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The daily calendars are posted here.  Look to see what you will miss when you are on that field trip or to find out what was due the day you were sick.

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Traditional Physics - 2011-12 - Ms Breig
                     
August                    
Wed 24 (14 min) car observations;  hw: read  Dx, Dv and a: an Intro; read p.41-43,48,54,60-63    
                     
Thurs  25 safety sheets (due tues); car data; TNEOM and chart method; practice problems; begin Get a Clue                
                     
Fri  26 work on Get A Clue              
                     
Mon  29 Lab: Road Test Analysis (keep for now); work on GaC        
                     
Tues  30 safety sheets due!; Lab: Reaction Time (due today); read graphs p.45,46,50,51,61; work on GaC                
                     
Wed 31 info: graphs; Graphical Analysis                
September                    
Thurs  1 (open house)  Further Road Test            
                     
Fri  2 read Hybrids: Pros and Cons; journaling; Further Road Test due (both parts!); GaC work time  
                     
Mon  5 Holiday: Labor Day              
                     
Tues  6 Lab: Determination of "g" parts I and II           
                     
Wed 7 (late start) 1/2 class Finish labs, GaC, review; 1/2 class Phizz Phun (quiz1)                
                     
Thurs  8 1/2 class Phizz Phun (quiz1); 1/2 class finish labs, GAC, review                
                     
Fri  9 Get A Clue due at START of period; review                
                     
Mon  12 Test: ch 2- TNEOM and graphs; protractors TUES!; read 3.1,3.2      
                     
Tues  13  journaling (sports equipment); info:  vectors; Adventures in Vectors      
                     
Wed 14 (homeroom) Adventures due; Begin Ar Mates activity        
                     
Thurs  15 Ar Mates due; Orienteering activity.              
                     
Fri  16 Orienteering due; Giant Protractor Lab (force table part; begin graphical solutions)    
                     
Mon  19 (pep rally) finish and turn in Giant Protractor lab (finish graphical; do math) ; read 3.3 (projectiles)  
                     
Tues  20 Do: Vector Addition math problems #1-4          
                     
Wed  21 (late start) Do: Vector Addition graphical #1-4; both parts due today                
                     
Thurs  22 2-D TNEOM info and sample problems          
                     
Fri  23 (pep rally) video clip: Piano Launch; Trebuchet project; Get a Clue About….2-D TNEOM  
                     
Mon  26  TNEOM CSI problem (due today!); GaC work time        
                     
Tues  27 Cinema Problem: Speed; GaC work time; read 3.4 (relative motion)      
                     
Wed  28  journaling (slam dunk); info on relative velocities; work on Get a Clue                
                     
Thurs  29  lab: Gravity Clock Challenge            
                     
Fri 30  Phizz Phun (quiz3, only # 1,3,4); Get a Clue                 
October                    
Mon 3 Get a Clue work time; make sure treb graph is ready for tomorrow      
                     
Tues  4  BRING IN TREBS; competition day.  Graphs constructed; work on calculations    
                     
Wed  5 (late start) treb calculations due by end of hour                
                     
Thurs  6 Get a Clue due; answer questions; review          
                     
Fri  7 TEST: ch3-vectors and projectiles            
                     
Mon  10 HOLIDAY                
                     
Tues  11 Intro: Newton's Laws, force diagram examples, sign example; perhaps The Sign Problem (for real)  
                     
Wed  12 (PSAT testing) Force and Velocity Simulations (in pairs)-
                     
Thurs  13 (PLAN test) Force and Velocity Simulations due!  
                     
Fri   14  the sign problem (if we didn't get to it before); Begin Get A Clue about…. Forces                
                     
Mon  17 journaling  (Amusement park); work on GaC About…. Forces        
                     
Tues  18  Lab: Newton's Second Law (Airtrack lab)          
                     
Wed  19  (late start) finish and turn in lab; read Friction Notes; read 4.4                
                     
Thurs  20 Friction practice problems; GAC time            
                     
Fri  21 Inclined planes, sample, and Get a Clue work time          
                     
Mon  24 Phizz Phun quiz2      
                     
Tues  25 Atwood's machine; practice problems; finish Get a Clue        
                     
Wed  26 GAC work day; journals due            
                     
Thurs  27  Get a Clue about… Forces due; review          
                     
Fri  28 End of quarter.   Test: ch4- Newton's Laws; extra credit opportunity (due Monday)    
                     
Mon  31 Extra credit due! Info: energy & power; 100 acre woods, work and skidding cars; wkst 8-2; read 5.1,5.2