Honors Physics

COLOR   Color Addition with Light   Color Subtraction with Inks   RGB in HTML	M 6/6 29d4	T 6/7 29d5	W 6/8 29d6	Th 6/9 30d1	F 6/10 30d2
LIGHT Some PhET Sims:   Bending Light   Lasers	M 5/30 Holiday	T 5/31 28d6	W 6/1 29d1	Th 6/2 29d2	F 6/3 29d3
SOUND	M 5/23 28d1   notes	T 5/24 28d2   notes	W 5/25 28d3   notes	Th 5/26 28d4   notes	F 5/27 28d5
RESONANCE, REFLECTION, REFRACTION, DIFFRACTION	M 5/16 27d2   notes	T 5/17 27d3   notes	W 5/18 27d4   notes	Th 5/19 27d5   notes	F 5/20 27d6
WAVES   PhET Waves on a String   Solar Powered Lego Cars   Data Sheet	M 5/9 26d3   notes	T 5/10 26d4   notes	W 5/11 26d5   notes	Th 5/12 26d6   notes	F 5/13 27d1
ACCIDENT MYSTERY   Accident Guide	M 5/2 25d4	T 5/3 25d5	W 5/4 25d6	Th 5/5 26d1	F 5/6 26d2
CYCLE 26 LABS 5/5-5/9 Climate Change 6: The Futures 5/10-5/12
COLLISIONS - MOMENTUM   Egg Crashes   4/26 Scenarios   Two Car Collision Simulator   4/27 practice   4/28 practice   Amusement Park Physics	M 4/25 Holiday	T 4/26 24d6   notes	W 4/27 25d1   notes	Th 4/28 25d2   notes	F 4/29 25d3
CYCLE 25 LABS 4/27-4/29 Climate Change 4: The Magnitude of the Problem 5/2-5/4 Climate Change 5: Is It Us?
COLLISIONS - IMPULSE   Insurance Institute for Highway Safety	M 4/11 24d1	T 4/12 24d2	W 4/13 24d3	Th 4/15 24d4	F 4/16 24d5
CYCLE 24 LABS 4/11-4/13 Climate Change 2: Human History 4/14-4/26 Climate Change 3: One Long Lifetime Ago
ENERGY 3   4/5 practice   4/7 practice   Response to music suggestions	M 4/4 23d2	T 4/5 23d3	W 4/6 23d4	Th 4/7 23d5	F 4/8 23d6
CYCLE 23 LABS 4/1-4/5 Coasters or Connections Pd 1: Work on Coasters Pds 4/5 & 7/8: Connections 1 4/6-4/8 Climate Change 1: Earth History
ENERGY 2   3/29 practice   3/30 practice   NASA NEO Program   Earth's Craters   Spinny Ride Posters	M 3/28 22d3	T 3/29 22d4   notes	W 3/30 22d5   notes	Th 3/31 22d6	F 4/1 23d1
CYCLE 22 LABS 3/24-3/28 Quia Quiz & NB check Quote: Horace 3/29-3/31 Work Day Reading from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
RADIATION/ENERGY 1   Answers to RHR probs   3/24 Practice	M 3/21 21d4   notes	T 3/22 21d5	W 3/23 21d6   notes	Th 3/24 22d1   notes	F 3/25 22d2
FOUR BASIC FORCES 2   3/14 practice   3/18 practice	M 3/14 20d6   notes	T 3/15 21d1	W 3/16 21d1	Th 3/17 21d2	F 3/18 21d3   notes
FOUR BASIC FORCES 1   3/7 practice   3/8 practice   3/9 practice   answers   PhET Solar System Sim   Solar System Data   Gravity Equations   Electrostatic Force Equation	M 3/7 20d1   notes	T 3/8 20d2   notes	W 3/9 20d3   notes	Th 3/10 20d4	F 3/11 20d5
CYCLE 20 LABS 3/7-3/9 Maximize the Fun 3! Finish Spinny Ride Quote: Virgillius 3/10-3/14 Maximize the Fun 4 Test Ride & Create a Spinny Ride Poster Finish talking about the definition of love from The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck
ROTATION   Football tackle-spin   PIT Maneuver   Helicopter's tail   Chubby Checker   Diving   Figure Skating	M 2/28 19d2   notes	T 3/1 19d3   notes	W 3/2 19d4   notes	Th 3/3 19d5   notes	F 3/4 19d6
CYCLE 19 LABS 2/25-3/1 Maximize the Fun 1! Build a Spinny Ride Quote: Anaïs Nin 3/2-3/4 Maximize the Fun 2! Build Spinny Ride Reading: a definition of love from The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck
CENTER OF MASS   Human CM spin 1   Human CM spin 1   High Jump History   Truck Topple   National Engineers Week   Pd 2 Gunkulator   Pd 4/5 Gunkulator   Pd 7/8 Gunkulator	M 2/21 Holiday	T 2/22 18d4   notes	W 2/23 18d5   notes	Th 2/24 18d6	F 2/25 19d1   notes
CYCLE 18 LABS 2/15-2/17 History of Music Recording Quote: William Jennings Bryan 2/22-2/24 CM of Zoobs Reading: Curiosity by Alastair Reid
NATIONAL ENGINEER'S WEEK	M 2/14 17d6	T 2/15 18d1	W 2/16 18d2	Th 2/17 18d3	F 2/18 Inservice Day
CIRCULAR MOTION   PhET Projectile Motion Simulation   2/8 problems   2/9 problems   2/10 problems	M 2/7 17d1	T 2/8 17d2   notes	W 2/9 17d3   notes	Th 2/10 17d4	F 2/11 17d5
CYCLE 17 LABS 2/7-2/9 Quia Quiz & Notebook Check Quote: Jacob Bronowski 2/10-2/14 Urban Legends Advice about National Engineer's Week
PROJECTILE MOTION 2   How Bob Beamon's record was broken: Tokyo 1991   Kaiser Wilhelm Geschütz   Quadratic Equation Solver   Bob Beamon's jump for Exceeds   Carl Lewis's jump for Exceeds   The Paris Gun info for Exceeds	M 1/31 16d2   notes	T 2/1 16d3	W 2/2 16d4	W 2/3 16d5	F 2/4 16d6
CYCLE 16 LABS 1/28-2/1 Find the Velocity of a Simple Catapult   How to build the catapult   What to measure   Analysis Quote: from the Roman Poet Horace 2/2-2/4 Mid-year Reflection Reading: Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est
PROJECTILE MOTION   1/24 Grapher Guide   1/25 Grapher Challenges   1/25 Grapher Targets Image   Bob Beamon	M 1/24 15d4	T 1/25 15d5	W 1/26 15d6	Th 1/27 Snow Day	F 1/28 16d1
FREE FALL & DRAG   1/19 practice   1/20 practice   Newton's Cannon	M 1/17 Martin Luther King Day	T 1/18 14d6   notes	W 1/19 15d1   notes	Th 1/20 15d2   notes	F 1/21 15d3
CYCLE 15 LABS 1/19-1/21 Road & Track: 0 to 100 mph 1 Quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Finding road test data at Road & Track 1/24-1/26 Road & Track: 0 to 100 mph 2 The Story of Race
USING THE EQUATIONS OF KINEMATICS   Equation Shopping Guide   1/10 practice   1/11 practice   1/13 practice   Quadratic Equation Solver	M 1/10 14d2   notes	T 1/11 14d3   notes	W 1/12 Snow Day!	Th 1/13 14d4   notes	Th 1/14 14d5
CYCLE 14 LABS 1/7-1/11 HW Motion Analysis 1 Quote: Dr. William Menninger's Signs of Emotional Security 1/12-1/14 HW Motion Analysis 2
SLEEP & DEEPER THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTION	M 1/3 13d3	T 1/4 13d4	W 1/5 13d5	Th 1/6 13d6   notes	Th 1/7 14d1
CYCLE 13 LABS 12/22-1/3 School Commute Graph Quote: Ann Hossler 1/4-1/6 Cycle 13 Quia Quiz & NB check Story: A Yiddish Folk Tale
MOTION: GRAPHS   12/20 Pasco Motion Sensor Challenges   12/21 problems   12/22 problems   The Physics of Santa Claus   Snowflake Gallery   Snowflake Types   Snowflake "Hunting" Guide   Learn More About Snowflakes	M 12/20 12d5   notes	T 12/21 12d6   notes	W 12/22 13d1   notes	Th 12/23 13d2	F 12/24 Holiday
MOTION: NUMBER PATTERNS   12/13 problems   12/14 problems   12/15 problems   12/16 problems & questions	M 12/13 11d6   notes	T 12/14 12d1   notes	W 12/15 12d2   notes	Th 12/16 12d3   notes	F 12/17 12d4
CYCLE 12 LABS 12/14-16 Photobooth Number Pattern Quote: Douglas Adams 12/17-21 What will college be like?   Dr. Walter Lewin's physics class (available from iTunes U One more story from Mr. Mont's past
MOTION: DOT PATTERNS   12/6 Third Law Conundrums   12/9 Dot Patterns in Logger Pro	M 12/6 11d1	T 12/7 11d2   notes	W 12/8 11d3	Th 12/9 11d4	F 12/10 11d5
CYCLE 11 LABS 12/6-8 Skydiving 1   Skydiving Question   Canon Camera Tutorial Reading: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown and a bit more from Mr. Mont's past 12/9-13 Skydiving 2   12/9 Dot Patterns in Logger Pro Quote: Calvin Coolidge
THIRD LAW OF MOTION   12/1 Force Pair Practice   12/6 Third Law Conundrums   X-Games action reaction 1   X-Games action reaction 2   X-Games action reaction 3	M 11/29 10d2	T 11/30 10d3   notes	W 12/1 10d4   notes	Th 12/2 10d5	F 12/3 10d6
CYCLE 10 LABS 11/24-30 Bungee Jumping 2 Reading: excerpt from six non-lectures by e.e. cummings and a story from Mr. Mont's past 12/1-3 Quia Quiz & NB Check Quote from Sir Walter Raleigh
HIGH SPEED CAMERA PROJECT   11/22 further practice   HS Camera Manual	M 11/22 9d5	T 11/23 9d6	W 11/24 10d1	Th 11/25 Holiday	F 11/26 Holiday
COMPONENTS OF FORCES   11/16 practice finding components   11/17 practice problems	M 11/15 8d6	T 11/16 9d1   today's lesson	W 11/17 9d2	Th 11/18 9d3	F 11/19 9d4
CYCLE 9 LABS 11/16-18 Reflection Reading: Robert Frost's Neither Far Out Nor In Deep 11/19-23 Bungee Jumping 1   Bungee Forces Question   Student Force Sensor Setup Quote from Sir Isaac Newton
ACCELERATION   11/9 practice problems   Answers to last week's problems   Pd 2 Numbers   Pd 4 Numbers   Pd 7 Numbers	M 11/8 8d1   notes	T 11/9 8d2	W 11/10 8d3	Th 11/11 8d4	F 11/12 8d5
CYCLE 8 LABS 11/8-10 Notebook Check & Quia Quiz Reading from Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th Century World by J.R. McNeill 11/11-15 Water Bottle Rocket Data Quote from Werner von Braun
THE 2ND LAW OF MOTION   11/4 practice problems Mass Demos in Slo Mo   Hammer & mass   Hammer & mass: miss   Nickel & 3x5 card   Nickel & tape roll   Quarter & elbow trick	M 11/1 7d3	T 11/2 In-service	W 11/3 7d4   notes	Th 11/4 7d5   notes	F 11/5 7d6
CYCLE 7 LABS 10/28-11/1 Friction of Your Shoe 3 Reading from Anguished English by Richard Lederer 11/3-5 Mauna Loa CO2 Data Mauna Loa CO2 Data Quote: R.G. Ingersoll
TUG-OF-WAR & THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION   10/25 practice problems   practice problems (10/26 do the first three; 10/27 do the last two)   Coefficients of Friction source: wikipedia Videos: Tug-of-War   Does Strength Win?   Gym Floor Issues   Slip n Slide   Do what?? Pep Rally 2010   Freshmen vs Seniors   Juniors vs Sophomores   Seniors vs Sophomores	M 10/25 6d4   notes	T 10/26 6d5   notes	W 10/27 6d6	Th 10/28 7d1   notes	F 10/29 7d2
1st & 2nd Laws of Motion Videos: Objects Released From Moving Vehicles   Airplane & flare   Scene from The Matrix   Police video: Money Bag Toss   Scene from A Bridge Too Far   Mythbusters Car Eject Mysteries   Strong Man Competition   Strong Man Mystery   Easter Island Mystery Surveys   Survey #1   Stereotype Threat Book Review   Survey #2	M 10/18 5d5	T 10/19 5d6	W 10/20 6d1 notes	Th 10/21 6d2	F 10/22 6d3
CYCLE 6 LABS 10/20-10/22 Spring Ratios & Friction of Your Shoe 1 Reading: "Collapse" by Jared Diamond 10/25-27 Friction of Your Shoe 2 Quote: Jacob Bronowski
DRAG & FRICTION   10/11 practice problems   10/11 practice problems (first 3 solutions)	M 10/11 4d6 notes	T 10/12 5d1 notes	W 10/13 5d2	Th 10/14 5d3	F 10/15 5d4
CYCLE 5 LABS 10/12-10/14 NB check & Quia Quiz Cycle 5a Quia Quiz Reading: "A Separate Reality" by Carlos Castaneda 10/15-19 Looking at the Class Spring Data Cycle 5b Quia Quiz Quote: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
WATER BOTTLE ROCKET CHALLENGE	M 10/4 4d1	T 10/5 4d2	W 10/6 4d3	Th 10/7 4d4	F 10/8 4d5
CYCLE 4 LABS 10/4-10/6 Spring Forces Investigation 2 Readings: "Who's on First?" - Abbott & Costello; "Jabberwocky" from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. 10/7-11 Testing Your Spring Model Quote: John Tierny
NORMAL, TENSION & Fnet   9/27 practice problems   9/29 practice problems   9/30 practice problems	M 9/27 3d2 notes	T 9/28 3d3	W 9/29 3d4	Th 9/30 3d5 notes	F 10/1 3d6
CYCLE 3 LABS 9/24-9/28 Quia Quiz & Notebook Check Reading: Introduction from A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson Nature of Science 1 Nature of Science 2 Nature of Science 3 Nature of Science 4 9/29-10/1 Spring Forces Investigation 1 Quote: Albert Einstein
THE NATURE OF FORCES Class Challenge: Contamination!	M 9/20 2d3	T 9/21 2d4 notes	W 9/22 2d5	Th 9/23 2d6 notes	F 9/24 3d1
CYCLE 2 LABS 9/16-9/20: Earth-Moon-Sun-Seasons follow-up activity Reading: "Morning Song" from Senlin by Conrad Aiken 9/21-23: Evaluating Dice Models Quote: from Mark Twain & Homer Simpson
FAIR DICE OR FOUL?   The paper tower challenge   Build a model of two fair dice & use it to evaluate two unknown dice	M 9/13 1d4	T 9/14 1d5	W 9/15 2d6	Th 9/16 2d1	F 9/17 2d2
CYCLE 1 LABS 9/7-9/10: Continue regular class period material 9/13-9/15: The Seasons & The Phases of the Moon   - Quote: Friedrich Nietzsche   - Simple Earth-Sun-Moon model   - Better Earth-Sun-Moon model
OBSERVATIONS>MODELS>HYPOTHESES   Inattentional Blindness video   UMAHS aerial view   maps.live.com   Beach: tracks on tracks   Maine beach at low tide   Running vs walking on the beach   Grade Scale	M 9/6 holiday	T 9/7 1d1	W 9/8 1d2	Th 9/9 holiday	F 9/10 1d3