We’re back to our normal bell schedule! By popular demand, we’ll be reviewing the topics from earlier in the year. Here are your assignments for the shortened week of Monday, April 22nd through Friday, April 26th:
Mon. 4/22
Atoms & Thermodynamics
Tue. 4/23
Electrostatics
Wed. 4/24
Direct Current & Circuits
Thu. 4/25
work on practice/released exams
Fri. 4/26
Magnetism
Only two more weeks before AP tests begin, so make sure you keep up with the practice materials I’ve given you. Have a fantastic week!
Welcome to the last week of mandatory state testing and our unusual bell schedule! Here are your assignments for the shortened week of Monday, April 15th through Thursday, April 18th:
Mon. 4/15
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:15am – Biology
start AP Physics 2 2017 Exam
DUE: Cengage Practice Exam D
Tue. 4/16
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:15am – Biology
work on AP Physics 2 2017 Exam
Wed. 4/17
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:15am – US History & US Government
work on AP Physics 2 2017 Exam
Thu. 4/18
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:15am – US History & US Government
Welcome to the first week of mandatory state testing and our unusual bell schedule! Here are your assignments for Monday, April 8th through Friday, April 12th:
Mon. 4/8
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:45am – ELA 9 & 10
start Cengage Practice Exam C
Tue. 4/9
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:45am – ELA 9 & 10
finish Cengage Practice Exam C
Wed. 4/10
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:15am – Algebra & Geometry
finish secure released exam
DUE: Cengage Practice Exam C
Thu. 4/11
AP Physics 2 Enrichment Session! 7:30-9:15am
STATE TESTING 7:30-9:15am – Algebra & Geometry
start Cengage Practice Exam D
Fri. 4/12
NO STATE TESTING – normal bell schedule
work on Cengage Practice Exam D
Class starts at four minutes after the end of testing each day, so please be on time and use the extra time in the morning to keep up with your practice exams. Have a wonderful week!
Welcome back from Spring Break! This is our last week of physics topics before we shift to review mode. Here are your assignments for Monday, April 1st through Friday, April 5th:
Mon. 4/1
Flow and the Bernoulli effect
HW: make sure you have p. 282 Problems #35-46 done; work on “5 Steps to a 5” Practice Exam 1 (you should have this already)
Tue. 4/2
review HW (Ch. 10 Problems #1-4, 7-20; #22-31; and #35-46)
HW: finish “5 Steps to a 5” Practice Exam 1
Wed. 4/3
Quiz #4-1A: Fluids & Flow
HW: work on “5 Steps to a 5” Practice Exam 2
Thu. 4/4
review quiz
HW: finish “5 Steps to a 5” Practice Exam 2
Fri. 4/5
Quiz #4-1B: Fluids & Flow
DUE: “5 Steps to a 5” Practice Exams 1 & 2
This is it! After this week, it’s just practice exams and review until you take the AP Physics 2 Exam on Friday, May 10th!
Welcome to 4th Quarter! We’re a little behind where I’d hoped we’d be at this time, but we only have one topic left, and we’ll still have plenty of time to study for the AP exam in class once we come back from Spring Break. Here are your assignments for Monday, March 18th through Friday, March 22nd:
Mon. 3/18
intro to fluids & flow
HW: make sure you have the Ch. 10 Questions done
Tue. 3/19
review HW (Ch. 10 Questions #1-9; #10-16; and #17-24)
HW: make sure you have the Ch. 10 Problems done
Wed. 3/20
Lab #4-1: Density & Pressure
HW: Lab #4-1: Density & Pressure (due Fri. 3/22)
Thu. 3/21
review HW (Ch. 10 Problems #1-4, 7-20; and #22-31)
HW: do p. 282 Problems #35-46
Fri. 3/22
TBD
DUE: Lab #4-1: Density & Pressure (before you leave for Spring Break!)
After Spring Break, we’ll do Bernoulli’s equation problems on Monday and Tuesday, quiz on Wednesday, review on Thursday and take the make-up quiz on Friday to wrap up the class topics for the school year. Once the state testing schedule starts, we’ll have two weeks of shortened periods followed by three weeks of regular class periods before you take the AP Physics 2 exam on Friday, May 10th. That should give you plenty of time to review past exams, identify your weak areas and shore them up as much as possible. I hope you have a great week and a wonderful Spring Break!
Welcome to the last week of 3rd Quarter! Here are your assignments for Monday, March 11th through Thursday, March 14th:
Mon. 3/11
Quiz #3-5A: Polarization & Diffraction
HW: read Ch. 10-1 thru -4; do p. 280 Questions #1-9
Tue. 3/12
review quiz; intro to fluids & flow
HW: read Ch. 10-5 thru -7; do p. 280-1 Questions #10-16
Wed. 3/13
Quiz #3-5B: Polarization & Diffraction
HW: read Ch. 10-8 thru -10; do p. 281 Questions #17-24
Thu. 3/14
review make-up quiz
HW: do p. 281-2 Problems #1-4, 7-20
Fri. 3/15
Teacher Professional Development – NO SCHOOL
HW: do p. 282 Problems #22-31
If you want to work ahead during the 3-day weekend, the next problem set will be p. 282-3 Problems #35-46. Enjoy your 3-day weekend, and be prepared to speed through fluids & flow during the week before Spring Break!
Welcome to the first week of March and our last month of regular classes before we cram for the exam! Here are your assignments for Monday, March 4th through Friday, March 8th:
Next week, we’ll take the quiz on diffraction, interference and polarization on Monday, and then we’ll take the make-up on Wednesday to wrap up 3rd Quarter. I hope you have a great week – Spring is just around the corner!
Welcome to the end of February! Here are your assignments for Monday, February 25th through Friday, March 1st:
Mon. 2/25
review lenses HW from Ch. 23:
p. 659 Problems #7-16
p. 660-1 Problems #43, 44a, 45, 47, 49, 50ab
p. 661 Problems #52-56, 66-67
HW: finish Lab #3-5: Lenses
Tue. 2/26
review lenses HW from Ch. 23
DUE: Lab #3-5: Lenses
Wed. 2/27
review lenses HW from Ch. 23
HW: read Ch. 24-1 thru -3; do p. 691 Questions #1-14
Thu. 2/28
Quiz #3-4A: Mirrors & Lenses
HW: read Ch. 24-4 thru -7; do p. 691 Questions #15-21
Fri. 3/1
review quiz; intro to physical optics (interference, dispersion, diffraction)
HW: skim Ch. 24-8 thru -10 and Ch. 25-11; do p. 691-2 Questions #22-32
After this week, we’ll only have only more lab and a quiz, and then we’ll be done with optics so we can move on to our last topic, fluids. Have an excellent week!
Welcome to another short week! Here are your assignments for Tuesday, February 19th through Friday, February 22nd:
Mon. 2/18
Presidents Day – NO SCHOOL
Tue. 2/19
review quiz; intro to curved mirrors & lenses
HW: re-read Ch. 23-2 thru -3 (seriously); do p. 659 Problems #7-16
Wed. 2/20
Quiz #3-3B: Reflection & Refraction
HW: read Ch. 23-10; do p. 660-1 Problems #43-45, 47, 49, 50ab
Thu. 2/21
start Lab #3-5: Lenses
HW: do p. 661 Problems #52-56, 66-67
Fri. 2/22
finish Lab #3-5: Lenses
HW: Lab #3-5: Lenses (due Tue. 2/26)
Once we wrap up refraction during this short week, we’ll spend some time playing with lenses before taking a quiz in the middle of next week and then physical optics (diffraction, thin slit interference, etc.). We’re probably not going to make it to fluids before the end of 3rd Quarter, but that’s okay – we’ll do all of that before Spring Break so that you have plenty of time to study for the AP exam in class before we take it in May. Have a great week!
Hello, future optical engineers! Here are your assignments for Monday, February 11th through Friday, February 15th:
Mon. 2/11
reflection & refraction; review light HW
HW: read Ch. 23-4 thru -6; do p. 657 Questions #9-15
Tue. 2/12
Lab #3-4: Laser Boxes!
HW: do p. 659 Problems #23-34, 36-39; start write-up for Lab #3-4: Laser Boxes! (due Thu. 2/14)
Wed. 2/13
finish lab; review reflection & refraction HW
HW: finish write-up for Lab #3-4: Laser Boxes!
Thu. 2/14
review reflection & refraction HW
DUE: write-up for Lab #3-4: Laser Boxes!
Fri. 2/15
Quiz #3-3A: Reflection & Refraction
HW: read Ch. 23-7 thru -8; do p. 657-8 Questions #16-28
We have a 3-day weekend coming up, so we’ll try to get through reflection and refraction, which are not difficult, before moving on to curved mirrors and thin lenses next week, which are a bit more complicated. Have a wonderful week!
