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Week/Day(s)
8-9 Weeks
Week 1
Unit/Topic
Force and
Motion
Essential Assignment/
Assessment
Drawing Force Diagrams
Worksheet
Newton's first law Quiz (Hewitt
chpt 2)
Week 2
Kinematics Graphing Activity
using motion detectors and
computers
State Standard/
Objective
Motion and Forces
1. Newton's laws predict the motion of
most objects. As a basis for
understanding this concept:
NGSS
HS-
Analyze data to
PS2-
support the claim that
1.
Newton’s second law
of motion
describes the
mathematical
a. Students know how to solve
problems that involve constant
speed and average speed.
relationship among the
net force on a
macroscopic object, its
Week 3
How fast, How far - Problems
worksheet
Motion Quiz (Hewitt Chpt 3)
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Ball Toss Lab - to determine the
position, velocity and acceleration
of a tossed ball
Air Resistance Lab - to determine
the relationship between air drag
force and velocity of a falling
coffee filter
b. Students know that when forces
are balanced, no acceleration
occurs; thus an object continues to
move at a constant speed or stays at
rest (Newton's first law).
mass, and its
acceleration
HS-
Use mathematical
PS2-
representations
4.
of Newton’s Law of
c. Students know how to apply the
law F=ma to solve one-dimensional
motion problems that involve
constant forces (Newton's second
law).
Gravitation and
electrostatic forces
Week 7
Rocket Analysis Lab - to determine
the net force, acceleration,
velocity, and height of a model
rocket flight.
d. Students know that when one
object exerts a force on a second
object, the second object always
exerts a force of equal magnitude
and in the opposite direction
(Newton's third law).
Week 9
Force and Motion Test (Hewitt
Chpts 2-5)
e. Students know the relationship
between the universal law of
Coulomb’s Law to
describe and
predict the
gravitational and
between objects.
gravitation and the effect of gravity
on an object at the surface of Earth.
3-4 Weeks
Week 9
Momentum and
Energy
Conservation
Egg Drop Challenge Activity
Momentum Problems Worksheet
Momentum Quiz (Hewitt Chpt 6)
Week 10
Conservation of Energy and
Momentum
Online Phet Energy Activity
2. The laws of conservation of energy
and momentum provide a way to
predict and describe the movement
of objects. As a basis for
understanding this concept:
HS-
Use mathematical
PS2-
representations to
2.
support the claim
that the total
momentum of a
system of objects is
conserved when there
is no net force on the
Energy Problems Worksheet
Week 11
Diet Coke and Mentos Activity
Momentum and Energy Test
(Hewitt Chpts 6-7)
a. Students know how to calculate
kinetic energy by using the formula
E=(1/2)mv2 .
system.
HS-
Create a computational
PS3-
model to calculate the
1
b. Students know how to calculate
changes in gravitational potential
energy near Earth by using the
formula (change in potential energy)
=mgh (h is the change in the
elevation).
change in the energy
of one component in a
system when the
change in energy of
the other
component(s) and
energy flows in and
c. Students know how to solve
problems involving conservation of
energy in simple systems, such as
falling objects.
d. Students know how to calculate
momentum as the product mv.
e. Students know momentum is a
separately conserved quantity
different from energy.
out of the system are
known.
HS-
Develop and use
PS3-
models to illustrate
2.
that energy at the
macroscopic scale can
be accounted for as a
combination of energy
associated with the
motions of particles
f. Students know an unbalanced
force on an object produces a
change in its momentum.
(objects) and energy
associated with the
relative positions of
g. Students know how to solve
problems involving elastic and
inelastic collisions in one dimension
by using the principles of
conservation of momentum and
energy.
4 Weeks
Rotation and
Gravity
Week 12
Can Rolling Activity
Motion and Forces
Flying Pig Lab - to determine the
tension in a string supporting a toy
pig flying in a circular path.
1. e. Students know the relationship
between the universal law of
gravitation and the effect of gravity
on an object at the surface of Earth.
particles (objects).
HS-
Analyze data to
PS2-
support the claim that
1.
Newton’s second law
of motion
describes the
mathematical
Rotation Problems Worksheet
Rotational Motion Quiz (Hewitt
Chpt 7)
Week 13
Universal Gravitation Problems
Worksheet
Projectile Motion Problems
Worksheet
Week 14
Projectile Motion Activity
1. f. Students know applying a
force to an object perpendicular to
the direction of its motion causes the
object to change direction but not
speed (e.g., Earth's gravitational
force causes a satellite in a circular
HSorbit to change direction but not
speed).
PS24.
1. g. Students know circular motion
requires the application of a
constant force directed toward the
center of the circle.
1. l. * Students know how to solve
problems in circular motion by
using the formula for centripetal
acceleration in the following form:
a=v2/r.
1 week
Week 15
Final Exam
Motion, Forces, Energy,
Momentum, Rotation, and Gravity.
Hewitt Chpts 2-10
relationship among the
net force on a
macroscopic object, its
mass, and its
acceleration
Use mathematical
representations
of Newton’s Law of
Gravitation and
Coulomb’s Law to
describe and
predict the
gravitational and
electrostatic forces
between objects.
4 weeks
Waves and
Sound
Telephone cord wave speed
activity
Week 1
Standing Waves Worksheet
Waves Quiz (Hewitt Chpt 19)
Waves
4. Waves have characteristic properties
that do not depend on the type of wave.
As a basis for understanding this
concept:
HS-
Use mathematical
PS4-
representations to
1.
support a claim
regarding relationships
among the frequency,
wavelength, and speed
Week 2
Standing waves on slinky activity
Speed of Sound Lab - determine
the speed of sound through various
mediums
Week 3
Waves and Sound Test (Hewitt
Chpt 19-21)
Week 4
of waves traveling in
a. Students know waves carry energy
from one place to another.
various media.
b. Students know how to identify
transverse and longitudinal waves in
mechanical media, such as springs and
ropes, and on the earth (seismic waves).
c. Students know how to solve
problems involving wavelength,
frequency, and wave speed.
d. Students know sound is a
longitudinal wave whose speed depends
on the properties of the medium in
which it propagates.
f. Students know how to identify the
characteristic properties of waves:
interference (beats), diffraction,
refraction, Doppler effect, and
polarization.
4 Weeks
Electricity
Electrostatics Charge by Friction /
Induction activity
Week 5
Electric and Magnetic
Phenomena
Leyden Jar / Capacitor Activity
Week 6
Online Phet Simulation on
Electrostatic Charging
5. Electric and magnetic phenomena
are related and have many practical
applications. As a basis for
understanding this concept:
HS-
Use mathematical
PS2-
representations
4.
of Newton’s Law of
Gravitation and
Coulomb’s Law to
describe and
predict the
Electrostatics Problems Worksheet
Week 7
Electrostatics Quiz (Hewitt Chpt
22)
How to make Series and Parallel
Circuits and using a multimeter
Activity
Week 8
Series Vs Parallel Circuits Lab Determine the characteristics of
series and parallel circuits.
Week 9
Electricity Tests (Hewitt Chpts 2223)
a. Students know how to predict the
voltage or current in simple direct
current (DC) electric circuits
constructed from batteries, wires,
resistors, and capacitors.
b. Students know how to solve
problems involving Ohm's law.
c. Students know any resistive element
in a DC circuit dissipates energy, which
heats the resistor. Students can calculate
the power (rate of energy dissipation) in
any resistive circuit element by using
the formula Power = IR (potential
difference) × I (current) = I2R.
d. Students know the properties of
transistors and the role of transistors in
electric circuits.
e. Students know charged particles are
sources of electric fields and are subject
to the forces of the electric fields from
other charges.
i. Students know plasmas, the fourth
state of matter, contain ions or free
electrons or both and conduct
electricity.
j. * Students know electric and
magnetic fields contain energy and act
as vector force fields.
k. * Students know the force on a
charged particle in an electric field is
qE, where E is the electric field at the
gravitational and
electrostatic forces
between objects.
position of the particle and q is the
charge of the particle.
m. * Students know static electric fields
have as their source some arrangement
of electric charges.
o. * Students know how to apply the
concepts of electrical and gravitational
potential energy to solve problems
involving conservation of energy.
3 weeks
Week 10
Magnetism
Magnetism and Right Hand Rule
Worksheet
Motors / electromagnets / Speaker
construction activity
Magnetism Quiz (Hewitt Chpt 23)
5. Electric and Magnetic Phenomena
f. Students know magnetic materials
and electric currents (moving electric
charges) are sources of magnetic fields
and are subject to forces arising from
the magnetic fields of other sources.
Week 11
Online Phet Simulation for
Faraday's induction Lab
Transformers and induction
problems worksheet
Week 12
Electromagnetism Test (Hewitt
Chpt 23-24)
g. Students know how to determine the
direction of a magnetic field produced
by a current flowing in a straight wire or
in a coil.
h. Students know changing magnetic
fields produce electric fields, thereby
inducing currents in nearby conductors.
i. Students know plasmas, the fourth
state of matter, contain ions or free
electrons or both and conduct
electricity.
j. * Students know electric and
magnetic fields contain energy and act
as vector force fields.
HS-
Plan and conduct an
PS2-
investigation to
5.
provide evidence
that an electric
current can produce a
magnetic field and that
a changing magnetic
field can produce an
electric current.
5 Weeks
Light / Optics
Properties of Light, Spectrum, and
Color Worksheet
Week 13
Eye Worksheet
Properties of light and Color Quiz
(Chpt 25 & 26)
Week 14
Reflection and Refraction
Worksheet
Week 15-16
Snell's law worksheet
Ray Diagramming for mirrors and
lenses activity
Week 17
CD Diffraction Lab - to determine
the track spacing on a CD by
measuring the amount of
diffraction by a laser off of a CD
Week 18
Wave Optics Quiz (Hewitt Chpt
27-28)
1 Week
Week 19
Motion, Energy,
Electricity
Rube Goldberg Project - to
integrate and synthesize various
ideas of motion, energy, and
electricity into a contraption that
completes a task.
Waves
4. Waves have characteristic properties
that do not depend on the type of wave.
As a basis for understanding this
concept:
c. Students know how to solve
problems involving wavelength,
frequency, and wave speed.
HS-
Use mathematical
PS4-
representations to
1.
support a claim
regarding relationships
among the frequency,
wavelength, and speed
of waves traveling in
various media.
HS-
PS4e. Students know radio waves, light,
3.
and X-rays are different wavelength
bands in the spectrum of
electromagnetic waves whose speed in a
vacuum is approximately 3×108 m/s
(186,000 miles/second).
Evaluate the claims,
evidence, and
reasoning behind the
idea that
electromagnetic
radiation can be
described either by a
wave model or a
f. Students know how to identify the
characteristic properties of waves:
interference (beats), diffraction,
refraction, Doppler effect, and
polarization.
2. Conservation of Energy
c. Students know how to solve
problems involving conservation of
energy in simple systems, such as
falling objects.
5. Electricity and Magnetism:
a. Students know how to predict
the voltage or current in simple
direct current (DC) electric
circuits constructed from
particle model, and
that for some
situations one model is
more useful than the
other.
HS-
Design, build, and
PS3-
refine a device that
3.
works within given
constraints to convert
one form of
energy into another
form of energy.
batteries, wires, resistors, and
capacitors.
b. Students know how to solve
problems involving Ohm's law.
c. Students know any resistive
element in a DC circuit
dissipates energy, which heats
the resistor. Students can
calculate the power (rate of
energy dissipation) in any
resistive circuit element by using
the formula Power = IR
(potential difference) × I
(current) = I2R.
d. Students know the properties
of transistors and the role of
transistors in electric circuits.
1 Week
Week 20
Finals
Waves, Sound, Electricity,
Magnetism, Light (Hewitt Chpts
19-28)