Physical Science B
Grade Weights:
Homework/Labs 40%
Quizzes 15%
Tests 30%
Final 15%
Thursday March 5 -
Books, Student Information Note card,
syllabus, parent note, lab safety
Sink Challenge, Pre quiz, vocab work time
Friday March 5 -
sig fig practice, units of measure, and displacement vs distance worksheet
broom game
Myth busters frame of reference
Monday, March 9th-
Weekends
Frame of reference, and distance, displacement, speed and velocity.
Newton 1 and Newton 2
Tuesday, March 10th-
Finish Newton worksheets
Position vs. Time graph activity
Wednesday, March 11th-
Chapter 11 Vocab Quiz
Finish graph activity
Begin Newton 3 (discussing acceleration and formulas)
Thursday, March 12th-
Newton 3
Free Fall Lab
Friday, March, 13th-
Finish Free Fall lab
Myth busters (Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,)
Motion Detection Lab
Monday, March, 16th-
Weekends
Finish Motion Detection Lab
Graph Review
Tuesday, March 17th-
Rolling Lab (Report Due Thursday April 2)
Wednesday, March 18th-
Chapter 12 Vocab Quiz
Hand out Chapter 14 Vocab and book questions
Finish Rolling Lab
Thursday, March 19th-
Rolling Lab Report in computer lab
Friday, March 20th-
Acceleration Practice quiz
Newton 4 and 5 worksheets
Monday, March 23rd-
Weekends
Finish Newton 4 and 5 worksheets
Fan Cart
Friction blocks
Tuesday, March 24th-
Rolling Lab Report in computer Lab
Wednesday, March 25th-
Chapter 14 Vocab Quiz
Physics of toy discussion (Bring in a toy to explain the physics of)
Thursday, March 26th-
Work, Power, Momentum Worksheet
Tidal Force
Friday, March 27th-
Rolling Lab Report Due
Balloon Car Lab
Monday, March 30th-
Finish Work, Power, Momentum (Work and force in same direction)
Types of motion
Inertia Egg (Resists changes in motion)
Review
Tuesday, March 31st-
Review
Wednesday, April 1st-
Unit 1 - Ch. 12, 13, 14 Test
Thursday, April 2nd-
Go over unit 1 test, Take Unit 1 post and Unit 2 pre-quiz
Roller Coaster Lab
Friday, April 3rd - 12th No School Spring Break
Monday, April 13th-
Welcome back
Ch. 15 Notes (FITB)
Assign Ch. 15 book Questions and Vocab
Tuesday, April 14th- M-Step ELA
Rube Goldberg Machines
Wednesday, April 15th-
Rube Goldberg
Thursday, April 16th- M-Step Sci
Finish Ch. 15 Notes
Energy Conversion Diagrams (power plants)
Begin KE and PE Worksheet
Friday, April 17th-
Ch. 15 Vocab Quiz
KE and PE Worksheet
Assign Ch. 16 Vocab and questions
Monday, April 20th- Parent Teacher Conferences
Ch. 16 Notes
Demonstrations of heat transfer (ICE)
Tuesday, April 21st- M-Step Math
Q problems worksheet
Energy Conversion Examples
Wednesday, April 22nd-
Listening to a speaker, Brandon White
Thursday, April 23rd-M-Step Soc. St.
Ch. 16 Vocab Quiz
Calorimetry Lab
Friday, April 24th-
Review
Monday, April 27th-
Unit 2 Test
Tuesday, April 28th-
Wednesday, April 29th-
Thursday, April 30th-
Friday, May 1st-
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Monday, May 18th-
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Wednesday, May 20th-
Thursday, May 21st
Friday, May 22nd- No School
Monday, May 25th- No School
Tuesday, May 26th-
Wednesday, May 27th- Review
Thursday, May 28th-Exams
Friday, May 29th- Exams
Monday, June 1st- Exams
Tuesday, June 2nd- Interim
Wednesday, June 3rd- Interim
Thursday, June 4th- Interim
Friday, June 5th- Interim
Monday, Dec. 1st-
Student information sheets, Syllabus, Parent Slip, Unit 1 pre-quiz, and Sink Challenge
Tuesday, Dec. 2nd-
Chapter 11 Book Questions Due Friday (12/5): p331: 1, 2, 4, 7; p337: 1-3, 5, 8, 9; p348 1-5, 8, 9
Week 1 Vocab (13 words) Due Friday with Quiz
11.1 Notes (Frames of reference, Distance vs. Displacement)
Getting to know the room activity
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd-
Finish calculations for getting to know the room activity
Broom Game / Scientific Method
Thursday, Dec. 4th-
11.2 Notes (Speed and velocity, Instantaneous vs. Average, Position vs. Time graphs)
Using the formula speed=distance/time: Newton 1
Position vs. Time Graph Activity
Calculating speed, velocity, displacement, and distance worksheet practice: Newton 2,
Friday, Dec. 5th-
Vocab. Quiz
Spinning tube, Video
11.3 Notes (Acceleration, formula, position vs. time graph, velocity vs. time, going from one graph to the other)
Using the formula acceleration = change in velocity/change in time: Newton 3
Monday, Dec. 8th-
Chapter 12 book Questions Due Friday (12/12): p362: 1-5; p369: 1-3; p 377: 1-4; p 382: 1-3
Week 2 Vocab (13 words) Due Friday with Quiz
Weekends
Finish Newton 3
Review over position and velocity vs. time graphs
Tuesday, Dec. 9th-
Finish Graph Review
Spinning Tube trick
12.1 Notes (Force, combining forces can be balanced or unbalanced, gravity, weight, projectile motion)
Mythbusters on projectile motion (15 min)
Newton 4
Wednesday, Dec. 10th-
12.2 and 12.3 Notes (Newton's Three laws of motion!)
Newton 5
Thursday, Dec. 11th-
Balloon Racers
Friday, Dec. 12th-
Finish Newton 5
Homework check and vocab quiz
Practice Quiz
Drop Experiment
Monday, Dec. 15th-
Weekends
Finish Practice quiz
Drop experiment
Tuesday, Dec. 16th-
Finish Drop Experiment
12.4 Notes (4 forces: EM, strong and weak nuclear, and gravity; universal law of gravitation - difference between mass and weight, 4 types of motion: 1, 2, and 3 dimensions, and periodic)
Drop Experiment 2.0 - Myth busters (Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,)
Hand out Test review
Wednesday, Dec. 17th-
14.1 notes (Work, Power, Momentum)
Worksheet
Inertia Egg experiment - Video
Thursday, Dec. 18th-
Review Due
Friday, Dec. 19th-
Test
Winter Break - 2 weeks
Monday, Jan. 5th-
Welcome back
Pendulum lab
Tuesday, Jan. 6th-
Pendulum lab
Wednesday, Jan. 7th-
Rolling lab
Thursday, Jan. 8th-
Rolling lab
Friday, Jan. 9th-
Snow Day
Monday, Jan. 12th-
Time in class to work on Rolling Lab write-up, Due: Friday Jan. 16th
Tuesday, Jan. 13th-
Review Unit 1 Test, Unit 1 post quiz, Unit 2pre quiz
Ch. 15 Notes (FITB)
Assign Ch. 15 book questions and vocab Due Friday
Wednesday, Jan. 14th-
Finish Ch. 15 Notes
Drawing types of energy and forms of energy
Thursday, Jan. 15th-
Drawing types and forms of energy
Energy Conversion Diagrams
Friday, Jan. 16th-
KE and PE worksheet
Ch. 15 Vocab Quiz and Homework Check
Assign Ch. 16 book questions and vocab
Monday, Jan. 19th- No School - Teacher Professional Development day
Tuesday, Jan. 20th-
Ch. 16 Notes (FITB)
Demonstrations of Heat transfer
Wednesday, Jan. 21st-
Q problems worksheet
Energy Conversion examples
Thursday, Jan. 22nd-
Finish Q problems
Finish Energy Conversions
Friday, Jan. 23rd-
Ch. 16 Vocab Quiz and Homework check
Calorimetry Lab
Monday, Jan 26th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-8:00
Review
Tuesday, Jan. 27th-
Unit 2 Test
Wednesday, Jan. 28th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-8:00
Pre/post quiz, go over test
Book questions for unit due Friday 2/6, vocab part one due Wednesday 2/4
Thursday, Jan. 29th-
SNOW DAY
Friday, Jan. 30th-
Anatomy of a wave
Drawing waves 1, Drawing waves 2
Monday, Feb. 2nd-
SNOW DAY
Tuesday, Feb. 3rd-
Finish Drawing waves 2
Pitch --> Frequency and Loudness --> Amplitude
Resonance
Longitudinal vs. Transverse
Wednesday, Feb. 4th-
Vocab Quiz
Draw EM Spectrum
Source of waves
Thursday, Feb. 5th-
Finish drawing Em spectrum
Reflection and types of mirrors
Constructive and destructive interference, Sonar
Speed of waves worksheet
Friday, Feb. 6th-
Finish speed of waves
Doppler and Sonic boom
Medium of travel
Assign Unit vocab part 2 Due Wednesday 2/11
Monday, Feb. 9th-
Refraction and lenses
Translucent vs. Opaque
Intensity of a wave
Tuesday, Feb. 10th-Tally Day
Assign review due day of the test (Friday)
The eye (RGB cones, rods, optic nerve, and vision correction)
Wednesday, Feb. 11th-
Vocab Quiz
Rayleigh scattering (blue sky, yellow sun, sunset sky red, green flash)
Rainbows and double rainbows
Polarization
Thursday, Feb. 12th-
Review
Friday, Feb. 13th- Pep Assembly
Test
Monday, Feb. 16th-
Go over test, take pre and post test
Unit 4 vocab and book questions
transferring electrical charge
Tuesday, Feb. 17th-
Contact, Induction, Friction
Wednesday, Feb. 18th-
Building circuits
Volts in a Row, Series and Parallel circuits
Thursday, Feb. 19th-
Electricity Notes (FITB)
Demonstrations (Solenoid, heat and magnetic switches, series, and parallel circuits)
Friday, Feb. 20th- No School
Monday, Feb. 23rd-
AC vs. DC the struggle for power Article
Finish Electricity Notes
Unit 4 test review (Due Thursday)
Tuesday, Feb. 24th-
Magnetosphere
Vocab Quiz
Electricity Math
V=IR lab (Optional Report Due Monday)
Wednesday, Feb. 25th-
Review
Thursday, Feb. 26th-
Test
Exam Review (Due Tuesday)
Friday, Feb. 27th-
Review
Monday, March 2nd- Final Exams for 5th Macro classes
Tuesday, March 3rd-Final Exams for 1st and 2nd Macro classes
Wednesday, March 4th- Final Exams for 3rd and 4th Macro classes
Thursday, March 5th- 3rd Tri Begins
Homework/Labs 40%
Quizzes 15%
Tests 30%
Final 15%
Thursday March 5 -
Books, Student Information Note card,
syllabus, parent note, lab safety
Sink Challenge, Pre quiz, vocab work time
Friday March 5 -
sig fig practice, units of measure, and displacement vs distance worksheet
broom game
Myth busters frame of reference
Monday, March 9th-
Weekends
Frame of reference, and distance, displacement, speed and velocity.
Newton 1 and Newton 2
Tuesday, March 10th-
Finish Newton worksheets
Position vs. Time graph activity
Wednesday, March 11th-
Chapter 11 Vocab Quiz
Finish graph activity
Begin Newton 3 (discussing acceleration and formulas)
Thursday, March 12th-
Newton 3
Free Fall Lab
Friday, March, 13th-
Finish Free Fall lab
Myth busters (Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,)
Motion Detection Lab
Monday, March, 16th-
Weekends
Finish Motion Detection Lab
Graph Review
Tuesday, March 17th-
Rolling Lab (Report Due Thursday April 2)
Wednesday, March 18th-
Chapter 12 Vocab Quiz
Hand out Chapter 14 Vocab and book questions
Finish Rolling Lab
Thursday, March 19th-
Rolling Lab Report in computer lab
Friday, March 20th-
Acceleration Practice quiz
Newton 4 and 5 worksheets
Monday, March 23rd-
Weekends
Finish Newton 4 and 5 worksheets
Fan Cart
Friction blocks
Tuesday, March 24th-
Rolling Lab Report in computer Lab
Wednesday, March 25th-
Chapter 14 Vocab Quiz
Physics of toy discussion (Bring in a toy to explain the physics of)
Thursday, March 26th-
Work, Power, Momentum Worksheet
Tidal Force
Friday, March 27th-
Rolling Lab Report Due
Balloon Car Lab
Monday, March 30th-
Finish Work, Power, Momentum (Work and force in same direction)
Types of motion
Inertia Egg (Resists changes in motion)
Review
Tuesday, March 31st-
Review
Wednesday, April 1st-
Unit 1 - Ch. 12, 13, 14 Test
Thursday, April 2nd-
Go over unit 1 test, Take Unit 1 post and Unit 2 pre-quiz
Roller Coaster Lab
Friday, April 3rd - 12th No School Spring Break
Monday, April 13th-
Welcome back
Ch. 15 Notes (FITB)
Assign Ch. 15 book Questions and Vocab
Tuesday, April 14th- M-Step ELA
Rube Goldberg Machines
Wednesday, April 15th-
Rube Goldberg
Thursday, April 16th- M-Step Sci
Finish Ch. 15 Notes
Energy Conversion Diagrams (power plants)
Begin KE and PE Worksheet
Friday, April 17th-
Ch. 15 Vocab Quiz
KE and PE Worksheet
Assign Ch. 16 Vocab and questions
Monday, April 20th- Parent Teacher Conferences
Ch. 16 Notes
Demonstrations of heat transfer (ICE)
Tuesday, April 21st- M-Step Math
Q problems worksheet
Energy Conversion Examples
Wednesday, April 22nd-
Listening to a speaker, Brandon White
Thursday, April 23rd-M-Step Soc. St.
Ch. 16 Vocab Quiz
Calorimetry Lab
Friday, April 24th-
Review
Monday, April 27th-
Unit 2 Test
Tuesday, April 28th-
Wednesday, April 29th-
Thursday, April 30th-
Friday, May 1st-
Monday, May 4th-
Tuesday, May 5th-
Wednesday, May 6th-
Thursday, May 7th-
Friday, May 8th-
Monday, May 11th-
Tuesday, May 12th-
Wednesday, May 13th-
Thursday, May 14th-
Friday, May 15th-
Monday, May 18th-
Tuesday, May 19th-
Wednesday, May 20th-
Thursday, May 21st
Friday, May 22nd- No School
Monday, May 25th- No School
Tuesday, May 26th-
Wednesday, May 27th- Review
Thursday, May 28th-Exams
Friday, May 29th- Exams
Monday, June 1st- Exams
Tuesday, June 2nd- Interim
Wednesday, June 3rd- Interim
Thursday, June 4th- Interim
Friday, June 5th- Interim
Monday, Dec. 1st-
Student information sheets, Syllabus, Parent Slip, Unit 1 pre-quiz, and Sink Challenge
Tuesday, Dec. 2nd-
Chapter 11 Book Questions Due Friday (12/5): p331: 1, 2, 4, 7; p337: 1-3, 5, 8, 9; p348 1-5, 8, 9
Week 1 Vocab (13 words) Due Friday with Quiz
11.1 Notes (Frames of reference, Distance vs. Displacement)
Getting to know the room activity
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd-
Finish calculations for getting to know the room activity
Broom Game / Scientific Method
Thursday, Dec. 4th-
11.2 Notes (Speed and velocity, Instantaneous vs. Average, Position vs. Time graphs)
Using the formula speed=distance/time: Newton 1
Position vs. Time Graph Activity
Calculating speed, velocity, displacement, and distance worksheet practice: Newton 2,
Friday, Dec. 5th-
Vocab. Quiz
Spinning tube, Video
11.3 Notes (Acceleration, formula, position vs. time graph, velocity vs. time, going from one graph to the other)
Using the formula acceleration = change in velocity/change in time: Newton 3
Monday, Dec. 8th-
Chapter 12 book Questions Due Friday (12/12): p362: 1-5; p369: 1-3; p 377: 1-4; p 382: 1-3
Week 2 Vocab (13 words) Due Friday with Quiz
Weekends
Finish Newton 3
Review over position and velocity vs. time graphs
Tuesday, Dec. 9th-
Finish Graph Review
Spinning Tube trick
12.1 Notes (Force, combining forces can be balanced or unbalanced, gravity, weight, projectile motion)
Mythbusters on projectile motion (15 min)
Newton 4
Wednesday, Dec. 10th-
12.2 and 12.3 Notes (Newton's Three laws of motion!)
Newton 5
Thursday, Dec. 11th-
Balloon Racers
Friday, Dec. 12th-
Finish Newton 5
Homework check and vocab quiz
Practice Quiz
Drop Experiment
Monday, Dec. 15th-
Weekends
Finish Practice quiz
Drop experiment
Tuesday, Dec. 16th-
Finish Drop Experiment
12.4 Notes (4 forces: EM, strong and weak nuclear, and gravity; universal law of gravitation - difference between mass and weight, 4 types of motion: 1, 2, and 3 dimensions, and periodic)
Drop Experiment 2.0 - Myth busters (Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,)
Hand out Test review
Wednesday, Dec. 17th-
14.1 notes (Work, Power, Momentum)
Worksheet
Inertia Egg experiment - Video
Thursday, Dec. 18th-
Review Due
Friday, Dec. 19th-
Test
Winter Break - 2 weeks
Monday, Jan. 5th-
Welcome back
Pendulum lab
Tuesday, Jan. 6th-
Pendulum lab
Wednesday, Jan. 7th-
Rolling lab
Thursday, Jan. 8th-
Rolling lab
Friday, Jan. 9th-
Snow Day
Monday, Jan. 12th-
Time in class to work on Rolling Lab write-up, Due: Friday Jan. 16th
Tuesday, Jan. 13th-
Review Unit 1 Test, Unit 1 post quiz, Unit 2pre quiz
Ch. 15 Notes (FITB)
Assign Ch. 15 book questions and vocab Due Friday
Wednesday, Jan. 14th-
Finish Ch. 15 Notes
Drawing types of energy and forms of energy
Thursday, Jan. 15th-
Drawing types and forms of energy
Energy Conversion Diagrams
Friday, Jan. 16th-
KE and PE worksheet
Ch. 15 Vocab Quiz and Homework Check
Assign Ch. 16 book questions and vocab
Monday, Jan. 19th- No School - Teacher Professional Development day
Tuesday, Jan. 20th-
Ch. 16 Notes (FITB)
Demonstrations of Heat transfer
Wednesday, Jan. 21st-
Q problems worksheet
Energy Conversion examples
Thursday, Jan. 22nd-
Finish Q problems
Finish Energy Conversions
Friday, Jan. 23rd-
Ch. 16 Vocab Quiz and Homework check
Calorimetry Lab
Monday, Jan 26th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-8:00
Review
Tuesday, Jan. 27th-
Unit 2 Test
Wednesday, Jan. 28th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-8:00
Pre/post quiz, go over test
Book questions for unit due Friday 2/6, vocab part one due Wednesday 2/4
Thursday, Jan. 29th-
SNOW DAY
Friday, Jan. 30th-
Anatomy of a wave
Drawing waves 1, Drawing waves 2
Monday, Feb. 2nd-
SNOW DAY
Tuesday, Feb. 3rd-
Finish Drawing waves 2
Pitch --> Frequency and Loudness --> Amplitude
Resonance
Longitudinal vs. Transverse
Wednesday, Feb. 4th-
Vocab Quiz
Draw EM Spectrum
Source of waves
Thursday, Feb. 5th-
Finish drawing Em spectrum
Reflection and types of mirrors
Constructive and destructive interference, Sonar
Speed of waves worksheet
Friday, Feb. 6th-
Finish speed of waves
Doppler and Sonic boom
Medium of travel
Assign Unit vocab part 2 Due Wednesday 2/11
Monday, Feb. 9th-
Refraction and lenses
Translucent vs. Opaque
Intensity of a wave
Tuesday, Feb. 10th-Tally Day
Assign review due day of the test (Friday)
The eye (RGB cones, rods, optic nerve, and vision correction)
Wednesday, Feb. 11th-
Vocab Quiz
Rayleigh scattering (blue sky, yellow sun, sunset sky red, green flash)
Rainbows and double rainbows
Polarization
Thursday, Feb. 12th-
Review
Friday, Feb. 13th- Pep Assembly
Test
Monday, Feb. 16th-
Go over test, take pre and post test
Unit 4 vocab and book questions
transferring electrical charge
Tuesday, Feb. 17th-
Contact, Induction, Friction
Wednesday, Feb. 18th-
Building circuits
Volts in a Row, Series and Parallel circuits
Thursday, Feb. 19th-
Electricity Notes (FITB)
Demonstrations (Solenoid, heat and magnetic switches, series, and parallel circuits)
Friday, Feb. 20th- No School
Monday, Feb. 23rd-
AC vs. DC the struggle for power Article
Finish Electricity Notes
Unit 4 test review (Due Thursday)
Tuesday, Feb. 24th-
Magnetosphere
Vocab Quiz
Electricity Math
V=IR lab (Optional Report Due Monday)
Wednesday, Feb. 25th-
Review
Thursday, Feb. 26th-
Test
Exam Review (Due Tuesday)
Friday, Feb. 27th-
Review
Monday, March 2nd- Final Exams for 5th Macro classes
Tuesday, March 3rd-Final Exams for 1st and 2nd Macro classes
Wednesday, March 4th- Final Exams for 3rd and 4th Macro classes
Thursday, March 5th- 3rd Tri Begins