WEEK #1 Day #1 Introduction to Simple machines http://www.smrhs.org/uploaded/faculty/edwardsyzmkowiak/Simple_Machines/IMA,_AMA,_and_efficiency_worksheet.pdf We will demonstrate how simple machines can decrease the effort force but at the expense of increasing the effort distance---- I want to go over how to find the mechanical Advantage of a simple machine, ideal mechanical advantage of a machine, Work input, Work output, and efficiency-----
Day #2-------- More work on simple machine problems------ Then we will begin a lab over inclined planes where we calculate the MA, IMA and efficiency of a Simple machine.
Week #2 Day #3----- We finished the inclined plane lab and talked about work input and work output---- Worked on incline plane problem in book. Homeowrk 48-50 pg. 244
Week #3 Day #4----- Quiz over incline planes, go over the homework then do a work lab.
Day # 5 ----- Do some more work on Work problems then we will do a work lab where we calculate the amount of work done by going up the stairs by the gym.
Day #6------ Quiz over the weeks materials, then we will integrate the work problems with the simple machine problems
Week #5------
Day #7------ Began working on Relating PE=KE =Work, we will also go over the quiz that we took on Friday all of these are measured in Joules and can be related by a formula------- PE=mgh and KE= .5mv squared
Day #8------- I will be out of the classroom---- you will be working on work, potential energy and kinetic energy problems from the Physics classroom and what I give you----- all work will be done by the end of the class Thursday.
Day #9----- You will take the notes that I give you at the beginning of class then you will be working from the book to complete the worksheets.
Day #10----- More work on PE and KE
Day #11------ Hey I am back in class we will review all the PE and KE stuff
Week #6-----
Day #12----- Finish up the PE and KE lab----- We will then do some quick PE and KE problems------- We will then do the kinetic energy and Potential Energy worksheet---- Then we will calulate the PE and KE of a pendulum as well as the questions
Day #13-------- We will do a Physics quest with those students who are in class in the library.
Day # 14---- We will then move on to the Law of Conservation of energy to calculate the energy before and after a collision.
Day #15--- Continue on with the Law of Conservation of Energy Problems we will have a study guide for the quiz which will be on Friday over Energy.
Day #15------ Quiz over the Weekly materials
Week #7------
Day #16------ Introduction to heat and the amount of heat that an object contains--- retake of the test that we took last Friday.
Day #17----- More work on heat introduction to thermal equilibrium
Day 18-19---- No School snow day
Day #20 I was gone for quiz bowl------ We did worksheets over conduction, convection and radiation.
Week #7 Day #21Begin going over thermal energy which is Q= mass X specific heat X change in temperature------ We will do a few problems in class------ Where we calculate the amount of energy needed to heat something up. Lab---- Calculate the amount of energy needed to heat up a metal in class. We will then go on to Thermal Energy--------
Day #22----- More problems over Thermal Energy------ This weeks material is found in Chapter 12 in the book READ AHEAD Sections 12:1 and 12:2-------- We will then work on what the final temperature of a metal water mixture will be when you place a metal in a cup of water
Day #23 Quiz over thermal energy problems------ Kinetic molecular theory----------- Conduction, convection and radiation------ We will then work on burning chips and calculating the amount of calories in a potato chip
Day #24------------ We went over the burning over potato chips Quiz over thermal energy----------------- We will then start going over the heating curve of water and talking about the heat of fusion and vaporization of water------
Day #25--------- Quick quiz over the relationship between potential energy, kinetic energy, work and heat----- which way does heat move in a reaction------ We will then begin going over the heating curve of water.
Week #8
Day #26 ------------ Quick quiz at the beginning of class over heat-------- More heating curve of water problems------- We will do a lab which focuses on how much energy is required to melt ice or how much energy is required to heat water up.
Day #27-------- We will do some problems where we have to take the amount of heat that is in a substance and convert it into kinetic and potential energy.
Day #28------ Introduction to linear expansion with a focus on how things expand when heated. Worked on several problems in class-------
Day #29----------- We went over linear expansion ------- Did a linear expansion lab and then took the pretest to Physics.
Day #30------- Quiz over heat problems for the week
Week #9-------
Day #30---- We will be working on Heat problems which relate, KE, PE,W and Thermal Energy--- S.G for Heat Test---- The test will be on Wednesday.
Day #31------ We will be burning potato chips to determine the amount of calories that are found in a potato chip
Day #32------ Go over the study Guide on heat--- We will then move on to states of matter.
Day #33----- We will begin chapter 13 States of matter------- Pages 299-321. We will begin with Section 13:1----- The fluid states--------- Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Pascal's principle, swimming under pressure, buoyant force, Archimedes Principle, and Bernoulli's principle, adhesion, cohesion and changes of States----- Demonstration------ Bed of nails, Pressure problems------ Take a 2 liter bottle put three holes in it to show how pressure varies with depth (Pascal's Principle), Work out some problems----- Then Go to Archimedes principle and solve some problems that deal with weight and apparent weight of an object
Day #34-------- Quiz over pressure ideas---- Go over how to find pressure again, How to calculate the force on a submerged object, and how to find the apparent weight of a submerged object------We then move to the solid states-------- and how energy is transferred in a solid. We then move onto thermal and volume expansion for metals and how liquids expand when heated-------
Day #35------- (This material can be found in chapter 13) Quick Review sheet over pressure (We will do this with partners------ We will then go over Bernoulli's principle which states that with a low velocity in a fluid you have a high pressure and with a high velocity in a fluid you have a low presssure----- We will then go over calculating the pressure that a submerged object feels when under a fluid and the apparent weight of an object in a fluid.
Day #36----- Quiz over pressure------- After quiz we did a vocab draw to demonstrate that we understood the vocab from this chapter
Day #35------- Quiz over pressure again------ Then we took a piece of foil and observed how many pennies that it could hold----- As the buoyancy goes up it can hold more pennies.
Monday March 25-------- Introduction to forces and multiple forces we will go over how to find the net force of multiple force vectors.
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Monday, April 8------ We will then move on to chapter 14 waves------ We will cover section 14:1 in the book----- We will cover Transverse Waves, Longitudinal Waves, crests, troughs, amplitude, period, frequency, We will watch a video which shows the types of waves Surface waves------ Remember a wave can transfer energy but it cant transfer mass. Problems in book 1-7 pg. 335, 32-37 pg. 346
Tuesday, April 9------- - We then go over the wave homework problems------ Video what a baseball looks like when it is hit and a golf ballThe we go over the superpostion of waves and constructive and destructive interference, nodes and antinodes and what a standing wave is. We will then be drawing out the different defintions in the book.
Weds April 10-------- Go over the worksheet which was given out yesterday---------Then we do problems over waves to work on with a partner------ We will then do some wave problems in class, then draw out some pictures to demonstrate the mastery of waves
Thursday April 11---- We will have a short quiz over waves------ Remember the only way that you can change the speed of a wave is to change the medium------ Frequency, amplitude and wavelength will not change the velocity of a wave. We will then go over the properties of sound with emphasis on speed of sound in different mediums. We will focus on the impact that frequency and amplitude have on the speed of sound, and also over the Doppler effect
Friday April 12------ Kindergarten Science day, Quiz over the speed of sound------ We then need to go over refraction and diffraction and what happens when a wave encounters a new medium
Monday April 15------- Son was Sick Substitute Teacher----- Had students take a quick quiz then they went to library to do an assignement on wave velocity and superposition of waves.
Tuesday April 16------ Quick Review over what a wave does when it strikes a fixed boundary and what it does when it hits a non-fixed boundary. We will also go over constructive interference and destructive interference of waves. We will do a quick assignment to calculate the speed of light getting to planets and then calculate the wavelength that different tuning forks give off. We will also Begin going over the Doppler effect and what happens to the pitch of sound as you move towards and away from a sound source. Took a quiz over sound and amplitude, Watched a video about the tacoma narrows bridge, Then we did a worksheet over constructive, destructive interference and what reflection, Refraction and diffraction look like.
Wednesday April 17--------Quiz over interference of waves, and what happens when they hit a boundary --------- We will then begin light and the dual particle light theory. Video over this topic. We will focus on using E=hf and how the frequency of light effects the energy that a light beam has.
Thursday April 18th---------- Quiz over amplitude, frequency and velocity of a wave, We will then focus on how much light bends when it enters a new medium and the formula n=c/v. We will do several problems on the board and then have them draw the scenarios out they will see when light enters a new medium.
Friday April 19th--------- Final quiz over Sound, this will be from exam view, then we will begin going over light and how it reflects, refracts and diffracts based on the type of medium that it is in.
Monday April 22----- Quick quiz over what happens when light goes into different mediums, Then we will go over what reflection, refraction, and diffraction are we will also go over the dual nature of light is it a particle or is it a wave----- Video-----" Is light a particle or a wave by Colm Kelleher", and the double Slit experiment------ We will also go over why a rainbow forms and why the sky is blue based on Scattering. We will go to library to work on Physics classroom worksheets.
Tuesday April 23----- Quick quiz over the refraction of light in different mediums----- We will then calculate the speed of light in different mediums. This causes light to travel at different speeds in different mediums-------- TRICKY BUT COOL!!!!!!!!!! In a vacuum all colors of visible light travel at the same speed We will then come back to calculating why a Rainbow forms in the sky------ pg. 409 in book Interesting facts About rainbows----- The sun must always be behind you for a rainbow The sun has a higher arc as the sun is low in the sky------ can see a rainbow at noon----- it is their but below the horizon There is always a second rainbow we can't always see it. The second rainbows colors are flipped from the original rainbow If you are in a plane from the sky you will see an entire circle intead of half a rainbow------- Homewok in book---------#2, 4, 13, 15, 16,18,22,30
Weds April 24 ------ Begin going over 4 non contact Forces------- Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear, Gravitational, and Electrostatic---- Gravitational is not the strongest one------ How can I lift paper off a table if Gravitational is the strongest---- We will also go over the charging process------ By induction, conduction, and friction---- We will show the saran wrap demo with the petri dish and then go over the fur rod and the charge it gives to a can. Cellophane and plastic wrap demonstration
Thursday April 25 --- We will have a prequiz over electrostatic charging. Continue on with demonstrations-------- Over conduction , friction and induction------ finish up charging by conduction and grounding------ Begin going over Electrostatic forces and the Electrostatic force problems Coulombs Law. (State Standard 3.7 A) Predict how the electric force between charged object varies when the distance between them or the magnitude of the charges change. Enduring Questions------------ Students will be able to calculate the electrostatic force that an object experiences when placed in an electric field.
Friday April 26 ------- Go over homework------ How three charges effect each other. Quick quiz over charging by induction------- Lecture-------- Charging by Conduction-------- Do worksheet over charging by conduction------ Have students draw a picture which shows how to charge something by friction (How to make it positive and negative------- How to Charge something by induction------(How to make it positive and negative) How to Charge something by conduction (How to make it positive and negative)
Monday April 29-------- Quick Quiz over graphing of an object, We will also do a worksheet where we review charging by induction when done we will again review the electrostatic force on an object that is one dimension and one what is in two dimenssions with each other.
Tuesday April 30-------- Quiz over forces on an object we will then go over charging by friction and conduction------ When we are done with this we will be a worsheet over this material
Wednesday April 31----------- Quiz over charges on an object and also charging by friction, induction, and conduction. Work on the charging by conduction worksheet.
Thusday May 1------ Begin going over current electricity----------- Conductors, Insulators, ---------- We will make Circuits with true false questions.
Friday May 2-------- We will work on Circuits-------------------Where we test the relative strength of a battery.
Monday May 5------- We need to go over the concept of conventional current versus electron current------ and why current actually flows in a circuit. The ideas of a complete circuit, short circuit and an open circuit will also be discussed. Students will be given a drawing of a light bulb and a battery and will have to know if the bulb is lit or not. We are working on the voltage, current, and resistance in a series and parallel ciruit.
Tuesday May 6----------- We will have a short quiz over the voltage, current and resistance in a series/parallel circuit. We will then move on to series/parallel circuits. We will then move on to P=I X V to calculate the amount of power used by a circuit.
Wednesday May 7------------We will go over the homework problems, Then we will work on series/ parallel circuits, going over the electron flow model and the conventional current mode. We will then go over the cost of running appliances in the home.
Thursday May 8---------- Take a quiz over series and parallel circuits, how to wire a complete circuit and also how to calculate the cost of running an appliance------- We will then go over the energy conversions that take place from electrical to--- heat energy, kinetic energy, and potential energy, and work energy.
Friday May 9-------- Worked on Paper Airplanes-------- Juniors were gone
Monday May 13------ Present airplane work Work on calculating the voltage, current and resistance in a series/parallel circuit------- We will then work on wiring circuits and calculating the amount of current that is passing through a circuit.
Tuesday May 14---- Quiz over electricity stuff, We will then work on energy conversions and how different forms of energy are converted into other forms of energy. Worksheets over power transformation, Real life Transformations, Energy linkage and converting mechanical energy into heat energy.
Wednesday May 15--------- Quiz over energy conversions, Then do problems that demonstrate how one form of energy can be converted into other forms
Thursday May 16----- Spring picnic day-------- Flew our paper airplanes.
Friday May 17------- Took a quiz over circuits----- Then we began going over nuclear chemistry and determining the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in a nucleus. We put a major emphasis on isotopes which is the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
Monday May 20------- We will be going over finding numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons then we will begin going over the the process of fusion, fission and radioactive decay. We will do a lab to simulate radioactive decay.
Tuesday May 21------- Out for the day--------- Take quiz over nuclear chemistry then do the study guide from the chapter
Wednesday, May 22------ Grade quiz from Tuesday------- Finish up half life quiz------- Then we will begin going over nuclear fusion, fission, and radioactive decay with a large emphasis on alpha decay, beta decay and gamma decay.
Thursday, May 23 ------- We took a quiz over nuclear energy then we voted on who would sign the LID.
Friday May 24----------- NWEA Testing
Monday May 27-31 ------- Begin working on making tooth pick bridges we will be working on these all this week
Welcome Back Physics B Warriors---------- I Thank you for taking Physics B and hope that it adds to your Physics knowledge!!!!!!!!!!!!