Morgan County School District Re-3 Physics
Physics
Month / Content and Essential Questions / Skills / Assessment / Resources /August / Measurement/Mathematical Relationships
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Linear Motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4 / Metric Units
Accuracy, Precision, Sig. Figs.
Uncertainties
Manipulator equations
Position vs Distance
Vector vs Scalar
Average vs Instantaneous Speed
V ave = d/t
Velocity vs Speed
Relativity of velocity
Uniform acceleration
a = vf - vi /t
Vf = Vi + at / Quiz
Practice exercises #1-4
PE 5&6
Pe 7&8
Pe #9-13
Pe #14-16 /
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September / Linear motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4
Vectors
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
2 dimensional motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4 / Displacement during uniform acceleration
Displacement from acceleration and time
Acceleration from distance and speed
Average velocity
Free fall
Addition and subtraction - linear
Addition and subtraction in quadrants
( including work on sin, cos, tan, vector signs and absolute angles as well as resultants and equilibrants)
Independence of motion
x velocity off cliff
ground to ground projectile
Cliff to ground projectiles
moving ground to ground projectiles
moving cliff to ground projectiles / Pe# 17-20
Pe # 21-26
Pe # 27-29
review worksheet
problem worksheet
Test
Vector worksheets
Vector Test
Worksheets building sequential skills for projectiles.
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Newton's second law apparatus
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October / 2 dimensional motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4
Newton's laws of motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Impulse and Momentum
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
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Circular motion
( centripetal forces and accelerations)
Newton's first , second and third law
Impulse - Momentum theorem
Conservation of momentum
( one and two dimensional collisions / Dart gun project
projectile test
Worksheets
washer lab
Circular motion test
Think and explain
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Newton's laws of motion test
worksheets
practice exercises
think and explain
plug and chug
think and solve /
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Conceptual Physics
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November / Impulse and Momentum
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Work, Power, Potential and Kinetic Energy
S 2.2A,b 2.3bc
/ One and two dimensional collisions
relate work, power potential and kinetic energies, as well as machine efficiencies / worksheets
practice exercises
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Momentum Test
worksheets
practice exercises
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Roller coaster project
work and energy test / textbook and teacher filing cabinet
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December / Rotational mechanics
S 2.2A,b 2.3bc
Universal gravitation
S 2.2A,b 2.3bc
/ Center of mass and center of gravity
Torque
conservation of rational momentum
Gravitational interactions / think and explain
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worksheets
Rotational motion Test
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January /
Electrostatics
S 2.1a 2.2b /
atomic electrical charges
charge polarization
charge by induction
charge by conduction
electric fields
electric potential
electric potential energy /
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Electrostatic labs
capacitor lab
electrostatics test / textbook and teacher filing cabinet
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February / Electrostatics
S 2.1a 2.2b
Current electricity
S 2.1a 2.2b / atomic electrical charges
charge polarization
charge by induction
charge by conduction
electric fields
electric potential
electric potential energy
Ohm's Law
series electricity
Parallel electricity
circuits
schematic diagrams / Think and explain
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Electrostatic labs
capacitor lab
electrostatics test
Ohm's law lab
Series Lab
Parallel Lab
Series-parallel Lab
Lab and written test / textbook and teacher filing cabinet
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March / Magnetism
S 2.1a 2.2b
Electromagnetic Induction
S 2.1a 2.2b
Vibrations and waves
S 2.3a,c / magnetic poles
magnetic fields
magnetic domains
electric currents and magnetic fields
magnetic forces on moving charged particles
magnetic forces on current carrying wires
meters and motors
Earth's magnetic field
Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday's Law
Generators and alternating current
motor and generator comparison
transformers
power transmission
Induction of electric and magnetic fields
electromagnetic waves
Wave description
Wave motion
wave speed
transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
interference
Standing waves
Doppler effect
Bow waves
Shock wave / Think and explain
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magnetism labs
magnetism test
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Electromagnetic test
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wave labs
wave test
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April / Sound
S 2.3a,c
Light
S 2.3a,c
Color
S 2.3a,c
Reflection and refraction
S 2.3a,c / Origin of sound
Sound in air
Media that transmits sound
speed of sound
loudness
forced vibration
natural frequency
Resonance
interference
beats
Early concepts
speed of light
electromagnetic waves
light and transparent materials
Opaque materials
polarization
Color Spectrum
color by reflection
color by transmission
sunlight
mixing colored light
complementary colors
mixing colored pigments
atomic spectra
Reflection
The law of reflection
Mirrors
ray diagrams
Diffuse reflection
reflection of sound
refraction
refraction of sound
refraction of light
atmospheric refraction
dispersion in a prism
rainbows
Total internal reflection
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sound labs
sound test
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light test
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Color Test
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May / Lenses
S 2.3a,c
Relativity
S 2.3d
Special relativity
S 2.3d
Liquids and gases
S 2.2b2.3a / converging and diverging lenses
image formation by a lens
ray diagrams
optical instruments
the eye
defects in vision
defects in lenses
Theory of relativity and Special theory of relativity
Space-time
motion is relative
speed of light is a constant
relativity postulates
Time dilation
twin trip
space and time travel
length contraction
relativistic momentum and inertia
Equivalence of mass and energy
relativistic kinetic energy
the correspondence principle
Liquid pressure
buoyancy
Archimedes Principle
flotation
Pascal's principle
atmospheric pressure barometers
Boyle's law
Buoyancy in air
Bernoulli's principle / Think and explain
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lens test
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Relativity test
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relativity test
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liquid and gas labs
liquid and gas test
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