Fri 9/1 (B1), Tue 9/5 (W3)
1. Finish "Physics Introductory Lab Activity: Graphing Techniques & Data Analysis" - pass this in today
2. Read Unit I Reading: Graphical Methods.
3. Do "Determining Relationships from Graphs" - we will finish this next class
4. You will need a copy of the program "Graphical Analysis" for which we have a site license, for your home computer. Go to Yahoo! mail, username = lewiston_supernova       password = stargazer. You will find an email that says "graphical analysis". Put all three attached files into one folder on your computer. One file looks like a text file but you need to download it to make the program work.

Wed 9/6 (B1), Thu 9/7 (W3)
1. Finish "Determining Relationships from Graphs".
2. Do Unit 1 WS I: Graphing Practice using the Graphical Analysis program. - due next class

Fri 9/8 (B1), Mon 9/11 (W3)
1. Go over "Determining Relationships from Graphs", and Unit 1 WS I: Graphing Practice.
2. Read Unit I Reading: Significant Figures.
3. Discuss sig. figs. in measurements and reading a Vernier caliper, do "Recording Measurements" and "Reading the Vernier Caliper" - due next class.
4. Discuss numbers of sig. figs using Science Help Online Worksheet 2-3a Number of Significant Digits and Science Help Online Worksheet 2-3h Number of Significant Digits.
5. Quiz next class over graphing.

Tue 9/12 (B1), Wed 9/13 (W3)
1. Whiteboard "Recording Measurents"
2. Go over significant figures in calculations
3. Discuss pendulum lab
4. Take Unit 1 Quiz 1 & 2
5. Practice sig figs using the practice sheets and the websites in the packet (see steps 4 & 5).
6. Do Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures - due next class

Thu 9/14 (B1), Fri 9/15 (W3)
1. *Whiteboard Unit 1 WS 2 - Significant Figures
2. *Work on pendulum lab
*IF SUB - Skip the above and do "Unit 1 Supplemental Worksheet: Graphical Analysis" using graph paper NOT the computer

Mon 9/18 (B1), Tue 9/19 (W3), Wed 9/20 (B1), Thu 9/21 (W3)
Work on pendulum lab - lab reports are due Fri 9/22 (B1) and Mon 9/25 (W3)

Fri 9/22 (B1), Mon 9/25 (W3)
Do Unit 1 Review and "Unit 1 Supplemental Worksheet: Graphical Analysis" using graph paper NOT the computer - due next class

Tue 9/25 (B1)
1. With a partner, go over Unit 1 Review by using this online answer key. You can pick up the answer key to "Unit 1 Supplemental Worksheet: Graphical Analysis" by dropping by my room on Wednesday - also I will be available for help before or after school on that day. The test is still on Thursday, but I won't be here (I have an appointment) so make sure you see me Wednesday if you need help.
2. Read Lesson 1: Describing Motion with Words up until here. On a piece of paper, write down the definitition of all words in bold and do all the problems with pull-down menus (show your work). This will count as a homework assignment.

Wed 9/27 (W3)
1. Go over Unit 1 Review and "Unit 1 Supplemental Worksheet: Graphical Analysis".
2. Begin MBL exercises.

Thu 9/28 (B1), Fri 9/29 (W3)
Unit 1 Test

Mon 10/2 (B1)
Do MBL exercises using motion detectors, Lab Pros and computers

Tue 10/3 (W3)
1. Finish MBL exercises - pass in
2. Read Lesson 1: Describing Motion with Words up until here. On a piece of paper, write down the definitition of all words in bold and do all the problems with pull-down menus (show your work). This will count as a homework assignment.

Wed 10/4 (B1), Thu 10/5 (W3)
1. Discuss position vs time graphs and velocity vs time graphs- see these notes.
2. Do Unit II Worksheet 1 - due next class
3. Do Position-Time Graph #3 and Velocity-Time Graphs #1 - due next class

Tue 10/10 (W3), Wed 10/11 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit II Worksheet 1 and Position-Time Graph #3 and Velocity-Time Graphs #1
2. Do Unit II WS 2 and Unit II WS 3 - due next class
3. Discuss Quarter 1 project - Grand Prix Racers - practice day: Wed 10/25 (B1), Thu 10/26 (W3) - final race day: Mon 10/30 (W3), Tue 10/31 (B1)

Thu 10/12 (W3), Fri 10/13 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit II Worksheet 2 and Unit II Worksheet 3 and then pass them into the homework basket for me to check off. Whiteboard even if there is a sub - you can divide up the problems and present to each other. Come to a class consensus on the correct answer (star any you are not sure of and ask me next class). The whiteboards are in the small room next to the door. If it is locked, please ask Ms. K or another teacher to unlock it for you. Put away whiteboards, markers, etc and make sure the door to the small room is shut when you are done.
2. Read Unit II reading - Motion Maps and (W3 only) Quarter 1 project - Grand Prix Racers - practice day: Wed 10/25 (B1), Thu 10/26 (W3) - final race day: Mon 10/30 (W3), Tue 10/31 (B1)
3. Do Unit II WS 4 and Unit II WS 5- due next class
4. Quiz on Tue 10/17 for B1 and Wed 10/18 for W3 on x vs t and v vs t graphs.

Mon 10/16 (W3)
1. Write hypotheses and take data for Motion on an Inclined Plane lab*
2. Do graphs of your lab data
3. Quiz next class on x vs t and v vs t graphs.
*If sub do Rectilinear Motion with Constant Acceleration, Rectilinear Motion with Constant Acceleration (this is different than the other worksheet even though it has the same name), and Acceleration with Velocity Simulations instead of the lab

Tue 10/17 (B1)
1. Go over Unit II WS 4 and Unit II WS 5
2. Take Unit 2 quiz on graphs.
3. Do Unit II Review - due next class

Wed 10/18 (W3)
1. Go over Unit II WS 4 and Unit II WS 5
2. Take Unit 2 quiz on graphs.
3. Do Unit II Review - due next class

Thu 10/19 (B1)
1. Go over Unit II Review
2. Write hypotheses and take data for Motion on an Inclined Plane lab*
3. Unit II test next class

*If sub do Rectilinear Motion with Constant Acceleration, Rectilinear Motion with Constant Acceleration (this is different than the other worksheet even though it has the same name), and Acceleration with Velocity Simulations instead of the lab

Fri 10/20 (W3)
1. Go over Unit II Review
2. Work on lab report - lab reports due Fri 11/3 for W3
3. Unit II test next class

Mon 10/23 (B1), Tue 10/24 (W3
1. Take Unit II test
2. Do graphs for Motion on an Inclined Plane lab - lab reports due Thu 11/2 for B1, Fri 11/3 for W3 (these will count on quarter 2)

Wed 10/25 (B1), Thu 10/26 (W3)
1. Work on lab reports - due Thu 11/2 for B1, Fri 11/3 for W3
2. Practice race day for Grand Prix Racers

Fri 10/27 (B1)
Do Unit III: Graphs and Tracks worksheet and Unit III: Graphs and Tracks worksheet 2 - do on Macintosh computers, pass in

Mon 10/30 (W3), Tue 10/31 (B1)
Grand Prix Race Day!

Wed 11/1 (W3)Do Unit III: Graphs and Tracks worksheet and Unit III: Graphs and Tracks worksheet 2 - do on Macintosh computers, pass in

Thu 11/2 (B1), Fri 11/3 (W3)
1. Pass in lab reports
2. Discuss graphs and motion maps for objects with constant acceleration.
3. Do Unit III Worksheet I (the online version of this is incomplete - if absent you must get this from me) and Stacks of Kinematics Curves - due next period

Mon 11/6 (B1), Tue 11/7 (W3)
1. Whiteboard Unit III Worksheets I and Stacks of Curves
2. Do Unit III, Worksheet 2 and Unit III Worksheet 2a - due next class
3. Quiz next class on Stacks of Curves.

Wed 11/8 (B1), Thu 11/9 (W3)
1. Quiz on Stacks of Curves
2. Derive kinematics equations
3. Do Unit III Worksheet 3 - due next class

Mon 11/13 (B1), Tue 11/14 (W3)
1. Whiteboard Unit III Worksheet 3.
2. Do Unit III Worksheet 4 - due next class

Wed 11/15 (B1)
1. Lab on the acceleration due to gravity
2. Quiz next class on v vs t graphs

Thu 11/16 (W3)
Read Lesson 6: Describing Motion with Equations until here and do questions #1-20. Show the work not just the answers on your paper and pass in by next class

Fri 11/17 (B1)
1. Quiz next class on v vs t graphs
2. Finish lab and pass in

Mon 11/20 (W3)
1. Lab on the acceleration due to gravity*
2. Quiz next class on v vs t graphs
*IF SUB (or if you are absent) do these online labs instead: Virtual Free Fall Lab and Parachute Drop: Air Resistance and Falling Objects

Tue 11/21 (B1)
Read Lesson 6: Describing Motion with Equations until here and do questions #1-20. Show the work not just the answers on your paper and pass in by next class

Mon 11/27 (B1), Tue 11/28 (W3)
1. Quiz on v vs t graphs (W3 only)
2. Do "Speeder and the Patrolman Problem" - due by the end of the period
3. Do Wile E. Coyote on the Planet Newtonia, Wile E Coyote in Free Fall on Newtonia's Moon - due next class

Wed 11/29 (B1), Thu 11/30 (W3)
1. White board Wile E. Coyote on the Planet Newtonia, Wile E Coyote in Free Fall on Newtonia's Moon
2. Do free fall problems - these are not online, you must get them in class. If you need help you can read Lesson 5 : Free Fall and the Acceleration of Gravity - due next class

Fri 12/1 (B1), Mon 12/4 (W3)
1. Check freefall problems using teacher-provided key.
2. Do Unit III Review and Lesson 6: Describing Motion with Equations - Kinematic Equations and Graphs (do questions #1-6 on this page, you must show your work) - due next class

Tue 12/5 (B1), Wed 12/6 (W3)
1. Go over review - test next class
2. Do Unit IV - Force Table Lab. No formal lab report - just fill out the sheets provided. A tutorial on adding vectors can be accessed here. Also visit the Vector Addition Applet. - due next class
**Alternate plan if sub - Go to Newton's Laws and do all "Check your understanding questions" for Lessons 1 & 2 on paper - this will be collected next class

Thu 12/7 (B1), Fri 12/8 (W3)
Unit III Test

Mon 12/11 (B1), Tue 12/12 (W3)
1. Finish and pass in force table lab.
2. Start from Lesson 1: Newton's First Law of Motion: Newton's First Law and do all "Check your understanding questions" up to Lesson 2: Force and Its Representation: Determining the Net Force - this will be collected next class

Wed 12/13 (B1), Thu 12/14 (W3)
1. Discuss freebody diagrams (do "Forces" tutorial and read Unit IV - Reading Force Diagrams).
2. Do "Freebody" problems on the McIntosh computers - the program "Freebody" should be on the desktop

Fri 12/15 (B1), Mon 12/18 (W3)
1. Finish "Freebody" problems and pass in.
2. Do Unit IV Worksheet 1 - due next class

Tue 12/19 (B1), Wed 12/20 (W3), Thu 12/21 (B1)
Newton's 1st and 3rd Law labs

Tue 1/2 (W3), Wed 1/2 (B1)
1. Discuss adding vectors graphically and trigonometrically(read Unit IV - Introduction to Vector Analysis)
2. Begin Addition of Vectors Lab - finish trip 1 today

Thu 1/4 (W3), Fri 1/5 (B1)
1. Finish Addition of Vectors Lab - pass in today
2. Do Physicsclassroom.com- Lesson 3: Forces in Two Dimensions, Resolution of Forces and do all questions with pull-down menus on a separate sheet of paper. Please show your work - due next class
3. Don't forget your toothpick tower projects!!!! Due Tue 1/9 for B3 and Wed 1/10 for W3

Mon 1/8 (W3)
Newton's 1st OR Newton's 3rd Law labs - whichever you didn't do before vacation, you have these handouts.

Tue 1/9 (B1), Wed 1/10 (W3)
Toothpick Tower Project test day!!!!

Thu 1/1 (B1), Fri 1/12 (W3)
1. Do Academic Physics Midterm Exam Review (this does not count as a grade)
2. Look over the "Lab Report Grading Sheet" as a refresher for the exam
3. Do Academic Physics Midterm Prelab - this is due exam day and counts as 10 points on your exam

Tue 1/17 (B1), Fri 1/20 (W3)Midterm Exam

Tue 1/25 (W3), Wed 1/26 (B1)1. Go over vector components and static equilibrium probjems
2. Do Unit IV Worksheet 2 - due next class
3. Begin Unit IV WS 3
IF SUB* Read Lesson 3: Forces in Two Dimensions: Equilibrium and Statics and do all questions with pull-down menus on a separate sheet of paper. Please show your work

Thu 1/27 (W3), Fri 1/27 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit IV Worksheet 2
2. Finish Unit IV WS 3
IF SUB* Read Lesson 3: Forces in Two Dimensions: Equilibrium and Statics and do all questions with pull-down menus on a separate sheet of paper. Please show your work

Mon 1/29(W3), Tue 1/30 (B1)
Do additional static equilibrium problems (you will need to get this handout from me if you are absent)- due Tue 2/7 for W3 and Wed 2/8 for B1

Wed 1/31(W3), Thu 2/1 (B1)
1. Discuss Newton's 3rd law
2. Whiteboard Unit IV WS 3
3. Do Unit IV Worksheet 4 - due next class
4. Quiz next class over Worksheets 1-3 (be able to draw a freebody diagram, find vector components and do a simple static equilibrium problem

Fri 2/2(W3), Mon 2/5 (B1)
1. Quiz
2. Go over Unit IV Worksheet 4
3.* Continue working on additional static equilibrium problems (you will need to get this handout from me if you are absent)- due next class
*IF SUB, skip working on #3 and do all questions with pull-down menus in Lesson 4: Newton's Third Law of Motion up until Identifying Action and Reaction Force Pairs - due by the end of the period

Tue 2/6(W3), Wed 2/7 (B1)
1. Go over additional static equilibrium problems
2. Do "Unit IV Review" - due by the end of the period (get answer sheet when done), test next class

Thu 2/8 (W3), Fri 2/9 (B1)
1. Unit IV Test
2. Do Prelab for Atwood Machine Lab - online version - due next class

Mon 2/12 (W3), Tue 2/13 (B1), Wed 2/14 (snow day), Thu 2/15 (B1), Fri 2/16 (W3, Mon 2/26 (B1), Tue 2/27 (W3)
Take data and make graphs for Atwood Machine Lab - online version and then write lab report - lab report is due Thu 3/1 (W3) and Wed 2/28 (B1)

Wed 2/28 (B1), Thu 3/1 (W3)
Do Online Lesson - Friction - finish next class

Fri 3/2 (B1)
snow day

Mon 3/5 (W3), Tue 3/6 (B1)
1. Finish Online Lesson - Friction - pass in
2. Discuss friction, do sliding lab prelab.
3. Scout out place to do sliding lab and decide on procedure, make sure you know who is bringing what next class when you take data

Wed 3/7 (W3), Thu 3/8 (B1)
Sliding lab - lab reports due Tue 3/13 for W3 and Wed 3/14 for B1

Fri 3/9 (W3), Mon 3/12 (B1)
Do Elevator Mini Lab - online version - pass in by the end of the period

Tue 3/13 (W3), Wed 3/14 (B1)
Do Unit V WS 1 and Unit V WS 2 - due next class

Thu 3/15 (W3), Fri 3/16 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit V WS 1 and Unit V WS 2
2. Do Unit V WS 3
- due next class
3. Quiz next class over Atwood lab, Elevator lab, Worksheet 1, and Worksheet 2

Mon 3/19 (W3), Tue 3/20 (B1)
1. Unit V Quiz 1, 2
2. Whiteboard Unit V WS 3
3. Do Unit V WS 4 - due next class

Wed 3/21(W3), Thu 3/22 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit V WS 4
2. Do Unit V Review - due next class

Mon 3/26 (B1), Tue 3/27 (W3)
1. Go over questions on Unit V review.
2. Begin Spring has Sprung - If you are absent use this simulation to do this lab.
3. Unit V test next class

Wed 3/28 (B1), Thu 3/29 (W3)
1. Unit V test
2. Finish Spring has Sprung - due next class

Fri 3/30 (B1), Mon 4/2 (W3)
1. Go over Hooke's law, types of energy and energy pie charts. (click links to get the notes!)
2. Do Unit VII Worksheet 2 and Unit VII Worksheet 1 - due class after next

Tue 4/3 (B1), Wed 4/4 (W3)
1. Do Gravitational Potential Energy - this is the correct url for the simulation - http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/PotentialEnergy/index.html - pass in by the end of the period
2. Finish up worksheets from last class

Thu 4/5 (B1)
snowday

Fri 4/6 (W3), Mon 4/9(B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit VII Worksheet 2 and Unit VII Worksheet 1
2. Do Unit VII Worksheet 3a - due next class
3. Quiz on springs, bar graphs and pie charts next class

Tue 4/10 (W3), Wed 4/11(B1)
1. Quiz on springs, bar graphs and pie charts
2. Do Unit VII Worksheet 3b, here are some notes to help you - due next class

Thu 4/11(W3), Mon 4/23 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit VII Worksheet 3b
2. Do Unit VII Worksheet 4 - due next class

Tue 4/24 (W3), Wed 4/25 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit VII Worksheet 4
2. Do Unit VII Worksheet 5 and Unit VII Review - due next class

Thu 4/25 (W3), Fri 4/27 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit VII Worksheet 5 and Unit VII Review - test next class
2. Begin Elastic Collisions and Inelastic Collisions (online labs). Click here for the applet (URL is incorrect on lab sheet)Mon 4/30 (W3), Tue 5/1 (B1)
1. Unit VII test
2. Work on Elastic Collisions and Inelastic Collisions (online labs). Click here for the applet (URL is incorrect on lab sheet) - due next class

Wed 5/2 (W3), Thu 5/3 (B1)
1. Discuss impulse and momentum
2. Do Unit IX Worksheet 1 - due next class
3. Finish Elastic Collisions and Inelastic Collisions (online labs). Click here for the applet (URL is incorrect on lab sheet) - pass in today

Fri 5/4 (W3), Mon 5/7 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit IX Worksheet 1
2. Notes over conservation of momentum
3. Do Unit IX Worksheet 2 - due next Tue

Tue 5/8 (W3), Fri 5/11 (B1)
1. Whiteboard Unit IX Worksheet 2
2. Do Unit IX Worksheet 3
3. Review (optional/extra credit) do pull down questions in both lessons at Momentum and Its Conservation

Wed 5/9 (B1)
Juniors have no school & senior picnic

Thu 5/10 (W3), Tue 5/15 (B1)
1. Go over Unit IX Worksheet 3
2. Go over any questions on momentum and impulse - test next class
3. Begin Circular Motion Activities

Mon 5/14 (W3), Thu 5/17 (B1)
1. Unit IX test
2. Continue Circular Motion Activities

Wed 5/16 (W3), Mon 5/21 (B1)
1. Make sure Funtown data sheet is passed in (B1)
2. Work on Circular Motion Activities
If you haven't already, bring in permission slips tomorrow for the field trip. Meet in the lobby at 7:45 on Friday for Funtown.

Fri 5/18
Begin Analysis of Two Pulsating X-ray Sources - a ds9 activity

Mon 5/21 (B1) 1. Finish pass in Circular Motion Activities
2. Begin Accident Reconstruction - this will be similar to the final exam, here are some notes to help you

Tue 5/22 (W3)
1. Finish Analysis of Two Pulsating X-ray Sources - a ds9 activity - pass in
2. Begin Accident Reconstruction - this will be similar to the final exam, here are some notes to help you

Wed 5/23 (B1)
Finish and go over Accident Reconstruction. IMPORTANT - please get together into two or three large groups to work on this together. Make sure everyone is included in a group! Audrey Bergeron and Danielle Roy got a pretty good start on the exercise last class - they will be good resources for the others. The purpose of the groups is to discuss the best way to solve these problems and to make sure everyone understands what is going on. A similar exercise will be given as a final exam. You will be allowed to use this exercise as a reference on the final. Email me at pperry@lewnet.avcnet.org with specific questions.

Thu 5/24 (W3)
Finish and go over Accident Reconstruction. IMPORTANT - please get together into two or three large groups to work on this together. Come to a consensus on the answers. The purpose of the groups is to discuss the best way to solve these problems and to make sure everyone understands what is going on. A similar exercise will be given as a final exam. You will be allowed to use this exercise as a reference on the final. Email me at pperry@lewnet.avcnet.org with specific questions.

Tue 5/29 (W3)
Go over accident reconstruction.

Wed 5/30 (B1)
Final exam

Thu 5/31 (W3)
Final exam

Fri 6/1 (W3)
1. Finish final
2. Juniors do Exp. 27: Plane Mirrors - finish questions for homework

Week of 6/4 and Final Exam day (W3, B1)
Juniors this packet of labs should be completed by the end of your final exam day. Do as much as you can each day (answers questions at home if you have to). If you are absent or if there is a sub, do the online alternative for the lab where you left off. This packet will count as a test grade - a great way to bring up your average!
1. Exp. 27: Plane Mirrors, online alternative if you are absent - Images in a Plane Mirror
2. Do Exp. 28: Curved Mirrors, online alternatives if you are absent - Curved Mirror Images
3. Exp. 29: Index of Refraction of Glass, online alternative if you are absent - Refraction Analysis
4. Exp 30: Converging Lenses, online alternative if you are absent - Optics Bench and Lenses
5. Exp. 35: The Polarization of Light, Here is some info to help with the questions - Polarization