Physical Science Syllabus
Wednesdays at MAS, 2026-2027
Mr. Owens
Week What to do this week Assignments
Week 1
Week of
8/19/2026
☐   Introduction
☐   Section 1.1: Some History
☐   HW 1A
☐   Section 1.2: Distance, Time, and Average Speed
☐   HW 1B
☐   Section 1.3: Reference Frames
☐   HW 1C		Due 8/26/2026:
   HW 1A
   HW 1B
   HW 1C
Week 2
Week of
8/26/2026
☐   Section 1.4: Graphing Motion
☐   HW 1D
☐   Section 1.5: Motion at Various Speeds
☐   Section 1.6: Converting Units of Speed
☐   HW 1E
Due 9/2/2026:
   HW 1D
   HW 1E
Week 3
Week of
9/2/2026
☐   Section 1.7: Vectors
☐   Section 1.8: Acceleration
☐   HW 1F
☐   Supplemental Reading 1A
☐   Lab 1A: Measurement and Graphing
☐   Chapter 1 Test		Due 9/9/2026:
   HW 1F
   Lab 1A
   Test on Chapter 1
Week 4
Week of
9/9/2026
☐   Chapter 2
☐   Section 2.1: Force
☐   Section 2.2: Mass and Inertia
☐   Section 2.3: Newton`s 2nd Law
☐   HW 2A
☐   HW 2B		Due 9/16/2026:
   HW 2A
   HW 2B
Week 5
Week of
9/16/2026
☐   Section 2.4: Motion and Force in Two Dimensions
☐   HW 2C
☐   Section 2.5: Friction
☐   HW 2D		Due 9/23/2026:
   HW 2C
   HW 2D
Week 6
Week of
9/23/2026
☐   Section 2.6: Gravity
☐   Section 2.7: Newton s 3rd Law
☐   Lab 2A: Video Demonstration
☐   Chapter 2 Test		Due 9/30/2026:
   Lab 2A
   Test on Chapter 2
Week 7
Week of
9/30/2026
☐   Section 3.1: Pressure
☐   HW 3A
☐   Section 3.2: Fluids		Due 10/7/2026:
   HW 3A
Week 8
Week of
10/7/2026
☐   Section 3.3: Fluid Pressure, Hydraulics
☐   Lab 3A: Aluminum Boat
☐   Section 3.4: Floating and Sinking, Archimedes Principle
☐   Lab 3B: Egg in Salt Water
☐   HW 3B		Due 10/21/2026:
   HW 3B
   Lab 3A
   Lab 3B
10/14/2026Fall Break 
Week 9
Week of
10/21/2026
☐   Section 3.5: Bernoulli s Principle
☐   Lab 3C: Bernoulii s Principle
☐   HW 3C
☐   Supplemental Reading 3A
☐   Chapter 3 Test		Due 10/28/2026:
   HW 3C
   Lab 3C
   Test on Chapter 3
Week 10
Week of
10/28/2026
☐   Section 4.1: Introduction to Simple Machines
☐   Section 4.2: Levers
☐   HW 4A
☐   Section 4.3: Inclines
☐   Section 4.4: Wheel and Axle
☐   HW 4B		Due 11/4/2026:
   HW 4A
   HW 4B
Week 11
Week of
11/4/2026
☐   Section 4.5: Pulleys
☐   HW 4C
☐   Section 4.6: Gears
☐   Section 4.7: Work and Efficiency
☐   HW 4D
☐   Section 4.8: Simple Machines in the Human Body
☐   Chapter 4 Test		Due 11/11/2026:
   HW 4C
   HW 4D
   Test on Chapter 4
Week 12
Week of
11/11/2026
☐   Section 5.1: Temperature
☐   Section 5.2: Heat
☐   HW 5A
☐   Section 5.3: The Equation for Heat Transfer
☐   HW 5B
☐   Section 5.4: Thermal Expansion		Due 11/18/2026:
   HW 5A
   HW 5B
Week 13
Week of
11/18/2026
☐   Section 5.5: Transfer by Conduction, Convection, Radiation
☐   Section 5.6 Change of Phase
☐   HW 5C
☐   Section 5.7: Phase Changes in Water
☐   HW 5D
☐   HW 5E
☐   Chapter 5 Test		Due 12/2/2026:
   HW 5C
   HW 5D
   HW 5E
   Test on Chapter 5
11/25/2026Thanksgiving 
Week 14
Week of
12/2/2026
☐   Review for Semester 1 Exam Due 12/9/2026:
Week 15
Week of
12/9/2026
☐   Semester 1 ExamDue 1/6/2027:
12/16/2026Christmas 
12/23/2026Christmas 
12/30/2026Christmas 
Week 16
Week of
1/6/2027
☐   Section 6.1: Electric Charge
☐   Section 6.2: Electric Current
☐   HW 6A
☐   Section 6.3: Voltage		Due 1/13/2027:
   HW 6A
Week 17
Week of
1/13/2027
☐   Section 6.4: Ohm s Law
☐   HW 6B
☐   Section 6.5: Series and Parallel Circuits
☐   Section 6.6: Magnets		Due 1/20/2027:
   HW 6B
Week 18
Week of
1/20/2027
☐   Section 6.7: Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Domains
☐   HW 6C
☐   Section 6.8: Electric Current and Magnetic Fields
☐   Lab 6A: Electromagnetism
☐   Lab 6B: Magnetic Shielding		Due 1/27/2027:
   HW 6C
   Lab 6A
   Lab 6B
   Test on Chapter 6
Week 19
Week of
1/27/2027
☐   Section 7.1: The Elements
☐   Section 7.2 : Isotopes
☐   HW 7A		Due 2/3/2027:
   HW 7A
Week 20
Week of
2/3/2027
☐   Section 7.3: The Nature of Light; Scientific Revolution
☐   HW 7B
☐   Section 7.4: Radioactivity
☐   HW 7C		Due 2/10/2027:
   HW 7B
   HW 7C
Week 21
Week of
2/10/2027
☐   Section 7.5: Fission and Fusion
☐   HW 7D
☐   Chapter 7 Test		Due 2/24/2027:
   HW 7D
   Test on Chapter 7
2/17/2027Winter Break 
Week 22
Week of
2/24/2027
☐   Section 8.1: Physical and Chemical Changes
☐   Section 8.2: Chemical Equations
☐   HW 8A
☐   Section 8.3: Covalent Bonds		Due 3/3/2027:
   HW 8A
Week 23
Week of
3/3/2027
☐   Section 8.4: Ionic Bonds
☐   HW 8B
☐   Section 8.5: Organic Compounds
☐   HW 8C
☐   HW 8D
☐   Chapter 8 Test		Due 3/10/2027:
   HW 8B
   HW 8C
   HW 8D
   Chapter 8 Test
Week 24
Week of
3/10/2027
☐   Section 9.1: Early Astronomy
☐   Section 9.2: The Earth, Moon, Sun System
☐   HW 9A
☐   HW 9B
☐   HW 9C		Due 3/17/2027:
   HW 9A
   HW 9B
   HW 9C
Week 25
Week of
3/17/2027
☐   Section 9.3: The Moon
☐   Section 9.4: From the Earth to the Moon
☐   Chapter 9 Test		Due 3/24/2027:
   Test on Chapter 9
Week 26
Week of
3/24/2027
☐   Section 10.1: Historical Look at the Solar System
☐   HW 10A
☐   Section 10.2: The Sun
☐   HW 10B		Due 3/31/2027:
   HW 10A
   HW 10B
Week 27
Week of
3/31/2027
☐   Section 10.3: The Inner Solar System
☐   Section 10.4: The Outer Solar System
☐   HW 10C
☐   Lab 10A: The Scattering of Light
☐   Test on Chapter 10		Due 4/14/2027:
   HW 10C
   Lab 10A
   Chapter 10 Test
4/7/2027Spring Break 
Week 28
Week of
4/14/2027
☐   Section 11.1: The Tools Astronomers Use
☐   HW 11A
☐   Section 11.2: Astronomical Distances
☐   HW 11B		Due 4/21/2027:
   HW 11A
   HW 11B
Week 29
Week of
4/21/2027
☐   Section 11.3: Stars
☐   HW 11C
☐   Section 11.4: Galaxies
☐   HW 11D
☐   Chapter 11 Test		Due 4/28/2027:
   HW 11C
   HW 11D
   Chapter 11 Test
Week 30
Week of
4/28/2027
☐   Review for Semester 2 ExamDue 5/5/2027:
   
Week 31
Week of
5/5/2027
☐   Semester 2 ExamDue 5/12/2027: