Conceptual Physics Syllabus 2014 - 2015
Aug 25, 2014 – Jun 3, 2015
Mrs. Ann Smith – ansmith@springboro.org – Planning – 3rd period
Text: Conceptual Physics – The High School Physics Program by Paul G. Hewitt
1st Quarter – Project - Rockets
Chapter 2 Linear Motion
Motion is relative
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Free Fall
Air Resistance
Chapter 3 Vector Mania (Projectile Motion)
Vector and Scalar quantities
Velocity vectors
Projectile motion
Upwardly launched projectiles
Satellites
Chapter 4 Newton’s First Law of Motion - Inertia
Aristotle, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton Equilibrium
Mass
Vector addition of forces
Net Force
Chapter 5 Newton’s Second Law of Motion – Force and Acceleration
Force causes acceleration
Mass resists acceleration
F=ma
Friction
Pressure
Free Fall/Falling/Air Resistance
Chapter 6 Newton’s Thirds Law of Motion – Action and Reaction
Forces and interactions
Identifying action/reaction pairs
Action/reaction on different masses
Do action/reaction forces cancel?
Action = Reaction
2nd Quarter – Project – Bridge Building/The Nature of Progress
Chapter 7 Momentum
Momentum
Impulse changes momentum
Bouncing
Conservation of momentum
Collisions
Momentum vectors
Chapter 11 Rotational Mechanics
Torque
Balanced Torques
Torque and Center of Gravity
Toppling
Stability
Chapter 12 Universal Gravitation
The Falling Apple
The Falling Moon
The Falling Earth
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
The Inverse-Square Law
Universal Gravitation
Chapter 13 Gravitational Interactions
Gravitational fields
Gravitational fields inside a planet
Weight and weightlessness
Ocean tides
Tides in Earth and the atmosphere
Black holes
Conceptual Physics Syllabus 2014 - 2015
Aug 25, 2014 – Jun 3, 2015
Mrs. Ann Smith – ansmith@springboro.org – Planning – 3rd period
Text: Conceptual Physics – The High School Physics Program by Paul G. Hewitt
3rd Quarter – Project – Motor Boat - Circuitry (Brains and Bodies)
Chapter 32 Electrostatics
Electrical forces and charges
Conservation of charge
Coulomb’s Law
Conductors and insulators
Charging by friction and contact
Charging by induction
Charge polarization
Chapter 34 Electric Current
Flow of current
Electric current
Voltage sources
Electric resistance
Chapter 35 Electric Circuits
Series circuits
Parallel circuits
Schematic diagrams
Ohm’s Law
Electric shock
DC/AC
Speed/Source of electrons in a circuit
Resistors
Compound circuits
4th Quarter – Project – Egg Drop
Chapter 36 Magnetism
Magnetic poles
Magnetic fields
Magnetic domains
Electric currents and magnetic fields
Magnetic forces on current carrying wires
Earth’s magnetic field
Chapter 37 Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday’s Law
Generator’s
Alternating current
Motors
Comparing motors and generators
Transformers
Chapter 38 The Atom and the Quantum
Atomic models
Light quanta
Photoelectric effect
Waves as particles
Electron waves
Relative sizes of atoms
Quantum physics
Predictability and chaos
Chapter 15 Special Relativity – Space and Time
Chapter 27 Electromagnetic Waves (Light)
Electromagnetic spectrum
Black Holes, Einstein & Time Dilation
The Celestial Sphere & the Shape of Space
Space – Time
Motion is relative
Speed of light is constant
Life Beyond Earth - Contact
Fates of the Universe
First postulate of relativity
Second postulate of relativity