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