Harrisburg School District
Physics Curriculum Map
Unit
Motion - One and
two directions
(Week 1, 5 Weeks)
Content
Mathematical
equation review
; Basic algebra
and
trigonometry
distance,
velocity,
acceleration
concepts
distance,
velocity,
acceleration
formulas
Concepts
- to manipulate basic
trigonometric and
algebraic formulas
- Analyze the principles
of translational motion,
velocity and
acceleration as they
relate to free fall and
projectile motion.
-Describe inertia,
motion, equilibrium,
and action/ reaction
concepts through
words, models and
mathematical symbols.
- to understand the
relationship between
distance, velocity and
acceleration
- to manipulate the
formulas that show the
interaction between
distance, velocity,
acceleration
Assessment
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
Essential
Questions
-How are distance,
velocity and
acceleration
interrelated?
-How are application
problems computed
from the formulas of
distance, velocity and
acceleration?
Resources
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
Vocabulary
Vector analysis component and
calculated
(Week 6, 3 Weeks)
vector analysis graphical
vector analysis mathematical
-How is a resultant
vector produced from a
mathematical or
graphical combination?
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
Can several forces be
resolved together into
one resultant force by
mathematical or
graphical means.
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
How can Newton's
laws of motion
explain the
movement of
objects?.
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
- to draw vectors using
a graph and produce a
resultant vector from
the components given
- to mathematically
describe a resultant
from two or more
components
- Analyze the principles
of rotational motion to
solve problems relating
to angular momentum,
and torque.
- Interpret a model that
illustrates circular
motion and
acceleration.
Force and net force
(Week 9, 4 Weeks)
Force and net
force resolution
Inertia,
Movement due
to unbalanced
forces, Forces
that oppose
motion
Determine the forces
that change an objects
state of motion
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Apply Newton's laws of Projects and Labs
motion to everyday
experiences
Work and Energy
(Week 13, 4 Weeks)
Work and
Energy
Kinetic and
Potential Energy
Conservation of
Energy
Power
Describe the
relationship between
KE and PE
Calculate work done by
a constant force
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
Calculate the Power
and Efficiency of a
system
Conservation of
Momentum
Relationship
between energy
and momentum
Impulse
Elastic and
Inelastic
collisions
How is work
dependent on force
and motion
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
How is Energy
conserved in a system
- where is Energy
moved
Describe the
Conservation of Energy
in a system
Conservation of
Momentum
(Week 17, 5 Weeks)
How are KE and PE
interchangeable
Calculate the change in Daily Assignments
momentum of a moving Homework
object
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Describe the
Projects and Labs
relationship between
the momentum and
energy of a moving
object
How is the change in
the Energy of an
object related to its
movement and how is
this used to predict
the outcome of the
interaction between
two objects.
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
How do forces and
energy change to
produce equilibrium?
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
Describe
mathematically the
motion of two objects
involved in an inelastic
or elastic collision
Balanced ForcesThermal Effects
(Week 22, 4 Weeks)
-Balanced
Forces
-Thermal
Conduction
-Calculating forces to
produce equilibrium
-Determine which
substances loose or
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
-Heat Transfer
gain heat
-Calculate the heat
transfer in a system
Angular Motion Centripetal Force
(Week 26, 3 Weeks)
Angular Motion
Centripetal
Forces
Describe the movement
of a body in degrees
and radians
Covert between angular
and linear motion
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
What forces affect an
object moving in a
circular path?
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
How does sound
move in air?
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
How is angular
motion different from
linear motion?
Analyze the forces
produced on an object
moving in a circular
path
Sound - Optics part
I
(Week 29, 4 Weeks)
Sound
Optics Part I
Determine the speed of
sound in air
Calculate the frequency
of sound as sound or
listener moves
Identify wave
properties
Calculate the
relationship between
the frequency, speed
and wavelength of
sound
Determine the angle of
incidence and angle of
reflection of a reflective
What are the changes
in sound due to its
movement and the
listener's movement?
What are the
properties of waves?
How do waves move
in the processes of
reflection and
refraction?
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
surface.
Determine the Index of
Refraction, Critical
Angle and speed of
light for transparent
mediums
Show the movement of
light through
transparent materials
Optics Part II and
Electricity
(Week 33, 5 Weeks)
Optics - PartII
Electricity
Calculate the
relationship between
focal length, object
distance and image
distance for lenses and
mirrors
Calculate the
magnification of a
mirror and lens system
Determine the quantity
of charge on an object
Show the relationship
between Charge,
Potential Difference
and Capacitance in a
circuit.
Calculate the
Capacitance of a
system in series and a
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
What is the
relationship between
focal length, object
distance and image
distance for lenses
and mirrors?
How are Charge,
Potential Difference
and Capacitance in a
circuit rerlated.
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites
system in parallel
Electricity
(Week 38, 1 Week)
Electricity
Calculate the
Capacitance of a
system in series and a
system in parallel
Calculate the Voltage
of a system in series
and a system in parallel
Calculate the
Resistance of a system
in series and a system
in parallel
Calculate the current of
a system in series and a
system in parallel
Show and calculate the
relationship between
Voltage, Resistance and
Current in a circuit
Daily Assignments
Homework
Tests and Quizzes
Participation
Projects and Labs
How are series and
parallel circuits
similar and different?
How are voltage,
resistance and current
inter-related or
describe Ohm's Law?
-Textbook
-Labs
-Worksheets
-Internet sites