Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
August 2015
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Science and Engineering
Practices (1 Week)
In this unit students will
focus on foundations in
science which include Habits
of Mind co-requisites and
basic skills. Skills include
lab safety, scientific
processes, measuring,
graphing, organizing data,
and other required math
skills.
Unit 1: Linear Motion
(6 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate motion in one
and two dimensions and
describe the motion of
an object in terms of position,
velocity, and acceleration.
1
2
3
4
5
FIRST DAY
9
10
11
6
17
18
8
14
15
Science and
Engineering Practices
Structure, Ener Moles
12
13
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
Science and Engineering Practices
16
7
19
20
21
22
27
28
29
Unit 1: Linear Motion
23
24
25
26
Unit 1: Linear Motion
30
31
Unit 1
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Unit 1: Linear Motion
(6 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate motion in one
and two dimensions and
describe the motion of
an object in terms of position,
velocity, and acceleration.
Wednesday
1
September 2015
Thursday
Friday
2
Saturday
3
4
5
10
11
12
18
19
25
26
Unit 1: Linear Motion
6
7
8
9
LABOR DAY
Unit 1: Linear Motion
Unit 2: Forces (5 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate forces and the
effect of forces on the motion
of an object. Students will
evaluate Newton’s 3 Laws.
13
14
15
16
17
Unit 1: Linear Motion
20
21
22
23
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
Unit 1: Linear Motion
27
28
29
Unit 2: Forces
30
October
2015
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 2: Forces (5 Weeks)
1
In this unit students will
investigate forces and the
effect of forces on the motion
of an object. Students will
evaluate Newton’s 3 Laws.
2
3
9
10
15
16
17
22
23
24
29
30
31
Unit 2: Forces
4
5
6
7
Unit 2: Forces
11
12
8
Teacher
Professional
Learning
13
14
Fall Break
Fall Break
Unit 2: Forces
18
19
20
21
Unit 2: Forces
25
26
27
Unit 2: Forces
28
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
November
2015
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 3: Conservation on
Energy & Momentum
(6 Weeks)
In this unit students will
explore energy and the ideas
of energy conservation.
Students will begin by
developing understandings
about the different forms of
energy (i.e. Kinetic and
Potential). Students will also
analyze work, power, and the
relationship between work
and energy. Finally students
will compare and contrast
collisions, momentum, and
impulse.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
13
14
20
21
27
28
Unit 3: Conservation of Energy and Momentum
8
9
10
11
12
Unit 3: Conservation of Energy and Momentum
15
16
17
18
19
Unit 3: Conservation of Energy and Momentum
22
23
24
25
26
Thanksgiving Break (November 23 - 27)
29
30
Unit 3
December
2015
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Unit 3: Conservation on
Energy & Momentum
(6 Weeks)
In this unit students will
explore energy and the ideas
of energy conservation.
Students will begin by
developing understandings
about the different forms of
energy (i.e. Kinetic and
Potential). Students will also
analyze work, power, and the
relationship between work
and energy. Finally students
will compare and contrast
collisions, momentum, and
impulse.
Tuesday
November 30
Wednesday
1
Thursday
Friday
2
Saturday
3
4
5
11
12
Unit 3: Conservation of Energy and Momentum
6
7
8
9
10
Unit 3: Conservation of Energy and Momentum
13
14
15
16
Unit 3: Conservation of Energy and
Momentum
20
21
22
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
23
18
17
LAST DAY
24
Semester Break (December 21 - January 4)
27
28
29
30
31
19
25
26
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
January 2016
Thursday
Friday
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
(7 Weeks)
In this unit students will
explore the properties of
waves, and the applications
of these properties to how
lenses, microscopes, and
telescopes work.
Saturday
1
2
8
9
14
15
16
21
22
23
29
30
Semester Break
3
4
5
Semester
Break
Teacher
Professional
Learning Day
10
11
6
12
7
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
13
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
17
18
19
20
MLK DAY
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
24
25
26
27
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
28
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
(7 Weeks)
In this unit students will
explore the properties of
waves, and the applications
of these properties to how
lenses, microscopes, and
telescopes work.
Sunday
Monday
Jan. 31
Tuesday
1
2
Thursday
3
Friday
Saturday
4
5
6
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
7
8
Unit 5: Electricity and
Magnetism (9 Weeks)
In this unit students will
evaluate the relationship
between charges,
electrostatics, and electric
current. Additionally,
students will analyze circuits
and magnets. Students will
conduct experiments related
to electricity and magnetism.
Wednesday
February 2016
9
10
11
Unit 4: Waves and Optics
14
15
16
22
23
24
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
13
Winter Break
18
Unit 4: Waves and
Optics
Winter Break
21
17
12
19
20
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
25
26
27
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Unit 5: Electricity and
Magnetism (9 Weeks)
In this unit students will
evaluate the relationship
between charges,
electrostatics, and electric
current. Additionally,
students will analyze circuits
and magnets. Students will
conduct experiments related
to electricity and magnetism.
Sunday
Monday
Feb. 28
Tuesday
Feb. 29
Wednesday
1
March 2016
Thursday
2
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
10
11
12
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
6
7
8
9
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
13
14
15
16
17
Teacher
Professional
Learning Day
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
20
21
22
23
24
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
27
28
29
30
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
19
18
31
25
26
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
April 2016
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 5: Electricity and
Magnetism (9 Weeks)
In this unit students will
evaluate the relationship
between charges,
electrostatics, and electric
current. Additionally,
students will analyze circuits
and magnets. Students will
conduct experiments related
to electricity and magnetism.
1
2
7
8
9
14
15
16
21
22
23
28
29
30
Unit 5
3
4
5
6
Spring Break (April 4 - 8)
10
11
12
13
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
17
18
19
20
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
24
25
26
27
Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
Physics
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
May 2016
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 6: Modern Physics
(2 Weeks)
In this unit students will
discuss principles of modern
physics. Students will also
evaluate modern physics and
analyze nuclear physics in
relationship.
1
2
4
5
6
7
12
13
14
20
21
Unit 6: Modern Physics
Culminating Unit
Students will evaluate a
topic of choice using PBL,
ADI, or DefinedStem as a
template for the end
product.
3
8
9
10
11
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
Unit 6: Modern Physics
15
16
17
18
19
Culminating Unit: ADI, PBLs, and DefinedSTEM
22
23
24
LAST DAY
Culminating Unit
29
30
25
31
26
27
28