| class code: | SPS21 | teacher: | Mr. Elert |
| classroom: | t.b.d. | office: | A214 |
| test day: | Friday | phone: | (718) 724–8500 ext. 2141 |
| email: | elert@midwoodscience.org |
jump to unit 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Unit 0 |
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| Foundations | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 0 | Class policies |
| hw | 1 | Units, order of magnitude |
| hw | 2 | Line of best fit |
| hw | 3 | Curve fitting |
| quiz | 0 | unit prefixes |
Unit 1 |
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| Kinematics in 1D | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 4 | Speed and velocity |
| hw | 5 | Acceleration |
| hw | 6 | Equations of motion |
| hw | 7 | Falling bodies |
| hw | 8 | Graphs of motion |
| quiz | 1 | Equations of motion |
| quiz | 2 | Falling bodies |
| quiz | 3 | Graphs of motion |
| project | 1 | Toy cars (guidelines, template) |
| test | 1 | Kinematics in 1D |
Unit 2 |
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| Dynamics in 1D | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 9 | Forces |
| hw | 10 | Force and mass |
| hw | 11 | Action-reaction |
| hw | 12 | Weight |
| hw | 13 | Dynamics and statics |
| hw | 14 | Friction |
| quiz | 4 | Newton's laws, qualitative |
| quiz | 5 | Newton's laws, quantitative |
| quiz | 6 | Friction |
| project | 2 | Newton's second law (guidelines, template) |
| test | 2 | Dynamics in 1D |
Unit 3 |
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| Mechanics in 2D | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 15 | Trigonometry review |
| hw | 16 | Vector addition |
| hw | 17 | Kinematics in 2D |
| hw | 18 | Vector components |
| hw | 19 | Equilibrium in 2D |
| quiz | 7 | Trigonometry review |
| quiz | 8 | Kinematics in 2D |
| quiz | 9 | Equilibrium in 2D |
| quiz | 10 | Protractor use (protractor required) |
| quiz | 11 | Graphical addition of vectors (ruler and protractor) |
| test | 3 | Mechanics in 2D |
Unit 4 |
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| Miscellaneous Mechanics | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 20 | Inclined plane |
| hw | 21 | Circular motion |
| hw | 22 | Gravitation |
| quiz | 12 | Inclined plane |
| quiz | 13 | Circular motion |
| quiz | 14 | Gravitation |
| project | 3 | Coefficient of friction (guidelines, template) |
| test | 4 | Miscellaneous mechanics |
Unit 5 |
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| Momentum and Energy | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 23 | Impulse-momentum theorem |
| hw | 24 | Conservation of momentum |
| hw | 25 | Work |
| hw | 26 | Types of energy |
| hw | 27 | Conservation of energy |
| hw | 28 | Power |
| hw | 29 | Springs |
| quiz | 15 | Conservation of momentum |
| test | 5 | Momentum and energy |
Unit 6 |
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| Orphaned Topics | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 30 | Collisions |
Unit 0 |
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| Foundations | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 0 | Class policies |
Unit 1 |
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| Electrostatics | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 1 | Introduction to electrostatics |
| hw | 2 | Electrostatic force |
| hw | 3 | Electric field |
| hw | 4 | Conductors and insulators |
| hw | 5 | Electric potential |
| quiz | 1 | Electric force and field |
| quiz | 2 | Electric field and potential |
| project | 1 | Hooke's law (guidelines, template) |
| test | 1 | Electrostatics |
Unit 2 |
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| Electric Current & Circuits | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 6 | Electric current |
| hw | 7 | Electric resistance, Ohm's law |
| hw | 8 | Electric power |
| hw | 9 | Electric resistance in wires |
| hw | 10 | Resistors in circuits |
| quiz | 3 | Electric current |
| quiz | 4 | Electric circuits |
| project | 2 | Ohm's law (guidelines, template) |
| test | 2 | Electric current and circuits |
Unit 3 |
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| Mechanical Waves & Sound | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 11 | The nature of waves |
| hw | 12 | Superposition, interference |
| hw | 13 | The nature of sound |
| hw | 14 | Doppler effect |
| hw | 15 | Standing waves & resonance |
| quiz | 5 | General waves |
| quiz | 6 | Standing waves |
| project | 3 | Speed of sound (guidelines, template) |
| test | 3 | Waves & sound |
Unit 4 |
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| Optics | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 16 | The nature of light, polarization |
| hw | 17 | Diffraction, interference |
| hw | 18 | Reflection |
| hw | 19 | Refraction |
| quiz | 7 | Physical optics |
| quiz | 8 | Geometric optics |
| project | 4.1 | Ray diagram: ice crystal |
| project | 4.2 | Ray diagram: raindrop 1 |
| project | 4.3 | Ray diagram: raindrop 2 |
| test | 4 | Waves and light |
Unit 5 |
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| Electromagnetism | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 20 | Magnetism |
| hw | 21 | Electromagnetism |
| hw | 22 | Electromagnetic waves |
| quiz | 9 | Electromagnetism |
| Modern Physics | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 23 | Particle nature of light |
| hw | 24 | Wave nature of matter |
| hw | 25 | Atomic spectra |
| hw | 26 | Mass-energy |
| hw | 27 | Standard model |
| quiz | 10 | Atomic spectra |
| quiz | 11 | Particle physics |
| test | 5 | Magnetism & modern physics |
Unit 6 |
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| Mechanics Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| hw | 28 | Projectiles |
| quiz | 12 | Projectiles |
| quiz | v | Dynamics and statics |
| quiz | w | Momentum, circular motion, gravitation |
| quiz | x | Energy and elasticity |
| quiz | y | Kinematics |
| quiz | z | Mechanics and other stuff |
| project | 5 | Shoot for your grade |
| test | 6 | Mechanics and other stuff |
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12:45–4:15 PM EDT, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Regents High School Examination. This exam counts as two tests and cannot be dropped |