Quarter 3 Lesson Plans - Physics

Week of January 2 through January 6

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (1-2-11)

NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK

Tuesday (1-3-11)

Review semester tests/Take notes on energy and work

Assign book assignment

Wednesday (1-4-11)

Take notes on constant forces at angles

Assign book assignment

Thursday (1-5-11)

Take notes on work and power

Assign book assignment

Friday (1-6-11)

Homework day (work and power)

Continue working on book assignment, “Work and Power Quiz” is scheduled for Monday, January 9th, 2012

 

Week of January 9 through January 13

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (1-9-11)

Take notes on compound machines

Assign book assignment

Tuesday (1-10-11)

Review for “Chapter 10 Test”

Assign “Chapter 10 Supplemental Review”

Wednesday (1-11-11)

Chapter 10 Test

 

Thursday (1-12-11)

Review test/Take notes on the work-energy theorem and kinetic energy

Assign book assignment

Friday (1-13-11)

Take notes on gravitational potential energy

Assign book assignment

 

Week of January 16 through January 20

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (1-16-12)

NO SCHOOL

MLK DAY

Tuesday (1-17-12)

Take notes on the conservation of mechanical energy

Assign book assignment

Wednesday (1-18-12)

Homework day

Continue working on Monday’s assignment

Thursday (1-19-12)

Lab: “Energy of a Tossed Ball”

Assign Lab Report: Due Friday, January 27th, 2012

Friday (1-20-12)

Lab: “Energy of a Tossed Ball”

Assign Lab Report: Due Friday, January 27th, 2012

 

Week of January 23 through January 27

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (1-23-12)

Take notes on inelastic, perfectly elastic, and sticky collisions

Conservation of Energy Quiz, Assign book assignment

Tuesday (1-24-12)

Lab: “Momentum, Energy, and Collisions”

Assign Lab Worksheet

Wednesday (1-25-12)

Review lab/Review for “Chapter 11 Test”

Kinetic Energy and Collisions Quiz, Assign “Chapter 11 Supplemental Review”

Thursday (1-26-12)

Chapter 11 Test

 

Friday (1-27-12)

Review test/Take notes on pressure, fluids, and Pascale’s Principle

Assign book assignment

 

Week of January 30 through February 3

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (1-30-12)

Review test/Take notes on pressure, fluids, and Pascal’s principle

Assign book assignment

Tuesday (1-31-12)

Take notes on hydrostatic pressure and Archimedes’ principle

Pascal’s Principle Quiz, Assign book assignment

Wednesday (2-1-12)

Lab: “Archimedes’ Principle”

Assign lab worksheet

Thursday (2-2-12)

Review lab/Take notes on Bernoulli’s principle and forces within liquids

Buoyancy Quiz, Assign book assignment

Friday (2-3-12)

Catch-up day

Talk about and discuss “Reviewing & Applying Concepts” found on p322

 

Week of February 6 through February 10

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (2-6-12)

Take notes on Bernoulli’s principle and forces within liquids/Talk about “Reviewing Concepts” and “Applying Concepts” on page 322

Assign book assignment

Tuesday (2-7-12)

Take notes on solid bodies and thermal expansion

Assign book assignment

Wednesday (2-8-12)

Review for “Chapter 13 Test”

Thermal Expansion Quiz, Assign “Chapter 13 Supplemental Review”

Thursday (2-9-12)

Chapter 13 Test

 

Friday (2-10-12)

Review test/Scotch tape on table – electrostatics – demo/Take notes on charged bodies and the difference between insulators and conductors

Assign book assignment

 

Week of February 13 through February 17

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (2-13-12)

Review test/Scotch tape demo/Take notes on charged particles and the difference between conductors and insulators

Assign book assignment

Tuesday (2-14-12)

Take notes on charging by conduction and induction

 

Wednesday (2-15-12)

Take notes on Coulomb’s Law and elementary charge

Assign book assignment

Thursday (2-16-12)

Take notes on the industrial application of Coulomb’s Law and the forces applied to three charged objects

Coulomb’s Law Quiz

Friday (2-17-12)

NO SCHOOL

P/T CONFERENCES

 

Week of February 20 through February 24

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (2-20-12)

NO SCHOOL

PRESIDENT’S DAY

Tuesday (2-21-12)

Take notes on the real-world application of Coulomb’s law and electrostatic forces amongst 3 or more charged objects

Coulomb’s Law Quiz

Wednesday (2-22-12)

Review for “Chapter 20 Test”

Assign “Chapter 20 Supplemental Review”

Thursday (2-23-12)

Chapter 20 Test

 

Friday (2-24-12)

Review test/Take notes on the introduction to the electric field

 

 

Week of March 5 through March 9

Day

Activities/Topics

Homework/Assessments

Monday (3-5-12)

Take notes on the sharing of electric charge and electric fields on conductors

Uniform Electric Fields Quiz

Tuesday (3-6-12)

Take notes on capacitors

Assign book assignment

Wednesday (3-7-12)

Review for “Chapter 21 Test”

Assign “Chapter 21 Supplemental Review”

Thursday (3-8-12)

Chapter 21 Test

 

Friday (3-9-12)

NO SCHOOL

SPRING BREAK

 

Physics

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