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Physics Curriculum Map - Norwell High School
SUBJECT: Physics
Grade Level:__11 or 12
Month or Unit: September
Scientific Inquiry Skills
Mathematical Skills
Scientific literacy can be achieved as students inquire about chemical phenomena. The curriculum should Students are expected to know the content of the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework,
include substantial hands-on laboratory and field experiences, as appropriate, for students to develop and use through grade 8. Below are some specific skills from the Mathematics Framework that students in this course should have the opportunity to apply:
scientific skills in chemistry, along with the inquiry skills listed below.
SIS1. Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses.
● Construct and use tables and graphs to interpret data sets.
SIS2. Design and conduct scientific investigations.
● Solve simple algebraic expressions.
SIS3. Analyze and interpret results of scientific investigations.
● Perform basic statistical procedures to analyze the center and spread of data.
SIS4. Communicate and apply the results of scientific investigations.
● Measure with accuracy and precision (e.g., length, volume, mass, temperature, time)
● Convert within a unit (e.g., centimeters to meters).
● Use common prefixes such as milli-, centi-, and kilo-.
● Use scientific notation, where appropriate.
● Use ratio and proportion to solve problems.
The following skills are not detailed in the Mathematics Framework, but are necessary for a solid understanding in this course:
● Determine the correct number of significant figures.
● Determine percent error from experimental and accepted values.
● Use appropriate metric/standard international (SI) units of measurement for mass (g); length (cm); and time (s)
Physics Curriculum Map - Norwell High School
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Concepts and Skills
Essential Questions
1. Compare and contrast vector quantities (such as, displacement, velocity, Physics Learning Standard: 1. Motion and Forces
Broad Concept: Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation describe and
predict the motion of most objects.
acceleration, force, and linear momentum) and scalar quantities (such as, distance, speed, energy, mass, and work).
2. Distinguish between displacement, distance, velocity, speed, and How and why can we use initial conditions and knowledge acceleration. Solve problems involving displacement, distance, velocity, of Newton’s Laws to predict an object’s motion?
speed, and constant acceleration.
3. Create and interpret graphs of 1-dimensional motion, such as position vs. time, distance vs. time, speed vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration vs. time where acceleration is constant.
Month or Unit: October
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Physics Learning Standard: 1. Motion and Forces
Broad Concept: Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation describe and predict
the motion of most objects.
Concepts and Skills
Essential Questions
What important conclusions can be drawn about an objects 4.
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motion if we know that it is subjected to balanced or Interpret and apply Newton’s three laws of motion.
Use a free-body force diagram to show forces acting on a system consisting of a unbalanced forces?
pair of interacting objects. For a diagram with only co-linear forces, determine the net force acting on a system and between the objects.
How and why can we use initial conditions and knowledge Distinguish qualitatively between static and kinetic friction, and describe their of Newton’s Laws to predict an object’s motion?
effects on the motion of objects.
Month or Unit: November
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Physics Learning Standard: 1. Motion and Forces
Broad Concept: Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation describe and
predict the motion of most objects.
Concepts and Skills
Essential Questions
7. Describe Newton’s law of universal gravitation in terms of the attraction How and why can we use initial conditions and knowledge between two objects, their masses, and the distance between them.
8. Describe conceptually the forces involved in circular motion.
of Newton’s Laws to predict an object’s motion?
What is gravity?
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Month or Unit: December
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Physics Learning Standards: 2.
Conservation of Energy and Momentum
Broad Concept: The laws of conservation of energy and momentum
provide alternate approaches to predict and describe the movement of
objects.
Concepts and Skills
Essential Questions
2.3 Describe both qualitatively and quantitatively how work can be expressed as a change in How do we know that an object has energy?
mechanical energy.
2.4 Describe both qualitatively and quantitatively the concept of power as work done per unit time. Why is Conservation of Energy an important concept in 2.1 Interpret and provide examples that illustrate the law of conservation of energy.
Physics?
2.2 Interpret and provide examples of how energy can be converted from gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy and vice versa.
How does our understanding of Conservation of Energy all 2.5 Interpret and provide examples that linear momentum is the product of mass and velocity and is us to better experience the world around us?
always conserved (law of conservation of momentum). Calculate the momentum of an object.
Month or Unit: January
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Concepts and Skills
Physics Learning Standards: 2. Conservation of Energy and
2.5 Interpret and provide examples that linear momentum is the product of mass and Momentum
velocity and is always conserved (law of conservation of momentum). Calculate the momentum of an object.
Broad Concept: The laws of conservation of energy and momentum
provide alternate approaches to predict and describe the movement of
objects.
Essential Questions
How and why can we use initial conditions and knowledge of Newton’s Laws to predict an object’s motion?
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Month or Unit: February
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Concepts and Skills
Physics Learning Standard: 5. Electromagnetism
5.1 Recognize that an electric charge tends to be static on insulators and can move on Broad Concept: Stationary and moving charged particles result in the and in conductors, and explain that energy can produce a separation of charges.
phenomena known as electricity and magnetism.
5.4 Describe conceptually the attractive or repulsive forces between objects relative to their charges and the distance between them (Coulomb’s law).
Essential Questions
How does the understanding of electric charges and Coulomb’s Law allow us to better appreciate natural phenomenon?
Month or Unit: March
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Concepts and Skills
5.2 Develop a qualitative and quantitative understanding of current, voltage, resistance, and the Physics Learning Standard: 5. Electromagnetism
Broad Concept: Stationary and moving charged particles result in the connection between them (Ohm’s law).
5.3 Analyze simple arrangements of electrical components in both serial and parallel circuits. phenomena known as electricity and magnetism.
Essential Questions
How are electric currents used in our every day lives?
Recognize symbols and understand the functions of common circuit elements (battery, connecting wire, switch, fuse, and resistance) in a schematic diagram.
5.5 5.4 Explain how electric current is a flow of charge caused by a potential difference (voltage) and how power is equal to current multiplied by voltage.
Month or Unit: April
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Concepts and Skills
Physics Learning Standards: 5. Electromagnetism
5.6 Recognize that moving electric charges produce magnetic forces and moving Broad Concept: Stationary and moving charged particles result in the magnets produce electric forces. Recognize that the interplay of electric and magnetic forces is the basis for electric motors, generators, and other technologies.
phenomena known as electricity and magnetism.
Essential Questions
How does the connection between electricity and magnetism allow for the technology we use?
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Month or Unit: May
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Physics Learning Standards: 4. Waves
Broad Concept: Waves carry energy from place to place without the
transfer of matter.
Physics Learning
Standards: 6. Electromagnetic Radiation
Broad Concept: Oscillating electric or magnetic fields can generate
electromagnetic waves over a wide spectrum.
Concepts and Skills
7. Describe the measurable properties of waves (velocity, frequency, Essential Question
How do we know that waves carry energy?
wavelength, amplitude, and period) and explain the relationships among them. Recognize examples of simple harmonic motion.
Is radiation good or bad and why?
8. Distinguish between mechanical and electromagnetic waves.
9. Distinguish between the two types of mechanical waves, transverse and longitudinal.
10. Describe the apparent change in frequency of waves due to the motion of a source or a receiver (the Doppler effect).
11. Describe qualitatively the basic principles of Reflection and Refraction. 12. Recognize that mechanical waves generally move faster through a solid than through a liquid, and faster through a liquid than through a gas.
13. Recognize that electromagnetic waves are transverse waves and travel at the speed of light through a vacuum.
14. Describe the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of frequency and wavelength and identify the location of radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and How can physical matter impact the behavior of light?
violet), ultraviolet rays, x-rays, and gamma rays on the spectrum.
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Month or Unit: June
Learning Standards / Essential Knowledge
Physics Learning Standards: 6. Electromagnetic Radiation
Broad Concept: Oscillating electric or magnetic fields can generate
electromagnetic waves over a wide spectrum of energies
Physics Learning Standards: 3. Heat and Heat Transfer
Broad Concept: Heat is energy that is transferred between bodies
that are at different temperatures by the processes of convection,
conduction, and/or radiation.
Concepts and Skills
Essential Questions
7. Explain how heat energy is transferred by convection, conduction, and/or What is heat?
radiation.
8. Explain how heat energy will move from a higher temperature to a lower What happens when heat is transferred to and from an temperature until equilibrium is reached.
9. Describe the relationship between average molecular kinetic energy and temperature. Recognize that energy is absorbed when a substance changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas, and that energy is released when a substance changes from a gas to a liquid to a solid. Explain the relationships between evaporation, condensation, cooling, and warming.
10. Explain the relationship among temperature change in a substance for a given amount of heat transferred, the amount (mass) of the substance, and the specific heat of the substance.
object?