Academic Physics

Week	Topics & Resources	M	T	W	Th	F
June 7-11	ROCKETS & G'BYE SENIORS
June 1-4	RETURN TO THE ROCKETS	Holiday
May 24-28	LIGHT RGB Color Addition Simulator) CMY Color Subtraction Simulator)	notes
May 17-21	REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DIFFRACTION satellite dishes: big small medium flashlight sideline microphone amphitheater Capitol Domes (old & new), whispering spot ------ Ricky Jay's website, New Yorker interview with Ricky Jay
May 10-14	SOUND Human Ear Virtual Ripple Tank Auditorium acoustics Frequency Analyzer for Logger Pro Solar Powered Cars Tutorial	notes	notes	notes
May 3-7	WAVES INTRO Solar Powered Cars Tutorial PhET Wave Simulation
Apr 26-30	AMUSEMENT PARK PHYSICS Amusement Park Physics Project				Electrical Outage
Apr 19-23	OPTICS 2 4/19 Concept Problem 4/21 Concept Problem PhET Optics
Apr 12-16	OPTICS 1 4/13 Practice Problems 4/14 Practice Problems 4/15 Practice Problem			notes	notes
Apr 6-9	COLLISIONS 3/PSSA   2-Car Collision Simulation (set bumpers to normal)	Holiday
Mar 22-26	COLLISIONS 2   Egg Crash Videos & Graphs   2-Car Collision Simulator   3/23 collision problems   3/24 collision problems   Crash Test: 2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Chevy Bel Air					Diversity Day!
Mar 15-19	COLLISIONS 1   iihs ratings   Hotwheels jump & crash 1   Hotwheels jump & crash 2   Hotwheels jump & crash 3   Hotwheels jump & crash 4   Hotwheels jump & crash 5
Mar 8-12	ENERGY 2   PhET Energy Skate Park; click RUN NOW   Student Response Form   Spinny Ride Posters
Mar 1-5	CM & ROTATION 3; ENERGY 1   List of Energy Types ------------ Investigation #6   Ed Fred & Harvey   The Hammer Throw   Kicks in Martial Arts Investigation #7   Diving, Beijing 2008   Figure Skating   Cirque Trapeze Artist Tuck   Cirque Tightrope Walker Tuck/No Tuck   Spinny Ride g-calculator
Feb 22-26	CM & ROTATION 2 Investigation #2   PIT maneuver   Football tackle & spin Investigation #3   Helicopter   The Twist					Snow Day
Feb 15-19	NATIONAL ENGINEER'S WEEK	Holiday
Feb 8-11	CM & ROTATION 1 Investigation #1   Skate Boarder   Surfing   Wheel Balancing		notes	Snow Day	Snow Day	In-service
Feb 1-5	PROJECTILE MOTION 2   3rd MP Expectations   PhET Projectile Simulation   2/2 Target Practice Zip File   Kaiser Wilhelm Geschütz
Jan 25-29	PROJECTILE MOTION   Free Fall Calculator   1/27 Horizontal Shots
Jan 18-22	2-DIMENSIONAL MOTION   2-D Motion graffle zip file   River Crossing Game   Floor Plan   Scavenger Hunt Items	Holiday
Jan 11-15	FALLING, AIR DRAG & WEIGHTLESSNESS   1/11 Questions
Jan 4-8	DEEPER THOUGHTS ON MOTION   Dr. Hume & Dr. Ivey's entire Frames of Reference video   Interesting physics videos   1/7 Hotwheels Track Image
Dec 21-23	THE MOTION SENSORS				Holiday	Holiday
Dec 14-18	MOTION: NUMBER PATTERNS   12/16 position & time data   12/17 position & time data	notes	notes	notes	notes
Dec 7-11	MOTION: DOT PATTERNS   12/9 Dot Patterns in Logger Pro   12/10 Skydiving Question   12/10 Canon Camera Tutorial	notes
Nov 30-Dec 4	3rd LAW INTERACTIONS   12/1 Force Pair Practice   12/3 Third Law Questions   X-Games action reaction 1   X-Games action reaction 2   X-Games action reaction 3	notes	notes	notes
Nov 23-27	TUG OF WAR & HS CAMERA PROJECT   Adding Narration to iMovie HD				Holiday	Holiday
MP2 START Nov 16-20	FALLING & BUNGEE JUMPING   2nd Marking Pd Expectations   11/17 Bungee Forces Questions   Setting up the LabPro Sensors
Nov 9-13	NEWTON'S 2ND LAW OF MOTION (cont.)   11/10 questions   11/12 questions
Nov 2-6	NEWTON'S 2ND LAW OF MOTION Mass Demos at High Speed   Hammer & mass   Hammer & mass: miss   Nickel & 3x5 card   Nickel & tape roll   Quarter & elbow trick		[Inservice Day]