Physics Lab Schedule

Recommended Text book:

Exploring Creation With Physics (2nd Ed.) by Jay L. Wile

Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.

• Extended Physics Lab Schedule (Click here)
• A List of Lab Supplies (Click here)

Date	Experiment(s)/Class Session	Notes
5-Jan	Exp. 9.1 and 9.2
13-Jan	Exp 10.1
20-Jan	Exp 10.2
27-Jan	Exp 11.1 and Q&A Session
3-Feb	Exp 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3
10-Feb	No Exp. Quarterly test #3	At Home
17-Feb	Exp 13.1 and 13.2
24-Feb	Exp 14.1
2-Mar	Exp 15.1
9-Mar	Exp 15.2 and 15.3
16-Mar	No class: (Spring Break)
23-Mar	Class Project
30-Mar	Exp 16.1 and 16.2
6-Apr	No Exp. Quarterly test #4	At Home
13-Apr	Evaluation.

* Alternate location:

 Trinity Presbyterian Church, 5518 Rice Mine Road NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406.

Extended Physics Lab Schedule (Spring 2012)

Recommended Text book:

Exploring Creation With Physics (2nd Ed.) by Jay L. Wile

Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.

#	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Week 1 (1/2~1/5)	Read p.287~290 Do OYO 9.1	Read p.291~297 Do OYO 9.2~9.5	Read p.298~304 Read EXP  9.1 & 9.2	LAB DAY
Lab 1 (1/5)	Exp. 9.1 Egg Drop p.291 Exp. 9.2 Momentum and Energy Conservation p.297
Week 2 (1/9~1/12)	Read p.305~314   Do OYO 9.6~9.10	Review Questions	Practice Problems,  Extra Practice Problems p.573	Module Test #9
Lab 2 (1/13)	Exp. 10.1 Hooke’s Law  p.317
Week 3 (1/16~1/19)	Read p.317~323 Do OYO 10.1~10.2	Read p.324~333 Do OYO 10.3~10.5	Read  p.333~338 Do OYO  10.6~10.8	Read p.338~342 Do OYO 10.9~10.10
Lab 3 (1/20)	Exp. 10.2 The Characteristics of a Mass/Spring System  p.325 & 331
Week 4 (1/23~1/26)	Review Questions	Practice Problems, Extra Practice Problems p.574	Module Test  #10	Read p.351~363 Do OYO 11.1~11.4
Lab 4 (1/27)	Exp. 11.1 Frequency and Volume of Sound Waves  p.355
Week 5 (1/30~2/2)	Read p.363~377 Do OYO 11.5~11.10	Review Questions	Practice Problems Extra Practice   Problems p.575	Module Test #11 Read p.385-394
Lab 5 (2/3)	Exp. 12.1 The Law of Reflection  p.385 Exp. 12.2 Real and Virtual Images in a Concave Mirror  p.397  Exp. 12.3 Measuring the Index of Refraction of Glass  p.403
Week 6 (2/6~2/9)	Read p.395~400  Do OYO 12.1~12.3	Read p.400~412  Do OYO 12.4~12.10	Review Questions, Practice Problems Extra Practice   Problems p.576	Module Test #12
Lab 6 (2/10)	No Lab (Valentines Party) Quarterly Test #4
Week 7 (2/13~2/16)	Read p.423~433  Do OYO 13.1~13.4	Read p.434~443  Do OYO 13.5~13.7	Read p.443~448  Do OYO 13.8~13.10	Read  Exp. 13.1& 13.2
Lab 7 (2/17)	Exp. 13.1 Attraction and Repulsion  p.424   Exp. 13.2  Making and Using an Electroscope  p.426
Week 8 (2/20~2/23)	Review Questions	Practice Problems Extra Practice   Problems p.577	Module Test #13	Read p.457~468  Do OYO 14.1~14.7
Lab 8 (2/24)	Exp. 14.1 Making a Parallel-Plate Capacitor and Storing Charge  p.470
Week 9 (2/27~3/1)	Read p.369~477. Do OYO 14.8~14.10	Review Questions	Practice Problems, Extra Practice Problems p.579	Module Test #14
Lab 9 (3/2)	Exp. 15.1 Current and Resistance  p.491 Discuss about Class Project
Week 10 (3/5~3/8)	Read p.487~496. Do OYO 15.1~15.4	Read p.497~503.	Read  p.503~508.  Do OYO  15.5~15.6	Read p.508~514 Do OYO  15.7~15.10
Lab 10 (3/9)	Exp.15.2 Building a Simple Circuit to Turn on a Light Bulb  Exp.15.3 Series and Parallel Resistors More about Class Project
Week 11 (3/12~3/15)	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Lab 11 (3/16)	No Lab (Spring Break)
Week 12 (3/19~3/22)	Review Questions	Practice Problems	Extra Practice Problems p.580	Module Test #15
Lab 12 (3/23)	Class Project
Week 13 (3/26~3/29)	Read p.523~527 Do OYO  16.1	Read p.528~539 Do OYO 16.2~16.4	Read p.540~543	Review Questions
Lab 13 (3/30)	Exp. 16.1 Oersted’s Experiment  p.527 Exp. 16.2 Diamagnetic, Paramagnetic, and Ferromagnetic Compounds  p.530
Week 15 (4/2~4/5)	Module Test #16	Study Day	Study Day	Study Day
Lab 15 (4/6)	No Lab (Good Friday)  Quarterly Test #4
Week 16 (4/9~4/12)
Lab 16 (4/13)

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The Class will Meet at Alternate location on Sep 2nd

We will meet at  Trinity Presbyterian Church on Friday, September 2nd. 
Time: 10.30 a.m.
Room#: 114 (basement)
Venue: Trinity Presbyterian Church, 5518 Rice Mine Road NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406.


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Extended Physics Lab Schedule (Fall 2011)

Recommended Text book:

Exploring Creation With Physics (2nd Ed.) by Jay L. Wile

Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.

#	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Week 1 (8/1~8/4)	Read i~iii and p.1~4	Read p.5~13 Do OYO 1.1~1.3	Read p.13~23 Do OYO 1.4~1.7	Start to Read p.3~27** Do OYO 1.1~1.14
Lab 1 (8/5)	Finish pages 3~27** (Do OYO 1.1~1.14) Exp. 1.3 Comparing Conversions to Measurements** (in Exploring Creation with Chemistry on p. 27) Chemistry Module #1 and Solutions *This experiment is performed at home
Week 2 (8/8~8/11)	Read 25~29  Do OYO 1.8~1.12	Review Questions	Practice Problems  Extra Practice Problems p563	Module Test #1
Lab 2 (8/12)	Go over Module 1 Test Exp. 1.1 Measuring Average Velocity Exp. 1.2 Measuring an Object’s Acceleration
Week 3 (8/15~8/18)	Read p37~47 Do OYO 2.1~2.3	Read p 47~57 Do OYO 2.4~2.8	Read p. 57~62 Do OYO 2.9~2.10	Re-Read Exp. 2.1 p.52 Re-Read Exp. 2.2 p.54
Lab 3 (8/19)	Go over Module 1 lab reports Exp. 2.1  The Acceleration Due to Gravity Is the Same for All Objects  Exp. 2.2  Determining a Person’s Reaction Time
Week 4 (8/22~8/25)	Review Questions	Practice Problems Extra Practice Problems p565	Module Test #2	Re-Read Exp. 2.3 p.60
Lab 4 (8/26)	Go over Module 2 lab reports Go over Module 2 Tests Exp. 2.3  Factors That Affect Air Resistance Q&A Session
Week 5 (8/29~9/1)	Read p71~83 Do OYO 3.1~3.2	Read p.83~86 Do OYO 3.3~3.5	Read p.86~90 Do OYO 3.6~3.7	Read p.90~95 Do OYO 3.8~3.9 Re-read Exp. 3.1 p.80
Lab 5 (9/2)	Exp. 3.1  Vector Components  Exp. 3.2  Vector Addition
Week 6 (9/5~9/8)	Review Questions	Practice Problems Extra Practice Problems p.566	Module Test #3	Read p.105~109  Do OYO 4.1~4.2
Lab 6 (9/9)	No Exp. Q&A Session and Discussion day Go over Module 3 lab reports Go over Module 3 Test Go over Extra Practice Problems
Week 7 (9/12~9/15)	Read p.109~120  Do OYO 4.3~4.7	Read p.120~127  Do OYO 4.8~4.10	Review Questions	Practice Problems Extra Practice Problems p.567
Lab 7 (9/16)	Exp. 4.1 The Two Dimensions of a Rubber Band’s Flight  Exp. 4.2 Measuring the Horizontal Speed of an Object without a Stopwatch
Week 8 (9/19~9/22)	Module Test #4	Study Day	Study Day	Quarterly Test #1
Lab 8 (9/23)	No exp: Q&A Session and Discussion day Go over Module 4 lab reports Go over Module 4 Test Go over Quarterly Test #1
Week 9 (9/26~9/29)	Read p.141~149. Do OYO 5.1~5.4	Read p.150~154 Do OYO 5.5~5.7	Read p.155~166 Do OYO 5.8~5.11	Read p.166~167 Do OYO 5.12
Lab 9 (9/30)	Exp.5.1 Inertia Exp.5.2 The Frictional Force
Week 10 (10/10~10/13)	Review Questions	Practice Problems/ Extra Practice Problems p.568	Module Test #5	Read p.177~185 Do OYO 6.1~6.3
Lab 10 (10/14)	Go over Module 5 lab reports Go over Module 5 Test Exp.6.1 Measuring Acceleration in an Elevator
Week 11 (10/17~10/20)	Read p.189~194 Do OYO 6.4~6.5	Read p.194~200 Do OYO 6.6~6.7	Read p.201~205 Do OYO 6.8~6.10	Re-read Exp 6.2 p.189 Re-read Exp 6.3 p.198
Lab 11 (10/21)	Exp.6.2 What Causes Rotational Acceleration?  Exp.6.3 Measuring a Coefficient of Static Friction
Week 12 (10/24~10/27)	Review Questions	Practice Problems/ Extra Practice Problems p.569	Module Test #6	Read p.217~222
Lab 12 (10/28)	Go over Module 6 lab reports Go over Module 6 Test Exp. 7.1 Centripetal Force
Week 13 (10/31~11/3)	Read p.222~228 Do OYO 7.1~7.4	Read p.228~232	Read p.232~236 Do OYO 7.5~7.6	Read p.237~242 Do OYO 7.7~7.10
Lab 13 (11/4)	No Exp. Q&A Session and Discussion day Go over Experiment 7.1 lab report
Week 15 (11/7~11/10)	Review Questions	Practice Problems/ Extra Practice Problems p.571	Module Test #7	Read p.251~257 Do OYO 8.1~8.2
Lab 15 (11/11)	No class: Co-op camping trip
Week 16 (11/14~11/17)	Read p.257~261  Do OYO 8.3	Read p.261~266  Do OYO 8.4~8.5	Read p.267~272 Do OYO 8.6	Read p.272~276 Do OYO 8.7~8.10
Lab 16 (11/18)	Go over Module 7 lab reports Go over Module 7 Test Exp. 8.1 Energy in a Pendulum Exp. 8.2 Estimating the Work Done by Friction
Week 17 (11/29~12/01	Review Questions	Practice Problems  Extra Practice Problems p.572	Module Test #8
Lab 17 (12/2)	No Exp. Q&A Session and Discussion day Go over Module 8 lab reports Go over Module 8 Test
Week 18 (12/05~12/08)	Study Day	Study Day	Study Day	Quarterly Test #2
Lab 18	No Exp. Q&A Session and Discussion day Go over Quarterly Test #2