Week 1

Apr 6-12

Survey the class to ensure everyone has the necessary tools to be successful in distance learning.

Diagnostic Check to determine students level of understanding of the material covered prior to March break

– uniform vs non-uniform motion, graphing motion, Big 5 kinematics equations

Physics Fun Video – what would happen if you dug a hole through the earth?

Distance Learning Survey

Big 5 Formula Summary

Big 5 Sample Problems (completed worksheet from prior to March Break)

optional practice: Review – Velocity-Time Graphs Review – Big 5 Word Problems

Textbook Reference: Chpts 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6,

Week 2

Apr 13-19

Complete Kinematics

To be able to solve kinematic problems involving uniform and accelerated motion through a variety of approaches.

I have added a video and a google doc to google classroom for this week’s activity. In this activity you will have to put together a simple set up at home and make a few measurements to complete the activity.

I would like you to try the activity in google classroom and submit whatever you can by the end of the week.

Please also complete the weekly Exit Survey (links to the right) when you are done the activity.

Physics Weekly Video – Gravity – Feather vs Bowling Ball

Note : see Big 5 Formula Summary from above

Google Classroom : see google classroom for video and worksheet

Exit Survey

Week 3

Apr 20-26

Intro to Dynamics (Forces)

To be able to identify different types of forces and understand Newton’s three laws of motion.

An overview of Forces and Newton’s Laws can be found to the right, along with a summary note.

In google classroom, you will find a video outlining your activity for this week and a google doc with instructions.

As always – please fill out the weekly Exit Suvey when you are done the activity.

Physics Weekly Video – What if we all jumped?

Intro to Forces

Intro to Forces Summary Note

Sample Problem

Text book references : Chpts 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 4

Apr 27-May 3

Friction

To understand what factors affect the force of friction and be able to quantify those factors.

Watch the introduction to Friction video and review the summary note. In the video I solve the first sample problem from the worksheet.

The worksheet has extra problems for those students who are looking for extra work (answers are in the summary notes).

This week’s activity is in google classroom (video and google doc).

As always – please fill out the weekly Exit Suvey when you are done the activity.

Physics Weekly Video – How Hard Can You Hit a Golf Ball

Note : Video Lesson  Summary Notes

Sample Problems : Friction Problems

Text book references : Chpts 3.3, 3.4

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 5

May 4 – 10

Gravity

To understand what factors affect the force of gravity and how it varies from place to place and object to object.

The video note to the right has different examples of solving free body diagram problems.

This week’s activity involves determing how the force of gravity changes as the distance from a planet increases.

As always – please fill out the weekly Exit Suvey when you are done the activity.

Physics Weekly Video – The Mystery of Gravity

Note : Video Lesson

Practice Problems : Blank  Completed

Text Book References : 3.1, 3.2

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 6

May 11 – 17

Consolidation of Kinematics and Dynamics

To be able to solve tougher mechanics problems involving kinematics and dynamic relationships.

The video note to the right contains three sample problems (I apologize that it is in two video files as I ran out of storage space while making the original video).

This week’s google classroom assignment will not involve building and analyzing anything, it is a 5 question google doc with a variety of problems for you to try.

As always – please fill out the weekly Exit Suvey when you are done the activity.

Note : Video Lesson P1  Video Lesson P2

Elevator Examples

Practice Problems : Blank Worksheet  Answers

Textbook References : Unit 1, Chapters 1,2,3

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 7

May 18 – 24

Energy

Energy is a property of an object, objects with higher energy can do more work – in other words, objects with higher energy can make more “stuff” happen.

This week, I have put both the lesson and activity introduction into a single video.

Review the linked video and go to google classroom for this week’s activity.

As always – please fill out the weekly Exit Suvey when you are done the activity.

Video Lesson : Intro to Energy

Note : Intro to Energy

Textbook References : Chpt 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Conservation of Energy

The Law of Conservation of Energy can be used to predict what will happen to a system as it changes over time.

Please review the video lesson link to the right, in addition I have included the notes that go along with this video.

Your weekly activity is in google classroom.

As always – please fill out the weekly Exit Suvey when you are done the activity, I do review your answers and try to make changes based on what you tell me.

Video Lesson : Conservation of Energy

Note : Conservation of Energy

Textbook References : Chpt 4.4

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 9

Jun 1 – 7

Periodic Motion

Many phenomena in nature can be characterized by periodic motion. By understanding this motion, you can design systems using sound, light and energy. 

This week we are going to start discussing periodic motion and waves which will lead us to a better understanding of how sound works.

There is a video lesson and note to the right (there is a mistake in the video, at about the 5:30 mark of the video, I call protons and neutrons fundamental particles – they are not, protons and neutrons are made from quarks which are fundamental particles).

Your weekly activity is in google classroom – this week you do not have to build anything, I am providing you all of the data.

Video Lesson : Periodic Motion

Note : Periodic Motion

Textbook References : Chpt 6.1

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 10

Jun 8-14

Sound

Sound can be characterized as a longitudinal wave and understanding the characteristics of sound allow us to design such things as headphones, speakers, voice recorders.

See the video lesson and note to the right (the practice problems I do in the video lesson are also posted if you wanted to try these on your own before you see the solution).

If you are interetested in learning more about the theory of sound the Crash Course Physics Series (#17,18,19) is an excellent source of information.

Video Lesson : Waves & Sound

Note : Waves & Sound Note

Practice Problems

Textbook References : Chpt 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 7.1, 7.3

Assignment : see google classroom

Exit Survey

Week 11

Jun 15-21

Electromagnetism

Electricity and Magnetism are interrelated and by undestanding how they relate to each other we can design things such as electric motors, wireless chargers for phones, and speakers for headphones.

This week, the video lesson contains some magnetism and electricity demos with more details in the note.

If you are interetested in learning more about the theory of electro-magnetism the Crash Course Physics Series (#32, 33) is an excellent source of information.

Video Lesson : Electromagnetism

Note : Electromagnetism

Textbook References : Chpt 13.1, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5

Google Classroom : see google classroom for weekly activity

Exit Survey

Week 12

Jun 22-26

Course Wrap Up

The video to the right has my final message for you including a quick overview of what we learned both in school and through distance learning.

There is an optional problem in google classroom if you want to try it.

I would like to encourage you to do the year-end exit survey (even if you don’t do the optional problem) as I would like your feedback on distance learning and what worked and what didn’t work for you.

Course Wrap-Up Video

See google classroom for optional activity

Year End Exit Survey