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1 1 Kinematics Distance vs Displacement Vector Quantities The Meter Velocity and Speed Acceleration Final Velocity of a distance traveled by an object at constant acceleration Safety Lab Make your own measuring system Uniform motion in wheel chair Air track Computer Lab Quiz and Test Homework plus feedback Free Falling Object Statistics Force Vector Addition of concurrent forces Resolution of forces Equilibrium Picket Fence Motion Sensor Lab Force Table Lab Graphic Analysis Lab Resolution of Force Boom Lab Homework, Quizzes Test Dynamics Force, Mass, and Acceleration Gravitational and Inertial properties of objects in Newton s 3 laws Newton s Universal law of gravitation Gravitational Field Strength Pulley and Mass Lab Interactive Video Understanding Car Crashes and 5 lab Activities Elevator Lab Activity Quizzes Test Page 1 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

2 Weight w=mg Incline Plane Lab Friction Coefficient of Friction Static Friction Kinetic Friction Rolling Friction Fluid Friction Momentum P=M Impulse J=F t Impulse = Change in momentum Law of Conservation of momentum m,v +m v =m,v,rm v Energy Work and Energy Work the joule as the unit of work Power P = W = Fod =Fv T ot The Watt = J s Energy Potential Energy Gravitational Pot. Energy GPE =MGH Coefficient of Friction Lab Inertia of Maple Syrup Lab Air Track Lab Center of Mass Lab Lab Push A Student Lab Brick Lab Stains Lab Cross/curricular With bio and heat rate Hot Wheels on track Petoke Lab Hookes Law Apparatus Lab Homework and feedback Quiz Test Home Work and Feedback 3 Quizzes Page 2 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

3 Elastic Pot. Energy Example: Hookes Law F= Kx K = Spring Constant PE Spring = ½ Kx Pendulum Lab KE = ½ mv2 Work Energy Relationship Example: conservative force vs non conservative force Conservation of Energy Example: Pendulum of a clock Electricity Static Electricity Example: Charge at Rest Electrostatics Video + 3 Lab Demos Microstructure of Matter Electrostatics Lab Charged Objects Vandegraff Generator Lab Conservation of Charge Elementary Charges Quantity of Charge Coulombs Law F8+y1q2 R2 Electric Fields Quiz Page 3 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

4 E= J or E= F d q Electric Field between two parallel plates Electric Potential Potential Difference V= W Q The volt = Joule Coulomb The Electron Volt Test Electric Fields in terms of electric potential Example: E= V d Electric Current Flow of electrics Conductivity in Solids Solids Conditions necessary for an electric current Unit of Current I = q T Resistance of a conduction Ohms law Resistance Circuits Series I = I = I = I V = V + V + V R = R + R + R Fruit Battery Lab Construct Series and Parallel Circuit Lab Homework & Feedback Page 4 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

5 Parallel V = V IV I = I, + I + I R = Electric Power Electric Energy Magnetism Magnetic Force Magnetic Field Magnetic Flax Lines Flax Density Magnetic Field around a straight current carrying wire Magnetic Field around a coil of wire (solenoid) Force on a moving charge carried in a magnetic field Electromagnetic Induction Electromagnetic Radiation Wave Phenomena Transfer of Energy Energy Transfer with no matter transfer Map a Magnetic Field Lab Field Lab Measure a Magnetic Field Lab Lenzes Law Lab Solenoid Lab Slinky Lab Wave Table Lab MIDTERM EXAM COMPREHENSIVE REGENTS STYLE REGENTS WEEK Page 5 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

6 Pulse and periodic wave Standing Wave Generator Lab Pulse in a medium Reflection and Retraction Periodic Waves Types of Wave Motion Longitudinal Transverse Characteristic of Periodic Waves Frequency F=I t Period T= Amplitude Phase Wavelength Speed V= F Doppler Effect Wave Front Periodic Wave Phenomena Interference Superposition Constructive and destructive interference Page 6 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

7 Two sources in phase Standing Waves Reflection Resonance Measuring Speed of Sound Lab Light Laser beam Lab Speed In Space In Medium Law of Reflection Laser beam Lab Regular Reflection Diffuse Reflection Refraction Snells Law n Sin O = n Sin O Speed and Reflection Absolute index of refraction N = c / Critical Angle Sin 0c = l N Total Internal Reflection Measuring angle of light in medium S. Lab Total Internal Reflection Light Tube Dispersion Dispersive Medium Non-dispersive medium Page 7 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

8 Wave Nature of light Interference Diffraction Coherent light source Double slit experiment X = X d L Double Slit Experiment Lab Electromagnetic Spectrum Modern Physics Dual Nature of Light Wave Phenomena Particle Phenomena Photo electric effect Quantum Theory The Quantum The Photon Photon and particle collision Photon Momentum Matter waves Quantum Penney Lab Measure diameter of Atom Black Box Indirect Measure Lab Class Group Project. Pick your favorite scientist. (Report using as creative a means as possible) 3Quizzes Models of the Atom Bohr Rutherford and Experiment Bohr Model of Hydrogen and emission spectra Quarks and standard model matter and antimatter particles and anti-particles Role the dice and make a quark Lab Homework and feedback Page 8 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

9 Motion in a plane Tow dimensional motion and trajectories Softball Toss Lab Projectile fire horizontally Projectile fire at an angle Centripetal Motion Device Lab Uniform circular motion Centripetal accel ac= u r Centripetal Force Fc = Mv r Page 9 of 9 Rondout Valley Central School District

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