School & District: WoodlandHigh School
DorchesterSchool District Four
Teacher: Sylvia A. Frazier
Pre-requisites: Physical Science, Chemistry, Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II
Credit: 1 Carnegie Unit
Course Description:
Physics is designed for the 12th grade student who wants to attend a four-year college. Students acquire a fundamental knowledge of motion, matter, and energy that should not only serve them as the foundation for their study of science in institutions of higher education but should also provide them with the science skills that are necessary in physics-oriented technical careers. The two core areas of the Physics 1 standards include:
• Interactions and Forces: Patterns of Linear Motion; Forces and Changes in Motion; Interactions and Contact Forces; Interactions and Noncontact Forces and Fields
• Interactions and Energy: Conservation and Energy Transfer and Work; Mechanical Energy; Thermal Energy; Sound, Electricity and Magnetism; Radiation; Nuclear Energy
Class Rules
1. Be prepared, with materials and assignments ready.
2. Follow directions the first time they are given.
3. Raise your hand, and wait until you are given permission to speak.
4. There will be no personal grooming in class.
5. Stay in your seat until given permission to move.
6. Keep you hands and feet to yourself. Respect yourself and others.
Course Text(s) and Material: (Include textbook and outside readings)
The textbook that will be used for College Preparatory Physics is Physics: Principles andProblems. In addition to the textbook students will read current events in the newspaper and on the website
Course Learning and Developmental Objectives:
LONGRANGE LEARNING GOALS:
- Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.
- Use the scientific method to solve problems.
- Design and conduct investigations.
- Relate the scientific method to solve some of the problems in society.
- Improve standardized test scores by ten to twenty points.
- Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications.
- Communicate and defend a scientific argument.
Course Requirements:
- Lab reports are to be submitted after each lab.
- Tests will be given after each chapter and unit.
- Every week you will be responsible for reading a current event article that deals with science.
Student expectations:
- Be on time. This means you should be inyour desk by the time the tardybell rings. Look on the board/overhead forthe essential question and bell work. Begin work immediately.
- Be prepared with your materials. You will needyour textbook daily. You will also need a 3 ringbinder (2-3 in.) notebook with pockets in the front and back for class work, four (4) page dividers, number 2 pencils, and a highlighter. You may use eitherpencil or ink for notes or tests. It is recommended that you have a calculator for daily activities.
- Be polite and quiet. Raise your hand for permission to talk. Do not interrupt others.
- Be attentive. Listen carefully to directions and follow them closely.
- Unit and chapter tests will be announced in advance. If you are absent and the absence is excused, the tests should be made up within three (3) class days. Any other special arrangement must be cleared with the teacher.
- State law allows only 5 absences in a semester course. More than 5 absences will result in no credit being given for the course.
- Be responsible for your work. This means that you must make up any work missed in class as soon aspossible.
Course Content:
Standard H.P.1: The student will use the science and engineering practices, including the processes and skills of scientific inquiry, to develop understandings of science content.
H.P.1A. Conceptual Understanding: The practices of science and engineering support the development of science concepts, develop the habits of mind that are necessary for scientific thinking, and allow students to engage in science in ways that are similar to those used by scientists and engineers.
H.P.1B. Conceptual Understanding: Technology is any modification to the natural world created to fulfill the wants and needs of humans. The engineering design process involves a series of iterative steps used to solve a problem and often leads to the development of a new or improved technology.
Standard H.P.2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the interactions among objects and their subsequent motion can be explained and predicted using the concept of forces.
H.P.2A. Conceptual Understanding: The linear motion of an object can be described by its displacement, velocity, and acceleration.
H.P.2B. Conceptual Understanding: The interactions among objects and their subsequent motion can be explained and predicted by analyzing the forces acting on the objects and applying Newton’s laws of motion.
H.P.2C. Conceptual Understanding: The contact interactions among objects and their subsequent motion can be explained and predicted by analyzing the normal, tension, applied, and frictional forces acting on the objects and by applying Newton’s Laws of Motion.
H.P.2D. Conceptual Understanding: The non-contact (at a distance) interactions among objects and their subsequent motion can be explained and predicted by analyzing the gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces acting on the objects and applying Newton’s laws of motion. These non-contact forces can be represented as fields.
Standard H.P.3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the interactions among objects can be explained and predicted using the concept of the conservation of energy.
H.P.3A. Conceptual Understanding: Work and energy are equivalent to each other. Work is defined as the product of displacement and the force causing that displacement; this results in the transfer of mechanical energy. Therefore, in the case of mechanical energy, energy is seen as the ability to do work. This is called the work-energy principle. The rate at which work is done (or energy is transformed) is called power. For machines that do useful work for humans, the ratio of useful power output is the efficiency of the machine. For all energies and in all instances, energy in a closed system remains constant.
H.P.3B. Conceptual Understanding: Mechanical energy refers to a combination of motion (kinetic energy) and stored energy (potential energy). When only conservative forces act on an object and when no mass is converted to energy, mechanical energy is conserved. Gravitational and electrical potential energy can be modeled as energy stored in the fields created by massive objects or charged particles.
H.P.3C. Conceptual Understanding: When there is a temperature difference between two objects, an interaction occurs in the form of a transfer of thermal energy (heat) from the hotter object to the cooler object. Thermal energy is the total internal kinetic energy of the molecules and/or atoms of a system and is related to temperature, which is the average kinetic energy of the particles of a system. Energy always flows from hot to cold through the processes of conduction, convection, or radiation.
H.P.3D. Conceptual Understanding: Sound is a mechanical, longitudinal wave that is the result of vibrations (kinetic energy) that transfer energy through a medium.
H.P.3E. Conceptual Understanding: During electric circuit interactions, electrical energy (energy stored in a battery or energy transmitted by a current) is transformed into other forms of energy and transferred to circuit devices and the surroundings. Charged particles and magnets create fields that store energy. Magnetic fields exert forces on moving charged particles. Changing magnetic fields cause electrons in wires to move, creating current.
H.P.3F. Conceptual Understanding: During radiant energy interactions, energy can be transferred over long distances without a medium. Radiation can be modeled as an electromagnetic wave or as a stream of discrete packets of energy (photons); all radiation travels at the same speed in a vacuum (speed of light). This electromagnetic radiation is a major source of energy for life on Earth.
H.P.3G. Conceptual Understanding: Nuclear energy is energy stored in an atom’s nucleus; this energy holds the atom together and is called binding energy. Binding energy is a reflection of the equivalence of mass and energy; the mass of any nucleus is always less than the sum of the masses of the individual constituent nucleons that comprise it. Binding energy is also a measure of the strong nuclear force that exists in the nucleus and is responsible for overcoming the repulsive forces among protons. The strong and weak nuclear forces, gravity, and the electromagnetic force are the fundamental forces in nature. Strong and weak nuclear forces determine nuclear sizes, stability, and rates of radioactive decay. At the subatomic scale, the conservation of energy becomes the conservation of mass-energy.
Grading Percentage:
The grading for this course will follow the grading scale below:
A 90-100 NC = No credit due to excessive absences
B 80-89 WF = Withdrew failing/Recordedas “F”
C 70-79 WP = Withdrew passing
D 60-69
F 0-59
Grading Scale
Class work (quizzes, projects, etc.) 30%
Tests 40%
Labs 20%
Homework 10%
Classroom Rules and Consequences:
- Be prepared, with materials and assignments ready.
- Follow directions the first time they are given.
- Raise your hand, and wait until you are given permission to speak.
- There will be no personal grooming in class.
- Stay in your seat until given permission to move.
- Keep you hands and feet to yourself. Respect yourself and others.
Discipline
The following consequences will be followed for violation of class rules within one class period.
First OffenseWarning
Second OffenseParent Notification
Third Offense Referral/Parent notification
Severe OffenseImmediate Referral to an Administrator
Communication with Parents:
The teacher will contact the parents through letters, email, phone calls or special school activities such as Open House and Parent Teacher meetings.
Conferences:
My planning period is 10:32 to 11:22am. My planningblock may be used for planning and parent conference by appointment.If you would like to talk to me about your child, this is the best time to reach me. The phone number at WoodlandHigh School is (843) 563-5956. My email address is
School-wide Policies: School-wide Policies- Make-up Work/Tests/Projects
- If absent, make-up test will be administered. Teacher reserves the right to change the test and or the format. All make-up tests will be taken during extended learning time.
- Students with extenuating circumstances will be permitted to make up work, tests, and/or projects. Make-up work, tests, and projects must be submitted within three to five days of returning to school.
- Teachers reserve the right of not giving full credit for make-up or missing work, tests, and/or projects.
- All ISS/OSS students are responsible for all missed assignments and tests. The policy for OSS students is in the Woodland High School Student Agenda.
- Accepting Late Work/Projects
- No late homework will be allowed, if a student is present.
- Late work/projects will not be accepted unless there is an extenuating circumstance.
- A penalty for turning in late work will be assessed (Drop letter grade per day, deducting 10%- 1st day, 20%- 2nd day, 30%- 3rd day, etc.).
- All ISS/OSS students are responsible for all missed assignments and tests. The policy for OSS students is in the Woodland High School Student Agenda.
- Taking Re-Test
- If a student passes test on first attempt, there will be no re-test.
- Re-test will only be given at the discretion of the teacher for an extenuating circumstance (case-by-case), with the approval of the principal.
- Student being allowed to take a re-test must attend at least one tutoring session, or extended learning session, prior to the re-test.
Assignments
- A test will be given at the end of each chapter and in some cases two chapters will be tested together.
- A lab report is due at the completion of each lab activity unless otherwise stated.
- A study guide will be given for all chapters and will be due on the day of the test. Study guides will count as homework grades. Other homework assignments will be given also.
- Classwork will include quizzes and other assignments.
- A science article will be due on the last Friday of each month. Use the site for the science article. Print the article; read the article and attach the article to your critique of the article. This assignment does not have to be typed.
The time frame for the different standards and indicators may change as I adjust to the students’ needs. We may not get to every standard and indicator. .
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