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Updated 9.18.2011

Chapter 1 Outline

Monday, August 29 (1st period is 30 minutes in length; rest are ~16 minutes)

  • 4th/5th
  • First day of school
  • Hand outs: syllabus, parent letter, Chapter IV notification
  • Hand out True or False? and read as much as you can by Friday
  • * Hand out books & fill out receipts
  • Look at MrFlint.com
  • 6th
  • First day of school
  • Hand outs: syllabus, parent letter, Chapter IV notification
  • Hand out True or False? and read as much as you can by Friday
  • 7th/8th
  • First day of school
  • Hand outs: syllabus, parent letter, Chapter IV notification
  • Hand out True or False? and read as much as you can by Friday
  • * Hand out books & fill out receipts
  • Look at MrFlint.com

    Tuesday, August 30

    • 4th/5th
    • Any syllabus questions?
    • *Hand out A Very Brief History of Science and the Universe (44k .pdf)
    • Pass out Algebra review
    • What is truth? How should we go about life? Don't believe everything you hear or read!!!
    • True or false? To test something scientifically (experimentation) requires that you have a hypothesis to prove something true and another hypothesis to prove it false.
    • Current physics news articles - how do scientists know what they know?
    • 6th
    • Student information sheet
    • Hand out books & fill out receipts
    • Look at MrFlint.com
    • Any more syllabus questions?
    • *Hand out A Very Brief History of Science and the Universe (44k .pdf)
    • Pass out Algebra review
    • What is truth? How should we go about life? Don't believe everything you hear or read!!!
    • True or false? To test something scientifically (experimentation) requires that you have a hypothesis to prove something true and another hypothesis to prove it false.
    • Current physics news articles - how do scientists know what they know?
    • 7th/8th
    • Student information sheet
    • Hand out books & fill out receipts
    • Look at MrFlint.com
    • Any more syllabus questions?

    Wednesday, August 31

    Thursday, September 1

    • 4st
    • Intro. to Measurement Lab
    • 5th/6th
    • *Finish research in physics
    • Intro. to Measurement Lab
    • 8th
    • Intro. to Measurement Lab

    Friday, September 2

    • 4th
    • Parent Letter Slip due today
    • Measurement Lab
    • 6th
    • Parent Letter Slip due today
    • Measurement Lab
    • 7th/8th
    • Parent Letter Slip due today
    • Measurement Lab

    Monday, September 5 – No school (Labor Day)

    Tuesday, September 6

    • 4th/5th
    • Algebra Review due (collected)
    • Finish working on Measurement Lab
    • *BES vs. SI
    • Measurement standards
    • All about the SI system of measurement | more
    • MKS vs. CGS
    • Fundamental and derived units
    • 5th
    • Algebra Review due
    • MKS vs. CGS
    • Fundamental and derived units
    • True or False?
    • 7th/8th
    • Algebra Review due (collected)
    • Finish working on Measurement Lab
    • *BES vs. SI
    • Measurement standards
    • All about the SI system of measurement | more
    • MKS vs. CGS
    • Fundamental and derived units
    • True or False?

    Wednesday, September 7

    • 4th
    • MKS vs. CGS
    • Fundamental and derived units
    • All about significant figure rules
    • 6th
    • All about significant figure rules
    • 8th
    • All about significant figure rules

    Thursday, September 8 – No school due to flooding

    Friday, September 9

    • 4th
    • Measurement Lab Due
    • Conversion factor examples
    • Significant figure examples
    • 5th/6th
    • Measurement Lab Due
    • Conversion factor examples
    • Significant figure examples
    • 8th
    • Measurement Lab Due
    • Conversion factor examples
    • Significant figure examples

    Monday, September 12

    • 4th/5th
    • Work on more examples
    • *Reaction Time Lab
    • 6th
    • Work on more examples
    • Reaction Time Lab
    • 7th/8th
    • Work on more examples
    • *Reaction time lab

    Tuesday, September 13

    • 4th/5th
    • P. 19; 7, 9–14 due Follow significant digit rules!
    • Parallax
    • 6th
    • P. 19; 7, 9–14 due Follow significant digit rules!
    • Parallax
    • 7th/8th
    • P. 19; 7, 9–14 due Follow significant digit rules!
    • Significant digit examples
    • Parallax
    • Some more about Reaction Time

    Wednesday, September 14

    • 4th
    • P. 20, 15 to 21 due
    • Parallax error
    • 6th
    • P. 20, 15 to 21 due
    • Parallax error
    • 8th
    • P. 20, 15 to 21 due
    • Parallax error

    Thursday, September 15

    • 4th
    • Reaction Time Lab due
    • Go over problems
    • *Go over Algebra revew
    • Work on review problems and interpreting graphs
    • 5th/6th
    • Reaction Time Lab due
    • Go over problems
    • *Go over Algebra revew
    • 8th
    • Reaction Time Lab due
    • Go over problems

    Friday, September 16

    • 4th
    • Interpreting Graphs due download a copy
    • Graphing scientific data & interpreting graphs - hand out "how to graph scientific data"
    • Answer questions on homework and Interpreting Graphs W.S.
  • 5th/6th
  • Interpreting Graphs due download a copy
  • Graphing scientific data & interpreting graphs - hand out "how to graph scientific data"
  • Answer questions on homework and Interpreting Graphs W.S.
  • 8th
  • Interpreting Graphs due download a copy
  • Hand out review
  • Go over Algebra Review

    Monday, September 19

    • 4th/5th
    • Chapter 1 Review Due
    • Go over review
    • 6th
    • Chapter 1 Review Due
    • Go over review
    • 7th/8th
    • Chapter 1 Review Due
    • Go over review
    • Work on review
    • *Intro. to mechanics
    • Kinematics vs. dynamics vs. statics
    • Coordinate systems and directions

    Tuesday, September 20

    • 4th/5th
    • Chapter 1 Test
    • *Intro. to mechanics
    • Kinematics vs. dynamics vs. statics
    • Coordinate systems and directions
  • 6th
  • Chapter 1 Test
  • 7th/8th
  • Chapter 1 Test
  • *Intro. to mechanics
  • Kinematics vs. dynamics vs. statics
  • Coordinate systems and directions