Physics I Honors
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Updated 2.23.2008

Monday, February 4

  • 5th
  • Chapters 7 & 8 Test
  • 7th
  • Chapters 7 & 8 Test

Tuesday, February 5

  • 5th
  • Intro. Eureka! Lab
    • Using the overflow canisters
    • Units for density and pressure
    • Focus on taking measurements
  • Eureka! Lab
  • 6th/7th
  • Intro. Eureka! Lab
    • Using the overflow canisters
    • Units for density and pressure
    • Focus on taking measurements
  • Eureka! Lab
  • *Intro. to materials science
  • The states and plasma
  • Defining and doing problems with density and pressure
  • Pressure plate and bed of nails
  • Dynamic pressure problems

    Wednesday, February 6

    • 5th
    • Intro. to materials science
    • The states and plasma
    • Defining and doing problems with density and pressure
    • Pressure plate and bed of nails
    • Dynamic pressure problems
    • 6th/7th
    • Pressure at a depth
    • *Pascal's Principle

    Thursday, February 7

    • 5th/6th
    • Pressure and Density Problems due
    • Pressure at a depth
    • *Pascal's Principle
    • 7th
    • Pressure and Density Problems due
    • Intro. to Sink or Swim? lab
    • Sink or Swim lab

    Friday, February 8

    • 5th/6th
    • P. 312; 14-15, 19-22 due
    • Go over problems
    • *Intro. to Sink or Swim? lab
    • Sink or Swim? lab
    • 7th
    • P. 312; 14-15, 19-22 due
    • Go over problems

    Monday, February 11

    • 5th
    • Eureka! Lab due
    • Pascal's Problems Due
    • Archimedes' Principle
    • Buoyancy
  • 7th
  • Eureka! Lab due
  • Pascal's Problems Due
  • Archimedes' Principle
  • Buoyancy

    Tuesday, February 12

    • 5th
    • Sink or Swim? lab due
    • Some more Buoyancy examples
      • Draft marks on ships Link 1 | Link 2
      • Proportion of object submerged as related to its density as proportional to the fluid's density
    • 6th/7th No class due to early dismissal

    Wednesday, February 13 – No School – Snow Day

    Thursday, February 14 – Different schedule today due to PSSA testing

    • 5th/6th
    • One more buoyancy example: Volume of ballast tank for a submarine to accelerate upward with drag
    • Dynamic fluid intro; laminar and turbulent flow; air resistance; water drag
    • *No class 6th period due to Juniors taking PSSA Writing test on unusual schedule
    • 7th
    • No class due to PSSA writing test for Juniors on unusual schedule

    Friday, February 15 – No school – Teacher Professional Development Day

    Monday, February 18

    • 5th
    • Field trip to vivarium
    • Finish Continuity of Flow
    • Volume flow rate
    • Continuity Equation example
  • 7th
  • Sink or Swim? lab due
  • Some more Buoyancy examples

    Tuesday, February 19

    • 5th
    • P. 313; 26-28, 30-31 due
    • Go over problems
    • 6th/7th
    • P. 313; 26-28, 30-31 due
    • Go over problems
    • *Field trip to vivarium
    • Basics of fluid dynamics
    • Finish Continuity of Flow
    • Volume flow rate
    • Continuity Equation example

    Wednesday, February 20

    • 5th
    • Mass flow rate
    • Power to lift fluids
    • Power to lift a fluid
    • Intro. to Bernoulli's Principle (ball demos)
    • Show Bernoulli's formula
    • pitot tubes
    • air pressure and weather
  • 6th/7th
  • Mass flow rate
  • Power to lift fluids
  • Intro. to Bernoulli's Principle
  • *Ultimate Guide to Planes

    Thursday, February 21

    • 5th/6th
    • Show Ultimate Guide to Planes
    • *Use of eductor
    • Bernoulli's examples (Torricelli's equation and change in pressure due to change in velocity)
    • 7th
    • Finish Ultimate Guide to Planes
    • Use of eductor
    • pitot tubes
    • air pressure and weather
    • Bernoulli's examples (Torricelli's equation and change in pressure due to change in velocity)

    Friday, February 22 – No school – Snow Day

    Monday, February 25

    • 5th
    • P. 314; 40–46 due
    • go over homework
    • 7th
    • P. 314; 40–46 due
    • go over homework

    Tuesday, February 26

    • 5th
    • How airplanes fly
      • Model plane demonstration and X–Plane simulations
    • 6th/7th
    • How airplanes fly
      • Model plane demonstration and X–Plane simulations
    • *Work on Review problems

    Wednesday, February 27

    • 5th
    • Chapter 9 Review Due
    • 6th/7th
    • Chapter 9 Review due
    • Intro. to Chapter 10

    Thursday, February 28

    • 5th/6th
    • Intro. to Chapter 10
    • *6th period: Chapter 9 Test
    • 7th
    • Chapter 9 Test