CALENDAR

PHYSICS

QUARTER 1
ROTATION 1
Thursday, August 13 (1, 4)

• Class Information and Syllabus
• Rearranging Literal Expressions

Friday, August 14 (1) or Monday, August 17 (4)​

• Estimation in Measurement; Significant Figures; Rules for Determining Significant Figures; Operations with Significant Figures

Monday, August 17 (1) or Tuesday, August 18 (4)

• Scientific Notation; Conversions Between Scientific and Decimal Notation; Operations with Scientific Notation

Wednesday, August 19 (1, 4)

• MKS/SI Units; Standard vs Derived Units; Metric Prefixes; Factor-Label Method

Thursday, August 20 (1) or Friday, August 21 (4)

• Go Over Metric/Factor-Label Homework

ROTATION 2
Monday, August 24 (1, 4)

• Science Graphing Techniques
• Graph Relationships (Direct, Inverse, Quadratic, Square Root)

Tuesday, August 25 (1) or Wednesday, August 26 (4)​

• Using OneNote Class Notebook
• Work on Test 1 Review

Wednesday, August 26 (1) or Thursday, August 27 (4)

• Go Over Test 1 Review

Friday, August 28 (1, 4)

• TEST 1 "MATH REVIEW AND GRAPHING" (Chapter 1)

Monday, August 31 (1) or Tuesday, September 1 (4)

• Period 1 - PIVOT Registration and Activity - "The Ping Pong Ball Bazooka"
• Period 4 - Computer Issue

ROTATION 3
Wednesday, September 2 (1, 4)

• Period 1 - Study Period

• Period 4 - PIVOT Registration and Activity - "The Ping Pong Ball Bazooka"

Thursday, September 3 (1) or Friday, September 4 (4)​

• Kinematics: Displacement vs. Distance; Velocity vs. Speed; Vector vs. Scalar; Position-Time Graph

Friday, September 4 (1) or Tuesday, September 8 (4)

• Acceleration; Velocity-Time Graph for Displacement and Acceleration

Wednesday, September 9 (1, 4)

• "Big Four" Equations for Uniform Acceleration

Thursday, September 10 (1) or Friday, September 11 (4)

• Free Fall; Acceleration Due to Gravity, g; Dropped Object; Object Thrown Directly Upwards

ROTATION 4
Monday, September 14 (1, 4)

• Graphing Motion Worksheet

Tuesday, September 15 (1) or Wednesday, September 16 (4)​

• Go Over Test 2 Review

Wednesday, September 16 (1) or Thursday, September 17 (4)

• TEST 2 "ONE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION" (Chapter 2)

Friday, September 18 (1, 4)

• PIVOT "Free Fall Five" Activity

Monday, September 21 (1) or Tuesday, September 22 (4)

• Trigonometry Review: Basic Right Triangle Trigonometry

ROTATION 5
Wednesday, September 23 (1, 4)

• Text Sections 3.1-3.2: Adding Perpendicular Vectors; Standard Direction

Thursday, September 24 (1) or Monday, September 28 (4)​

• Text Section 3.2: Finding Components of Vectors; Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors Using Components

Monday, September 28 (1) or Tuesday, September 29 (4)

• Review for Vectors Quiz

Wednesday, September 30 (1, 4)

• VECTORS QUIZ (Section 3.2)

Thursday, October 1 (1) or Friday, October 2 (4)

• Additional Vector Problems Worksheet

ROTATION 6
Monday, October 5 (1, 4)

• Text Section 3.3: Projectile Motion; Horizontal vs. Vertical Motion; Horizontal Launch (Problems #1-3)

Tuesday, October 6 (1) or Wednesday, October 7 (4)​

• Text Section 3.3:  Angled Launch Projectiles (Problems #11 and 14)

Wednesday, October 7 (1) or Thursday, October 8 (4)

• Review for Test 3

Friday, October 9 (1, 4)

• TEST 3 "PROJECTILE MOTION" (Section 3.3)

Monday, October 12 (1) or Tuesday, October 13 (4)

• PIVOT Projectile Motion Activity "Three Views of Projectile"

QUARTER 2
ROTATION 7
Thursday, October 15 (1, 4 - Both Online)

• Go Over Test 3

Tuesday, October 20 (1) or Wednesday, October 21 (4)​

• Review PIVOT Lab "Three Views of Projectile"

Wednesday, October 21 (1) or Thursday, October 22 (4)

• PIVOT Lab Activity "Motion Graphing a Dry Ice Puck on a Ramp" (Not Parts 2 or 3)

Friday, October 23 (1, 4)

• Text Chapter 4:  Force (Unit N); Newton's Laws of Motion; Inertia; F = ma; Action and Reaction

Monday, October 26 (1) or Tuesday, October 27 (4)

• Text Chapter 4:  Weight; Normal Force and Apparent Weight; Friction - Static vs. Kinetic

ROTATION 8
Wednesday, October 28 (1, 4)

• Text Chapter 4:  Net Force; Free-Body Diagrams; Air Resistance; Terminal Velocity

Thursday, October 29 (1) or Friday, October 30 (4)​

• Work on Test 4 Review

Friday, October 30 (1) or Monday, November 2 (4)

• Review for Test 4

Tuesday, November 3 (1, 4)

• TEST 4 "DYNAMICS AND NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION" (Chapter 4)

Wednesday, November 4 (1) or Thursday, November 5 (4)

• Work on Additional Force Problems

ROTATION 9
Friday, November 6 (1, 4)

• Go Over Test 4

Monday, November 9 (1) or Tuesday, November 10 (4)​

• Text Section 5.1: Work - Definition; Formula; Unit
• Text Section 5.4: Power - Definition; Formula; Unit

Tuesday, November 10 (1) or Wednesday, November 11 (4)

• Text Section 5.2: Kinetic Energy; Work-Energy Theorem; Gravitational Potential Energy

Thursday, November 12 (1, 4)

• NO SCHOOL - Weather Day

Friday, November 13 (1) or Monday, November 16 (4)

• Text Section 5.3: Conservation of Mechanical Energy

ROTATION 10
Tuesday, November 17 (1, 4)

• Review for Test 5

Wednesday, November 18 (1) or Thursday, November 19 (4)​

• TEST 5 "WORK AND ENERGY" (Chapter 5)

Thursday, November 19 (1) or Friday, November 20 (4)

• Study Period

Monday, November 30 (1, 4)

• Text Section 6.1: Impulse and Momentum; Impulse-Momentum Theorem

Tuesday, December 1 (1) or Wednesday, December 2 (4)

• Text Section 6.2: Conservation of Momentum; Inelastic Problems; Recoil Problems

ROTATION 11
Thursday, December 3 (1, 4)

• Text Section 6.3: Elastic vs. Inelastic Collisions

Friday, December 4 (1) or Monday, December 7 (4)​

• Work on Test 6 Review

Monday, December 7 (1) or Tuesday, December 8 (4)

• Go Over Test 6 Review and Test 5

Wednesday, December 9 (1, 4)

• PIVOT Lab Activity "Blowdart Cart Collision"

Thursday, December 10 (1) or Friday, December 11 (4)

• Final Study Period

TEST 6 "MOMENTUM" - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 11:00 A.M. - NOON IN S106 (our regular classroom)!!

QUARTER 3
ROTATION 12
Monday, January 4 (1, 4)

• Review Test 6
• Text Section 7.2: Universal Gravitation

Tuesday, January 5 (1) or Wednesday, January 6 (4)​

• Text Sections 11.1-11.2: Simple Harmonic/Periodic Motion; Period vs. Frequency; Pendulum; Mass on a Spring; Hooke's Law

Wednesday, January 6 (1) or Thursday, January 7 (4)

• Work on Quiz 7 Review Worksheet

Friday, January 8 (1, 4)

• Quiz 7 Review​

Monday, January 11 (1) or Tuesday, January 12 (4)

• QUIZ 7 "GRAVITATION AND PERIODIC MOTION" (Chapter 7.2 and 11.1-11.2)

ROTATION 13
Wednesday, January 13 (1, 4)

• Text Section 7.1: Circular Motion; Period vs. Frequency; Tangential Speed; Centripetal Acceleration

Thursday, January 14 (1) or Friday, January 15 (4)​

• Text Section 7.1 (continued): Centripetal Force

Friday, January 15 (1) or Tuesday, January 19 (4)

• Text Section 7.4: Torque; Rotation and Lever Arm; Rotational Statics; Sign of Torque

Wednesday, January 20 (1, 4)

• Work on Centripetal Force and Torque Worksheet

Thursday, January 21 (1) or Friday, January 22 (4)

• Work on Test 8 Review Worksheet
  
  

ROTATION 14
Monday, January 25 (1, 4)

• Review for Test 8

Tuesday, January 26 (1) or Wednesday, January 27 (4)​

• TEST 8 "CIRCULAR MOTION" (Chapter 7.1 and 7.4)

Wednesday, January 27 (1) or Thursday, January 28 (4)

• PIVOTS Lab "Period of a Pendulum"

Friday, January 29 (1, 4)

• Junior Day (Study Period)

Monday, February 1 (1) or Tuesday, February 2 (4)

• KAHOOT Mechanics Quiz

ROTATION 15
Wednesday, February 3 (1, 4)
Thursday, February 4 (1) or Friday, February 5 (4)​
Friday, February 5 (1) or Monday, February 8 (4)
Tuesday, February 9 (1, 4)
Wednesday, February 10 (1) or Thursday, February 11 (4)

ROTATION 16
Tuesday, February 16 (1, 4)
Wednesday, February 17 (1) or Thursday, February 18 (4)​
Thursday, February 18 (1) or Friday, February 19 (4)
Monday, February 22 (1, 4)
Tuesday, February 23 (1) or Wednesday, February 24 (4)

ROTATION 17
Thursday, February 25 (1, 4)
Friday, February 26 (1) or Monday, March 1 (4)​
Monday, March 1 (1) or Tuesday, March 2 (4)
Wednesday, March 3 (1, 4)
Thursday, March 4 (1) or Friday, March 5 (4)