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Physics Syllabus
Online, 2023-2024
Mr. Owens |
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| Week | What to do this week | Assignments |
| Week 1 | ☐ Section 1.1: Introduction to Physics ☐ Section 1.2: Units and Scientific Notation ☐ Section 1.3: Converting Units ☐ HW 1A ☐ HW 1B ☐ Section 1.4: Measurement ☐ Lab 1A ☐ HW 1C (Honors) ☐ Chapter 1 Test | HW 1A HW 1B Lab 1A HW 1C (Honors) Chapter 1 Test |
| Week 2 | ☐ Section 2.1: Definitions ☐ HW 2A ☐ HW 2B ☐ Section 2.2: Graphing Position vs. Time ☐ HW 2C | HW 2A HW 2B HW 2C |
| Week 3 | ☐ Section 2.3: Acceleration ☐ HW 2D ☐ Section 2.4: Equations for Accelerated Motion ☐ HW 2E ☐ Section 2.5: Equations for Accelerated Motion, Part 2 ☐ HW 2F ☐ HW 2G | HW 2D HW 2E HW 2F HW 2G |
| Week 4 | ☐ Section 2.6: Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Graphs ☐ Section 2.7: Falling Bodies ☐ HW 2H, HW 2I, HW 2J ☐ HW 2K (Honors) ☐ Lab 2A ☐ Chapter 2 Test | HW 2H HW 2I HW 2J Lab 2A HW 2K (Honors) Chapter 2 Test |
| Week 5 | ☐ Section 3.1: Vectors ☐ HW 3A ☐ Section 3.2: Relative Velocity ☐ HW 3B ☐ Section 3.3: Trigonometry ☐ HW 3C ☐ HW 3D | HW 3A HW 3B HW 3C HW 3D |
| Week 6 | ☐ Section 3.4: Vectors and Components ☐ HW 3E ☐ Lab 3A | HW 3E Lab 3A |
| Week 7 | ☐ Section 3.5: Projectile Motion ☐ HW 3F ☐ HW 3G ☐ Lab 3B ☐ HW 3H (Honors) ☐ HW 3I (Honors) ☐ Test on Chapter 3 | HW 3F HW3G Lab 3B HW 3H (Honors) HW 3I (Honors) Chapter 3 Test |
| Week 8 | ☐ Section 4.1: Introduction ☐ Section 4.2: Newton`s First Law ☐ Section 4.3: Newton`s Second Law ☐ HW 4A | HW 4A |
| Week 9 | ☐ Section 4.4: Newton`s Third Law ☐ Section 4.5: Weight ☐ HW 4B ☐ Section 4.6: Newton`s Second Law Applied ☐ HW 4C | HW 4B HW 4C |
| Week 10 | ☐ Section 4.7: Friction ☐ HW 4D ☐ HW 4E ☐ Lab 4A and Lab 4B ☐ Honors students do section 4.8: Inclines ☐ Honors students do HW 4F and HW 4G ☐ Chapter 4 Test | HW 4D HW 4E Lab 4A and Lab 4B HW 4F (Honors) HW 4G (Honors) Chapter 4 Test |
| Week 11 | ☐ Section 5.1: Intro to Work and Energy ☐ Section 5.2: Kinetic Energy ☐ HW 5A ☐ HW 5B ☐ Section 5.3: Potential Energy ☐ HW 5C | HW 5A HW 5B HW 5C |
| Week 12 | ☐ Section 5.4: Conservation of Energy ☐ HW 5D ☐ HW 5E ☐ Section 5.5: Power ☐ HW 5F ☐ Lab 5A | HW 5D HW 5E HW 5F Lab 5A |
| Week 13 | ☐ Section 6.1: Momentum ☐ HW 6A ☐ Section 6.2: Conservation of Momentum ☐ HW 6B ☐ Honors students do section 6.3: The Ballistic Pendulum ☐ Section 6.4: Angular Momentum ☐ Chapter 6 Test | HW 6A HW 6B Chapter 6 Test |
| Week 14 | ☐ First Semester Exam Review | |
| Week 15 | ☐ Dec 12 First Semester Exam | |
| Week 16 | ☐ Section 7.1: Uniform Circular Motion ☐ HW 7A ☐ Section 7.2: A Car on a Flat Turn ☐ HW 7B ☐ Section 7.3: A Ride at an Amusement Park ☐ HW 7C | HW 7A HW 7B HW 7C |
| Week 17 | ☐ Section 7.4: A Car in a Banked Turn ☐ HW 7D ☐ Section 7.5: An Object in a Vertical Circle ☐ HW 7E ☐ Section 7.6: A Roller Coaster Loop ☐ HW 7F ☐ Section 7.8: Summary | HW 7D HW 7E HW 7F |
| Week 18 | ☐ Section 8.1: Newton`s Law of Universal Gravitation ☐ HW 8A ☐ Section 8.2: Gravity Near the Earth s Surface ☐ HW 8B ☐ HW 8C | HW 8A HW 8B HW 8C |
| Week 19 | ☐ Section 8.3: Satellites and Weightlessness ☐ Section 8.4: Circular Orbits ☐ HW 8D ☐ Section 8.5: Geosynchronous Orbits ☐ Honors students do HW 8F and HW 8G ☐ Section 8.6: History of Theories of Planetary Orbits ☐ HW 8E ☐ Test on Chapters 7 and 8 | HW 8D HW 8E HW 8F (Honors) HW 8G (Honors) Chapter 7 and 8 Test |
| Week 20 | ☐ Section 9.1: Atoms ☐ Section 9.2: Temperature ☐ HW 9A ☐ Section 9.3: Pressure ☐ HW 9B ☐ Section 9.4: Absolute Zero ☐ HW 9C | HW 9A HW 9B HW 9C |
| Week 21 | ☐ Section 9.5: Thermal Expansion ☐ HW 9D ☐ Section 9.6: Gas Laws ☐ HW 9E ☐ Section 9.7: The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat ☐ HW 9F | HW 9D HW 9E HW 9F |
| Week 22 | ☐ Section 9.8: Specific Heat Capacity ☐ HW 9G ☐ Section 9.9: Calorimetry ☐ HW 9H ☐ Section 9.10: Entropy ☐ Chapter 9 Test | HW 9G HW 9H Chapter 9 Test |
| Week 23 | ☐ Sections 10.1: Oscillations and Resonance ☐ Section 10.2: Wave Motion ☐ HW 10A ☐ Lab 10A ☐ Section 10.3: Sound Waves | HW 10A Lab 10A |
| Week 24 | ☐ Section 10.4: The Doppler Effect ☐ HW 10B ☐ HW 10C ☐ HW 10D ☐ HW10E ☐ Section 10.5: The Doppler Effect with Light Waves | HW 10B HW 10C HW 10D HW 10E |
| Week 25 | ☐ Section 11.1: Reflection ☐ Section 11.2: Refraction ☐ HW 11A ☐ Section 11.3: Lenses ☐ Section 11.4: Total Internal Reflection ☐ Lab 11A ☐ Test on Chapters 10 and 11 | HW 11A Lab 11A Chapters 10 and 11 Test |
| Week 26 | ☐ Section 12.1: Static Electricity ☐ Section 12.2: Coulomb's Law ☐ HW 12A ☐ Section 12.3: Michael Faraday and Electric Fields ☐ HW 12B ☐ HW 12C | HW 12A HW 12B HW 12C |
| Week 27 | ☐ Section 12.4: Electric Potential and Voltage ☐ HW 12D ☐ Section 12.5: Simple Circuits ☐ Section 12.6: Capacitance ☐ HW 12E ☐ Chapter 12 Test | HW 12D HW 12E Chapter 12 Test |
| Week 28 | ☐ Section 13.1: Early History ☐ Section 13.2: Electric Current, Ohm's Law, Resistivity ☐ HW 13A ☐ HW 13B ☐ Section 13.3: Electric Power ☐ HW13C | HW 13A HW 13B HW 13C |
| Week 29 | ☐ Section 13.4: Resistors in Series and Parallel ☐ HW 13D ☐ HW 13E | HW 13D HW 13E |
| Week 30 | ☐ HW 13F ☐ HW 13G ☐ Section 13.5: Power Generation ☐ Lab 13A ☐ Chapter 13 Test | HW 13F HW 13G Lab 13A Chapter 13 Test |
| Week 31 | ☐ Second Semester Exam Review | |
| Week 32 | ☐ Second Semester Exam | |