Physical Science Syllabus
Online, 2022-2023
Mr. Owens
Week What to do this week Assignments
Week 1
☐   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
   HW 1A
   HW 1B
   HW 1C
Week 2
☐   Section 1.4: Graphing Motion
☐   HW 1D
☐   Section 1.5: Motion at Various Speeds
☐   Section 1.6: Converting Units of Speed
☐   HW 1E
   HW 1D
   HW 1E
Week 3
☐   Section 1.7: Vectors
☐   Section 1.8: Acceleration
☐   HW 1F
☐   Supplemental Reading 1A
☐   Lab 1A: Measurement and Graphing
☐   Chapter 1 Test
   HW 1F
   Lab 1A
   Test on Chapter 1
Week 4
☐   Chapter 2
☐   Section 2.1: Force
☐   Section 2.2: Mass and Inertia
☐   Section 2.3: Newton`s 2nd Law
☐   HW 2A
☐   HW 2B
   HW 2A
   HW 2B
Week 5
☐   Section 2.4: Motion and Force in Two Dimensions
☐   HW 2C
☐   Section 2.5: Friction
☐   HW 2D
   HW 2C
   HW 2D
Week 6
☐   Section 2.6: Gravity
☐   Section 2.7: Newton s 3rd Law
☐   Lab 2A: Video Demonstration
☐   Chapter 2 Test
   Lab 2A
   Test on Chapter 2
Week 7
☐   Section 3.1: Pressure
☐   HW 3A
☐   Section 3.2: Fluids
   HW 3A
Week 8
☐   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
   HW 3B
   Lab 3A
   Lab 3B
Week 9
☐   Section 3.5: Bernoulli s Principle
☐   Lab 3C: Bernoulii s Principle
☐   HW 3C
☐   Supplemental Reading 3A
☐   Chapter 3 Test
   HW 3C
   Lab 3C
   Test on Chapter 3
Week 10
☐   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
   HW 4A
   HW 4B
Week 11
☐   Section 4.5: Pulleys
☐   HW 4C
☐   Section 4.6: Gears
   HW 4C
Week 12
☐   Section 4.7: Work and Efficiency
☐   HW 4D
☐   Section 4.8: Simple Machines in the Human Body
☐   Chapter 4 Test
   HW 4D
   Test on Chapter 4
Week 13
☐   Section 5.1: Temperature
☐   Section 5.2: Heat
☐   HW 5A
☐   Section 5.3: The Equation for Heat Transfer
☐   HW 5B
   HW 5A
   HW 5B
Week 14
☐   Section 5.4: Thermal Expansion
☐   Section 5.5: Transfer by Conduction, Convection, Radiation
☐   Section 5.6 Change of Phase
☐   HW 5C
   HW 5C
Week 15
☐   Section 5.7: Phase Changes in Water
☐   HW 5D
☐   HW 5E
☐   Chapter 5 Test
   HW 5D
   HW 5E
   Test on Chapter 5
Week 16
☐   Review for Semester 1 Exam
Week 17
☐   Semester 1 Exam
Week 18
☐   Section 6.1: Electric Charge
☐   Section 6.2: Electric Current
☐   HW 6A
☐   Section 6.3: Voltage
   HW 6A
Week 19
☐   Section 6.4: Ohm s Law
☐   HW 6B
☐   Section 6.5: Series and Parallel Circuits
☐   Section 6.6: Magnets
   HW 6B
Week 20
☐   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
   HW 6C
   Lab 6A
   Lab 6B
   Test on Chapter 6
Week 21
☐   Section 7.1: The Elements
☐   Section 7.2 : Isotopes
☐   HW 7A
☐   Section 7.3: The Nature of Light; Scientific Revolution
☐   HW 7B
   HW 7A
   HW 7B
Week 22
☐   Section 7.4: Radioactivity
☐   HW 7C
☐   Section 7.5: Fission and Fusion
☐   HW 7D
☐   Chapter 7 Test
   HW 7C
   HW 7D
   Test on Chapter 7
Week 23
☐   Section 8.1: Physical and Chemical Changes
☐   Section 8.2: Chemical Equations
☐   HW 8A
☐   Section 8.3: Covalent Bonds
   HW 8A
Week 24
☐   Section 8.4: Ionic Bonds
☐   HW 8B
☐   Section 8.5: Organic Compounds
☐   HW 8C
☐   HW 8D
☐   Chapter 8 Test
   HW 8B
   HW 8C
   HW 8D
   Chapter 8 Test
Week 25
☐   Section 9.1: Early Astronomy
☐   Section 9.2: The Earth, Moon, Sun System
☐   HW 9A
☐   HW 9B
☐   HW 9C
   HW 9A
   HW 9B
   HW 9C
Week 26
☐   Section 9.3: The Moon
☐   Section 9.4: From the Earth to the Moon
☐   Chapter 9 Test
   Test on Chapter 9
Week 27
☐   Section 10.1: Historical Look at the Solar System
☐   HW 10A
☐   Section 10.2: The Sun
☐   HW 10B
   HW 10A
   HW 10B
Week 28
☐   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
   HW 10C
   Lab 10A
   Chapter 10 Test
Week 29
☐   Section 11.1: The Tools Astronomers Use
☐   HW 11A
☐   Section 11.2: Astronomical Distances
☐   HW 11B
   HW 11A
   HW 11B
Week 30
☐   Section 11.3: Stars
☐   HW 11C
☐   Section 11.4: Galaxies
☐   HW 11D
☐   Chapter 11 Test
   HW 11C
   HW 11D
   Chapter 11 Test
Week 31
☐   Review for Semester 2 Exam   
Week 32
☐   Semester 2 Exam   
Week 33