Physics Curriculum Map
Each unit is allocated an approximate number of weeks using a traditional period schedule.
Teachers should adjust these timeframes as needed based on student mastery and formative assessment data.
Unit 1. Physics Toolkit
Unit 2. Motion:
Velocity
Unit 3. Motion:
Acceleration
Measurement: Precision/Accuracy,
Dimensional Analysis, Significant
Figures, Graphing, Scientific
Notation
Graph Interpretation: Position-Time,
Problem Solving, Average &
Instantaneous Velocity,
Displacement, Time, Speed,
Vector/Scalar
Graph Interpretation: Velocity-Time,
Acceleration-Time, Problem
Solving, Free Fall
Grading Period 1 - 3 weeks
Grading Period 1 -3 weeks
Grading Period 1 -3 weeks
Unit 4. Forces:
Newton’s Laws
Unit 5. Forces:
Vectors
Unit 6. Motion:
Projectile
Unit 7. Forces:
Gravity
Newton’s Laws, Inertia,
Friction, Drag, Air
Resistance
Weight, Normal Force,
Forces In Two
Dimensions
Adding Vectors,
Equilibrant, Friction,
Incline Planes
Independence of
Horizontal and Vertical
Motion, Problem Solving
with Projectiles, Circular
Motion, Centripetal Force
Gravitational Force,
Gravitational Fields
Grading Period 22 weeks
Grading Period 23 weeks
Grading Period 23 weeks
Grading Period 21 week
Unit 8. Force:
Momentum
Unit 9. Energy:
Mechanical
Unit 10. Waves:
Properties
Unit 11. Waves:
Reflection
Momentum, Impulse,
Conservation of
Momentum
Work & Power, WorkEnergy Theorem,
Gravitational Potential
Energy, Conservation of
Energy, Springs & Elastic
Forces
Elastic Energy, Light
Properties, Ray
Diagrams, Light as a
Particle & Wave, Nature
of Color, Visible Light
Law of Reflection, Plane
Mirrors, Reflection
Grading Period 3- 2
weeks
Grading Period 3-3
weeks
Grading Period 3 – 4
weeks
Grading Period 3 – 4
weeks
Unit 12. Waves:
Light Phenomena
Unit 9. Electricity:
Static Charge
Unit 14. Electricity:
Moving Charge
Unit 15 Energy:
Nuclear
Refraction, Snell’s Law,
Diverging/Converging
Lens, Double/Single Slit
Interference, Diffraction
Pattern
Charging Objects:
Friction, Contact and
Induction, Conductors and
Insulators, Electric Fields,
Coulomb’s Law, Electrical
Potential Energy
Ohm’s Law
DC Circuits: Parallel,
Series, Mixed, Junction
and Loop Rule, Magnetic
Fields, Force Magnetic
Domains, Electromagnetic
Induction
Fusion/Fission, αβγ
Decay, Mass-Energy
Equivalency,
Radioisotopes
Grading Period 4 3 weeks
Grading Period 4 –
3 weeks
Grading Period 4 –
3 weeks
Grading Period 4 –
1 week
Columbus City Schools
2015-2016
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