Level 1 Physics Plans

Shoemaker

2024-2025

Updated 3/10/2025

 

Class Goal

Use what you know to understand what you don’t know yet to learn & understand the bigger picture

These plans are a working document and are subject to change.  Plans are made for a “quickest possible” schedule.  Work toward the written plan and communicate difficulties.

 

 

Cycle Day 5

Monday

March 24, 2025

Cycle Day 6

Tuesday

March 25, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Wednesday

March 26, 2025

Cycle Day 2

Thursday

March 27, 2025

Cycle Day 3

Friday

March 28, 2025

Level I Physics

Main Concept

-Define energy

-Work energy theorem.

-Kinetic energy.

-potential energy

-demo with books & clay.

Problem solving with conservation of energy

 

LEQ

 

HW

5.3 & 5.4 (34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53)

Main Concept

- Problem solving with conservation of energy

-Power

-Power activity

 

LEQ

-What is power?

-How can a person’s power be determined?

-How can are material tolerance specifications tested?

 

METH

-Discussion of power

-Power activity

-Complete the Hooke’s Law lab; determine if the spring is within spec.

 

HW

Chap 5 currently assigned (7, 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, 23, 28, 34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53 62, 63, 66, 67, 69

Main Concept

-Sample problem; spring “shooting” an opbject.

-Conservation of energy lab

 

LEQ

 

HW

5.3 & 5.4 (7, 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, 23, 28, 34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53 62, 63, 66, 67, 69

-Conservation of energy lab

 

LEQ

 

HW

5.3 & 5.4 (7, 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, 23, 28, 34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53 62, 63, 66, 67, 69

Main Concept

Simple Machines

 

LEQ

-How are simple machines an application of the concept of work?

 

Methods

-Demonstrate with an incline; mathematically determine the work done pushing up the incline, work done in lifting, incorporate friction, IMA, AMA, efficiency.  Application to other simple machines.

 

HW

5.3 & 5.4 (34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53)



 

Cycle Day 6

Monday

March 17, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Tuesday

March 18, 2025

Cycle Day 2

Wednesday

March 19, 2025

Cycle Day 3

Thursday

March 20, 2025

Cycle Day 4

Friday

March 21, 2025

Level I Physics

Main concept

second law lab

LEQ

 

Activities

 

HW

Prep for lab

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4

 

Prep for test

Dynamics Test

Main Concept

-Intro to springs.

-Spring Lab

 

 

LEQ

- How do springs relate to dynamics in terms of force and distance (graphically too)

Main Concept

-Work definition

-Work done and work not done.

-Work done by a constant force

-F vs. x graph.

-Hooke's Law

-Work done by a spring

-Graph of F vs. x and relationship with calculus.

-Define energy

-Work energy theorem.

-Kinetic energy.

-potential energy

-demo with books & clay.

Problem solving with conservation of energy

 

 

LEQ

-force and acceleration?

-What is Work?

-How is work determined for any applied force and distance?

-What is energy?

-How is work and energy related?

-How will conservation of energy simplify our problem solving?

-How do we use conservation of energy to solve problems?

 

HW

-5.1 & 5.2 (7,9,13,16,17, 21, 23, 28)

-5.3 & 5.4 (34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53)

-Watch this video on the introduction of work and energy (extra)

 

 

 

 

 

Cycle Day 2

Monday

March 10, 2025

Cycle Day 3

Tuesday

March 11, 2025

Cycle Day 4

Wednesday

March 12, 2025

Cycle Day 5

Thursday

March 13, 2025

Cycle Day

Friday

March 14, 2025

Level I Physics

Main concept

Problem Solving Day

LEQ

How are all of the techniques supplied used in problem solving?

Activities

Problem solving

HW

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4

Main concept

-Apparent Weight

-Elevator Activity

 

LEQ

How is apparent weight determined?

Why is apparent weight a part of daily life?

Activities

-Sample problems and relevant situations in problem solving for

-Elevator Activity

HW

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4

Computer activity;

Main concept

second law lab

LEQ

 

Activities

 

HW

Prep for lab

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4

 

No school

 

 

 

Cycle Day 3

Monday

March 3, 2025

Cycle Day 4

Tuesday

March 4, 2025

Cycle Day 5

Wednesday

March 5, 2025

Cycle Day 6

Thursday

March 6, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Friday

March 7, 2025

Level I Physics

Main concept

-Sum of forces

-Force with string.

-Tension in string

-Find tension in string of a hanging mass.

-2D forces, solve for a mass hanging by two strings, check with spring scales

LEQ

 

Activities

(See above…working example)

 

HW

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4 until you feel comfortable solving 3-box (the hardest in the book) problems. As a reminder, the solutions to all of the problems are in the solution manual in the classroom.

Main concept

-Inclines

Normal force

-Friction; Static

-Friction; Kinetic

-Problem solving

 

LEQ

-What is a “Normal Force” and why is it important to understand?

-How is sum of forces used in situations where friction is present?

Activities

Discus forces acting on objects. Describe the interaction between an object and the structure it is at rest on.  Explain the name of Normal Force and the direction a normal force may act

HW

-View this video on Friction

 

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4 until you feel comfortable solving 3-box (the hardest in the book)

Main concept

-Inclines

Normal force

-Friction; Static

-Friction; Kinetic

-Problem solving

 

LEQ

-What is a “Normal Force” and why is it important to understand?

-How is sum of forces used in situations where friction is present?

Activities

Discus forces acting on objects. Describe the interaction between an object and the structure it is at rest on.  Explain the name of Normal Force and the direction a normal force may act

HW

-View this video on Friction

 

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4 until you feel comfortable solving 3-box (the hardest in the book)

Main concept

Systems

Internal forces; external forces

LEQ

How are systems used to simplify problem solving?

Activities

-Explain the classic horse-cart problem.  Then relate it to other more relevant situations

-Determine the acceleration of two or more masses where one is being pulled by another mass hanging over an edge.

 

Also consider a “train” of masses attached with strings and being accelerated.  Determine tensions in the strings

HW

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4

Main concept

-Apparent Weight

-Elevator Activity

 

LEQ

How is apparent weight determined?

Why is apparent weight a part of daily life?

Activities

-Sample problems and relevant situations in problem solving for

-Elevator Activity

HW

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4

 

 

 

Cycle Day

Monday

February 24 2025

Cycle Day 5

Tuesday

February 25, 2025

Cycle Day 6

Wednesday

February 26, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Thursday

February 27, 2025

Cycle Day 2

Friday

February 28, 2025

Level I Physics

Preparations for kinematics/vector test

Kinematics/Vector Test

Return and correct test

 

Intro to weight, mass, and Newton’s Laws

 

-Intro to weight, mass, and Newton’s Laws

Main concept

-Sum of forces

-Force with string.

-Tension in string

-Find tension in string of a hanging mass.

-2D forces, solve for a mass hanging by two strings, check with spring scales

LEQ

 

Activities

(See above…working example)

 

HW

Solve relevant problems at the end of chapter 4 until you feel comfortable solving 3-box (the hardest in the book) problems. As a reminder, the solutions to all of the problems are in the solution manual in the classroom.

 

 

 

Cycle Day

Monday

February 17, 2025

Cycle Day 6

Tuesday

February 18, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Wednesday

February 19, 2025

Cycle Day 2

Thursday

February 20, 2025

Cycle Day 3

Friday

February 21, 2025

Level I Physics

No school; Presidents Day

Main Concept:

-Projectile motion.

-horizontally launched.

- Solve problems with projectile launched at an angle.

 

LEQ:

-How can projectile motion problems be solved.

-How can we use resolution of vectors to solve projectile problems

 

Methods

-Review dropping things with Free fall.

-Demo launching horizontal projectile.

-Ball shot from the ballistics cart

-Solve horizontal projectile problem.

-Ref  page 80 in text

-Sample problem to review the time it takes for an object to go up and come down.

-Sample problem breaking into components and

 

Main Concept

Solve problems with projectile launched at an angle.

 

Derive the range equation

 

LEQ

How can we use resolution of vectors to solve projectile problems?

 

METH

-Sample problem to review the time it takes for an object to go up and come down.

-Sample problem breaking into components and solving a problem with a projectile at an angle.

 

-Video showing the derivation of the Range Equation.

HW

3.4 (71, 73, 74, 79, 81) Solve by component method

 

Projectile Lab/Activity

Projectile Lab/Activity

 

 

 

Cycle Day 2

Monday

February 10, 2025

Cycle Day 3

Tuesday

February 11, 2025

Cycle Day 4

Wednesday

February 12, 2025

Cycle Day 5

Thursday

February 13, 2025

Cycle Day

Friday

February 14, 2025

Level I Physics

Main Concept:

Relative velocity 1D

 

LEQ:

How can relative motion concepts simplify motion problems?

 

Methods

-diagram on board with a bike, bus, car, and truck.

-Sample problem with moving sidewalk.

-Boat in water dropping a cooler

 

Assessment

-Observation of students as they take notes and work on sample problems.

 

HW

3.3 (47,50,53,57)

Watch Relative Motion video on Youtube.

 Main Concept:

-Relative velocity 2 D

-Problem solving with 1D & 2D relative motion

 

LEQ:

-How can relative motion concepts simplify 2D motion?

-How can relative motion simplify complicated motion problems?

 

 

Methods

-Sample problem with moving sidewalk.

-Explain boat crossing a river

-Sample river crossing problem

- Solve problems as small class-groups to build problem solving skills with relative motion, both 1D and 2D

 

-Video showing 2D relative motion.

 

Assessment

-Observation of students as they take notes and work on sample problems.

 

Main Concept:

-Relative velocity 2 D

-Problem solving with 1D & 2D relative motion

 

LEQ:

-How can relative motion concepts simplify 2D motion?

-How can relative motion simplify complicated motion problems?

 

 

Methods

-Sample problem with moving sidewalk.

-Explain boat crossing a river

-Sample river crossing problem

- Solve problems as small class-groups to build problem solving skills with relative motion, both 1D and 2D

 

 

Assessment

-Observation of students as they take notes and work on sample problems.

 

-Video showing 2D relative motion.

 

 

Main Concept:

-Relative Motion practice

-Projectile motion.

-horizontally launched.

- Solve problems with projectile launched at an angle.

 

LEQ:

-How can projectile motion problems be solved.

-How can we use resolution of vectors to solve projectile problems

 

Methods

-Present relative motion problem on the board

-Review dropping things with Free fall.

-Demo launching horizontal projectile.

-Ball shot from the ballistics cart

-Solve horizontal projectile problem.

-Ref  page 80 in text

-Sample problem to review the time it takes for an object to go up and come down.

-Sample problem breaking into components and

 

 

No school; Act 80 Day

 

 

 

Cycle Day 3

Monday

February 3, 2025

Cycle Day 4

Tuesday

February 4, 2025

Cycle Day 5

Wednesday

February 5, 2025

Cycle Day 6

Thursday

February 6, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Friday

February 7, 2025

Level I Physics

-Main Concept

-Free Fall

 

Methods

-Explain acceleration of gravity as a “partial truth” that will be explained in more detail later.

-g is just a “special” acceleration, acts in the vertical direction, and is always straight down.

-Sample problem of a ball falling.

-Ball rolling up and down an incline.

Video showing the relationship between time and position of an accelerating object.

-Free Fall sample problems.


HW

-Free Fall Submit sheet

-Textbook problems in the free fall section

-Any and ALL chapter 2 problems should be able to be solved.

-Past kinematics tests from my website.

 

-Main Concept

-Free Fall

 

Methods

-Reaction Activity

Practice test from the past (handout; solutions online)

 

HW

-Textbook problems in the free fall section

-Any and ALL chapter 2 problems should be able to be solved.

-Past kinematics tests from my website.

 

-Main Concept

-Graphed motion

 

Methods

-Motion Activity

 

HW

-Textbook problems in the free fall section

-Any and ALL chapter 2 problems should be able to be solved.

-Past kinematics tests from my website.

 

-Main Concept

-Graphed motion

 

Methods

-Motion Activity

 

HW

-Textbook problems in the free fall section

-Any and ALL chapter 2 problems should be able to be solved.

-Past kinematics tests from my website.

 

(Free Fall Submit deadline)

 

-Main Concept:

-Define vectors

-Define scalars

-Vector addition

-Vector addition practice

- Right triangle trig

Intro to components

 

LEQ

-Why are understanding vector quantities important?

-How can vector quantities be modeled using lines drawn to scale length and direction?

- Why does trigonometry need to be applied to vector analysis?

 

Methods

-Define terms

-Walking in the woods.

-Vector addition using displacement vectors, rulers and protractors

-Students will use rulers and protractors to graphically add vectors.

-Observation of students as they add vectors.

-Right triangle trig SOH CAH TOA

-Throw a ball diagonally across the room.

 

 

 

 

 

Cycle Day 4

Monday

January 27, 2025

Cycle Day 5

Tuesday

January 28, 2025

Cycle Day 6

Wednesday

January 29, 2025

Cycle Day 1

Thursday

January 30, 2025

Cycle Day 6 Rotation 2

Friday

January 31, 2025

Level I Physics

-Motion; constant speed graph, derive equation from graph

Motion; Accelerated, Derive equations from graph

-Motion; constant speed graph, derive equation from graph

Motion; Accelerated, Derive equations from graph

 

-HW Kinematics Submit sheet.

-Motion; constant speed graph, derive equation from graph

Motion; Accelerated, Derive equations from graph

-Video showing derivations of equations.

-Video showing the relationship between time and position of an accelerating object.

-Finish kinematics equation derivation

-Problem solving

-HW: Solve problems at the end of the kinematics unit.  The odd problems have the answers in the back.  10, 11, 13, 17, 24, 25, 34, 38, 43, 45, 52, 60, 61

(Kinematics Submit Deadline)

 

-Solve sample problems

 

 

 

 

Cycle Day

Monday

January 19, 2025

Cycle Day

Tuesday

January 20, 2025

Cycle Day

Wednesday

January 21, 2025

Cycle Day 6; Rotation 2

Thursday

January 22, 2025

Cycle Day 3

Friday

January 23, 2025

Level I Physics

 

 

 

 

-Distribute textbook

- Expectations

-Unit Analysis