling objects Lab InvestigatingFreeFall.pdf ; Go over lab; Work on HW  

Wednesday, Sept 28th - Notes on Ch. 12 ch12notes1.jpg  ch12notes2.jpg ;Start Newton Worksheet #4Wksht4.doc ; Work on HW
 

Thursday, Sept 29th - Go over Ch. 12 HW(RQ)?; Display friction pictures; Finish up Newton Worksheet #4, go over;  Finish Ch. 12 Notes ; Work on Newton Worksheet #5 Wksht5.doc,;

Friday, Sept 30th - Finish Newton WS #5-go over; Pendulum Lab PendulumLab.pdf  PendulumLabquestions.doc Pendulumlabtips.doc; .   

Monday, Oct 3rd - Finish up Pendulum Lab; Pass out/do 4 practice problems  4practicequestions.doc;  pass out 4 homework questions, 4homeworkquestions.doc , due Tuesday.;  Announce Motion Math QUIZ Friday; We might get to Balloon Lab InvestigatingaBalloonJet.pdf InvestigatingaBalloonJetTips.doc
   

Tuesday, Oct 4th - Turn in 4 homework questions; pass out 6 homework questions6homeworkquestions.doc due Tomorrow.; 12.4 notes 12-4notes.pdf Work and Power Notes 14-1notes.pdf; work/power notes-1 work/power notes-2 work/power notes-3; Remind about quiz.
   

Wednesday, Oct 5th - Go over 6homework questions;  Work and Power problems in class workpowermomentum.doc,; Start Practice Quiz?? ; HW: work on Page 385 1-10, 11-14, 16-18, 20, 23 for practice on the test. Read Pages 350, 384, and 440 (section 14.1 only) for review on the test.Due Tuesday.
 

Thursday, Oct 6th -Go over work, power, momentum problems,; Bill Nye-Motion video;  go over Practice Quiz?, work on book work-Page 385, etc.- due Tuesday.  
 

Friday, Oct 7th - Motion Math Quiz ; Work on HW-due Tuesday; Show motion demos (car crashes, etc.)

Monday Oct 10th - Go over motion math quiz; Oral review for concept quiz; work on bookwork/study for quiz (catch up)

Tuesday, Oct 11th - Motion Concept Quiz ; Grade concept quiz?; Go over book work; (catch up day if needed) ;

Wednesday, Oct 12th - Go over concept quiz?;  Review

Thursday, Oct 13th -  Review for test

Friday, Oct 14th - NEWTON'S TEST               Newton's Test Review Guide*****************************************

  Monday, Oct 17th - Waves Vocab/Anatomy of a Wave homework, due Thursday.WavesVocabulary.doc 
  

Tuesday, Oct 18th -  Questions from Ch 17 due on Friday:17.1 #1,2,4; 17.2 # 1-3, 9-10; 17.3 #1-4, 7-8; 17.4 #1-3, 9 ; work on Waves Vocab.Waves Notes!!! waves-giles.ppt

 Wednesday, Oct 19th - Go over anatomy of a wave; Drawing Waves DrawingWaves.doc ; Drawing Waves 2 DrawingWaves2.doc ; Work on vocab; work on Ch. 17 HW.

Thursday, Oct 20th - Vocab due;  Finish Drawing Waves 2;    Ch. 18 questions due on Wednesday: 18.1 pg 538 1-5, 9-10; 18.2 pg 545 1-5, 7; 18.3 pg 549 1-2, 5; 18.4 pg 553 1,3-5; 18.5 pg 562 1; Perfect Pitch Homework due Wednesday pitchhomework.doc
 

Friday, Oct 21st - Ch. 17 questions due-RQ?; Drawing Sound WavesDrawingsoundwaves.doc,  Singing Rod Demo, Doppler Demo; Perfect Pitch Audio Clip
 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4153600

Monday, Oct 24th - Sound in solids lab, Domino Demo, Speed of Sound Lab OR Waves Web Search-comp lab.

Tuesday, Oct 25th - Ch. 19 questions due Friday : 19.1 pg 573 1-3; 19.2 pg 578 1-4; 19.3 pg 585 1; 19.4 pg 592 2-4;  Finish labs or web search; Finish drawing sound waves; Bill Nye Waves Video;  Ben and Jerry's Thermoacoustic Refrigeration project ;  Vocab quiz is Friday!

Wednesday, Oct 26th - Ch. 18 questions due RQ?; Perfect Pitch HW due;  Work on HW;  Notes- Electromag.ppt

Remind... vocab quiz tomorrow!

Thursday, Oct 27th - Finish notes; Waves Vocab Matching quiz Wavesmatching.doc ;

Friday, Oct 28th - Ch. 19 hw due-go over;  Go over vocab quiz; Work on Waves review wavesreview.doc ;  , Mirror and Lenses mini lab,(if time) ;             Test is Tuesday!

Monday, Oct 31st - Review for test... which is tomorrow!! ; jeopardy? ************************************************UPDATE***************

Catching up to present///////////

Tuesday, Nov 1st - WAVES TEST (over Ch. 17, 18, and 19); Bookwork CHECK! Have bookwork organized, labeled, in proper order.

Ch. 20 questions, due Wednesday: 20.1 #1-5, 9 ; 20.2 #1-7 ; 20.3 #1-4, 6-8 ; 20.4 #1-5, 7-8

Wednesday, Nov 2nd - Go over test; Electricity Notes Electricity.ppt  ; Intro and assign Take Home Electricity Activity- Due Friday 11/12.;

Thursday, Nov 3rd - A/C vs D/C story; Faraday's Law demo;   Work on hw.; Finish notes.

Friday, Nov 4th - Ch. 20 hw due-RQ? ; Van de Graaf Generator (check other teachers for testing??); Ch. 21 HW 625 1-10, pg 633 1, 7, pg 639 1, pg 647 2,4 all in complete sentences Due Wednesday

Monday, Nov 7th - Electricity videos (nye? brainiacs?); 6 math problems Electricitymathproblems.doc, ; Draw Three Methods of Charging-Due tomorrow; Test on Friday!

Tuesday, Nov 8th - Present 3 methods of charging; Calculate the Cost assignment;  Remind about test Wednesday!!

Wednesday, Nov 9th- Ch. 21 HW due-go over.RQ? ; Ch. 21 notes?;   String theory video?

Thursday, Nov 10th- Review for test- jeopardy? electricitypowerpoint.ppt

Friday, Nov 11th- ELECTRICITY TEST ;      FINAL REVIEW TERMINOLOGY/GUIDE physicfinalreviewterms09.doc

Monday, Nov 14th- Take Home Electricity Activity due- go over ; Review for final exam.

Tuesday, Nov 15th- Review for final exam; Formula Sheet;  ;FINAL REVIEW TERMINOLOGY/GUIDE physicfinalreviewterms09.doc

Wednesday, Nov 16th-

Thursday, Nov 17th-

Friday, Nov 18th- FINAL EXAMS

Monday, Nov 21st- FINAL EXAMS

Tuesday, Nov 22nd- FINAL EXAMS

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