Honors Physics
Beginning school term 2001-2002, links to pages offering additional discussions, illustrations, animations, problems with solutions, and self test questions, will be included in my "Teacher's Notes" and "Problem Solving". Most sources are departments of physics and astronomy at universities in the United States and Canada, where online physics tutorials are being developed for their students - and for you too! You will have to be selective as you study the contents within these sources of information. My effort to include these instructional links will continue regularly throughout the school year.
Errors will occasionally be found within the teacher's notes, problems and their related solutions. These errors arise from simple carelessness on my part as I transcribe my handwritten notations to type. Now that the initial flurry of activity to get this presentation published is over, daily revision and improvement are required. I want to thank those students whose dedication to the course rises to the level of reading each sentence and solving each problem, and for pointing out my errors.
1. LAB EXPERIMENTS:
Go to: Laboratory Reports Overview, for a comprehensive discussion of physics laboratory report writing.
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
| Lab 1: Addition of Forces Short Version Lab | Lab 4: Velocity and Acceleration | Lab 6: Harmonic Motion:Springs | Lab 11: Refraction-Lenses |
| Lab 2: Inclined Plane Shortened Version(2005) | Lab 5: Projectiles |
Lab 6: Harmonic Motion: Simple Pendulums (html) (doc.) |
Lab 12: Velocity of Sound (.doc) |
| Lab 3: Center of Gravity-(Short Version) (Full Version) | Lab 7: Pulleys (doc.) (htm.) | Lab 13: Electrostatics | |
| Lab 8: Reflection-Plane Mirror ( html, Word) (shortversion: Word) | |||
| Lab 9: Reflection-Spherical Mirror(html) (Word) | |||
| Lab 10: Refraction-Geom. Fig. (html) (Word) | Lab 14: Circuits | ||
2. Short Answer Problems:
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
| 1. Vectors | 1. Horizontal/Vertical Motion | 1. Harmonic Motion | 1.. Optics: Refraction |
| 2. Parallel Forces | 2. Curvilinear Motion | 2. Work-Power-Energy | 2. Sound |
| 3.Friction(not yet available) | 3. Circular Motion | 3. Optics: Reflection | 3. |
| 4. | 4. Calorimetry | 4 Lin./Vol.Expansion (doc.) (htm.) | 4. |
| 5. | 5. | 5. | 5. |
| 6. | 6. | 6. | 6. |
3. Problem Solving:
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
| 1. Vectors (Html) (Word) (Revised 9/19/05) | 1. Horizontal/Vertical Motion (Word) (Html) |
1. Harmonic Motion (doc)(html) Formula Sheet |
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| 2. Parallel Forces (Word) (html) | 2. Curvilinear Motion (htm) (doc) | 2.Work Power and Energy (doc.)(html) | 2. Sound |
| 3. Friction | 3. Circular Motion - Part I(htm) (Word doc.) | 3. Reflection | 3. Electrostatics |
| 4. | 4. Circular Motion - Part II(htm) (Word doc.) | 4. Lin./Vol.Expansion (doc.) (htm.) | 4. Circuits |
| 5 . | 5. Calorimetry | 5. | 5.Statistics |
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| 7. | 7. | 7. | 7. |
4. Unit Notes:
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
| 1. Vectors | 1. Hor./Vert.Motion (htm.)(Worddoc.) | 1. Harmonic Motion | 1. Optics: Refraction JHaydenDiagrams |
| 2. Parallel Forces (Word) (html) | 2. Curvilinear Motion | 2. Work, Power, Energy | 2. Sound(html) (Word doc.) |
| 3. Friction: (html) (Word doc.) | 3. Circular Motion (doc.) (htm.) | 3. Optics: Reflection JHaydenDiagrams | 3. Electrostatics |
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5. Daily Guide
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
| 1. Vectors | 1. | 1. | 1. |
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6. Tests Review
Go to Make up Test Policy
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
| 1. Vectors - Test 1 | 1.Horiz./Vert.Motion Test 1 | 1. Harmonic Motion |
1. Optics: Refraction 2005Reflect/Refract |
| 2. Vectors - Test 2 | 2.Horiz./Vert.Motion Test 2 | 2. Work, Power, Energy | 2. Sound |
| 3. | 3. Curvilinear Motion Test (Word) (html) | 3. Optics: Reflection | 3. Electrostatics |
| 4. Parallel Forces - Test | 4. | 4. | 4. Final Term Exam Word Doc. Web Version |
| 5. | 5. Circular Motion Test | 5. | 5. Circuits |
| 6. Friction | 6. Mid Term Exam | 6. | 6. |
7. Bridge Building (official site). Click on 2006BridgeBuilding for a modified Word version of the rules.
Note: A bridge efficiency grading scale is listed on the bottom of this page. The grading scale actually used will depend on the current difficulty level associated with the bridges.
8. Mouse Trap Powered Car Project
9. P.J.A.S.