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Windsor High School
Conceptual Physics A
Teacher: Warren Birdsell
Month
Content/Resource
Skills
Assessment
Activities/Strategies
August
2008
A. MEASUREMENT
B. LINEAR MOTION
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Free fall
Graphs of motion
A1. Measure distance in metric system
B1. Calculate speed,velocity,
acceleration,and distance for linear motion
B2. Calculate speed,velocity,
acceleration, and distance for falling
objects
B3. Construct graphs for motion
B4. Interpret graphs of motion
A-B Test
A1 Measurement lab
B1-B3 Chapter problems and handouts
B1-B3 Motion labs
September
2008
A.
PROJECTILE MOTION
Vectors
Scalers
Velocity as a vector
Components of vectors
Objects launched horizontally
Objects launched at angles
NEWTON'S 1ST LAW
Mass
Weight
Inertia
Net force
Equilibrium
Forces as vectors
Moving frames of reference
NEWTON'S 2ND LAW
Force and acceleration
Mass and acceleration
Friction
Pressure
Free fall and air resistance
NEWTONS 3RD LAW
Action forces
Reaction forces
A1. Explain difference between scaler
and vector quantities.
A2. Draw velocity vectors
A3. Determine the resultant vector
A4, Determine the components of
vectors.
A5. Calculate the velocity and location
of objects moving horizontally
A6. Calculate the velocity and location
of objects moving as projectiles.
B1. Explain the difference between mass
and weight.
B2. Explain the law of inertia
B3. Calculate the net force on an object.
B4. Add forces as vectors
B5. Describe the motion of objects in
moving frames of reference.
C1. Determine the acceleration of
objects when forces are applied.
C2. Calculate the coefficient of friction
C3. Determine frictional forces
C4. Explain how frictional forces effect
motion.
D1. Determine the action and reaction
forces in interactions.
D2. Explain motion with the 3rd law
A Test
A1-A6 Projectile motion lab
MOMENTUM
Momentum
A1.
A2.
A Test
B.
C.
D.
October
2008
A.
Explain momentum
Calculate and explain how
B-D Test
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Conceptual Physics A
Birdsell
Month
Content/Resource
B.
November
2008
A.
B.
C.
D.
Windsor High School
Skills
Impulse
Changes in momentum
Conservation of momentum
Elastic collisions
Inelastic collisions
Momentum vectors
ENERGY
Work
Power
Potential energy
Kinetic energy
Conservation of energy
Simple machines
momentum changes occur.
A3. Explain control of forces with
impulse.
A4. Explain events with momentum
conservation.
A5. Explain different collisions
A6. Calculate velocities in collisions.
B1. Calculate work done.
B2. Calculate power.
B3. Calculate and explain potential
energy.
B4. Calculate and explain kinetic
energy.
B5 Explain events with energy
conservation
B6. Explain and calculate mechanical
advantage.
B7. Explain and calculate efficiency
of a machine.
CIRCULAR MOTION
Rotation and revolution
Rotational speed
Linear speed
Centripetal force
CENTER OF GRAVITY
Center of mass
Stability
A1. Explain difference between rotation
and revolution
A2. Explain linear and angular speed
A3. Change linear to angular speed
A3. Explain centripetal force
B1. Locate center of mass of objects
B2. Identify objects which are stable
ROTATIONAL MECHANICS
Torque
Balanced torque
Center of gravity and torque
Rotational inertia
Angular momentum
Conservation of angular momentum
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
Falling moon
Newton's Law
Gravitational field
Weightlessness
C1. Define torque
C2. Show how the lever arm effects
torque
C3. Calculate the force location to
balance torques
C4. Demonstrate haw mass distribution
changes rotational inertia
C5. Identify how angular momentum
changes with mass distribution
D1. Explain why the moon orbits the
earth
D2. Calculate the force between objects
Assessment
Activities/Strategies
B Test
A Test
B-C Test
D Test
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Conceptual Physics A
Birdsell
Month
December
2008
Content/Resource
A.
B.
C.
D.
Windsor High School
Skills
Ocean tides
Satellite motion
Escape velocity
D3. Identify the changes in a
gravitational field
D4. Explain what is meant by weightless
D5. Explain the cause of tides
D6. Identify apogee and perigee and
explain why the speed changes
D7. Explain how it is possible to escape
the earth
Heat
Temperature
Thermal equilibrium
Specific heat capacity
Thermal expansion
Heat Transfer
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Absorption and emission
Greenhouse effect
Phase Change
Evaporation
Condensation
Boiling
Freezing
Thermodynamics
First law
Adiabatic processes
Second law
Heat engines
Entropy
A1. Explain temperature scales
A2. Predict equilibrium of a system
A3. Solve problems with specific
capacity
A4. Explain why things expand when
heated
A5.
Explain the behavior of water when
heated and cooled
Assessment
Activities/Strategies
A-D Test
B1. Explain the difference between
conduction, convection and radiation
B2. Explain why warm air raises and
cools
B3. Identify the best materials for
absorption and radiation
B4. Explain the greenhouse effect
C1. Explain the conditions for phase
change
C2. Discuss the effects of phase change
C3. Explain how a refrigerator works
D1. List and explain the first law
D2. Explain and give examples of
adiabatic processes
D3. State and explain the second law
D4. Discuss efficiency of heat engines
D5. Explain entropy and give examples
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Conceptual Physics A
Birdsell
Month
January
2009
Content/Resource
A.
WAVES
Terminology
Motion and speed
Transverse
Longitudinal
Interference
Standing waves
Doppler effect
B. SOUND
Origin
Speed
Loudness
Forced vibration
Resonance
Interference
Beats
Music
C. LIGHT
Speed
Electromagnetic waves
Transparent materials
Opaque materials
Shadows
Polarization
D. COLOR
Spectrum
Reflection
Transmission
Sunlight
Mixing light
Mixing pigments
Windsor High School
Skills
A1. identify and label wave parts
A2. explain how waves move
A3. explain wave interactions
A4. identify wave types
A5. explain conditions for standing wave
A6. predict frequency for moving source
A7. Solve problems with doppler effect
A8. Explain a sonic boom
B1. Understand sound is a vibration
B2. predict relative speed in materials
B3. Explain difference between forced
vibration and resonance
B4. Understand sound interference
B5. Calculate beats
B6. Understand how musical tones are
made
B7. Predict frequency with strings
B8. Calculate frequency with tubes
C1. Explain how light travels through
materials
C2. Explain how light interacts with
materials
C3. Explain how light is polarized
C4. List examples of polarized light
D1. List the color spectrum
D2. Explain how we see color
D3. Identify the primary colors
D4. Predict what color will be seen
D5. Explain why the sky is blue
D6. Explain why sunsets are red
Assessment
Activities/Strategies
A-B Test
C-D Test
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