ANNUAL PLAN FOR PHYSICS, 20012 -2013
Time/
Unit
Algebra Review
Week 1-9
(all 1st quarter)
Scientific method
Week 1-2
Measurement Topic /
Benchmarks
Thinking
Strategies/Lifelong
Learning
Behaviors/Habits of Mind
2.12.1 Use patterns and trends to extrapolate,
predict, and describe complex phenomenon i.e. multivariable systems
2.12.2 Construct mathematical concepts to the
analysis of data using basic algebra and descriptive
statistics (mean, median, mode) to solve problems
1.12.1 Formulate testable questions based on
observations & research
1.12.2 Formulate hypothesis from a testable question
and/or observations
1.12.2a Analyze the interactions between variables in
an experiment
1.12.3 Design an experiment to test a hypothesis
1.12.4 Collect, organize, display and analyze data
including error analysis and identifying possible bias
1.12.5 Interpret and report results of a scientific
investigation as it relates to the hypothesis either in
writing or orally
1.12.6 Write a formal lab report that includes
question, hypothesis, materials list, procedure, data
table and graphs, analysis and conclusion
Students’ Tasks
1. Read graphs (easy, medium,
complicated)
2. Use calculator to solve problems of
scientific notation
3. Solve equations
Complex reasoning strategy:
Comparing & Constructing Support
Complex Reasoning Strategy:
Constructing Support
Can Lab
From a testable question develop a
testable hypothesis and design an
experiment to test it.
Read various data tables and graphs
to
-analyze & draw inferences
-extrapolate & predict
Units &
Measurements
Week 3-4
2.12.3 Interpret and apply concepts behind derived
measurement (for example, conversion factors, unit
analysis, nomenclature of SI metric system) including
joules, N etc.
Behaviors: Precision & Accuracy
Formative: Quiz on conversion, Quiz
on counting significant digits, Quiz on
precision & significant digits
Measurement Lab
Summative: Test
Linear Motion
Week 5 - 8
Projectile Motion
Week 9 – 10
14.12.1 Distinguish between position and displacement
and speed and velocity. Solve problems involving
position, displacement, speed and velocity; interpret
complex graphs of position/displacement vs. time
14.12.1a
Define acceleration as change in
motion; solve problems using kinematic equations;
interpret graphs of velocity vs. time
Activity: Ticker tape diagram analysis.
Quiz: Solving problems of velocity and
acceleration
Quiz: Drawing and reading graphs of
motion
Lab: Relation between distance
traveled and time in an accelerated
motion (cart on an inclined plane)
Unit Test
2.12.4
Manipulate vectors using trigonometry
Resolve vectors into their components and apply the
kinematic equations to solve problems of projectile
motion.
Activity: PHeT simulation of projectile
motion.
Lab: Find g by measuring horizontal
velocity and range of a projectile.
Quiz: Solving vector problems,
projectile motion problems
Unit Test
Forces & Laws of
Motion
Week 11-14
Energy &
Momentum
Week 15 – 18
14.12.2 Identify and represent forces as vectors and
calculate components of forces and resultant force
using vector operations
14.12.3 Analyze the relationship between forces and
changes in motion
14.12.4 Explain how Newton’s 3rd law applies to various
physical situations and predict the resulting change in
motion in an interaction
14.12.5 Calculate resulting forces using force diagrams
of objects under the influence of various forces (normal
force, frictional force and gravitational force etc.)
Activity: Vector Board
14.12.6 Analyze collisions in terms of conservation of
momentum
14.12.7 Describe impulses as rate of change of
momentum
15.12.1 Determine the kinetic & potential energy of
objects in various situations
15.12.2 Solve problems involving kinetic and potential
energy and energy transfer between the two forms of
energy
Activity: Measuring KE & momentum
of a moving object.
Activity: Force probe diagram
demonstrating 3rd law
Quiz: Solving vector problems,
calculating net force, application of
Newton’s 3rd law.
Unit Test
Activity: Air track collisions using force
probes
Lab: Momentum conservation in a
collision
Quiz: Analyze collisions, explain effects
of collision in terms of impulse, use
principle of conservation of momentum
& ME to solve problems.
Unit Test
Circular Motion
& gravity
Week 19-21
14.12.8 Identify the center seeking force that causes a
circular motion
14.12.9 Explain gravity in terms of a center seeking
force at a distance
Quiz
Project: Effects of gravity
Test
Heat &
Thermodynamics
Week 22 - 25
Wave properties
& Sound
Week 26 - 28
Optics
29 - 32
16.12.1 Demonstrate that temperature is related to the
average kinetic energies of atoms and molecules
16.12.2 Calculate the heat transferred between two
objects at different temperature given the specific heat
capacities of the objects
16.12.3 Interpret phase heating curves in terms of
atomic/molecular bond changes and solve problems of
heat energy needed to result in phase change
16.12.3a Analyze the relationship between heat, work,
and change in internal energy using 1st Law of
Thermodynamics
16.12.4 Explain the concept of entropy and the 2nd
Quiz
17.12.1 Justify that waves carry energy and not matter
over space and time
17.12.2 Classify different kinds of waves including
mechanical, electromagnetic, transverse, longitudinal
etc.
17.12.3 Solve problems involving amplitude,
wavelength, frequency, period and wave speed
17.12.4 Predict the characteristic behavior of wave
interactions: interference (beats), diffraction, refraction,
Doppler effect, and polarization
17.12.5 Apply wave characteristics to sound waves
Activity: Create a wave.
17.12.6 Compare and contrast the different
applications of waves in each class of electromagnetic
spectrum
17.12.7 Solve problems of optics involving law of
reflection, law of refraction and lens equation
Project: Electromagnetic spectrum.
Lab: Law of reflection and law of
refraction.
Activity: Diffraction slits.
Quiz
Test
Lab: Specific Heat Capacity of metal
Activity: Reading Phase change curves
Activity: Probability of ordered state vs
disordered state (Throwing pennys)
Test
Quiz: Classification of waves, wave law
problems, properties of waves.
Lab: Speed of wave in a slinky
Lab: frequency vs. wavelength in a
slinky.
Lab: Measure speed of sound using
resonance.
Electricity &
Magnetism
Week 33 - 36
18.12.1 State Coulomb’s law and solve problems of
electric charge and electric fields
18.12.2 Construct a variety of electric circuit
18.12.3 Solve problems involving Ohm’s law in series
and parallel circuits
18.12.4 Describe the magnetic field around a
permanent magnet
18.12.5 Describe the relationship between magnetic
and electric fields as different aspects of a single
electromagnetic field
Lab: The field strength of a magnetic
dipole at different distance
Lab: Construct parallel & series
circuits.
Activity: Magnetic Field around a
straight wire and a solenoid.
Quiz
Test