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Homework for week of April 4

Monday 4/4

Circuit Diagrams Practice Sheet #1. Check your answers here.

Make sure you have completed your circuits notes packet so you can be prepared for the quiz on Tuesday.

Tuesday 4/5

Circuit Diagrams Practice Sheet #2. Check your answers here.

Finish the practice problems and answer the questions from the Ohm's Law and Power Lab

Wednesday 4/6

Quiz on Circuits, Ohm's Law, and Power.

Use your notes packet as a study guide. Check your answers with the answer key.

Friday 4/7

 

NOTE: There are two Extra Credit opportunities available to you every week from now until the middle of June: Science Friday Current Events, and Physics Observation Journal. You may do one or the other each week, one occasionally, or none, as you wish. Credit is given if all criteria are fulfilled.

Note: You can download magnetism notes by clicking HERE.

Homework for week of April 11

Monday 4/11

Magnet Mania in class. Answer homework questions and hand them in.

Read Chapter 36.1-36.7. Answer RQ's # 3, 10-13, 15, 21, and 25 at end of chapter.

Tuesday 4/12

Read chapter 37.1-37.3 and answer questions #1-3, 7, 9, 10 and 31 at the end of the chapter.

Wednesday 4/13

Speakers and Motors questions completed.

Complete and study the Review Packet for tomorrow's test.

Friday 4/15

TEST on Electricity, Magnetism, Electromagnetism, and Electromagnetic Induction

Homework for week of April 25
Monday, 4/25

 

Tuesday, 4/26

Read chapter 25.1-25.7. RQ's #1,3,4,6-12.

Quiz corrections for E&M Test due today.

Wednesday, 4/27

NO CLASS TODAY

Ms DR. Will be in the building after 1:00 PM.

Friday, 4/29

Complete the discussion section of the Waves lab.

Complete Reveiw Packet #4 to begin preparation for our final exam and MCAS next month.

Homework for week of May 2
Monday, 5/2

Finish the Analysis section of the Waves Lab.

To help you understand waves and interference a little better, play with the PHet simulation we used in class.

Tuesday, 5/3

Chapter 25-1 Practice page handed out in class.

Complete wave speed problems packet that we began in class.

Wednesday, 5/4

QUIZ: Waves

Friday, 5/6

Read Chapter 26 pp. 390-396. Answer RQ's #1-3, 5,7, 8-10

Complete Speed of Sound Lab and submit it in class

Homework for week of May 9
Monday, 5/9

Chapter 26 RQ's #12-16

Speck of the Spectrum project begun in class. Final product due tomorrow.

Begin work on Review Packet #5.

Tuesday, 5/10 Speck of the Spectrum project due today.
Wednesday, 5/11 Complete Review Packet #5.
Friday, 5/13

NO CLASS: Ms DR will be out of the building

Work on Review Packet #1. We will begin out formal review period on Tuesday, 5/17.

Homework for week of May 16
Monday, 5/16

Reading and questions in Light chapter TBD.

Make sure Review Packets #1, #4, and #5 are completed, including excellent and thorough answers for the open-response questions.

Tuesday, 5/17

Review reflection and refraction in-class demos by visiting the PHet website and playing with this simulation. Make sure you have completed the Light: Reflection and Refraction worksheet and the last open-response question in Review Packet #5.

Wednesday, 5/18 Review Packet #2 completed.
Friday, 5/20

Review Packet #3 completed.

Homework for week of May 23
Monday,5/23 Final review day in class. I will ask you to explain any of these concepts that we have reviewed in the past week. We will make "brain dump" posters in class. Remember that teachers are available for extra review during X-block today!
Tuesday, 5/24

FINAL EXAM

All freshmen will be taking the Intro Physics final during A and B blocks today.

F-Block mett in room 410. G-block meet in room 411.

Wednesday, 5/25

 

Friday, 5/27  
Homework for week of May 30
Monday, 5/30  
Tuesday, 5/31  
Wednesday, 6/1
Friday, 6/3
Bring in Materials for Bottle Rocket Project
Homework for week of June 6
Check the Physics Home Page and click on the links for Extra credit (current events and journal options). ALL extra credit assignments must be turned in no later than Friday, 6/10.
Monday, 6/6

Bottle Rocket construction in class

Check the grades page for missing work. Complete and turn in all late work.

Tuesday, 6/7

Bottle Rocket Launch Phase I

Check the grades page for missing work. Complete and turn in all late work.

Wednesday, 6/8

Return your textbook!!

Check the grades page for missing work. Complete and turn in all late work.

Bottle Rocket Project Write-up due.Remember, this is 25% of your final exam grade! NO extensions.

Friday, 6/10 STEP UP DAY: NO CLASS
Homework for week of June 13
Monday, 6/13

Bottle Rocket Launch Phase II

Last day of class. Grades close. Absolutely no work accepted after this date.

Tuesday, 6/14  
Wednesday, 6/15

 

Friday, 6/17  
Homework for week of June 20
Monday, 6/20  
Tuesday,6/21  
Wednesday, 6/22
Friday, 6/24