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Morgan County School District Re-3
Physics
Month
August
Content and Essential
Questions
Measurement/Mathematical
Relationships
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Linear Motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4
September
Linear motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4
Skills
Metric Units
Accuracy, Precision, Sig. Figs.
Uncertainties
Manipulator equations
Position vs Distance
Vector vs Scalar
Average vs Instantaneous Speed
V ave = d/t
Velocity vs Speed
Relativity of velocity
Uniform acceleration
a = vf - vi /t
Vf = Vi + at
Displacement during uniform
acceleration
Displacement from acceleration and
time
Acceleration from distance and speed
Average velocity
Free fall
Assessment
Resources
Quiz
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Practice exercises #1-4
PE 5&6
Pe 7&8
Pe #9-13
Pe #14-16
Pe# 17-20
Pe # 21-26
Pe # 27-29
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
review worksheet
problem worksheet
Test
Vector worksheets
Vectors
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
2 dimensional motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Addition and subtraction - linear
Addition and subtraction in quadrants
( including work on sin, cos, tan,
vector signs and absolute angles as
well as resultants and equilibrants)
Independence of motion
x velocity off cliff
ground to ground projectile
Cliff to ground projectiles
moving ground to ground projectiles
moving cliff to ground projectiles
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Vector Test
Newton's second law apparatus
Worksheets building sequential skills
for projectiles.
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Morgan County School District Re-3
Month
October
Content and Essential
Questions
Physics
Skills
S 1.1,1.3,1.4
2 dimensional motion
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
S 1.1,1.3,1.4
Assessment
Dart gun project
projectile test
Circular motion
( centripetal forces and
accelerations)
Newton's first , second and third law
Newton's laws of motion
Worksheets
washer lab
Circular motion test
Think and explain
plug and chug
Think and solve
Newton's laws of motion test
Resources
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Conceptual Physics
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Impulse and Momentum
Impulse - Momentum theorem
Conservation of momentum
( one and two dimensional
collisions
worksheets
practice exercises
think and explain
plug and chug
think and solve
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
November
Impulse and Momentum
One and two dimensional collisions
worksheets
practice exercises
think and explain
plug and chug
think and solve
Momentum Test
relate work, power potential and
kinetic energies, as well as machine
efficiencies
worksheets
practice exercises
think and explain
plug and chug
think and solve
Roller coaster project
work and energy test
Center of mass and center of gravity
Torque
conservation of rational momentum
think and explain
plug and chug
think and solve
worksheets
Rotational motion Test
S 2.2A,b 2.3c
Work, Power, Potential and Kinetic
Energy
S 2.2A,b 2.3bc
December
Rotational mechanics
S 2.2A,b 2.3bc
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Morgan County School District Re-3
Month
Content and Essential
Questions
Physics
Skills
Gravitational interactions
Universal gravitation
Assessment
think and explain
plug and chug
think and solve
Resources
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
S 2.2A,b 2.3bc
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
January
Electrostatics
S 2.1a 2.2b
February
March
atomic electrical charges
charge polarization
charge by induction
charge by conduction
electric fields
electric potential
electric potential energy
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
Electrostatic labs
capacitor lab
electrostatics test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Electrostatics
S 2.1a 2.2b
atomic electrical charges
charge polarization
charge by induction
charge by conduction
electric fields
electric potential
electric potential energy
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
Electrostatic labs
capacitor lab
electrostatics test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Current electricity
S 2.1a 2.2b
Ohm's Law
series electricity
Parallel electricity
circuits
schematic diagrams
Ohm's law lab
Series Lab
Parallel Lab
Series-parallel Lab
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Magnetism
magnetic poles
magnetic fields
magnetic domains
electric currents and magnetic fields
magnetic forces on moving charged
particles
magnetic forces on current carrying
wires
S 2.1a 2.2b
Lab and written test
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
magnetism labs
magnetism test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Morgan County School District Re-3
Month
Content and Essential
Questions
Physics
Skills
Assessment
Resources
meters and motors
Earth's magnetic field
Electromagnetic Induction
S 2.1a 2.2b
Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday's Law
Generators and alternating current
motor and generator comparison
transformers
power transmission
Induction of electric and magnetic
fields
electromagnetic waves
Vibrations and waves
S 2.3a,c
Wave description
Wave motion
wave speed
transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
interference
Standing waves
Doppler effect
Bow waves
Shock wave
April
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
Electromagnetic test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
wave labs
wave test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Sound
S 2.3a,c
Origin of sound
Sound in air
Media that transmits sound
speed of sound
loudness
forced vibration
natural frequency
Resonance
interference
beats
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
sound labs
sound test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Light
S 2.3a,c
Early concepts
speed of light
electromagnetic waves
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Morgan County School District Re-3
Month
May
Content and Essential
Questions
Physics
Skills
Assessment
Resources
light and transparent materials
Opaque materials
polarization
light test
Color
S 2.3a,c
Color Spectrum
color by reflection
color by transmission
sunlight
mixing colored light
complementary colors
mixing colored pigments
atomic spectra
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
Color Test
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Reflection and refraction
S 2.3a,c
Reflection
The law of reflection
Mirrors
ray diagrams
Diffuse reflection
reflection of sound
refraction
refraction of sound
refraction of light
atmospheric refraction
dispersion in a prism
rainbows
Total internal reflection
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Lenses
S 2.3a,c
converging and diverging lenses
image formation by a lens
ray diagrams
optical instruments
the eye
defects in vision
defects in lenses
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
lens test
Textbook and teacher filing cabinet
Relativity
S 2.3d
Theory of relativity and Special theory
of relativity
Think and explain
Think and solve
Relativity test
Morgan County School District Re-3
Month
Content and Essential
Questions
Physics
Skills
Special relativity
S 2.3d
Space-time
motion is relative
speed of light is a constant
relativity postulates
Time dilation
twin trip
space and time travel
length contraction
relativistic momentum and inertia
Equivalence of mass and energy
relativistic kinetic energy
the correspondence principle
Liquids and gases
S 2.2b2.3a
Liquid pressure
buoyancy
Archimedes Principle
flotation
Pascal's principle
atmospheric pressure barometers
Boyle's law
Buoyancy in air
Bernoulli's principle
Assessment
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
relativity test
Think and explain
Think and solve
Plug and chug
liquid and gas labs
liquid and gas test
Resources