Thursday, August 23, 2007

Physical Science homework

Wednesday, August 22: page 331 1-8;page 351 1-3,11,12,14,35;Lab on page 327 "How Does a Ramp Affect a Rolling Marble?"

Friday, August 24: page 337 1-7; Lab:Balloon Jets

Tuesday, August 28: page 348 1-7; lab on page 117 of the lab manual "Investigating Free Fall"; Test for chapter 11 will be on September 4

Thursday, August 30: worksheets; review chapter 11 using Jeopardy; test on Sep. 4

Tuesday, September 4: Test chapter 11

Thursday, September 6: page 6 section 1.1 assessment 1-8; page 11 section 1.2 assessment 1-8; define vocab words on the top of pages 2 and 7; test for chapter 1 will be on September 14

Monday, Sep 10: p20 section 1.3 assessment 1-6; p14 define words on top of page; worksheet "Scientific Units/Metric System/Unit Conversion"; Lab on page 26 in textbook "Determining thickness of aluminum foil"; test is on Friday, Sep 14

Wednesday, Sep 12: read pages 22-25 and do the section 1.4 assessment problems 1-5; test on Friday

Friday, Sep 14: Test chapter 1

Tuesday, Sep 18: no class-Freshmen Retreat

Thursday, Sep 20: Lab-How does Mass Affect Friction?; test for chapter 12 will be on Oct. 9

Monday, Sep 24: worksheet 12.1

Wednesday, Sep 26: worksheets: 1) sec 12.2 2) Calculating Acceleration 3) Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion

Friday, Sep 28: worksheets: 1) sec 12.3 2) Newton's Third Law of Motion and Momentum

Tuesday, Oct 2: Egg Drop Competition

Thursday, Oct 4: worksheets: 1) sec 12.4 2) WordWise; Lab-Using a Pendulum to Measure the Acceleration Due to Force of Gravity

Monday, Oct 8: no classes-Columbus Day

Tuesday, Oct 9: Test on chapter 12

Thursday, Oct 11: start chapter 13: Forces in Fluids
HW: worksheet 13.1; Lab-Pressure; worksheet "Pressure"

Monday, Oct 15: HW: worksheets 13.2 and hydraulics

Wednesday, Oct 17: no classes

Thursday, Oct 18: Mythbusters video: Buoyant Force; Lab-buoyant force; worksheet 13.3

Monday, Oct 22: Test-chapter 13

Wednesday, Oct 24: start chapter 14: Work and Power
HW: Lab-Power; worksheets for chapter 14

Friday, Oct 26: start chapter 15: Energy
HW: Lab-Coefficient of Restitution for a Ball; worksheet 15.1

Tuesday, Oct 30: Lab-Conservation of Energy; worksheet 15.2

Thursday, Nov 1: video: Bill Nye on Energy

Friday, Nov 2: No school

Tuesday, Nov 6: video: "Einstein's Big Idea" (112 minutes)

Thursday, Nov 8: finish video; library time for STEP research

Monday, Nov 12: No school

Tuesday, Nov 13: worksheet 15.3

Thursday, Nov 15: Test on chapters 14 and 15

Monday, Nov 19: Start chapter 16-Thermal Energy and Heat
HW: worksheet 16.1; worksheet 16.1 "Thermal Energy and Matter"

Wednesday, Nov 21: HW: Lab-Specific Heat

Thursday, Nov 22 through Sunday, Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, Nov 27: section 16.2-HW: worksheet 16.2; worksheet Heat Transfer

Thursday, Nov 29: HW: worksheet 16.3

Monday, Dec 3: Jeopardy for chapter 16

Wednesday, Dec 5: Test-chapter 16

Friday, Dec 7: Jeopardy review for semester one