PHYSICS
8/27/12 - Introductions, Syllabus discussion, safety rules; HW: study for safety test on Tuesday
8/28/12 - Review Safety equipment, Safety Test from Flinn Scienctific web site. Begin Ch 1 / Math Review Powerpoint. HW: Math problems
8/29/12 Finish Math Review Notes: Class work on Math homework.
8/30/12 Go over math homework in class. HW: Conversions worksheet
8/31/12 Finish going over math homework. Lab: Measurement #1 Fingertips vs height comparison.
9/3/12 Labor Day holiday
9/4/12 Review math and take quiz. Lab: Circular measurement
9/5/12 Test Unit 1. Chapter 1 in text & notes and math together.
9/6/12 Paper Tower Lab - STEM Lab
9/7/12 Graphing lab exercise
9/10/12 Motion and Kinematics Notes.
9/11/12 Motion Notes / go over Unit 1 test/ Homework: Speed Experiments WS
9/12/23 Go over homework / Kinematics equations / notes
9/13/12 Motion Lab: Racing Cars down the Incline.
9/14/12 Post lab discussion on accuracy / precision of data. Go over formal Lab Report format. Lab report due in 1 week.
9/17/12 Graphing speed and acceleration worksheet discussion. Notes on Kinematic equations. Practice on equations and problems worksheet.
9/18/12 Go over homework sheets. Kinematics back and Choose the equation to use sheet. Keep both to study. Homework: Calculating speed worksheet.... show all work.
9/19/12 go over the Calculating speed worksheet. Start the graphing the motion worksheets (2) and finish as homework.
9/20/12 Go over the graphing motion worksheets. Vertical Motion Notes; practice problems and graphs.
9/21/12 Go over vertical motion notes in "Motion" power point from download page. Aerodynamic Drag activity with students experiencing horizontal running white towing a parachute outside. HW: Gravity problems.
9/24/12 Go over homework problems and quiz on horizontal motion. HW: graphing trends WS
9/25/12 Go over graphing trends ws. Go over vertical motion notes. Give out last Kinematics problem set and work on in class.
9/26/12 Go over HW problems, quiz and hand out all papers.
9/27/12 Test Chapter 2 in text : 1 Dimensional Kinematics.
9/28/12 Projectile motion Lab with marble launchers
10/1/12 Chapter 3 notes. Go over 1-D motion free response test.
10/2/12 Go over 1-D Motion multiple choice part of last test. Chapter 3 notes on vectirs and projectile motion; 10/3/12: Notes on Vectors and projectile motion. HW: Read Ch 3. Do Physics text book problems on page 87 #1,3 ; page 91 #1,3; page 94 #1,3,5; page 97 #1,2,4;
10/4/12: Notes on Ch 3. Go over compass vs. cartesian coordinate systems. Work through homework problems on pages 87-97.
10/5/12: Rocket / Trig Laboratory.
10/8/12 Staff development day.
10/9/12 Finish notes on chapter 3. Go over problems on page 94 & 97. Homework: Half Projectile worksheet.
10/10/12 Go over Half Projectile worksheet. Vector addition problems:
10/11/12: Go over vector practice problems. Finish Ch 3 notes - Power point
10/12/12: Vector Treasure Hunt Lab. go over HW problems from class
10/15/12: Projectile problems practice in class working in pairs.
10/16/12 Quiz Ch 3 #1 . Lab: How Fast can you throw a ball ?
10/17/12 PSAT and ASFAB testing. Go over quiz ch 3. Project: Dead Physicist History Project.
10/18/12 Review Sheets on projectiles. Quiz Chapter 3 #2.
10/19/12 Go over review sheets on projectiles. Quiz on projectiles
10/22/12 Review / Quiz for Chapter 3 test Begin Project on History of Physics
10/23/12 Test Chapter 3.
10/24/12 Pick physicist for the project and go to the computer lab for research.
10/25/12 Go over Ch 3 test. Begin Forces Unit Notes.
10/26/12 Continue with notes on forces. HW: Force problems worksheet #1
10/29/12 Continue notes on Ch 3 and cover free body diagrams and vector forces. HW; continue the homework problems.
10/30/12 Newtons' laws station lab. 6 stations where the students test Newton's laws individuallly.
10/31/12 Go over homework problems and do the vectors worksheet.
11/1/12 Dead Physicists project is due today. (Test Grade!) Present the tombstones and discuss the history of physics.
11/2/12 Force homework problems #1; go over and hand in. HW: Net Force HW #2 worksheet.
11/5/12 Go over net forces problems worksheet. Quiz and review
11/6/12 Newton's Laws Test
11/7/12 Go over test, give back papers, practice frictional problems and wagon forces notes from power point.
11/8/12 Acceleration skateboard lab. Notes on inclined planes and Atwood machines.
11/9/12 Notes on inclined planes. HW; Force problems on inclined planes.
11/12/12 Friction Lab. Study for Vocab quiz on Newton's laws of motion and forces.
11/13/12 Vocab Quiz. Go over HW probs #3. Atwood Machine notes. Get problem set #4 for homework
11/14/12 Review force problem types. Group work on practice problems as time allows.
11/15/12 Finish group work and review problems.
11/16/12 Test on Forces in level objects, inclined planes, atwood machines.
11/19-23/12 Thanksgiving Week off
11/26/12 Hooks Law of Elasticity Lab for springs
11/27/12 Issac Newton Biography Film ( AP History field trip day ) No makeup necessary
11/28/12 Notes on Gravity / Newton / inverse distance squared law. ( Notes are in the download files page) Short film on Newtons development of gravity from the Nova Elegant Universe film. HW: Gravity problems & Planetary Weight WS
11/29/12 Go over HW problems. Cavendish experiment film on the Universal Gravitational Constant experiment.
11/30/12 Notes on Circular Motion and centripetal force. HW: Circular problems.
12/3/12 Circular Motion Lab
12/4/12 Finish circular motion lab
12/5/12 Post lab circular motion and hand in. Notes and demo on Torque with rotational inertia .
12/6/12 Go over circular motion homework problems. . HW: torque problems.
12/7/12 Go over torque problems. Momentum notes. Quiz Monday over springs, gravity and circular motion.
12/10/12 Momentum notes/ film on physics of car crashes.
12/11/12 Finish notes on momentum / impulse. Quiz on gravity, circular, springs. HW: momentum problems.
12/12/12 Go over HW problems. Pre lab for Thursday
12/13/12 Momentum Lab / review
12/14/12 Test on Momentum
12/17/12 Review for Finals
12/18/12 Review for Finals
12/19-21/12 Final Exams
1/7/13 Teacher workday
1/8/13 Semester plans; Lecture notes on Energy, Work and Power
1/9/13 Finish notes; HW Problems handout
1/10/13 Power Stairs Lab
1/11/13 Check HW problems. KE /Work / Power Mixed problems worksheet. Mechanical advantage worksheet. Study for a formula quiz next week.
1/14/13 PE --> KE energy conversion lab
1/15/13 Check KE /Work / Power Mixed problems worksheet. formula quiz
1/16/13 Spring Cart Work / Energy / Momentum Lab.
1/17/13 Energy, Work, Power Review problems set in class. Benchmark Quiz tomorrow. Test Energy, Work, Power next Wednesday 1/23/13. Announce Egg Drop Project. Drop on 1/24/13 and report due on 1/31/13.
1/18/13 Energy, Work, Power Benchmark Quiz
1/21/13 Holiday
1/22/13 Review for test. Turn in Review Problems.
1/23/13 Energy, Work, Power Test
1/24/13 Egg Drop Project. Today is the drop activity to see if the egg breaks. The report is due in 1 week. The format of the report is as per the formal report guidelines previously published on the website.
1/25/13 Post egg drop lab data processing
1/28/13 TAKS Benchmark Pretesting to see where students need help before the exit level test.
1/29/13 TAKS Benchmark.
1/30/13 Introduce new unit: Thermal Energy Note. Go over last test
1/31/13 Continue notes + Heat and Latent Heat Worksheets
2/1/13 Finish notes, demos, Go over Heat / Latent heat worksheets and fill in notes.
2/4/13 Go over Heat , Latent Heat and Thermo calculations homework sheets.
2/5/13 Finish homework review. Quiz on Thermodynamics
2.6.13 Half Day School. Review for test tomorrow on Thermodynamics
2/7/13 Test Thermodynamics
2/8/13 Electrostatics Notes + Java demo of charges.
2/11/13 Continue Electrostatic notes. HW page 1
2/12/13 Finish notes on charges. Go over Thermodynamics test. Grade progress reports. Hand back all papers.
2/13/13 Check HW 1 and Electric Fields worksheets. give out HW 2
2/14/13 Electrostatics lab
2/15/13 Faraday cage video (electric fields) - Mythbusters. Notes on electric fields. Give out HW #2. ( download from web site)
2/18/13 President's day holiday for students..... teacher inservice.
2/19/13 Go over Electric field diagram ws and the HW #2 from the electrostatics / electric field worksheets. HW: READ Ch 17 in textbook.
2/20/13 Quiz over electrostatics and electric fields.
2/21/13 Test over Ch 17 Electrostatics and electric fields.
2/22/13 Lecture notes over Electrical potential energy and voltage / capacitance. Read Ch 18 in Text.
2/25/13 Notes on Electrical potential energy and voltage / capacitance. Work problems on HW #3 worksheet
2/26/13 Continue notes on Voltage and capactance. Work practice problems in the power point. Go over HW #3 problems. HW: Read Ch 18 on capacitors.
2/27/13 Go over last test. Cloze sheet on electrostatics. Continue discussion on capacitors.
2/28/13 Go over cloze sheet, Work 1Farad capacitor problem on power point and follow with demo of actual capacitor. PhyzSpringBoard Capacitance notes. HW: Text page 681 problems 1 - 3.
3/1/13 Electric Field Lab with ploting fields on electricially conductive paper.
3/4/13 TAKS English Language Exam
3/5/13 Review for Quiz and test with power point review download from the web site.
3/6/13 Quiz on Electrostatics, Voltage and Capacitance.
3/7/13 Test on Chapter 18 Electrostatics, Electric Fields, Voltage and Capacitance
3/8/13 Video Documentary from You Tube on Nicoli Tesla 's work in electricity. Write a page of notes / observations. Video link on my "Links" tab for first part of 4. Find other 4 parts by searching You Tube.
3/11 - 15 Spring Break
3/18/13 Start Circuits Notes
3/19/13 Circuits Lab
3/20/13 circuit lab continue.
3/21/13 Notes on current, resistance and power in circuits. Include Series, Parallel circuits: HW: Textbook problems page 703, 707 and 710. Do all problems.
3/22/13 Go over homework problems. Work through complex circuit examples. Homework: Textbook problems page 739, 744, 748. Do all problems. Keys on website download tab.
3/25/13 Go through homework and answer questions
3/26/13 Parallel and Complex circuit worksheet work in class. Key on website.
3/27/13 Review and Quiz Ch 19 & 20
3/28/13 Test Ch 19 & 20
3/29/13 Fowl weather day holiday.
4/1/13 Start unit on simple harmonic motion. Pendulum Lab
4/2/13 Notes on Simple Harmonic Motion. Hand outs and practice problems.
4/3/13 Sound notes & demos. Go over homework.... also on download tab for self checking.
4/4/13 Wave / simple harmonic motion spring lab
4/5/13 Check HW Wave/SHM problems #1 worksheet. Independent work on SHM and Wave practice worksheets.
4/8/13 Finish notes on Sound. Compute sound harmonics and wave speed problems worksheet.
4/9/13 Lab: Speed of Sound using tuning forks and closed tube resonators. Worksheet: Sound Problems
4/10/13 Lab: Standing Waves Lab with CPO stand. Go over Sound Problems HW
4/11/13 Review & Quiz SHM / Sound
4/12/13 Test SHM / Sound
4/15/13 TAKS Review objective #1 Notes and worksheets (available on download tab on this web page)...Scientific Methods, Safety, Equipment, Analysis notes and worksheets
4/16/13 TAKS Review objective #2 ... Notes and worksheets (available on download tab on this web page)... Biology
4/17/13 TAKS Review objective #2 ... Notes and worksheets (available on download tab on this web page)... Ecology
4/18/13 TAKS Review objective #2 ... Notes and worksheets (available on download tab on this web page)... Chemistry
4/19/13 TAKS Review objective #2 ... Notes and worksheets (available on download tab on this web page)... Physics
4/22/13 - 4/25/13 TAKS TESTING
4/23/13 Einstein Film E = mc2
4/29/13 Notes on Light; HW: Questions, Colors, Light facts sheet
4/30/13 Notes on Mirrors; go over homework questions.
5/1/13 Spectroscopy: Lab on plain mirrors.
5/2/13 Notes on Ray diagrams for concave and convex mirrors. HW: 4 sheets: from download packet.
5/3/13 Go over ray diagrams homework and go over refraction and start lenses.
5/6 - 5/9 STARS testing. We will meet class twice for each period during this time. We will go over notes and worksheets on light properties and optics that you can download from the web page. Also read the book for chapters 14 & 15. I will be posting them on the download section of the web page.
5/10/13 Wrap up notes and worksheets practice
5/13/13 Practice Math Matrix problems for lenses ( on download menu )
5/14/13 Lab on optics bench.
5/15/13 : AP History day: study hall
5/16/13: Quiz on light and optics. Get handout on Water Rocket Project
5/17/13: Go over Quiz and review for test
5/20/13 Test on Light, Optics. Hand in all worksheets.
5/21/13 Begin Water Rocket Project. This will be the final project grade for the 6 weeks.
FORENSICS
8/27/12 - Introductions, Syllabus discussion, safety rules; HW: study for safety test on Tuesday
8/28/12 - Review Safety equipment, Safety Test from Flinn Scienctific web site. Begin Chapter 1 notes
8/29/12 - Continue Chapter 1 Notes.
8/30/12 - Chapter 1 study guide
8/31/12 - CSI Video Day - Complete the viewer's evaluation worksheet.
9/3/12 Labor day holiday
9/4/12 Unit 1 notes on the history and development of forensic science
9/5/12 Quiz Chapter 1
9/6/12 Begin Project on the 15 greatest developments of forensic science. Project requirements and document can be found on the download tab page. Due Monday 9/17
9/7/12 Continue Project in the computer lab
9/10/12 Continue project in computer lab
9/11/12 Eyewitness Basics : Notes / Activity
9/12/12 Sherlock Holmes Video
9/13/12 Who Done It Acitivity
9/14/12 CSI Video Analysis
9/17/12 Test on Unit 1
9/18/12 Forenics History Project presentations; Start Unit 2 notes on Crime Scene analysis
9/19/12 Deductive reasoning exercise: the Wife Sweater Puzzle. Notes on Crime scene investigation.
9/20/12 First Crime scene investigation with a fake corpse in the classroom. Students filled out official police forms on a murder case.
9/21/12 CSI video analysis
9/24/12 Finish Ch 2 notes on crime scene investigation. Start Project presentations.
9/25/12 Project presentations.
9/26/12 Project presentations
9/27/12 Project presentations
9/28/12 CSI video analysis
10/1/12 Read Ch 2 in the book and do the study guide.
10/2/12 Computer Lab: Crime Scene study with Rice University.
10/3/12 Quiz Ch 2. Finish study guide from Chapter 2.
10/4/12 Test Ch 2 on Crime Scene
10/5/12 CSI video analysis
10/8/12 Staff Development Day
10/9/12 Start Chapter 3 notes on Evidence types and analysis.
10/10/12 Go through Class vs. Individual Physical Evidence examples.
10/11/12 Computer lab: Rice University Forensics Case #2
10/12/12 CSI video analysis
10/15/12 Class / Individual Physical Evidence Lab.
10/16/12 Tire Impressions Lab
10/17/12 Begin Plaster Cast Lab by finding and making impressions
10/18/12 chapter 3 Study guide. Tire Impression Lab summary paperwork.
10/19/12 CSI Video Analysis
10/22/12 Start Plaster Cast of impressions lab
10/23/12 Finish plaster cast lab.
10/24/12 Notes on Forensic Databases.
10/25/12 Quiz Ch 3 . NCIS
10/26/12 CSI video analysis.
10/29/12 Test Chapter 3.
10/30/12 chapter 4 notes on chemistry review and beginning of glass notes.
10/31/12 Finish notes on glass - Ch 4.
11/1/12 Read ch 4 and write the vocabulary words.
11/2/12 CSI video analysis.
11/5/12 Glass Problem Based Learning lab starting. Research goal is to investigate the differences in tempered and regular plain window glass and what could be expected to be seen in a forensics situation with glass fractures, rements and physical properties.
11/6/12 Continue PBL on glass
11/7/12 Continue PBL
11/8/12 Finish PBL
11/9/12 CSI video analysis
11/12/12 Crime scene analysis. Complete police investigation forms and evidence logs. Chapter 4 quiz
11/13/12 Chapter 4 review questions.
11/14/12 Chapter 4 Test. Start Notes on Chapter 5
11/15/12 Chapter 5 Notes on Drugs
11/16/12 CSI Video Analysis
Thanksgiving week off.
11/26/12 Notes on Ch 5 Drugs classes, examples.
11/27/12 Film on Alcohol abuse and legal implications. Continue notes on Ch 5.
11/28/12 Start Intenet research project on drugs. Objective: Choose a drug and investigate the drug nature, administration, effects, legal implications, impact upon society.
11/29/12 Guest Speaker: Drug Recognition Expert from Grapevine Police Dept will examine drugs from a legal viewpoint and explain how suspects are evaluated for drug use by police.
11/30/12 Finish Internet research project. Students will make a power point project on the drug they chose and present the findings to the class. Due in 1 week and is a test grade.
12/3/12 Finish notes on Ch 5 Drugs
12/4/12 Chromotography Lab
12/5/12 Present research projects
12/6/12 Present research projects
12/7/12 CSI video analysis
12/10/12 Present research projects
12/11/12 Finish presenting research projects
12/12/12 Vocab and Study Guide on Ch 5
12/13/12 Finish Study Guide / Quiz Ch 5
12/14/12 Test Chapter 5
12/17/12 Review for Finals
12/18/12 Review for Finals
12/19-21/12 Final Exams
1/7/13 Teacher workday
1/8/13 Semester plans; Lecture notes on Forensic Toxicology
1/9/13 Notes continue
1/10/13 Read Ch 6 and complete study guide
1/11/13 CSI Video analysis
1/14/13 Toxicology WebQuest activity
1/15/13 Class cancelled
1/16/13 Toxicology WebQuest finished. Toxicology vocabulary quiz.
1/17/13 CSI analylsis
1/18/13 Toxicology Unit Test
1/21/13 Holiday
1/22/13 Introduce Fingerprints Unit
1/23/13 Lab: Students will make their own fingerprints and classify the shapes they have.
1/24/13 Continue notes on Fingerprint unit. Minute details of the ridgeology will be discussed. Students will then examine their own fingerprints and find bifercations, terminations, islands, deltas and other details and note them.
1/25/13 CSI video analysis
1/28/13 Notes and lab on latent fingerprints.
1/29/13 Latent fingerprint lab in class
1/30/13 Latent fingerprint lab out in school
1/31/13 Study Guide on Fingerprint chapter.
2/1/2013 CSI video analysis
2/4/13 Statistical analysis of the class fingerprints into percentages of loops, whorls and arches. Turn in the My Prints fingerprint lab. Also turn in the Science of Ridges worksheet. Vocab words definitions written out today.
2/5/13 Fingerprint Vocab Quiz, Work on mystery fingerprints, Who done it activity.
2/6/13 Half day - staff training. Review for test
2/7/13 Test on fingerprinting.
2/8/13 CSI video analysis
2/11/13 Sherlock Holmes history movie.
2/12/13 Finish Sherlock Holmes history movie. students will write up a forensics eval of what evidence they see.
2/13/13 Sherlock Holmes video
2/14/13 Crime Scene analysis lab with fingerprints.
2/15/13 CSI video analysis
2/18/13 President's Day Holiday for students.... teacher inservice training.
2/19/13 Start notes on Hair and fiber analysis.
2/20/13 Continue notes on hair and fiber analysis
2/21/13 Hair / Fiber video
2/22/13 Reading strategy activity. Chunk reading / pair - share
2/25/13 Start lab on hair and fiber analysis.
2/26/13 Continue lab on hair analysis with different species and different body location hairs.
2/27/13 Notes on fiber analysis and begin lab with standards and burning
2/28/13 Continue lab on hair and fiber analysis
3/1/13 Finish lab on hair and fiber analysis
3/4/13 Post lab discussion and observations. TAKS English Test
3/5/13 Hand In Lab. Review for Test on Hair and Fiber Evidence with Ch 11 Review Pages 439 - 443 in text. Note figure 11-2
3/6/13 Quiz on Ch 11 Hair and Fibers. Review for Test
3/7/13 Test on chapter 11 on Hair and Fibers
3/8/13 CSI Analysis
3/11 - 15 Spring Break
3/18/13 Start notes on Ballistics
3/19/13 Continue notes on Ballistics
3/20/13 : Discovery video on weapons/ ballistics analysis. Links in Powerpoint on slide 3
3/21/13: Continue notes on ballistics
3/22/13 CSI video analysis
3/25/13 Ballistic lab
3/26/13 Ballistic chapter study guide and read chapter 16
3/27/13 Quiz Ballistics
3/28/13 Test over Ballistics
3/29/13 Fowl weather day holiday.
4/1/13 Start unit on blood and DNA analysis ( Chapters 8, 9 & 10)
4/2/13 Notes on Serology and Genetics for DNA
4/3/13 Notes on Serology and Genetics for DNA
4/4/13 Sherlock Holmes video
4/5/13 Think, pair, share observations on Sherlock Holmes
4/8/13 Finish notes on Serology and Genetics
4/9/13 Study guide on Serology; and read Chapter 8 in text during class.
4/10/13 Video on Green River Killer with Cloze notes.
4/11/13 Review and Quiz on Ch 8.
4/12/13 CSI Video Analysis
4/15/13 Notes on DNA use in Forensics. Chapter 9.
4/16/13 Test on Chapter 8
4/17/13 Lab on blood typing ( with fake blood )
4/18/13 Notes on DNA use in Forensics
4/19/13 CSI Analysis
4/22/13 Notes and video on DNA analysis
4/23/13 - 4/25 TAKS Testing
4/26/13 CSI video analysis
4/29/13 Serial Killer video on Ted Bundy
4/30/13 Study guide on DNA in text
5/1/13 Test Ch 8 on Serology and Blood Typing
5/2/13 Finish notes on Chapter 9 DNA and do vocab words.
5/3/13 CSI analysis
5/6 -5/10 STARS Testing. Seniors will not be on campus until 1 pm. Computer lab research on serial killers. Read on internet and pick one that has committed multiple murders and make 25 questions / answers facts about them. Find a video if available.
5/13/13 DNA chapter 9 notes
5/14/13: Serial Killers video series: Jeffrey Dalmer
5//15/13 Chapter 9 Study Guide on DNA in forensic science
5/16/13 Finish Chapter 9 Study guide
5/17/13: CSI analysis
