Physics

Physics

Below are links to each month of the 2023-2024 school year. This is a flipped classroom. Before starting a new chapter in class you need to look at the PowerPoint and write it in a composition book. During class questions will be answered about these notes.

Homework is to be downloaded from this site and will help you practice the material learned. 

Activities and Labs can be found in google classroom. They are to be completed by the due dates listed both in classroom and online.

Remember that, as stated in the syllabus, if you are absent it is your responsibility to stay current in the class.

Class Handouts/Procedures


Reference: Syllabus
Reference: Lab Reports
Reference: GUESS

Reference: Lab Safety
Reference: Learning Targets
Handout: Portfolio

Unit 1.1: Physics Toolkit


PPT: Physics Basics
Lab: Pendulum
Lab: Density
Activity: Graphing w/Excel
Activity: Painted Cubes
Home Work: Toolkit

Unit 1.2: Vectors


PPT: Vectors & Scalars
Activity: Golf
Assignment: Star Talk #1
Home Work: Vectors

Unit 2: Linear Motion


PPT: Motion
Lab: Graph Matching
Lab: Free Fall
Assignment: Star Talk #2
Assignment: Muller #1
Home Work: Motion

Unit 3: Forces & Gravity


PPT: Forces
Lab: Friction
Lab: Hooke's Law
Activity: Robin Hood
Activity: Forces Poster
Assignment: What If #1
Assignment: Muller #2
Home Work: Forces

Unit 4: 2D Motion & Forces


Unit 5: Momentum


Unit 6: Work & Energy


PPT: Work & Energy
Lab: Pulleys
Lab: Ballistic Pendulum
Lab: Tossed Ball
Activity: Roller Coaster
Assignment: Star Talk #3
Home Work: Work & Energy

Unit 7: Thermodynamics


PPT: Thermodynamics
Lab: Specific Heat
Lab: Heat of Fusion
Assignment: What If #3
Home Work: Thermodynamics

Unit 8: Waves


PPT: Waves
Lab: Speed of Sound
Lab: Standing Waves
Lab: Diffraction
Activity: Superposition
Activity: The Pied Piper
Assignment: Star Talk #4
Home Work: Waves

Chapter 10: Optics


PPT: Optics
Lab: Optical Bench
Lab: Ray Box
Activity: Optical Sketches
Activity: Paracord
Assignment: What If #4
Home Work: Optics