Physics (Period 5) Assignments

Reminder, Chapter 30 Exam on Friday

Chapter 30 Homework List is Attached and will be given out in class on Wednesday

In Class on Tuesday:

• Pre-Lab

• Laboratory Experiment: Finding the Focal Point of a Converging Lens

• Homework: Front Side of CDE Worksheet 30-2 and Begin Calculations and Error Analysis from Lab

In Class Thursday:

• Practice CAST Test on Laptop Computers

• Discuss Ray Diagrams and Actual Focal Lengths of Lenses A, B, and C

• Discuss Answers to CDE 30-2

• Pin-Hole Camera?

• Finish Video of Disasters?

See Power-point Below from Paul Hewitt on Lenses

The Chapter 29 Homework Packet will be collected on Friday.

It includes two assignments from the textbook, listed below:

Assignment 1:   Review Questions 1-12 and Think & Explain 1-5

For those interested in watching the launch of the Insight Rocket on Saturday morning at 4:00 a.m., to the website below:

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Or you can just go outside and look to the West, Northwest and see it for yourself.

Homework:

Begin the Textbook Assignment from Chapter 29 on Reflection and Refraction.  The designated Questions and Problems are listed on the Chapter 29 Study List

In Class Today:

• Lesson on Law of Reflection and Refraction using a fish tank with Lasers and Aerosol Spray.

• Lesson on Index of Refraction

• Activity: Measuring the Index of Refraction of Water

Chapter 27-28 Exam was on Wednesday

Chapter 27-28 Test will be on Wednesday.

Below is a Power-Point on Color Chapter 28 and Light Chapter 27 by Paul Hewitt

Chapter 26 Exam and Part II of the Exam are on Friday March 16, 2018

Don't forget to look over your practice test and labs.

Posted below are two Power-points from Paul Hewitt

Homework List for Chapter 26 Sound is Below:

Homework:

• Complete Text book Assignment 26 A

• Complete the Sound Waves Worksheet.

In Class Today (Monday February 5, 2018)

• Demonstration of a Laser Light Carrying a Sound Wave.

• Demonstration of Varying Frequencies using a Signal Generator with an Oscilloscope and Speakers.

• Lesson on Earthquakes and Resonance with Video of Northridge and Kobe, Japan Earthquakes.

ANSWERS to Updated Practice Test and the Power Point on Waves by Paul Hewitt

In Class Today (2-21-18)

• Discuss this evening's Telescope Night

• Questions on Homework?

• Demonstrate:  Does the Amplitude of a Pendulum Affect the Period?

• Lesson on Mach # and Breaking the Sound Barrier and Calculating the Mach # from a Cone Diagram.

• Return the Chapter 11-12 Exams

• Video of Space Shuttle Breaking Sound Barrier

Homework:

• Complete CDE Worksheets 25-1 and 25-2

• Watch the Sound Barrier Videos Below:

Homework:

• Check to see if you cell phone works in your home microwave oven.  Can it receive a phone call when it is in your microwave oven?  Remember, don't turn on your oven when the cell phone is inside.

• Assignment 25 A  Review Questions 1-10 and Think and Explain 1-5 from textbook.

Answers to the CDE 13-2 and Chapter 11-12 Review and the Next Time Questions are posted below:

Also posted below are two Power-points by Paul Hewitt on Gravitation and Rotational Motion and Rotational Inertia

Answers to Worksheet 12.1 on Gravitation is below:

Super "Blue Moon" Lunar Eclipse TONIGHT late in the evening and ending before dawn tomorrow morning.

http://earthsky.org/tonight/super-blue-moon-eclipse-on-january-31

Homework:

• Continue working on the stapled Next Time Questions Handout

Homework Over the Weekend:

• Continue Reading Chapter 11 in your textbook.

• Solve Problems 1-10 on your stapled Next Time Questions handout given out in class on Thursday.

• Tuesday was the quiz on Chapter 10 Center of Gravity.

• Thursday we will finish the activities and discuss the concepts of Rotational Inertia and Angular Momentum.

Homework: Read Chapter 11

Beginning of New Semester

Homework:

• Read Chapter 10 on Center of Gravity
• Complete the Questions on CDE 10-1 Worksheet

• Quiz on Chapter 10 next Tuesday

Homework List for Chapter 8 Work and Energy is Below:

Also Listed is a List of most of the formulas we have learned in this first semester.

The Practice Test for the Midterm Exam is posted Below:  (Chapters 1-8)

The ANSWERS for the Practice Test for Midterm Exam are Also Posted Below:

Also posted below are the ANSWERS to the Chapter 8 Review Stations Practice Test

Homework:

• Prepare for a Quizzam next Wednesday.

• Complete the Worksheet given out in class called "Practice with Energy Problems."

Chapter 7 Exam (Multiple Choice and Written) is Friday December 1, 2017

Answers to the Collisions Worksheet 7.2 and Next Time Questions Worksheet, CDE 7.1 Worksheet, Impulse Worksheet and CDE 7.1 Worksheet, are posted below:

Chapter 7 Exam (&Part II) will be given this Friday (December 1st).

Homework List will be given out on Wednesday

HOMEWORK:

• Work out answers to Next Time Questions Worksheet

• Complete the Collisions Worksheet 7.2

In Class on Monday:

• Practice Quiz on Formulas
• Demonstration of Impulse with Happy and Sad Balls
• Handout with Thinking Questions
• Return Chapter 7 Quizzes and Chapter 4-6 Homework Packets

Answers to the Practice Test Review Stations are Below:

Momentum Chapter 7

• Quiz on Thursday on Momentum, Impulse and Collisions

• Answers to Worksheets and Concept Check and C.D.E. 7-1 Worksheet and Worksheet 7.1 Below:

Homework:

• Complete the CDE 7-1 Worksheet

• Complete the Impulse Practice Worksheet (Q. 1-8)

• Begin the Textbook Questions  Assignment 7 A (Review Questions 1-18 odd) and 7 B (Plug and Chug 1-4 and Think and Solve 1-5)

Next Tuesday: 

• Stamp completed homework and go over answers.

• Demonstration of Air Track and

• Quick Check

Next Thursday:

Quiz on Chapter 7 (Momentum)

The answers given out in class were the wrong version.  Below should be the CORRECT version of the Review Stations.

The Chapter 4-6 Exam will be next Thursday Nov. 2

Also Below are Two Power-point Presentations from Paul Hewitt on Chapters 5 & 6

In Class Today (Monday October 23, 2017)

• Quick Check

• Return Quizzes

• Fan Cart Demonstration

HOMEWORK:

• Begin Chapter 4-6 Practice Test

• Begin Chapter 5 Textbook Problems

Review Questions 1-18 (Even Numbered Questions)

Plug and Chug Problems 1-5

Think & Explain Questions 1-10 (Odd Numbered Questions)

Think & Solve Problems 1-6

Unit Test on Chapters 4, 5 & 6 Will Be Next Week

In Class Today:  (Tuesday October 17, 2017)

• YouTube Video "A Million To One"

• Discuss Calculations from last Thursday's Skateboard Lab

• Collect Homework (Newton's Second Law Worksheet) and Stamp It and Return It.

• Lesson on Coefficient of Friction

• Lab:  Measuring Friction and Coefficient of Friction

HOMEWORK:

• Finish Calculations of Friction and Coefficients from Today's Lab

• Complete Front and Back of CDE 5-1

In Class on Thursday October 12, 2017

• Discuss Calculations to Atwood Pulley Lab

• Short Lesson on Friction and Newton's Second Law of Motion

• Pre-Lab Lesson on today experiment with Skateboards and Newton's Second Law

Homework:

• Complete the Calculations for today's experiment with Skateboards and Newton's Second Law

• Complete the worksheet on Practice with Newton's Second Law

• Begin Reading Chapter 5

Expect a Quiz next Thursday.

Astronomy/Telescope Night Coming Up Next Week

When:  Thursday October 19, 2017

Where: Field by the Parking Lot 

What: Viewing the planet Saturn and its Rings

Time: ~6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Here is a video of the Demonstration of Inertia, shown in class with the 3 Eggs into the 3 Beakers. Video taken by Tony Chen

In class on Wednesday, we started Chapter 4 on Newton's First Law of Motion

Homework:

• Complete the front and back side of the CDE Worksheet 4-1

• Begin Reading Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, & 4.5 from Chapter 4, pages 43-50

Answers to Some of the Worksheets and HOMEWORK LIST for Chapter 3 are Below:

Chapter 3 Quiz on Tuesday September 26, 2017

Quiz will have questions related to Vectors, and Projectile Motion.

Homework:

• Finish the Projectile Motion Problems on "Vector Math Practice" Worksheet
• CDE Worksheet 3-1
• Continue working on the textbook Review Questions and Plug and Chug Problems and Think and Solve Problems and Think and Explain Questions.
• Analysis Questions from "Ball in Cup" Lab

Chapter 3 Exam will be next Monday October 2

Below is the Homework List:

Homework for Monday September 18, 2017

• Complete the front and back of CDE Worksheet 3-2

• Begin Assignment 3 A for textbook Questions

In Class Today:

• Updated Seating Chart
• Q.O.B. about Jet Stream and Time of Flight for West Coast to East Coast Trips.
• Lesson on Vectors and Adding Vectors

Answers to the Nine Station Review Practice Test are below:

Chapter 2 Exam will be on Tuesday

• Remember to also study the Review Questions and Plug & Chug Problems in the back of Chapter Two in the Textbook.

There is a mistake on the answer key for the Chapter 2 Practice Test.

Station 4 Question 3 does not have a correct answer.  The answer should be 0.37 seconds

In Class on Wednesday:

• Measuring g on the moon
• Discuss Some of the "Conceptual Questions" Answers
• Concept Check
• Lab Activity from Science Building Balcony

Homework:

• Study for Quiz on Friday
• Finish C.D.E. 2-2 Worksheet
• Complete the Calculations and Questions from the Dropping Balls Lab
• Complete the Graph Questions from Worksheet 2.1

Prepare for Unit 2 (Chapter 2) Exam next week.

Homework List Posted Below for Next Tuesday's Chapter 2 Exam

• Complete the CDE Worksheet 2-2 back side.
• Complete the worksheet on "Conceptual Questions"
• Complete at least first page of stapled 2.1 Worksheet on Displacement and Velocity
  

Lesson In Class on Friday 9-1-17 was

• Demonstration of Coin and Feather in a Vacuum
• Collect Domino Labs with graph and questions.
• Go over front side of CDE Worksheet 2-2
• Demonstration of Strobe Light and Track with Steel Ball and Fan
• Began Watching Mechanical Universe LASER Disc on "Law of Falling Bodies"