THE MAYAN SCHOOL
PHYSICS II SYLLABUS
FIRST QUARTER 2012-2013
Subject:
Physics II
11th grade sections A & B
Teacher:
Mr. Luis F. Quiroz
Email: lquiroz@mayanschool.edu.hn
Class description: Welcome to Physics II. As students get to high school, the
Science class is divided into three courses, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Each
of these courses has a specialization, but they are connected. In this course of
Physics, students will continue to understand problem solving terminology as a
continuation of the previous course received in 10th grade, also, they will start
seeing thermodynamics on this first quarter.
Text book: students are open to use any technological help (Internet) to research.
The textbook needed to support the course is College Physics, Wilson & Buffa,
fourth edition, Prentice Hall. This text book will be provided by the school under
contract terms of lending.
Class objectives: Students will be able to acknowledge the following objectives:
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Distinguish between stress and strain and use elastic moduli to compute
dimensional changes.
Explain the pressure-depth relationship and state Pascal´s principle and its
use in practical applications.
Relate the buoyant force and Archimedes´ principle and tell if an object will
float or sink on a fluid depending on relative densities.
Identify simplifications used in describing ideal fluid flow and use the
continuity equation and Bernoulli´s equation to explain effects.
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Describe the source of surface tension and its effects as fluid viscosity.
Distinguish between temperature and heat.
Explain how a temperature scale is constructed and convert temperatures
from one scale to another.
Describe the ideal gas law and explain how it is used to determine absolute
zero.
Calculate thermal expansions of solids and liquids.
Relate kinetic theory and temperature, explain the process of diffusion.
Understand the difference between monatomic and diatomic gases, the
equipartition theorem and the expression for the internal energy of a
diatomic gas.
Structure of the course: this section states the probable way the course will be
developed:
Week 1:
Introduction to the course, Section 9.1: Solids and elastic moduli. A
computer activity will be given at the end of the week.
Week 2:
Section 9.2: Fluid pressure and Pascal´s principle. A class work will
be assigned at the end of the week.
Week 3:
Section 9.3: Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle, Section 9.4: Fluid
dynamics and Bernoulli´s equation. A laboratory activity will be assigned from
sections 9.1 to 9.4.
Week 4:
Section 9.5: Surface tension, viscosity and Poiseuille´s Law.
Homework will be assigned at the end of the week.
Week 5:
Chapter 9 Review, and Chapter 9 Quiz.
Week 6:
Section 10.1: Temperature and heat, Section 10.2: The Celsius and
Fahrenheit scales. Homework will be assigned at the end of the week for both
sections.
Week 7:
Section 10.3: Gas law and absolute temperature, Section 10.4:
Thermal expansion. A computer activity will be assigned at the end of the week.
Week 8:
Section 10.5: Kinetic theory of gases. Homework will be assigned for
the last three sections, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5.
Week 9:
Section 10.6: Kinetic theory, diatomic gases and the Equipartition
theorem. A Chapter quiz will be done for Chapter 10, and a complete review for the
entire Quarter is programmed to prepare to the Final Exam.
Week 10:
I Quarter Final Exam.
Grading structure: The grading structure of the course includes:
Computer activities:
10% (2 activities will be developed during the
quarter)
Moodle activity:
10% (one activity per chapter, 2 in total)
Chapter Quiz:
10% (One per chapter, two in total)
Homework:
10% (This homework will be assigned at the end
Of every section)
Classwork:
10% (This includes complete notebook and class
Notes, with every assignment done and finished)
Final Exam:
50% (Exam covers all chapter 9 & 10)
Academic integrity: this includes the basic rules for the course.
1. The course is completely in English, it is expected everybody to speak only
English.
2. Homework and class works will be checked on student´s notebooks, with
the teacher´s sign and date. A late homework will be accepted only one day
after it´s assignment, for half credit. Class works will be accepted late one
day only in an absence of class with it´s respectively excuse.
3. Students are in charge of getting to class in time. Students who get late, will
enter class but, they will lose the points of the respective assignation.
4. For the Chapter Test, if a student misses it (without excuse), the points will
be recuperated with an extensive homework.
5. Cheating is not allowed in the Physics class, if the teacher finds any
cheating, all the credit will be lost.
6. Students must have their own materials everyday and complete, for each
class, including own calculator.
Mr. Luis F. Quiroz
Physics I and II