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