Elementary+Physics

__**Elementary Physics - Daily Summary & Homework**__
8/30/11 - Introduction to course, HW: Get Notebook together by Thursday (9/2/11)

8/31/11 - Lab Safety, Lab Activity - AFM Microscope Simulation

9/1/11 - Lab Activity - AFM Microscope Simulation, HW: Get 3-ring binder notebook together

9/6/11 - AFM lab follow-up, lab activity - Hand Graphing Activity (diameter & circumference of circles)

9/7/11 - Finished Hand Graphing Activity (diameter & circumference of circles)

9/8/11 - Distributed books, notes, discussion, WS on mechanical equilibrium, HW: Complete WS

9/9/11 - Checked/reviewed WS, N1 Laws explorations, notes on forces & N1 Law

9/12/11 - Review of Equlibrium & N1 Law, notes & demonstrations on N2 Law, HW: p24-27:1,2,9,14,42,p.41-45:8,12,13,21,22

9/13/11 - Notebook management, checked/reviewed HW, example N2 problems

9/14/11 - Example N2 problems, lab activity - mass & weight

9/15/11 - Finished lab activity, HW: Complete lab report

9/16/11 - Worked on p.101:25-30

9/19/11 - Checked/reviewed HW, N3 Law, Friction, and Pressure explorations, notes on friction & pressure

9/20/11 - Notes & explorations on free fall, HW: p.99-100:1,3,5,6,8,9,10,12,18,22,24

9/21/11 - Checked/reviewed HW, started lab activity - friction

9/22/11 - Finished Friction lab, notes & discussion on Newton's 3rd Law

9/23/11 - Distributed study guides & started review for exam

9/26/11 - Reviewed for exam by working through study guide problems, Forces Exam on Thursday

9/27/11 - Reviewed for exam

9/28/11 - Lab Activity - Constant (Uniform) Motion

9/29/11 - Test - Forces

9/30/11 - Finished lab activity, notes & discussion on motion

10/3/11 - Notebook management, worked problems involving constant motion, HW: Complete 2,3,5,6,8,9 from WS

10/4/11 - Lab Activity - Accelerated Motion (Data collection)

10/5/11 - Lab Activity - Accelerated Motion (data analysis & graph construction)

10/6/11 - Returned/went over tests, checked/reviewed HW, notes & discussion on velocity

10/7/11 - Quiz - Average Speed

10/11/11 - Notes & discussion on velocity, acceleration, motion graphs

10/12/11 - Notes, discussions, demonstrations on motion graphs, HW: p.62:1,2,3,5,6,20

10/13/11 - Checked/reviewed HW, notes & examples on calculating average acceleration, HW: 2,3,5,6 from Average Acceleration WS

10/14/11 - Checked/reviewed HW, Motion Graphs Activity, HW: Complete lab report

10/17/11 - Notebook management, worked through additional average acceleration problems, notes, demonstration, discussion on free fall

10/18/11 - Lab Activity - Free Fall and Air Resistance

10/19/11 - Notebook Management, worked on study guide to prepare for Friday's test on linear motion, HW: Complete study guide

10/20/11 - Reviewed study guide, reaction time activities, HW: study for linear motion exam

10/21/11 - Test - Linear Motion

10/24/11 - Notes, activity, and demonstrations on projectile motion

10/25/11 - video clip on horizontal projectiles, horizontal projectile activity, notebook management

10/26/11 - notes on projectile motion and orbiting, HW: p.81:1-13

10/27/11 - checked/reviewed HW, horizontal projectile motion ranking task, projectile motion review WS, HW: Finish WS

10/28/11 - lab activity - projectile launched at an angle, notebook management

11/3/11 - checked/reviewed projectile motion review WS

11/4/11 - Viewed NFL - The Science behind football video segments

11/7/11 - Review of projectile motion ideas, Quiz - Projectile Motion

11/8/11 - Notes & demonstrations on Impulse & Momentum

11/9/11 - Notes & examples on calculating momentum and impulse by equation and impulse by graph, HW: p.140:24-27

11/10/11 - Checked/reviewed HW, viewed NOVA - Escape, The History of Auto Safety

11/11/11 - Finished viewing NOVA - Escape, The History of Auto Safety, reviewed ideas about impulse & momentum

11/14/11 - Lab Activity - Bumper Design

11/15/11 - Notes & demonstrations on momentum and the conservation of momentum, Hewitt WS

11/16/11 - Quiz - Impulse

11/17/11 - Checked/reviewed Hewitt momentum WS, distributed & worked on study guide

11/18/11 - Reviewed for exam, HW: Make final preparations for impulse & momentum exam on Monday

11/21/11 - Test - Impulse & Momentum

11/22/11 - Notes, activity, and discussion on energy, work, and power

11/23/11 - Work & power example problems, HW: p.165:1-5, p.168:33-37

11/29/11 - Notebook management, checked/reviewed HW, notes & examples on calculating kinetic and gravitational potential energies, HW: Complete KE/GPE WS

11/30/11 - Lab Activity - Energy Transformations of a Matchbox car

12/1/11 - Lab Activity - Energy Transformations of a Matchbox car (finished data collection), HW: Complete all calculations and data tables

12/2/11 - Viewed NOVA - Einstein's Big Idea

12/5/11 - Finished mechanical energy transformations lab activity, checked/reviewed KE/GPE problems, notes & demonstrations on the conservation of energy

12/6/11 - Viewed NOVA - Einstein's Big Idea

12/7/1 - Notes & demonstrations on energy transformations & energy transformation WS

12/8/11 - Finished reviewing energy transformation WS, notes & demonstrations on machines, distributed and started working on study guide questions

12/9/11 - COE bottle demonstration, notebook management, review for exam

12/12/11 - Notebook management, reviewed for exam, HW: Study for exam on Energy

12/13/11 - Test - Energy

12/14/11 - Finished viewing NOVA Einstein's Big Idea

12/15/11 - Notes, demonstrations, discussion on Thermal Energy

12/16/11 - Notes, demonstrations on thermal energy and thermal expansion, HW: p.424:1-16(skip 4,6)

12/19/11 - Returned/went over tests, checked/reviewed HW, specific heat capacity demonstration

12/20/11 - Lab Activity - Specific Heat Capacity

12/21/11 - Finished lab activity, notes & discussion on methods of thermal energy transfer, started work on study guide, HW: Study for Friday's quiz on Thermal Energy

12/22/11 - Worked on study guide and reviewed for quiz, HW: Finish preparations for quiz

12/23/11 - Quiz - Thermal Energy

1/3/12 - Lab Activity - The Pendulum (Day 1 - data collection)

1/4/12 - Lab Activity - The Pendulum (Day 2 - data collection)

1/5/12 - Lab Activity - Wrapped up work with the pendulum lab activity, HW: Complete lab report

1/6/12 - Notes, discussion, demonstrations on harmonic motion & waves

1/9/12 - Notebook managemet, notes on waves, draw your own transverse wave activity

1/10/12 - Lab Activity - Extracting 'g' with a pendulum (data collection)

1/11/12 - Lab Activity - Extracting 'g' with a pendulum (data collection & analysis)

1/12/12 - Lab Activity - Extracting 'g' with a pendulum (graph construction)

1/13/12 - Finished lab activity, distributed midterm materials and started to review, HW: Complete study guide questions

1/17/12 - Reviewed for midterm

1/24/12 - Returned/went over midterm exams, notebook management, transverse wave WS

1/25/12 - Finished transverse wave WS, notes & demonstrations on wave speed

1/26/12 - Notes & examples on calculating wave speed, HW: Complete wave speed WS: 109,110,112,113,115,116,118

1/27/12 - Viewed "The Challenge of Quantum Reality"

1/30/12 - Notebook management, checked/reviewed HW, notes & demonstration on reflection, refraction, diffraction

1/31/12 - Notes & demonstrations on interference and standing waves, lab activity - catch the wave

2/1/12 - Finished lab activity, additional demonstrations with standing waves

2/2/12 - Notes, demonstrations, reading on Doppler Effect & bow waves, distributed & started work on study guide

2/3/12 - Worked on study guide, HW: Prepare for SHM & Waves Test for Tuesday

2/6/12 - Worked on study guide, SHM & Waves Test moved to Wednesday

2/7/12 - Reviewed for test, designed experiments on sound, HW: Make final preparations for test

2/8/12 - Exam - Harmonic Motion & Waves

2/9/12 - Notes, discussion on sound, lab activity - cup-o-phone

2/10/12 - Notes & demonstrations on speed of sound, HW: p.528:1-9

2/13/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, notes & demonstrations on sound intensity

2/14/12 - Notebook management, in class assignment ==> p.528:11-17 (skip 15)

2/15/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, Worked on Sound WS #1, #2, and #3

2/16/12 - Worked on Sound WS #4, #5, and LRAD exploration

2/17/12 - Finished LRAD exploration & discussion, HW: Finish Sound WS's 1-5

2/20/12 - Resonance & Beats demonstrations & viewed clips from Mechanical Universe - Resonance

2/21/12 - Notes & examples on scientific notation, worked on scientific notation WS's #1 & #2

2/22/12 - Test - Sound

2/23/12 - Lab Activity - Putting the EM spectrum together, generating your own EM spectrum

2/23/12 - Generated EM Spectrum, EM Waves WS #1, EM Waves WS #2

2/27/12 - Viewed "The Physics of Innovation"

2/28/12 - Notes on EM wave speed, Worked on EM Waves WS #1, EM Waves WS #2, EM Wave speed calculation WS

2/29/12 - Worked on Wave speed calculations, EM Waves WS's 3, 4, 5

3/1/12 - Worked on EM Wave WS's, HW: Complete EM Wave WS's 1-5 and EM Wave Speed calculations by Monday

3/2/12 - Lab Activity - Detecting Invisible Light Sources

3/5/12 - Finished lab activity & completed EM Wave WS's

3/6/12 - Worked on study guide questions

3/7/12 - Worked & reviewed study guide questions

3/8/12 - Worked & reviewed study guide questions, viewed ESPN's "Sounds of Summer"

3/9/12 - Viewed supplemental EM Wave videos

3/12/12 - Test - EM Waves

3/13/12 - Finished test, notebook management, notes & demonstrations on reflection of light

3/14/12 - RRD WS #1

3/15/12 - Notes & demonstrations on refraction of light, RRD WS #2

3/16/12 - Notes & demonstrations on diffraction of light, RRD WS #3

3/19/12 - Finished work on RRD WS's, Lab Activity - "Diffraction of Light"

3/20/12 - Viewed "The Mystery of Dark Matter"

3/21/12 - Lab Activity - "Diffraction of Light"

3/22/12 - Finished lab activity, distributed & started work on reflection, refraction, diffraction study guide

3/23/12 - Reviewed 1-15 on study guide, lab activity - thin film interference

3/26/12 - Reviewed 16-29 on study guide

3/28/12 - Exam - Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction of Light

3/29/12 - Notes, discussion, & worksheet #1 on radioactivity

3/30/12 - Viewed part I of Frontline's "Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown"

4/2/12 - Reviewed Radioactivity WS #1 & finished Frontline's "Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown"

4/3/12 - Viewed "Nuclear Aftershocks"

4/10/12 - Worked on WS #2 & #3 from Radioactivity chapter

4/11/12 - Worked on WS #4 & #5 from Radioactivity chapter

4/12/12 - Lab Activity - Radioactive Decay Simulation

4/13/12 - Lab Activity - Radioactive Decay Simulation, HW: Complete lab report

4/16/12 - Lab Follow-up, reviewed Radioactivity WS #3, wrapped up WS #4 & 5

4/17/12 - Checked/reviewed WS #4, notes & discussion on fission & fusion

4/18/12 - Notebook management, viewed video segments on fission & fusion

4/19/12 - Worked on FF WS #1 & FF WS #2

4/20/12 - Lab Activity - How stuff works: fission vs. fusion

4/23/12 - Finished lab activity - fission vs. fusion

4/24/12 - Distributed & worked on study guide

4/25/12 - Finished work on study guide, started CASTLE Electricity, HW: Prepare for tomorrow's exam on radioactivity & nuclear decay

4/26/12 - Exam - Radioactivity & Nuclear Decay

4/27/12 - Lab Activity - The Geiger Counter

4/30/12 - CASTLE Electricity - What is needed to make the bulb light?

5/1/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Testing conductors & insulators

5/2/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Testing conductors & insulators & lab follow-up

5/3/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Worked on Sec 1 Summary exercise & Sec 1 HW

5/4/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Wrapped up Sec 1, HW: Prepare for Sec 1 Quiz

5/7/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Sec 1 Quiz

5/8/12 - CASTLE Electricity - What do the bulbs do to charge flow? Activities

5/9/12 - Notebook management, returned/went over last test & quiz, CASTLE Electricity - Find out the differences between bulbs & support wires in terms of resistance

5/10/12 - CASLTE Electricity - Resistance, series and parallel connections

5/11/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Resistance, series and parallel connections

5/14/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Sec 2 Summary exercise & homework

5/15/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Checked/reviewed Sec 2 HW, Sec 2 Quiz

5/16/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Sec 3 Activities (studying capacitance)

5/17/12 - CASTLE Electricity - Sec 3 Activities (studying capacitance)

5/21/12 - Started review for final exam. Distributed & worked on study guide #1

5/22/12 - Distributed & worked on study guide #2