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Level 2 and 3 11th and 12th Grade Physics

11 July 2011 Revised: 11 July 2011 1


Timeline (Level 2)

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1 Straight-Line Motion (Motion in One Dimension) 21 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines

2 Straight-Line Motion (Motion in One Dimension) 22 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines

3 Vector Analysis 23 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines 4 Vector Analysis 24 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines 5 Vector Analysis 25 Thermodynamics

6 Forces (Newton’s Three Laws of Motion) 26 Thermodynamics

7 Forces (Newton’s Three Laws of Motion) 27 Waves and Wave Energy

8 Straight-Line Motion Revisited and Circular

Motion (Motion in Two Dimension)

28 Waves and Wave Energy



29 Sound



30 Sound

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11 Projectile Motion 31 Spring Holidays

12 Projectile Motion 32 Light (Reflection and Refraction)

13 Projectile Motion 33 Light (Reflection and Refraction)

14 Universal Gravitation and Astronomy 34 Mirrors and Lenses 15 Universal Gravitation and Astronomy 35 Mirrors and Lenses 16 Universal Gravitation and Astronomy 36 Electricity 17 Winter Vacation 37 Electricity 18 Momentum 38 Physics Application Projects 19 Momentum 39 Physics Application Projects 20 Midterm Exams 40 Final Exams

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Timeline (Level 3)

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1 Vector Analysis 21 Fluid Dynamics 2 Vector Analysis 22 Fluid Dynamics 3 Vector Analysis 23 Fluid Dynamics

4 Straight-Line Motion (Motion in One Dimension) 24 Thermodynamics (Part I)

5 Straight-Line Motion (Motion in One Dimension) 25 Thermodynamics (Part I)



26 Thermodynamics (Part II)



27 Thermodynamics (Part II)



28 Waves, Wave Energy, and Sound

9 Forces

(Newton’s Three Laws of Motion) Astronomy Project (Optional)


10 Forces



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31 Spring Holidays

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32 Light and Color

13 Forces


33 Light and Color

14 Momentum 34 Light and Color 15 Momentum 35 Nuclear Physics 16 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines 36 Nuclear Physics 17 Winter Holiday 37 Nuclear Physics 18 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines 38 Physics Application Projects (Optional) 19 Energy, Work, and Simple Machines 39 Physics Application Projects (Optional) 20 Midterm Exams 40 Final Exams



Time Frame September

Topic Motion in One Dimension

Essential Questions • How can motion be described mathematically so that it can be predicted? • How can motion be described graphically so that it can be predicted? • How can graphs be used to develop mathematical identities to predict motion?

Enduring Understandings • Motion is predictable and can be described in mathematical identities. • Physics laws will be developed from mathematical identities that predict motion.

Alignment to NJCCCS • 5.1.12.A.1-3 • 5.1.12.B.1-4 • 5.1.12.C.1-3 • 5.1.12.D.1-3

• 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Draw and use motion diagrams to describe motion. • Use a particle model to represent a moving object. • Choose coordinate systems for motion problems. • Differentiate between scalar and vector quantities. • Recognize how the chosen coordinate system affects the signs of vector quantities. • Perform dimensional analysis. • Define velocity and acceleration operationally. • Crate pictorial and physical models for solving motion problems. • Interpret graphs of position vs. time for a moving object to determine the velocity of the

object. • Describe the information presented in graphs and draw graphs from descriptions of motion. • Write equations that describe the position of an object moving at constant velocity. • Determine from a graph of velocity vs. time, the velocity of an object at a specified time. • Interpret a v-t graph to find the time at which an object has a specified velocity. • Calculate the displacement of an object from the area under a v-t curve. • Determine from the curves on a velocity-time graph both the constant and instantaneous

acceleration. • Determine the sign of acceleration using a v-t graph and a motion diagram. • Calculate the velocity and the displacement of an object undergoing constant acceleration. • Recognize the meaning of acceleration due to gravity. • Define the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity as a positive quantity and determine

the sign of the acceleration relative to the coordinate system. • Use the motion equations to solve problems involving freely falling objects.

Learning Activities Experiments

• Graph Matching • Back And Forth Motion



• Determining “g” on an Incline • Modern Galileo Experiment • Accelerating on an Incline • Falling Body Motion • Inclined Plane Motion • Instantaneous Velocity • Reaction Time • Weight and Motion

Videos • Law Of Falling Bodies (The Mechanical Universe) • It Started With The Greeks • Science Revises The Heavens • Medieval Conflict: Faith vs. Reason • Apple And The Moon (The Mechanical Universe)

Projects

• Assessments

• Lab Reports • Quizzes • Tests • Projects • Homework

21st Century Skills X Creativity x Critical Thinking x Communication x Collaboration X Skills x Information Literacy x Media Literacy

Interdisciplinary Connections • Math: Every Lesson in Physics Requires the Use of Mathematical Algorithms. • Engineering: Design Analysis is a Natural Component of All Lessons • Social Studies: All Lecture/Discussions Require the Historical Development of the Specific

Topic Being Studied. • Language Arts: • Fine Arts:

Technology Integration • PowerPoint Presentations • Data Projector • Elmo Incorporation • DVD/VHS/Disc Demonstration • YouTube Content Shorts • Physics Demonstrations • Each Class Has 12 Student Computers and the Use of Lap Top Computer Carts • Microsoft Office Suite 2010 • Integration of Cell Phone Usage by Students to Access Internet During Lecture/Discussions • All Physics Laboratory Equipment is Technology



Time Frame September/October Topic

Vector Analysis Essential Questions

• What is the relationship between any 2 or more vectors opposed to each other at any one of 360 degrees?

Enduring Understandings • You too can win a tug-o-war game! • The baseball player hits the fast ball over the center field fence!


• 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Interpret graphs of position vs. time for a moving object to determine the velocity of the

object. • Describe the information presented in graphs and draw graphs from descriptions of motion. • Write equations that describe the position of an object moving at constant velocity. • Determine from a graph of velocity vs. time, the velocity of an object at a specified time. • Interpret a v-t graph to find the time at which an object has a specified velocity. • Calculate the displacement of an object from the area under a v-t curve. • Determine from the curves on a velocity-time graph both the constant and instantaneous

acceleration. • Determine the sign of acceleration using a v-t graph and a motion diagram. • Calculate the velocity and the displacement of an object undergoing constant acceleration. • Recognize the meaning of acceleration due to gravity. • Define the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity as a positive quantity and determine

the sign of the acceleration relative to the coordinate system. • Use the motion equations to solve problems involving freely falling objects.

Learning Activities Experiments/Demos

• Graph Matching • Back And Forth Motion • Determining “g” on an Incline • Modern Galileo Experiment

Videos • Apple And The Moon (The Mechanical Universe)

Projects • Parallax Project



Assessments • Lab Reports • Quizzes • Tests • Projects • Homework

21st Century Skills x Creativity x Critical Thinking x Communication x Collaboration x Skills x Information Literacy x Media Literacy






Time Frame October

Topic Motion in Two Dimension, Projectile Motion, and Circular Motion

Essential Questions • How is the motion of an object in two dimensional spaces dependent upon its horizontal and

vertical components of motion? • Are the horizontal and vertical components of motion dependent or independent of each other? • Can you hit the broad side of a barn with a projectile? • Who was Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia and what does he have to do with projectile motion?

Enduring Understandings • The advent of the Cartesian Coordinated System by Rene’ Descartes allowed the interpretation

of Two Dimensional Motion such as motion uphill and projectile motion. • Ocean Township High School Track team will win the javelin event! • In hilly areas…use snow tires!


• 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Determine the force that produces equilibrium when three forces act on an object. • Analyze the motion of an object on an inclined plane with and without friction. • Recognize that the vertical and horizontal motions of a projectile are independent. • Relate the height, time in the air, and initial vertical velocity of a projectile using its vertical

motion, then determine the range. • Explain how the shape of the trajectory of a moving object depends upon the frame of

reference from which it is observed. • Explain the acceleration of an object moving in a circle at constant speed. • Describe how centripetal acceleration depends upon the objects speed and the radius of the

circle. • Recognize the direction of the force that causes centripetal acceleration. • Explain how the rate of circular motion is changed by exerting torque on it.


• Projectile Motion (Type I, II, III) • Centripetal Force • Air Resistance

Videos

• Moving in Circles (The Mechanical Universe) Assessments

• Lab Reports • Quizzes

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• Tests • Projects • Homework

21st Century Skills x Creativity x Critical Thinking x Communication x Collaboration

x Skills x Information Literacy x Media Literacy






Time Frame October/November

Topic Newton’s Laws of Motion

Essential Questions • How can the “Big Idea” be proven?

Enduring Understandings • The apple that falls from the tree became too heavy for its branch (Newton’s First Law of

Motion), hit the ground at a particular velocity (Newton’s Second Law of Motion) and the ground hit the apple back (Newton’s Third First Law of Motion).

• A student can demonstrate all of Newton’s Laws of Motion by sitting quietly in a chair! Alignment to NJCCCS

• 5.1.12.A.1-3 • 5.1.12.B.1-4 • 5.1.12.C.1-3 • 5.1.12.D.1-3

• 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Describe Aristotle's concepts of natural and violent motion. • Describe Copernicus' idea about Earth's motion. • Describe Galileo's contribution to the science of motion. • State Newton's first law of motion. • Distinguish among mass, volume, and weight, and their units of measurement. • Explain how something that is not connected to the ground is able to keep up with the moving

earth. • Explain why a clothesline or wire can easily support an object when strung vertically may

break when strung horizontally and supporting the same object. • Describe how the angle between vectors affects their resultant vector. • State the relationship between acceleration and net force. • State the relationship between acceleration and mass. • State and explain Newton's second law of motion. • Describe the effect of friction on stationary and moving objects. • Distinguish between force and pressure. • Explain why the acceleration of an object in free fall does not depend upon the mass of the

object. • Describe the effect of air resistance on a falling object. • Define force as a part of an interaction. • State Newton's third law of motion. • Given an action force, identify the reaction force. • Explain why the accelerations caused by an action force and by a reaction force do not have to

be equal. • Explain why an action force is not cancelled by the reaction force. • Describe the horse-cart problem. • Explain why you cannot touch without being touched.




• Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • Static and Kinetic Friction

Videos • Newton’s Laws (Mechanical Universe)








Time Frame December/January

Topic Momentum

Essential Questions • How can collision injuries be prevented?

Enduring Understandings • Momentum is the intermediate concept set between forces and energy. • There are only two things in nature conserved, momentum and energy. • Wear your seat belt. Always!


• 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Compare the system before and after an event in momentum problems. • Define the momentum of an object. • Determine the impulse given to an object. • Recognize that impulse equals the change in momentum of an object. • Relate Newton’s third law of motion to conservation of momentum in collisions and explosions. • Recognize the conditions under which the momentum of a system is conserved. • Apply conservation of momentum to explain the propulsion of rockets. • Solve conservation of momentum problems in two dimensions by using vector analysis.


• Conservation of Momentum

Videos • Conservation of Momentum (The Mechanical Universe)



Interdisciplinary Connections • Math: Every Lesson in Physics Requires the Use of Mathematical Algorithms. • Engineering: Design Analysis is a Natural Component of All Lessons



• Social Studies: All Lecture/Discussions Require the Historical Development of the Specific Topic Being Studied.

• Language Arts: • Fine Arts:




Time Frame November/December

Topic Energy, Work, and Simple Machines

Essential Questions • What forms can energy take? • How are these forms of energy measured and transformed into one another? • What are the practical application of simple machines and their complex utilization of energy

and its conservation? Enduring Understandings

• There is a quantity in nature that cannot be created nor destroyed. • Science and engineering applications center on the application of energy transfers.


• 5.2.12.D.1-2,4 • 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Describe the relationship between work and energy. • Display an ability to calculate work done by a force. • Identify the force that does work. • Differentiate between work and power and correctly calculate power used. • Demonstrate knowledge of why simple machines are useful. • Communicate an understanding of mechanical advantage in ideal and real machines. • Analyze compound machines and describe them in terms of simple machines. • Calculate efficiencies for simple and compound machines. • Use a model to relate work and Energy. • Calculate the kinetic energy of a moving object. • Determine how to find the gravitational potential energy of a system. • Identify ways in which elastic potential energy is stored in a system. • Solve problems using the law of conservation of energy. • Analyze collisions to find the change in kinetic energy.


• Hooke’s Law • Conservation of Energy • Conservation of Elastic Potential Energy • Pulley Lab • Efficiency of an Inclined Plane. • Track Efficiency Lab

Assessments • Lab Reports • Quizzes



• Tests • Projects • Homework







Time Frame December

Topic Universal Gravitation and Astronomy

Essential Questions • How did astronauts land on the moon? • What is the difference between truth and fact? • What is the relationship between astrology and astronomy? • Who built Stonehenge and how does it work? • Why does the planet Mars look like it is coming toward the Earth and at other times look like

it is headed away from the earth? Enduring Understandings

• Aristotle believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the stars were painted on crystal spheres rotated by angles. It wasn’t until the very late renaissance that scientists discovered an alternate truth.

• Scientists landed a spacecraft on a comet! Alignment to NJCCCS

• 5.1.12.A.1-3 • 5.1.12.B.1-4 • 5.1.12.C.1-3 • 5.1.12.D.1-3

• 5.2.12.E.1-4 • 5.4.12.A.1-6

Key Concepts and Skills • Relate Kepler’s laws of planetary motion to Newton’s law of universal gravitation. • Calculate the periods and speeds of orbiting objects. • Describe the method Cavendish used to measure G and their results of knowing G. • Solve problems involving orbital speed and period. • Relate weightlessness to objects in free fall. • Describe gravitational fields. • Distinguish between inertial mass and gravitational mass • Contrast Newton’s and Einstein’s views about gravitation.


• Kepler’s Laws Videos

• The Kepler Problem Projects

• Astrology Versus Astronomy Assessments




Time Frame January

Topic Fluid Dynamics

Essential Questions • What is a fluid? • Why do things float? • What are the physical dynamics to the flow of fluid? • What is the weight of a floating object?

Enduring Understandings • Ships float. • The basic concepts of forces and their application were developed in air at about one

atmosphere. Air is a fluid. • Newtonian physics developed in air can be applied to all fluids.


• 5.2.12.C.1-2 • 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Describe what determines the pressure of a liquid at any point. • Explain what causes a buoyant force on an immersed or submerged object. • Relate the buoyant force on an immersed or submerged object to the weight of the fluid it

displaces. • Describe what determines whether an object will sink or float in a fluid. • Given the weight of a floating object, determine the weight of fluid it displaces. • Describe how Pascal's principle can be applied to increase the force of fluid on a surface. • Explain why the molecules in Earth's atmosphere neither escape nor settle to the ground. • Describe the source of atmospheric pressure. • Explain why water cannot be raised higher than 10.3 m with a vacuum pump. • Describe the aneroid barometer. • Describe the relationship between pressure and density for a given amount of a gas at a

constant temperature. • Explain what determines whether an object will float in air. • Describe the relationship between the speed of a fluid at any point and the pressure at that

point, for steady flow. • Describe some applications of Bernoulli's principle.


• Bernoulli’s Principle • Archimedes’ Principle • Pascal’s Principle



Time Frame February/March

Topic Thermodynamics

Essential Questions • If all humans disappeared from the earth, what would the Earth look like 100 years later and

why? • What is chaos and what does it have to do with thermodynamics? • Why does the human body work? • Why does wood burn?

Enduring Understandings • You can never invent a perpetual motion machine. Some energy is always rendered “useless”. • Fire was discovered by “Cavemen”…the control of plasma has improved the quality of life of

all mankind today… Alignment to NJCCCS

• 5.1.12.A.1-3 • 5.1.12.B.1-4 • 5.1.12.C.1-3 • 5.1.12.D.1-3

• 5.2.12.C.1-2 • 5.2.12.D.1-4

• 5.4.12.E.1-2 • 5.4.12.F.1-2 • 5.4.12.G.2-6

Key Concepts and Skills • Describe the nature of thermal energy. • Define temperature and distinguish it from thermal energy. • Use the Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales and convert one to the other. • Define specific heat and calculate heat transfer. • Define heats of fusion and vaporization. • State the first and second laws of thermodynamics. • Define heat engine, refrigerator, and heat pump. • Define entropy. • Explain why evaporation of water is a cooling process. • Explain why condensation is a warming process. • Explain why a person with wet skin feels chillier in dry air than in moist air at the same

temperature. • Distinguish between evaporation and boiling and explain why food cooked in boiling water

takes longer to cook at high altitudes. • Explain why water with substances dissolved in it freezes at a lower temperature then pure

water. • Describe how something can boil and freeze at the same time. • Describe how ice melts under pressure and refreezes when the pressure is removed. • Describe how a substance can absorb or release energy with no resulting change in

temperature.




• Specific Heat • Latent Heat of Fusion • Newton’s Law of Cooling

Videos • Low Temperatures (The Mechanical Universe) • Entropy (The Mechanical Universe)








Time Frame March

Topic Waves, Wave Energy, and Sound

Essential Questions • If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound? • Do the many spaceships in Star Wars…make any noise in space?

Enduring Understandings • Sound is the effect of energy traveling through matter. • People who go to concerts and always sit near the speaker will eventually develop hearing

deficiencies. Alignment to NJCCCS

• 5.1.12.A.1-3 • 5.1.12.B.1-4 • 5.1.12.C.1-3 • 5.1.12.D.1-3

• 5.2.12.D.1,4

Key Concepts and Skills • Identify how waves transfer energy without transferring matter. • Contrast transverse and longitudinal waves. • Relate wave speed, wavelength, and frequency. • Relate a wave’s speed to the medium in which the wave travels. • Describe how waves are reflected and refracted at boundaries between media, and explain how

waves diffract. • Apply the principal of superposition to the phenomenon of interference. • Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of sound waves and the properties sound shares with other

waves. • Solve problems relating the frequency, wavelength and velocity of sound. • Relate the physical properties of sound waves to the way we perceive sound. • Define the Doppler shift and identify some of its applications. • Describe the origin of sound. • Demonstrate an understanding of resonance, especially as applied to air columns. • Explain why there is a variation among instruments and among voices using the terms timbre,

resonance, fundamental and harmonic. • Determine why beats occur.


• Speed of Sound Lab I, II • Mathematics of Music • Sound Waves and Beats • Tones, Vowels and Telephones

Videos • Apple And The Moon (The Mechanical Universe

Projects



• Physics of music Assessments








Time Frame April/May

Topic Light and Color

Essential Questions • How can visible light be differentiated into primary colors? • What color effect occurs when these primary colors are added? • How can the visible light given off by pigments be differentiated into primary colors? • What color effect occurs when these color pigments subtracted? • Why is chartreuse used by all emergency personnel in the world?

Enduring Understandings • What is seen and unseen? • Sight from a human perspective. • Sight from the perspective of other organisms.


• 5.4.12.E.1-2

• Trace and define the historical development of light. • Describe how the speed of light is measured • Identify the source of all light relative to electromagnetic radiation. • Calculate the frequency or wavelength of a transverse light wave relative to the

electromagnetic radiation spectrum. • Compare and contrast the propagation of light relative to transparent and opaque materials. • Describe the nature of shadows relative to the umbra and penumbra. • Illustrate how light is polarized and apply it to viewing 3-D virtual projections. • Sketch the visible portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum and use a spectroscope to

analyze the color spectrum of various elements. • Compare, contrast and categorize color by reflection and color by transmission. • Classify colors as a product of simple addition and recombination. • Identify the subtractive primary colors and explain how they are formed. • Evaluate physical phenomenon in nature involving light.


• How Light Intensity Varies with Distance • Polarization of Light • Plane Mirror Lab • Speed of Light in Glass • Index of Refraction for Water • Unknown Liquid Index of Refraction • Curved Mirror Lab • Lens Lab



• Telescope Lab • Selective Transmission and Selective Reflection of Light • Cow eye dissection.








Time Frame May

Topic Light (Reflection and Refraction), Mirrors, and Lenses

Essential Questions • Is light a particle or wave? • How is light reflected and refracted? • What are the practical applications of reflection and refraction?

Enduring Understandings • Light’s wave nature allows it to be manipulated through reflection and refraction


• 5.4.12.E.1-2

Key Concepts and Skills • Recognize that light is the visible portion of an entire range of electromagnetic frequencies. • Describe the ray model of light. • Define luminous intensity, luminous flux, and luminance. • Solve problems involving the speed of light. • Solve illumination problems. • Explain the formation of color by light and by pigments or dyes. • Explain the cause and give examples of interference in thin films. • Describe methods of producing polarized light. • Explain the law of reflection. • Distinguish between diffuse and regular reflection and provide examples. • Calculate the index of refraction in a medium. • Explain total internal reflection. • Define the critical angle. • Explain effects caused by the refraction of light in a medium with varying refractive indices. • Explain dispersion of light in terms of the index of refraction. • Explain how concave, convex and plane mirrors form images. • Locate images using ray diagrams, and calculate image location and size using equations. • Explain the cause of spherical aberration and how the effect may be overcome. • Describe uses of parabolic mirrors. • Describe how convex and concave lenses form virtual and real images. • Locate the image with a ray diagram and find the image location and size using a

mathematical model. • Define chromatic aberration and explain how it can be reduced. • Explain how optical instruments such as microscopes and telescopes work.


• How Light Intensity Varies with Distance



• Polarization of Light • Plane Mirror Lab • Speed of Light in Glass • Index of Refraction for Water • Unknown Liquid Index of Refraction • Curved Mirror Lab • Lens Lab • Telescope Lab








Time Frame June

Topic Electricity

Essential Questions • What is the origin of charge? • What is necessary for charge to flow? • How can the flow of electrons be predicted and controlled (Ohms Law)? • What is the predictable effect of work done by electricity on nature?

Enduring Understandings • There are fundamental forces in nature other than gravity. • Protons and electrons can exert forces and transfer energy. • Electron in nature will be controlled and their energy made available to man.


• 5.2.12.D.1-4 • 5.2.12.E.1-4

Key Concepts and Skills • Recognize that objects that are charged exert forces, both attractive and repulsive. • Demonstrate that charging is the separation, not the creation, of electrical charge. • Describe the differences between conductors and insulators. • Summarize the relationship between forces and charges. • Describe how an electroscope detects electric charge. • Explain how to charge by conduction and induction. • Use Coulomb’s law to solve problems relating to electrical force. • Develop a model of how charged objects can attract a neutral object. • Define and measure an electric field. • Solve problems relating to charge, electric fields, and forces. • Diagram electric field lines. • Define and calculate electric potential difference • Explain how Millikan used electric fields to find the charge of the electron. • Determine where charges reside on solid and hollow conductors. • Describe capacitance and solve capacitor problems. • Define the electric current and the ampere. • Describe conditions that create current in an electric circuit. • Draw circuits and recognize they are closed loops. • Define power in electric circuits. • Define resistance and describe Ohm's law. • Explain how electric energy is converted into thermal energy. • Determine why high-voltage transmission lines are used to carry electric energy over long

distances. • Define kilowatt-hour. • Describe both a series connection and a parallel connection and state the important



characteristics of each. • Calculate current, voltage drops, and equivalent resistance for devices connected in series and

in parallel. • Describe a voltage divider and solve problems involving one. • Explain how fuses, circuit breakers, and ground fault interrupters protect household wiring. • Analyze combined series-parallel circuits and calculate the equivalent resistance of such

circuits. • State the important characteristics of voltmeters and ammeters, and explain how each is used

in circuits.


• Electrostatic Forces • Forces, Fields and Energy • Ohm's Law • The Origin of Electric Charge • Series Circuits • Parallel Circuits • Combination Circuits





Technology Integration • PowerPoint Presentations • Data Projector • Elmo Incorporation • DVD/VHS/Disc Demonstration • YouTube Content Shorts • Physics Demonstrations • Each Class Has 12 Student Computers and the Use of Lap Top Computer Carts • Microsoft Office Suite 2010



• Integration of Cell Phone Usage by Students to Access Internet During Lecture/Discussions • All Physics Laboratory Equipment is Technology



Time Frame June

Topic Nuclear Physics

Essential Questions • Many mistakes were made that cost the life of many people during the development of nuclear

energy as a source of cheap electricity. How did these mistakes help shape our understanding of Nuclear Physics?

• What happened at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island? • Are there safer alternate energy sources to satisfy our electricity requirements? • Are you for or against nuclear power?

Enduring Understandings • The development of nuclear energy as a controlled experiment to supply cheap electricity

began in the crucible of war. • Recognizing why there are safer alternate energy sources to satisfy our electricity requirements

will not only save the planet it will insure a high quality of life…But… Alignment to NJCCCS

• 5.1.12.A.1-3 • 5.1.12.B.1-4 • 5.1.12.C.1-3 • 5.1.12.D.1-3

• 5.2.12.D.3

• 5.4.12.B.3 • 5.4.12.E.2 • 5.4.12.G.1-7

Key Concepts and Skills

• Describe atomic nuclei. • Distinguish among the three types of rays given off by radioactive nuclei. • Compare the penetrating powers of the three types of radiation. • Interpret the symbols used to label isotopes of an element. • Predict how much of a given sample of radioactive isotope will remain at the end of some

multiple of the half-life. • Given the symbol for a radioactive isotope and the particle it gives off; predict the product of

the decay. • Explain the synthesis of transuranic elements. • Describe some uses for radioactive isotopes. • Describe natural background radiation. • Describe the role of neutrons in causing and sustaining nuclear fission. • Explain how nuclear fission can be controlled in a reactor. • Describe the radioactivity of plutonium. • Distinguish between a uranium-based fission reactor and a breeder reactor. • Describe the equivalence of mass and energy. • Distinguish between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. • Describe the advantage and the problems associated with using fusion as a source of power.




• Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • Static and Kinetic Friction

Videos • Newton’s Laws (Mechanical Universe)






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