Conceptual Schedule of Topics

Conceptual B

Week

Topic

Text Pages

Student Teaching Topics

1

Atomic Structure of Matter

Liquids and Gasses

244-257

273-305

2

Energy and Work 103-121

Law of Conservation of energy; Efficiency vs. Advantage

3

Temperature, Heat and Expansion

307-324

Thermal Expansion

4

Heat transfer  &  Change of Phase

325-353

Phase Change; 3 types of energy transfer

5

Thermodynamics

354-370

2 Laws of Thermodynamics

6

Sound and Waves

371-403

Speed of Sound vs. Speed of light

7

Light and Color

404-441

Mixing Colors vs. Mixing Pigments

8

Lenses and Mirrors

442-479

Reflection vs. Refraction; Vision Correction

9

Electricity

449-561

Static electricity vs. current; 

10

Magnetism

562-594

Motor vs. Generator

11

The Atom and the Quantum; Radioactivity

596-608;609-628

Half Life

12

Final Exam/Final Lab Grades

 

 

Evaluation Schedule and Important Deadlines      

Quiz 1:   Atomic Structure and Liquids and Gasses  
Paper Rough Draft Due  
Quiz 2:   Energy, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics  
Paper Research Paper Due  
Midterm:   Atomic Structure through Thermodynamics  
Quiz 3:   Sound and Light  
Quiz 4: Electricity and Magnetism  
Final:    Sound through Atomic Physics  

Lab activities are due at the end of each lab activity day.  If you miss the lab activity, you can make it up 4th period or after school if you have an doctor's excuse.  If you do not have an excuse, you forfeit the points for that activity.

The team teaching assignment is due on either Tuesday or Thursday of the week assigned.  A late teaching assignment will receive a grade of zero, unless you have a doctor's excuse.

Midterm and final will consist of 50% instructor assigned essay questions and 50% student written multiple choice, true/false and short response questions.