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Curriculum Map
Physics
Course Understandings
Essential Questions
Assessments
Course Knowledge/Skills
First Quarter
Students will understand:
Vectors and scalars
Horizontal kinematics
Free fall
How is the motion of an
object described and
predicted mathematically?
How do bodies fall?
Diagnostic Assessment
Students' prior knowledge will be
assessed with a test on scientific math.
Students’ prior knowledge will be
assessed through teacher questioning.
Formative Assessment
Students will be assessed through
periodic quizzes and tests.
Students will be assessed through
homework assignments and lab reports
throughout the quarter.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to reason through, solve, and write the
solutions to problems using correct
notation and units.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to gather data, graph the data, find the
equation of the graph, and interpret the
slope.
Students will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Benchmark Assessment
Summative Assessments
Students will be assessed at the end of
the quarter through a quarterly exam.
3.2.P.B1 Differentiate among translational motion, simple
harmonic motion, and rotational motion in terms of
position, velocity, and acceleration
Second Quarter
Students will understand:
Galilean Physics
Trigonometry
Projectile Motion
Newton’s laws
How are force and motion
connected?
How do forces affect the
motion of an object?
Diagnostic Assessment
Students’ prior knowledge will be
assessed through teacher questioning.
Students' prior knowledge will be
assessed using review questions on
scientific math on tests.
Students will be assessed using Study
Island.
Formative Assessment
Students will be assessed through
periodic quizzes and tests.
Students will be assessed through
homework assignments and lab reports
throughout the quarter.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to reason through, solve, and write the
solutions to problems using correct
notation and units.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to gather data, graph the data, find the
equation of the graph, and interpret the
slope.
Students will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Benchmark Assessment
Summative Assessments
Students will be assessed at the end of
the quarter through a midterm exam.
3.2.10.B1 Analyze the relationships among the net force on
a body, the mass of a body, and the resulting acceleration
using Newton’s second law of motion
3.2.10.B1 Use Newton’s third law to explain forces as
interactions between bodies
3.2.P.B1 Differentiate among translational motion, simple
harmonic motion, and rotational motion in terms of
position, velocity, and acceleration
3.2.P.B1 Use force and mass to explain translational motion
or simple harmonic motion of objects
3.2.P.B6 Use Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation to
describe and predict the motion of objects ranging from
atoms to the galaxies
Third Quarter
Students will understand:
Angular motion
Gravitation
Simple harmonic motion
How are force and motion
connected?
How do forces affect the
motion of an object?
Diagnostic Assessment
Students’ prior knowledge will be
assessed through teacher questioning.
Students' prior knowledge will be
assessed using review questions on
scientific math on tests.
Students will be assessed using Study
Island.
Formative Assessment
Students will be assessed through
periodic quizzes and tests.
Students will be assessed through
homework assignments and lab reports
throughout the quarter.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to reason through, solve, and write the
solutions to problems using correct
notation and units.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to gather data, graph the data, find the
equation of the graph, and interpret the
slope.
Students will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Benchmark Assessment
Summative Assessments
Students will be assessed at the end of
the quarter through a quarterly exam.
3.3.10.B1 Apply Newton’s law of universal gravitation to
the forces between two objects
3.2.P.B1 Differentiate among translational motion, simple
harmonic motion, and rotational motion in terms of
position, velocity, and acceleration
3.2.P.B1 Use force and mass to explain translational motion
or simple harmonic motion of objects
3.2.P.B1 Relate torque and rotational inertia to explain
rotational motion
3.2.12.B1 Analyze the principles of rotational motion to
solve problems relating to angular momentum and torque
3.2.P.B6 Use Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation to
describe and predict the motion of objects ranging from
atoms to the galaxies
Fourth Quarter
Students will understand:
Conservation principles
Wave theory
How is energy conserved?
How is matter conserved?
How do matter and energy
relate?
What physical quantities are
conserved?
What are waves, and what
are their properties?
Diagnostic Assessment
Students’ prior knowledge will be
assessed through teacher questioning.
Students' prior knowledge will be
assessed using review questions on
scientific math on tests.
Formative Assessment
Students will be assessed through
periodic quizzes and tests.
Students will be assessed through
homework assignments and lab reports
throughout the quarter.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to reason through, solve, and write the
solutions to problems using correct
notation and units.
Students will be assessed for their ability
to gather data, graph the data, find the
equation of the graph, and interpret the
slope.
Students will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Benchmark Assessment
Summative Assessments
Students will be assessed at the end of
the quarter through a final exam.
3.2.10.B1 Describe how interactions between objects
conserve momentum
3.2.10.B2 Explain how the overall energy flowing through a
system remains constant
3.2.10.B2 Describe the work-energy theorem
3.2.10.B2 Explain the relationship between work and power
3.2.C.B3 Describe the law of the conservation of energy
3.2.12.B2 Demonstrate how the law of conservation of
momentum and conservation of energy provide alternate
approaches to predict and describe the motion of objects
3.2.10.B5 Understand that waves transfer energy without
transferring matter
3.2.10.B5 Compare and contrast the wave nature of light
and sound
3.2.10.B5 Describe the components of the electromagnetic
spectrum
3.2.10.B5 Describe the difference between sound and light
waves
3.2.P.B5 Explain how waves transfer energy without
transferring matter
3.2.P.B5 Describe the causes of wave frequency, speed, and
wavelength
3.2.10.B6 Explain how the behavior of matter and energy
follow predictable patterns that are defined by laws
3.2.12.B6 Compare and contrast motions of objects using
forces and conservation laws