Important Documents for the class:
- Syllabus
- Textbook
- Fall Semester – Midterm Review Guide: Unit 1
- Fall Semester – Final Review Guide: Units 1 and 2
Unit 1: The Physics of Driving
- Reaction Time
- Average/Instantaneous Speed, Constant Velocity, Reaction Distance
- Graphing Motion (constant and accelerating): d,v,a/ braking distance
CC: Infographic: The Dangers of Distracted driving
Unit 2: Physics in Motion
- Newton’s Laws/Forces
- Centripetal Force
CC: Drag Race
Unit 3: The Physics of Roller Coasters
- Energy (KE, PE, Conservation) and Work (Work Energy Theorem)
- Centripetal Force
- Newton’s law of universal gravitation
CC: Roller Coaster
Unit 4: The Physics of Rocketry
- Momentum
- Impulse and Change in Momentum/Crumple Zone/Airbags
- Conservation of Momentum/ Collisions
- Projectile Motion
CC Rocket Launch
Unit 5: The Physics of Music
Sound:
- sound in strings
- wave mechanics
- sound in air
Light:
- light and lenses
- light and color
- Wave Particle Model of light
CC: Sound and Light Show
Unit 6: Physics of Electricity and Circuits
- Static Electricity and Coulomb’s Law, Electricity and Magnetism Connection
- Generating and Modeling Electricity
- Ohm’s Law
- Series and Parallel Circuits and Circuit Diagrams
- Electric power and Comparing Energy Consumption: More For Your Money
CC: Power Grid
Special topics: Thermodynamics