Thursday, December 29, 2011

Physics Lab Schedule

Recommended Text book:

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

Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.

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.




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Extended Physics Lab Schedule (Spring 2012)


Recommended Text book:

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

Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.

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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.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.576Module 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.577Module 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 BreakSpring BreakSpring 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)