Honors Physics Schedule 2010-2011
| "Courage faces fears and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is therefore mastered by it." | ||
| Martin Luther King Jr. | ||
| 5/23 | 165 | Current Electricity and Series and Parallel Circuits Review |
| Essential ?s | What is the function of the components of electrical circuits? | |
| How can electrical power outages be prevented during extreme heat? | ||
| Objectives | Identify and use evidence learned or discovered to replace inaccurate personal models and | |
| explanations of science-related themes (A.12.6). | ||
| Calculate currents, voltage drops, and equivalent resistances in series and parallel circuits. | ||
| Explain how fuses, circuit breakers, and ground-fault interrupters protect household wiring. | ||
| Using the science themes, explain common occurrences in the physical world (D.12.12). | ||
| Bell Work | Gather any necessary data and get any necessary help to complete | |
| lab duties by Friday. | ||
| Verify that the data you collected last week matches what we learned about resistance. | ||
| Instruction | http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/circuit-breaker2.htm | |
| http://auto.howstuffworks.com/wfc2.htm | ||
| Activities | Pictionary Review Game | |
| Assignment | Complete problems 26,27,28,29,30,35. | |
| Complete review problems 36,37,40,44,45,46,55,56,57,66,76,77,78,79,80,86. | ||
| Work on your design process notebook, journal and final project. | ||
| Set our schedule for the remaining school days. | ||
| Electrical Circuits Project Procedure 6. | ||
| "The safest road to Hell is the gradual one -- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, | ||
| without milestones, without signposts." C. S. Lewis | ||
| 5/24 | 166 | Electrical Circuits Project Work |
| Essential ?s | What is the function of the components of electrical circuits? | |
| How can electrical power outages be prevented during extreme heat? | ||
| Objectives | Create a simple circuit. | |
| Apply their understanding of electricity to create a series and parallel circuit; predict and | ||
| compare the results of this circuit to the simple circuits created; understand the practical | ||
| application of this type of circuit. | ||
| Determine how electrical power systems fail in extreme heat, how "load shedding" is used to | ||
| reduce strain on power sources, and defend ways in which power outages can be | ||
| prevented in the future. | ||
| Bell Work | Compare your solutions to problems 26,27,28,29,30,35 with those on the solutions | |
| sheet you received yesterday. | ||
| Instruction | ||
| Activities | Student Self Assessment of Habits of Mind and Achievement | |
| Assignment | Electrical Circuits Project Procedures 1-5. | |
| Electrical Circuits Project Procedure 6 - | ||
| Read the article "Heat Sets Records, Claims Lives and Strains Utilities" and answer the questions. | ||
| Prepare for a test on current electricity and series and parallel circuits on ________. | ||
| "It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them." Mark Twain | ||
| 5/25 | 167 | Electrical Circuits Project Work and Final Project Work |
| Essential ?s | What is the function of the components of electrical circuits? | |
| How can electrical power outages be prevented during extreme heat? | ||
| Objectives | Determine how electrical power systems fail in extreme heat, how "load shedding" is used to | |
| reduce strain on power sources, and defend ways in which power outages can be | ||
| prevented in the future. | ||
| Demonstrate progress in mastering skills that will be critical in the work force of the future. | ||
| Bell Work | Compare your solutions to problems 26,27,28,29,30,35 with those on the solutions | |
| sheet you received yesterday. | ||
| Instruction | ||
| Activities | Student Self Assessment of Habits of Mind and Achievement | |
| Assignment | Complete electrical circuits project by Friday. | |
| 5/25 | 167 | Quantum Physics |
| Essential ?s | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Bell Work | ||
| Instruction | Ethan Jahns | |
| Activities | ||
| Assignment | ||
| "The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; | ||
| that's the essence of inhumanity." George Bernard Shaw | ||
| 5/26 | 168 | Current Electricity and Series and Parallel Circuits Review |
| Essential ?s | What is the function of the components of electrical circuits? | |
| How can electrical power outages be prevented during extreme heat? | ||
| Objectives | Identify and use evidence learned or discovered to replace inaccurate personal models and | |
| explanations of science-related themes (A.12.6). | ||
| Calculate currents, voltage drops, and equivalent resistances in series and parallel circuits. | ||
| Explain how fuses, circuit breakers, and ground-fault interrupters protect household wiring. | ||
| Using the science themes, explain common occurrences in the physical world (D.12.12). | ||
| Bell Work | Gather any necessary data and get any necessary help to complete | |
| lab duties by Friday. | ||
| Verify that the data you collected last week matches what we learned about resistance. | ||
| Instruction | http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/circuit-breaker2.htm | |
| http://auto.howstuffworks.com/wfc2.htm | ||
| Activities | Pictionary Review Game | |
| Assignment | Complete review problems 36,37,40,44,45,46,55,56,57,66,76,77,78,79,80,86. | |
| Work on your design process notebook, journal and final project. | ||
| "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- | ||
| the apathy of human beings." Helen Keller | ||
| 5/27 | 169 | Current Electricity and Series and Parallel Circuits Test |
| Essential ?s | What is the function of the components of electrical circuits? | |
| How can electrical power outages be prevented during extreme heat? | ||
| Objectives | Identify and use evidence learned or discovered to replace inaccurate personal models and | |
| explanations of science-related themes (A.12.6). | ||
| Design open, closed, series, and parallel electric circuits. | ||
| Explain Ohm’s law. | ||
| Describe how electrical energy is converted into thermal energy. | ||
| Calculate currents, voltage drops, and equivalent resistances in series and parallel circuits. | ||
| Explain how fuses, circuit breakers, and ground-fault interrupters protect household wiring. | ||
| Bell Work | Ask questions of your classmates and teacher about any of the objectives above | |
| that you don't feel confident you have mastered. | ||
| Instruction | ||
| Activities | ||
| Assignment | Complete your final project by Thursday. | |
| Bring the following to your exam period: two number two pencils, an eraser, | ||
| a calculator, your planner, your portfolio and the scoring guides and | ||
| your cleaned out textbook. | ||
| "Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge." Alfred North Whitehead | ||
| 6/1 | OR | Exam Day |
| 2-Jun | 170 | Physics Portfolio and Final Project Presentations |
| Essential ?s | How do my completed assignments demonstrate my critical skill development? | |
| Objectives | Demonstrate progress in mastering skills that will be critical in the work force of the future. | |
| Build the tallest paper tower. | ||
| Bell Work | Turn in your textbook on the floor by the physics tray after you have | |
| made sure your name is printed on the inside front cover in pen, | ||
| cleaned all papers out, taken the book cover off, and erased all pencil marks. | ||
| Instruction | Physics Portfolio Rubric | |
| Presentation Ideas http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/34614 | ||
| Basic Physics Content Test | ||
| Activities | Physics Olympics Event - Given 3 sheets of copy paper your team will need to build the tallest | |
| tower that remains standing. The tallest tower wins. | ||
| Physics Portfolio | ||
| Assignment | Complete the physics portfolio, present it to a parent, and prepare to present it to the class | |
| on exam day. | ||
| Prepare for a test on electricity on exam day. | ||
| Hand in all fourth quarter extra credit, redos and assignments unless | ||
| you have asked for an extension. | ||
| Clean up two computer stations. | ||
| Write a letter to a student who will be taking physics next year. | ||