CP Physics Assignments
This is where each week's assignments in CP Physics are posted. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 8: Monday, October 7th – Friday, October 11th
And just like that, it's October! 🍁 For this week in CP Physics, we're going to take our Unit 2 Test and then start our next unit on balanced forces. Here's what we're doing for the next-to-last week of 1st Quarter:
Mon. 10/7
Unit 2 Test A: Constant Velocity
Parent-Teacher Conferences @5-8pm - sign up here!
Tue. 10/8
review test
Wed. 10/9
Unit 2 Test B: Constant Velocity
Thu. 10/10
start Unit 3: Balanced Forces
interaction diagrams
Hover Disc Activity
Fri. 10/11
Teacher PD Day – NO SCHOOL
I hope you enjoy this short week and get some rest and relaxation over the upcoming three-day weekend! Let me know if you have any questions.
Week 7: Monday, September 30th – Friday, October 4th
Hi there! I hope you had fun at Homecoming and were able to dry out after all the rain we got this weekend. For this week in CP Physics, we're going to continue our work on understanding constant velocity and how to model it through motion maps, graphs and equations. Here's the plan:
Mon. 9/30
review Unit 2 Formative Quiz 1
finish Unit 2 Practice #2: Velocity Time Graphs and Displacement
DUE: Motion Graphs practice quizzes on PhysQuiz.net
Tue. 10/1
start Unit 2 Practice #3
DUE: Unit 2 Practice #2: Velocity Time Graphs and Displacement
Wed. 10/2
finish Unit 2 Practice #3
Motion Graphs velocity vs time practice quizzes on PhysQuiz.net
Thu. 10/3
Unit 2 Formative Quiz 2
Dueling Buggies!
DUE: Unit 2 Practice #3
Fri. 10/4
Unit 2 Review
DUE: Motion Graphs velocity vs time practice quizzes on PhysQuiz.net
Next week, we'll have our test on Unit 2: Constant Velocity on Monday 10/7 with the make-up on Wednesday 10/9. I hope you have an excellent week, and as always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 6: Monday, September 23rd – Friday, September 27th
Hello, future scientists! For this week in CP Physics, we'll continue our work on constant velocity with some fun new equipment! Here's the plan for the first week of fall 🍁:
Mon. 9/23
start Motion Detector Lab
DUE: Buggies Lab report
Tue. 9/24
finish Motion Detector Lab
Wed. 9/25
start Practice #1: Motion Maps and Position vs. Time Graphs
DUE: Motion Detector Lab
Thu. 9/26
finish Unit 2 Practice #1: Motion Maps and Position vs. Time Graphs
Motion Graphs practice quizzes on PhysQuiz.net
Fri. 9/27
Unit 2 Formative Quiz 1
start Unit 2 Practice #2: Velocity Time Graphs and Displacement
DUE: Unit 2 Practice #1: Motion Maps and Position vs. Time Graphs
Have a great Homecoming week, and let me know if you have any questions!
Week 5: Monday, September 16th – Friday, September 20th
Hi, everybody! This week in CP Physics we'll wrap up our unit on scientific thinking and move into our new unit on constant velocity. Here's the plan for the last week of summer:
Mon. 9/16
review Unit 1 Test A
Tue. 9/17
Unit 1 Test B: Scientific Thinking
All assignments from Unit 1 must be turned in by today in order to receive credit!
Wed. 9/18
start Unit 2: Constant Velocity
start Buggies Lab
Thu. 9/19
finish Buggies Lab
start Buggies Lab report
Fri. 9/20
finish Buggies Lab report (due Mon. 9/23)
Juniors: Register for the PSAT on MyPaymentsPlus!
I hope you have a wonderful week! As always, please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll see you in Fall. 🍂
Week 4: Monday, September 9th – Friday, September 13th
Hello again! I hope you had a good weekend and have recovered from all that rain on Friday night. Here's what we're doing this week as we wrap up our first unit on Scientific Thinking:
Mon. 9/9
finish Spaghetti Bridge Lab (if necessary)
finish Scientific Notation summative on PhysQuiz.net
start Physics Fix 2: Converting Units
Tue. 9/10
finish Physics Fix 2: Converting Units
work on S.T.A.R. #2
DUE: Spaghetti Bridge Lab write-up
Wed. 9/11
Unit 1 Formative Quiz #2: Scientific Notation & SI Conversions
SI Conversions summative on PhysQuiz.net
DUE: Physics Fix 2: Converting Units
Thu. 9/12
review quiz
study for the test!
Fri. 9/13
Unit 1 Test A: Scientific Thinking
Next week, we'll go over the test and then take the make-up test on Tuesday.
This week, I'm going to pass out PSAT practice exams to all juniors in the class. The PSAT takes place on Wednesday, October 9th in the morning at RHS and costs $19. It's a good way to practice for the full-length SAT, but more importantly, it's the qualifying exam for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship for juniors. Doing well on the PSAT could really pay off, and it looks good on a college application. Registration begins on September 20th on MyPaymentsPlus - I highly recommend taking it!
Have a great week, and let me know if you have any questions!
Week 3: Tuesday, September 3rd – Friday, September 6th
Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying your three-day weekend! Here's what we're doing in class for this abbreviated week as we continue working on our first unit in the course:
Mon. 9/2
Labor Day – NO SCHOOL
Tue. 9/3
Physics Fix 1: Scientific Notation
Wed. 9/4
Unit 1 Formative Quiz: Graphing
Scientific Notation summative on PhysQuiz.net
DUE: Unit 1 Practice #1: Graphical Analysis of Data
Thu. 9/5
review quiz
start Spaghetti Bridge Lab
DUE: Physics Fix 1: Scientific Notation
Fri. 9/6
finish Spaghetti Bridge Lab
work on lab write-up – due Tue. 9/10
As always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 2: Monday, August 26th – Friday, August 30th
Welcome to the first full week of school! I hope that school has started well for you and you have any issues with your schedule worked out. Now that we've had a few days to get to know each other and set some expectations, we can get to work! Here's what we're doing in class this week:
Mon. 8/26
finish Bouncing Ball Activity and share
discuss good experimental procedures
Tue. 8/27
Scientific Measurement Stations Lab
Wed. 8/28
continue review of S.T.A.R. #1
graph data from Stations lab
Thu. 8/29
Fri. 8/30
continue review of S.T.A.R. #1
Physics Fix 1: Scientific Notation
Please let me know you have any questions, and have a great week!
Week 1: Wednesday, August 21st – Friday, August 23rd
Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! I'm excited to have you in class, and I hope you're looking forward to a good year of learning about physics.
CP Physics is a challenging course that explores the laws that govern the ways objects move or are changed. Students will need strong Algebra skills, an interest in scientific issues, and a willingness to work hard in order to be successful in this course. Over my career, I’ve found that students who take Physics in high school are generally better prepared for college than those who don't.
Here's what we're doing in class for the first week of school:
Welcome to CP Physics! - first day presentation
Class Contract - get it signed!
start Bouncing Ball Activity
I hope you had a great first week and that you were able to get some rest this weekend before we attempt to go to school for five full days without strange bell schedules or burning birds. Let me know you have any questions!
Everything below this section is from the 2023-2024 school year!
Week 37: Monday, May 20th – Thursday, May 23rd
Congratulations to our graduating seniors in the Class of 2024! I thought Saturday's commencement was very nice and had some good speeches and performances by our musicians.
For those of you left behind, here's the schedule for this final week of your Junior year:
Mon. 5/20
review for the 2nd Semester Exam
Tue. 5/21
2nd Semester Exam @ 9:15am
I've posted the entire 2nd Semester Exam schedule below. Please let me know if you have any questions. Good luck with your exams and have a great summer! I hope to see you around school next year. 😁
Week 36: Monday, May 13th – Friday, May 17th
Welcome to the last week of high school for the Class of 2024! Here's the plan for this week as we wrap up our work in Unit 10: Electric Circuits:
Mon. 5/13
start CASTLE Unit 4 activities
Tue. 5/14
work on CASTLE Unit 4 activities
Wed. 5/15
finish CASTLE Unit 4 activities
Thu. 5/16
Senior Awards Assembly 1st-3rd periods
Fri. 5/17
review for 2nd Semester Exam
It was a pleasure having you in class this year! Seniors, good luck with all of your future endeavors, CONGRATULATIONS, and please keep in touch! Juniors, I hope you'll consider taking Intro to Computer Science with me next year. If not, stop by to say hi any time. Have a great summer, everyone!
Week 35: Monday, May 6th – Friday, May 10th
Welcome to the first full week of May! We only have two more weeks of school for seniors followed by a week of exams for everyone else. Here's the plan for this week as we continue our work in Unit 10: Electric Circuits:
Mon. 5/6
review Unit 10 Quiz 1
start CASTLE Unit 2 activities
Tue. 5/7
work on CASTLE Unit 2 activities
Wed. 5/8
finish CASTLE Unit 2 activities
Thu. 5/9
Unit 10 Quiz 2
start CASTLE Unit 3 activities
Fri. 5/10
work on CASTLE Unit 3 activities
Have a great week! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 34: Monday, April 29th – Friday, May 3rd
We've finally made it to the last month of school! Only three weeks left for seniors. Here's the plan for this week as we start our final topic, Unit 10: Electric Circuits:
Mon. 4/29
Unit 9 Test Part 2
DUE: Unit 9 Packet
Tue. 4/30
start Unit 10: Electric Circuits
lamp, paperclip, and battery activity
Wed. 5/1
start CASTLE Unit 1 activities
Thu. 5/2
work on CASTLE Unit 1 activities
Fri. 5/3
#RHSE3 Celebration – Seniors, wear your Employment, Enlistment or Enrollment gear!
finish CASTLE Unit 1 activities
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. I hope you have a great first week of May!
Week 33: Monday, April 22nd – Friday, April 26th
Welcome to the last full week of April! We're almost done with state testing, so please make note of our last day of the late arrival schedule on Monday. Here's the plan for this week as we wrap up Unit 9: Electrostatics:
Mon. 4/22 🌍
SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:19am
electric field notes
Tue. 4/23
Fun Fly Stick Lab
Wed. 4/24
Unit 9 Practice #3: Electric Field and Review Questions
Thu. 4/25
Unit 9 Quiz 2: Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields
Fri. 4/26
Unit 9 Test Part 2
Have a great week! Hang in there – we're almost done.
Week 32: Monday, April 15th – Friday, April 19th
Welcome to another wacky week at Roosevelt High School! This week, you'll have a "late arrival" schedule due to state testing:
Please do your best to be on time so that we can continue our work on Unit 9: Electrostatics. Here's the plan for this week of unfunded mandates:
Mon. 4/15
SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:34am
finish Unit 9 Practice #1: Conductors, Insulators and Transfer of Charge
Unit 9 Quiz 1
Tue. 4/16
SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:34am
start Unit 9 Test Part 1
Wed. 4/17
SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:19am
finish Unit 9 Test Part 1
Thu. 4/18
SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:19am
Coulumb's Law
Unit 9 Practice #2: Coulomb's Law
Fri. 4/19
SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:19am
finish Unit 9 Practice #2: Coulomb's Law
I hope you're able to sleep in a few days this week! As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 31: Tuesday, April 9th – Friday, April 12th
Hello again! I hope you survived the solar eclipse and enjoyed your bonus 3-day weekend. Here's what we're doing for this week as we continue our work on electrostatics:
Mon. 4/8
NO SCHOOL – SOLAR ECLIPSE!
Tue. 4/9
finish Static Electricity Lab
start PhET: Charges and Charged Objects
Wed. 4/10
finish PhET: Charges and Charged Objects
start Charging by Induction Lab
Thu. 4/11
finish Charging by Induction Lab
Fri. 4/12
Unit 9 Practice #1: Conductors, Insulators and Transfer of Charge
As always, let me know if you have any questions!
Week 30: Tuesday, April 2nd – Friday, April 5th
Welcome back! I hope you had a fun and relaxing Spring Break and are fully recharged to wrap up the course over the next month and a half. During this short week, we're going to begin our brand new unit on electrostatics! Here's what we're doing for the first week of April:
Mon. 4/1
NO SCHOOL
Tue. 4/2
start Unit 9: Electrostatics Model
Sticky Tape Lab
Wed. 4/3
notes on transfer of charge by contact and friction
start Static Electricity Lab
Thu. 4/4
finish Static Electricity Lab
Fri. 4/5
prepare for the Great American Eclipse! 🔭☀️🌚
Speaking of the eclipse, here's some useful information about the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th:
1:59:28 pm: Partial eclipse begins - the moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called "first contact"
3:14:30 pm: Totality begins 😱 - the moment the edge of the Moon covers all of the Sun is called "second contact"
3:15:54 pm: Maximum eclipse‼️ - this is the deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden
3:17:17 pm: Totality ends 😭 - the moment the edge of the Moon exposes the Sun is called "third contact"
4:29:17 pm: Partial eclipse ends - the moment the edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun is called "fourth contact"
There's also a really cool interactive map of the eclipse path, and you can find out all about the many, many eclipse-related events happening this weekend in Kent at the Kent Total Eclipse 2024 website. Make sure to build a pinhole projector out of cardboard and aluminum foil ahead of time – they're really cool and they work based on something called Huygens' principle that we'll learn about this week!
I hope you have a great week back from Spring Break! As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 29: Monday, March 18th – Friday, March 22nd
We've made it to Spring Break! 4th Quarter has begun and we can move into our final topics in the course. Here's what we're doing for the first week of Spring:
Mon. 3/18
BEGIN 4th QUARTER
Unit 8 Practice #3: Conservation of Momentum
Tue. 3/19 🌸
Unit 8 Quiz #2
review quiz; Extra Momentum Transfer Questions
Wed. 3/20
Unit 8 Test A: Momentum Transfer Model
Thu. 3/21
review test
Fri. 3/22
Unit 8 Test B: Momentum Transfer Model
I hope you have an awesome Spring Break and get lots of rest and relaxation! I'll see you next month. 😎
Week 28: Monday, March 11th – Friday, March 15th
Welcome to the end of 3rd Quarter! I hope you survived the time change over the weekend and you're ready to finish strong. Here's what we're doing for this last week of Winter as we continue our work in Unit 8: Momentum Transfer Model:
Mon. 3/11
finish Unit 8 Practice #2: SOS Diagrams
start Momentum in Collisions Lab
Tue. 3/12
finish Momentum in Collisions Lab
Wed. 3/13
discuss lab results
Unit 8 Quiz #1
Thu. 3/14
review quiz
begin Unit 8 Deployment Lab: Egg Drop!
Fri. 3/15
finish Unit 8 Deployment Lab: Egg Drop!
Seniors, you're 15/16ths done with high school. 😱 I hope you have a great week, and please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 27: Monday, March 4th – Friday, March 8th
Welcome to the first week of March! Here's what we're doing for this week as we start Unit 8 on momentum:
Mon. 3/4
Unit 7 Test B: Projectile Motion
Tue. 3/5
start Unit 8: Momentum Transfer Model
change in momentum demo
Wed. 3/6
Unit 8 Practice #1
Thu. 3/7
Unit 8 Practice #2: SOS Diagrams
Fri. 3/8
PhET Collision Simulation
We only have two weeks left in 3rd Quarter, so make sure you're getting all of your work completed and turned in. Let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful week!
Week 26: Monday, February 26th – Friday, March 1st
Welcome to the end of February! To wrap up Black History Month, one last physicist I'd like to tell you about is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson (b. 1946). Dr. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. where she attended Roosevelt Senior High School (what a coincidence!) and later enrolled at MIT to study theoretical physics. While at MIT, she advocated for the recruitment and retainment of black students, and was a co-founder of the Black Students' Union. She earned her Bachelor's degree in 1968 and her PhD in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics in 1973, becoming the first black women to earn a Bachelor's degree and the first to earn a PhD from MIT in any field. Dr. Jackson joined the Theoretical Physics Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1976, where she researched the optical and electronic properties of two-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional systems. In 1995, she was appointed by President Clinton to serve as chairperson of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, becoming the first woman and the first African American to hold that position. Dr. Jackson became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1999 - the first woman and first African American to hold this position (notice a pattern?) - and served in that role for 23 years, helping to raise over $1 billion in donations for philanthropic causes. She was also the Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Obama from 2014–2017. Dr. Jackson is married to Dr. Morris Washington, a physics professor at RPI, and she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta, a historically African American sorority. What an incredible career!
Here's the plan for this week as we begin to wrap up projectile motion:
Mon. 2/26
Unit 7 Quiz #3
work on lab write-up
HW: finish "Get the Roadrunner!" Deployment Lab write-up
Tue. 2/27
ACT – NO SCHOOL FOR SENIORS (Good luck, Juniors!)
Wed. 2/28
review Quiz #3 & study for test
DUE: "Get the Roadrunner!" Deployment Lab write-up
Thu. 2/29
Unit 7 Test A: Projectile Motion
Fri. 3/1
review Unit 7 Test A
intro to Unit 8: Momentum Transfer Model
The momentum unit has lots of lab activities involving carts colliding with each other, so those should be a lot of fun! As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week, and good luck to the Juniors taking the ACT on Tuesday!
Week 25: Tuesday, February 20th – Friday, February 23rd
Welcome back from your extended weekend! Another Black physicist I'd like to tell you about is Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet (1852-1918). Dr. Bouchet was born in New Haven, Connecticut where he attended one of only three schools that admitted Black children. Based on his academic prowess, he was later accepted into Hopkins Grammar School, a private institution that prepared young men to attend Yale, and he graduated first in his class at Hopkins. He became the first Black student to graduate from Yale in 1874, and was the first Black student to ever be nominated for the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society. In 1876, Bouchet successfully completed his dissertation on geometric optics and became the first Black person to ever earn a Ph.D. from an American university as well as only the sixth American of any race to earn a Ph.D. in physics. Unfortunately, despite his accomplishments, Bouchet was unable to obtain a college or university position due to institutional racism, so he moved to Philadelphia to teach at the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) in its new science program for the next 26 years where he influenced countless Black students. He left in 1902 when the all-white board fired all of the teachers and held a variety of positions in education over the next 14 years, including as principal of Lincoln High School of Gallipolis, Ohio. Illness forced him to retire in 1916 and he passed away in 1918; he never married or had children.
Here's the plan for this week and our last activities in Unit 7: Projectile Motion:
Mon. 2/19
Presidents' Day – NO SCHOOL
Tue. 2/20
LOLOL diagrams in two dimensions
ballistics demonstrations
Wed. 2/21
Unit 7 Practice #2
Thu. 2/22
Unit 7 Quiz #2
start Deployment Lab - Get the Roadrunner!
Fri. 2/23
finish Deployment Lab
Enjoy your abbreviated week! As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 24: Monday, February 12th – Thursday, February 15th
Hello again! Another Black physicist I'd like to tell you about is Valerie Thomas (b. 1943). Ms. Thomas earned her degree in physics with honors from Morgan State University and was hired by NASA as a data analyst in 1964. While at NASA, she developed software to analyze real-time data from satellites and oversaw the creation of the Landsat program, the longest-running acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. She also pioneered the use of satellite technology to automate the prediction of crop yields around the world. In 1977, she began research on ways in which light and concave mirrors could be used to transmit 3-D illusions of an object, which led her to invent and patent the "illusion transmitter", a technology still being used by NASA today. Ms. Thomas retired in 1995 and has received many awards, including the Goddard Space Flight Center Award of Merit and the NASA Equal Opportunity Medal.
Here's the plan for this week as we continue our work in Unit 7: Projectile Motion:
Mon. 2/12
Projectile Motion PhET
Tue. 2/13
Logger Pro video analysis of projectile motion
Wed. 2/14
Horizontal projectiles & marble activity
Thu. 2/15
EARLY RELEASE DAY
review vertical & horizontal projectile motion
Fri. 2/16
Teacher PD Day – NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your looong weekend, and please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 23: Monday, February 5th – Friday, February 9th
Happy Black History Month! Before I list this week's activities, I'd like to tell you about Warren Elliot Henry (1909-2001), who was a Black physicist who studied magnetism and superconductivity. He was valedictorian of his class at the Tuskegee Institute, earned his Masters degree in organic chemistry at Atlanta University, and received a PhD in Physical Chemistry and Physics from the University of Chicago. Some of his work included inventing a metal dewar for liquid helium and a magnetic moment lift for moving samples in and out of a magnetic field. He also established that uranium is a semiconductor and performed experiments on magnetic susceptibility. Dr. Henry earned many awards throughout his life, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Community from the prestigious National Science Foundation. Pretty impressive, to say the least!
Here's the plan for this week as we start Unit 7: Projectile Motion:
Mon. 2/5
Unit 6 Test B: Energy Transfer
Tue. 2/6
class whiteboarding on vertical projectiles
Unit 7 Practice #1: Vertical projectiles
Wed. 2/7
Unit 7 Quiz #1: Vertical projectiles
Thu. 2/8
review quiz
Projectile Motion PhET
Fri. 2/9
Logger Pro video analysis of projectile motion
This is our last full week of school for a while, because next week we'll only have three and a half school days before having a four-and-a-half day weekend, and then we'll have other interruptions like the ACT. I hope you have a great week, and as always, let me know if you have any questions!
Week 22: Monday, January 29th – Friday, February 2nd
Welcome to the end of January! This month has really flown by, although I'm sure that having Winter Break, MLK Jr. Day and three calamity days all helped with that. Here's the plan for this week as we wrap up Unit 6:
Mon. 1/29
"Power of a Person" activity
Qualitative Energy Storage & Conservation with Bar Graphs
DUE: Energy Transfer Stations Lab
Tue. 1/30
Unit 6 Practice #4: Energy Transfer and Power
Unit 6 Quiz #2: Energy Calculations
Wed. 1/31
Unit 6 Test A: Energy Transfer
Thu. 2/1
review test
Reviewing Energy WS
Fri. 2/2
Unit 6 Test B: Energy Transfer
With any luck, we'll be able to get through a full week without any interruptions as we move into February and one month closer to the end of the school year. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 21: Monday, January 22nd – Friday, January 26th
Hello again! Last week was certainly an interesting series of events. I hope you took advantage of your bonus three-day weekend and got some rest and relaxation! This week, we're going to continue our work on Unit 6: Energy Transfer Model:
Mon. 1/22
Unit 6 Practice #3: Quantitative LOL Diagrams
Tue. 1/23
Energy Transfer Stations Lab
Wed. 1/24
"Power of a Person" activity
Unit 6 Practice #4: Energy Transfer and Power
Thu. 1/25
Unit 6 Quiz #2: Energy Calculations
Reviewing Energy WS
Fri. 1/26
Unit 6 Test A: Energy Transfer
The weather this week looks to be much warmer and rainy, so I'm hoping we'll be able to get through all five days without any interruptions. Next week, we'll move on to Unit 7: Projectile Motion. Have a great week, and let me know if you have any questions!
Week 20: Tuesday, January 16th – Friday, January 19th
I hope you enjoyed your three day weekend! This week, we're going to expand our understanding of energy by introducing some equations related to it. Here's the plan:
Mon. 1/15
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL
Tue. 1/16
Unit 6 Practice #2: LOL Diagrams
Wed. 1/17 – Snow day!
Unit 6 Quiz #1: Qualitative Energy Diagrams
intro to energy equations
Thu. 1/18
Unit 6 Quiz #1: Qualitative Energy Diagrams
intro to energy equations
Fri. 1/19 – Snow day!
Unit 6 Practice #3
I hope you have a great abbreviated week! As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 19: Monday, January 8th – Friday, January 12th
Happy New Year, and welcome back from Winter Break! I hope you were able to take some time to rest, relax and recharge before we get right back into the thick of things. Here's the plan for our first school week of 2024 as we start Unit 6: Energy Transfer Model:
Mon. 1/8
Spring Constant Lab redux
Tue. 1/9
Types of energy
start Energy Stations Lab
Wed. 1/10
finish Energy Stations Lab
DUE: Spring Constant Lab redux
Thu. 1/11
Pie charts
Practice #1
DUE: Energy Stations Lab
Fri. 1/12
LOL diagrams
Once we learn how to make LOL diagrams, they'll help us understand energy and how it transfers and transforms, which will make this unit pretty easy. I hope you have a great first week back! Let me know if you have any questions.
Week 18: Monday, December 18th – Friday, December 22nd
We finally made it to the end of 1st Semester! Your exam will be on Wednesday, December 20th at 9:15am in Room 211, so just come to class (on time!) like you usually would after 1st period. The 1st Semester Exam will include questions from all five units so far and will look a lot like your tests. Here's the schedule for the week:
Mon. 12/18
1st Semester Exam prep
HW: work 1st Semester Review packet
Tue. 12/19
1st Semester Exam prep
HW: complete 1st Semester Review packet
Wed. 12/20
1st Semester Exam @9:15–10:45am
In case you didn't get it last week, the entire exam schedule is available here. I hope all of your exams go smoothly and you have a restful Winter Break. I'll see you in 2024!
Week 17: Monday, December 11th – Friday, December 15th
Welcome back! Here's the plan for the last full week of 1st Semester as we wrap up Unit 5: Unbalanced Forces:
Mon. 12/11
Unit 5 Practice #4
DUE: Friction Lab report
Tue. 12/12
Unit 5 Quiz #2
Wed. 12/13
Unit 5 Test A
DUE: Unit 5 Practice #4
Thu. 12/14
review test
Fri. 12/15
Unit 5 Test B
start 1st Semester Exam prep
Your 1st Semester Exam will be on Wednesday, December 20th at 9:15am and will cover Units 1 through 5. We'll have time in class on Monday and Tuesday to study and prepare for the exam. The entire exam schedule is available here. Let me know if you have any questions at all. Have a great week!
Week 16: Monday, December 4th – Friday, December 8th
Hello again, and welcome to the first week of December! We're going to continue our work on Unit 5: Unbalanced Forces, so here's the plan for this week:
Mon. 12/4
Coffee Filter Drop Activity
DUE: Unit 5 Practice #2
Tue. 12/5
finish Coffee Filter Drop Activity
Wed. 12/6
Unit 5 Practice #3
DUE: Coffee Filter Drop Activity
Thu. 12/7
Friction Lab
Fri. 12/8
finish Friction Lab and work on lab report
DUE: Unit 5 Practice #3
Next week, we'll do one more lab, take one more quiz, and then we'll have our Unit 5 Test, which will be the final test of the semester. After that, we can start preparing for the 1st Semester Exam. As always, let me know if you have any questions. I hope you have a wonderful week!
Week 15: Monday, November 27th – Friday, December 1st
Welcome back! I hope you had a restful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break and are fully recharged. We have three weeks to get through Unit 5: Unbalanced Forces before we take our 1st Semester Exam, which should be plenty of time. Here's the plan for the last week of November:
Mon. 11/27
review Unit 4 Test B
introduction to unbalanced forces
Tue. 11/28
Modified Atwood Machine class demo & whiteboarding
Wed. 11/29
Unit 5 Practice #1
Thu. 11/30
Unit 5 Practice #2
Fri. 12/1
Unit 5 Quiz #1: Modified Atwood's Machine
DUE: Unit 5 Practice #1
I hope you have a great week! Please let me know if you have any questions.
PS: Make sure you plug in your Chromebook to charge overnight!
Week 14: Monday, November 13th – Friday, November 17th
We finally made it to Thanksgiving Break! Here's the plan for this week:
Mon. 11/13
Unit 4 Quiz #2: Velocity vs. Time Graphs
review quiz & study for test with extra practice
Tue. 11/14
Unit 4 Test A: Uniform Acceleration
DUE: Unit 4 Practice #4
Wed. 11/15
review test A
Thu. 11/16
Unit 4 Test B: Uniform Acceleration
Fri. 11/17
review test B + something fun?! 🦃
I hope you have a restful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Week 13: Monday, November 6th – Friday, November 10th
Hello again! Here's the plan for the first full week of November as we begin to wrap up Unit 4: Uniform Acceleration:
Mon. 11/6
UAPM Deployment Lab
DUE: Unit 4 Practice #2
Tue. 11/7
Unit 4 Quiz #1: Stacks of Graphs
DUE: PhysQuiz.net Acceleration #1 & #2 (linked on Google Classroom)
Wed. 11/8
Unit 4 Practice #3
DUE: UAPM Deployment Lab
Thu. 11/9
practice quantitative problems (aka "math")
Fri. 11/10
Unit 4 Practice #4
DUE: Unit 4 Practice #3
We should be able to take our Unit 4 Quiz #2 and Unit 4 Tests A & B next week, right before we go on Thanksgiving Break. Let me know if you have any questions, and have a great week!
Week 12: Monday, October 30th – Friday, November 3rd
It's the last week of October, and it's finally starting to feel like Fall! I hope you got out and enjoyed the last bits of nice weather. Here's the plan for this week as we begin our work acceleration:
Mon. 10/30
begin Unit 4: Uniformly Accelerated Particle Model (UAPM)
Changing Velocity Lab
Tue. 10/31 🎃
"Dropping the Ball" demo
Wed. 11/1
Unit 4 Practice #1
DUE: Changing Velocity Lab
Thu. 11/2
Unit 4 Practice #2
Fri. 11/3
start Volleyball Lab
DUE: Unit 4 Practice #1
I hope you enjoy the labs and activities in this new unit! Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Week 11: Monday, October 23rd – Friday, October 27th
Welcome to 2nd Quarter – we're already 1/4 done with the year! Here's the plan for this week as we wrap up Unit 3: Balanced Forces:
Mon. 10/23
BEGIN 2nd QUARTER
finish Unit 3 Practice #4
Tue. 10/24
Unit 3 Formative Quiz 2
DUE: Unit 3 Practice #4
Wed. 10/25
Unit 3 Test A: Balanced Forces
Thu. 10/26
review Unit 3 Test A
Fri. 10/27
Unit 3 Test B: Balanced Forces
Next week, we'll start Unit 4: Uniform Acceleration. Have a great week, and get out and enjoy the nice weather while it lasts!
Week 10: Monday, October 16th – Friday, October 20th
Welcome back from your 3-day weekend! Here's the plan as we wrap up 1st Quarter:
Mon. 10/16
review Unit 3 Formative Quiz 1
finish Balanced Forces Stations Activity
start Unit 3 Practice #3
DUE: Balanced Forces Stations Activity
Tue. 10/17
finish Unit 3 Practice #3
Wed. 10/18
Spring Constant Lab
DUE: Unit 3 Practice #3
Thu. 10/19
Newton's Third Law demos
DUE: Newton's Second Law practice quiz on PhysQuiz.net
Fri. 10/20
END OF 1st QUARTER
Unit 3 Practice #4
DUE: Spring Constant Lab
Remember, because it's the end of 1st Quarter, Friday is the last day to turn in any work from Units 1, 2 or 3 for credit. Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Week 9: Monday, October 9th – Thursday, October 12th
I hope you had a great weekend! This should be a fun week of labs and hands-on activities as we continue to explore the balanced forces model. Here's the plan for our abbreviated week:
Mon. 10/9
start Little "g" Lab
Parent-Teacher Conferences 5-8pm - sign up here!
Tue. 10/10
work on Little "g" Lab write-up
DUE: Practice Problems #2 - Force Diagrams and Component Forces
Wed. 10/11
Unit 3 Formative Quiz 1
start Balanced Forces Stations Activity
DUE: Little "g" Lab write-up
Thu. 10/12
EARLY RELEASE DAY
finish Balanced Forces Stations Activity
Fri. 10/13
Teacher PD Day – NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your 3-and-a-half-day weekend! As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 8: Monday, October 2nd – Friday, October 6th
Welcome to October! Last week, we wrapped up Unit 2 on constant velocity, so now we're going to move on to Unit 3 so we can try to define, identify and measure various forces. Here's the plan for this week:
Mon. 10/2
start Unit 3: Balanced Forces Particle Model
Common types of forces
start Hover Disc Activity
Tue. 10/3
finish Hover Disc Activity
Wed. 10/4
Practice Problems #1 - Force Diagrams
DUE: Hover Disc Activity
Thu. 10/5
Free body diagrams and component forces
Fri. 10/6
Practice Problems #2 - Force Diagrams and Component Forces
DUE: Practice Problems #1 - Force Diagrams
We have some fun hands-on activities planned for this week, so I hope you enjoy them! Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Week 7: Monday, September 25th – Friday, September 29th
Hi there! Here's what we're doing for the first week of autumn 🍂 as we wrap up Unit 2: Constant Velocity:
Mon. 9/25
Unit 2 Formative Quiz 2
finish Unit 2 Practice #3: Position vs. Time Graphs and Velocity vs. Time Graphs
Tue. 9/26
start Unit 2 Review
DUE: Unit 2 Practice #3: Position vs. Time Graphs and Velocity vs. Time Graphs
Wed. 9/27
Unit 2 Test A: Constant Velocity
DUE: Unit 2 Review
Thu. 9/28
review Unit 2 Test A
Fri. 9/29
Unit 2 Test B: Constant Velocity
I hope you have a great week! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 6: Monday, September 18th – Friday, September 22nd
Hello again! This week, we're going to wrap up motion maps and graphs so we can move on to determining the average velocity of an object. Here's what we're doing for the last week of summer:
Mon. 9/18
finish Unit 2 Practice #1: Motion Maps and Position vs. Time Graphs
Motion Graphs practice quizzes on PhysQuiz.net
DUE: Unit 2 Practice #1: Motion Maps and Position vs. Time Graphs
Tue. 9/19
Unit 2 Formative Quiz 1
start Unit 2 Practice #2
Wed. 9/20
whiteboard Unit 2 Practice #2
Thu. 9/21
start Unit 2 Practice #3
Fri. 9/22
finish Unit 2 Practice #3
DUE: Unit 2 Practice #2
Next week, we'll take our Unit 2 Tests A & B on motion maps and graphing constant velocity. As always, let me know if you have any questions. It looks like the weather is going to be great, so get out and enjoy it while it lasts!
Week 5: Monday, September 11th – Friday, September 15th
Welcome back! I hope you had fun with all the Homecoming festivities this past weekend. This week, we're going to continue our work on graphing constant velocity. Here's the plan for the first full week we've have in a while:
Mon. 9/11
buggy collisions!
start Buggies Lab report
Tue. 9/12
finish Buggies Lab report
Wed. 9/13
start Motion Detector Lab
DUE: Buggies Lab report
Thu. 9/14
finish Motion Detector Lab
Fri. 9/15
start Practice #2: Motion Graphs
DUE: Motion Detector Lab
I hope you have a great week! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Week 4: Tuesday, September 5th – Friday, September 8th
I hope you enjoyed your 3-day weekend! We're wrapping up Unit 1 this week and moving on to Unit 2: Constant Velocity. Here's the plan for this hot, hot week:
Mon. 9/4
Labor Day – NO SCHOOL
Tue. 9/5
Unit 1 Test B - Scientific Measurements
Wed. 9/6
start Unit 2: Constant Velocity
start Buggies Lab
Thu. 9/7
finish Buggies Lab
Fri. 9/8
whiteboard and discuss lab results
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything at all. Stay cool!
Week 3: Monday, August 28th – Friday, September 1st
I hope you enjoyed your unexpected 3-day weekend! Here's what we're doing in class for the last week of August:
Mon. 8/28
dimensional analysis (a.k.a. unit conversions)
DUE: Spaghetti Bridge Lab Report
Tue. 8/29
complete Unit 1 review packet
Wed. 8/30
Unit 1 Test A - Scientific Measurements
Thu. 8/31
review Test A
Fri. 9/1
Unit 1 Test B - Scientific Measurements
Keep up the great work, and as always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Week 2: Monday, August 21st – Friday, August 25th
Welcome to the first full week of the 2023-2024 school year! Now that we've had a few days to get to know each other and practice taking and interpreting data, we can get to work! Here's what we're doing in class this week:
finish Bouncing Ball Lab
complete Spaghetti Bridge Lab
I hope you had a great first week and that you were able to get some rest this weekend before we attempt to go to school for five full days without strange bell schedules or burning birds. Let me know you have any questions!