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                                     Physics Outline: 

Unit 1    

 

Review Week: Sig Figs, Accuracy Precision, Equation Solving, Rounding, Scientific Notation, and Scales. 

Construct/Interpret graphs; calculate displacement, velocity and acceleration in 1-Dimension. 

Scalar vs. Vector; Calculate displacement, velocity and acceleration in 2-Dimensions. 

Forces; Calculate net external force, acceleration and mass of an object; Newton’s Laws. 

Finish Newton’s Laws; calculate tangential

Velocity, centripetal acceleration and force that

maintains circular motion.

Unit 2

Static vs. Current Electricity; Calculate electric force, current, potential difference and resistance. 

 

Series vs. Parallel Circuits; Complex circuits; calculate current, potential difference and resistance.

Fundamental forces, magnetic field lines; Calculate work, KE, and PE. 

Semester Exam Review

 

Unit 3

Conservation of Mechanical Energy, Momentum, Impulse

Momentum Theorem

 

Elastic vs. Inelastic collisions, Temperature, Specific Heat,

                                 Conduction, Convection, Radiation.

                                                                                    Unit 4

Mechanical Waves – Sound waves

 

Reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, resonance, Doppler Effect, Thin Lens equation

 

Duality of Light, Photoelectric Effect

                 

                                  Work on Group Presentations

 

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Chemistry Outline:

Unit 1: Lab safety

Unit 2: Measurement and calculations

Unit 3: Matter and states of matter

Unit 4: Atoms and the  periodic table

Unit 5: Chemical bonding

Unit 6: Chemical formulas and compounds

Unit 7: Chemical Equations and reactions

Unit 8: Stoichiometry

Unit 9: Gases

Unit 10: Solutions

Unit 11: Acids and Bases

Unit 12: Reaction energy and kinetics

Unit 13: Nuclear Chemistry

Unit 14: Electrochemistry

Unit 15: Organic and biological chemistry