LEVEL I: 9th grade
Math skills for Sciences:
order of magnitude, powers of 10,
scientific notation, finding areas and volumes, ratios and
proportions, metric system,
conversions, using the TI
density, forces, gravity, pressure
Math connection:
Math for sciences
you need: PRE-ALGEBRA
GEOMETRY (easy)
interdisciplinary connections:
AStronomy and Cosmology
(distances in the Universe,
Cosmology, general relativity, black holes) Chemistry (matter,moles and Avogadro, density), Biology (very small, ratio mass vs surface area) Earth SCiences
(geology, pressure and atmosphere)
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LEVEL II: 10th grade
Using graphing skills in Sciences
to derive relationships, inertia and introduction to Newton's 2nd law :
friction, hookes law and Coulombs law,
work,energy and power,
conservation of energy , kinematics 1D
Math connection:
Linear, direct and inverse relationships,
using TI to find Best fit line/curve,
solving equations
you need: ALGEBRA I
interdisciplinary connections:
chemistry (matter), Environment / energy
History (Emilie du Chatelet and the
enlightment age, Voltaire, Lavoisier and
the FRench revolution. Lavoisier:
" Rien ne se perd, rien ne se cree , tout se conserve" He DID lose his head though !
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LEVEL III: 11th grade
Vectors in 2D
Newton in 2D , motion in heaven, angular momentum, optics, history
Math connection:
TRigonometry, vectors, polar graph, parabola, circular motion
you need: GEOMETRY
( including element of TRIGO
interdisciplinary connections:
Astronomy (Kepler's law
and universal gravitational law )
Technology ( satellites and optics)
History (Jordano Bruno, Copernicus, Galileo and The Roman catholic church ,
Kepler and the 30years war , Newton, and the black plague, Faraday and Humphrey DAvis, Maxwell and a step to unification of Physics laws )
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LEVEL IV : 12th / 13th
waves, fields, oscillators, light
modern Physics
Math connection:
periodic functions, derivative,
differential equation,
vector fields
you need : Pre- CALCULUS
interdisciplinary connections:
Seismology (Earthquake location) , History (cold war and nuclear tests, Roswell, Radar),
Medical field ( cat scan, pet scan, X-rays, and more ), Music,
Astronomy (infra red , xrays ..
telescopes, stars as nuclear furnace, magnetic field of Earth and Sun ... ), technology (electromagnetic devices, particles accelerator )
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Math skills I : scientific notation, metric system, SI units, measurements
(surface areas, volume) conversions
distance in the universe,
weight vs surface area
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Math skills I
graphing
Math skills II;
how to use the TI, best fit line
graph papers
(take 5 lines per page)
redshift lab optional
better version soon available
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MAth skills
vectors in 2D, trigo | in construction
wave1 (intro: properties)
wave2 (intro : overview)
wave3 (application = sound)
sound channels
electric field
magnetic field and electromagnetism
work revisited: work as a dot product:
work in an uniform field, kinetic energy. potential energy
kinematics 2D revisited:
motion 2D in an uniform field
(electric , gravitational or magnetic)
oscillators : introduction
mechanic oscillators , electric oscillator
(RC circuit, induction and RL circuit, RLC circuit)
nuclear Physics and radioactivity
introduction to relativity
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Math skills II : RATIOS, conversions
(Math skills III extra credits ! )
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Vectors -
scalar vs vector, how to add 1D vectors.
(optional)
solving for magnitude, angle
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Statics
equilibrium in 2D - lab: table force |
density
(application of ratios)
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Newton's 1st law : Introduction to Newtons'
3 laws - Inertia - concepts
forces, frictional FORCES (+ air resistance)
concept of forces revisited, now force
is what causes acceleration.
Hooke's law application linear relationship
(optional)
coulomb's law application linear relationship
(optional)
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Dynamics
Newton's 2nd law in 2D - lab
friction and F = u N
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forces, example of forces,
introduction to Newton's law
forces are vectors: drawing vectors
weight, gravity and beyond:
Einstein 's general relativity
weightless, living without gravity
( fun lab= parachute
build your own stars
build your own universe
fun lab= expanding universe )
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Newton's 2nd law : F = m a or
F t = m (V2 -V1) and applications.
problems with an elevator.
Torques (LAB)
(optional)
Newton's third law - action/reaction
conservation of momentum
collision
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Projectile motion
lab free-fall and projectile |
pressure1
(force per unit area)
Pascal's principle, hydraulic jack
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pressure2: pressure in a fluid
(hydrostatic pressure, diving)
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WORK, POWER, ENERGY
conservation of energy, different units.
review quiz |
Torques in 2D: Lab only |
pressure3: buoyant force
pressure4: atmospheric pressure / air
Bernouilli's principle (optional)
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Kinematics 1 -
applying graphing skills to derive
kinematics; equations. relationships between
displacement, velocity and acceleration.
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Circular motion in 2D
lab centripetal force |
Electrostatic static electricity
fun demonstrations. - connection matter
(can be done in 9th or 10th grade
depending on students level
conceptual Physics)
| Kinematics 2 - more on acceleration and
graphing motion. deriving the equations of motion also called the " big five" .
How to use them.
| Keplers' Laws : only lab.
polar graph paper
parameters: use: 50, 36, 365 |
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Kinematics 3 - Using the equations of motion
to study :Free-Fall
solving quadratic equations for extra credits
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Universal Gravitation /motion in heaven (Kepler revisited)
satellite application |
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if time: (in construction)
ELECTRICITY: ( energy point of view)
cicuit1 = introduction, simple circuits,
voltage, current, homs law
circuit2 = electric power, electric energy
circuit 3 = series and in parallel circtuis |
angular inertia, angular momentum
Harmonic motion:
pendulum lab (only lab)
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old stuff: simple machines ?
introduction energy
(should be done in middle school) |
lab build battery = connection chemistry |
EM spectrum, Snell's law, reflection, refraction, lenses
optic1, optic1b optic2, optic3 |
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labs optics:
lab reflection
lab refration lab lens |
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GIANTS (history)
with the PBS video: (Novae)
Einstein big idea
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