Honors Physics

Physics is the study of the motion of objects and energy.  The Honors Physics course at Temecula Preparatory School is a rigorous laboratory-based, college preparatory science course.  It utilizes a combination of laboratories, activities, discussions, technology, lectures, demonstrations and other visual aids to give students a solid background in a broad representation of physics topics.  The topics covered in this course are consistent with the California State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and include:  Motion, Force, Momentum, Energy, Gravity, Circular Motion, Waves, Electricity, Magnetism, Thermodynamics, and Optics.  The course fulfills the physical science requirement for high school graduation and is an A through G laboratory science course recommended for admission to the University of California.

Prerequisites:  Algebra I and Geometry with grades of B- or better.  Prior or concurrent enrollment in Chemistry is highly recommended.

Review the agenda for the week of 5/20/24.

Assignment List

Assignment       Assigned   Due

Optional:  Use Cornell Notes Template 08/14/23 --

Review Syllabus; Contract due Friday 08/14/23 08/18/23

Read pages 4 through 9 08/14/23 08/15/23

Read pages 10 through 17 08/17/23 08/18/23

Read pages 17 through 20 and finish Worksheet 1-1 08/18/23 08/21/23

Review Worksheet 1-1 Key; prepare for quiz; read pages 21 through 25 08/21/23 08/22/23

Finish Worksheet 1-2 08/22/23 08/24/23

Review Worksheet 1-2 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheet 1-2 08/24/23 08/25/23

Write up Galileo Lab (computer-generated graphs are required) 08/24/23 08/31/23

Finish Unit 1 Study Guide 08/25/23 08/28/23

Review Unit 1 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 1 Test 08/28/23 08/29/23

Finish problems 1 through 3 on Worksheet 2-1 08/29/23 08/31/23

Finish Worksheet 2-1; read pages 40 through 51 08/31/23 09/01/23

Review Worksheet 2-1 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheet 2-1 and Graphing Activity 09/05/23 09/08/23

Read pages 51 through 58 and finish Worksheet 2-2 09/07/23 09/08/23

Read pages 60 through 63 09/08/23 09/11/23

Review Worksheet 2-2 Key; finish Worksheet 2-3 09/12/23 09/14/23

Review Worksheet 2-3 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheets 2-2 and 2-3 09/14/23 09/15/23

Finish the Unit 2 Study Guide 09/14/23 09/18/23

Review Unit 2 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 2 Test 09/18/23 09/19/23

Read pages 82 through 85 09/19/23 09/21/23

Read pages 86 through 89 and finish the SOHCAHTOA Worksheet 09/21/23 09/22/23

Read pages 90 through 93 and finish through problem 3 on Worksheet 3-1 09/22/23 09/25/23

Finish Worksheet 3-1 09/25/23 09/26/23

Read pages 95 through 100; review SOHCAHTOA Worksheet Key 09/26/23 09/28/23

Review Worksheet 3-1 Key and prepare for quiz; finish Worksheet 3-2 09/28/23 09/29/23

Review Worksheet 3-2 Key; prepare for quiz on Tuesday 09/29/23 10/03/23

Finish Unit 3 Study Guide 10/03/23 10/05/23

Write up Trajectory Lab (a computer-generated graph is required) 10/05/23 10/13/23

Review Unit 3 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 3 Test 10/06/23 10/09/23

Read pages 120 through 121 10/09/23 10/10/23

Read pages 135 through 143 10/10/23 10/12/23

Read pages 122 through 129 10/19/23 10/20/23

Finish Worksheet 4-1 10/20/23 10/23/23

Read pages 130 through 131 10/23/23 10/24/23

Finish Worksheet 4-2 10/24/23 10/26/23

Review Worksheet 4-1 Key and Worksheet 4-2 Key; prepare for quiz 10/26/23 10/27/23

Read pages 132 through 134 and page 64; finish Worksheet 4-3 10/26/23 10/27/23

Finish Unit 4 Study Guide 10/31/23 11/02/23

Review Unit 4 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 4 Test 11/02/23 11/03/23

Read pages 198 through 204 11/06/23 11/07/23

Read pages 205 through 210 11/07/23 11/09/23

Finish Worksheet 5-1; read pages 160 through 163 11/09/23 11/13/23

Read pages 164 through 168 11/13/23 11/14/23

Read pages 169 through 172 11/14/23 11/16/23

Review Worksheet 5-1 Key and prepare for quiz; finish Worksheet 5-2; read pages 173 through 178 11/16/23 11/17/23

Review Worksheet 5-2 Key; finish problems 1 through 5 on Worksheet 5-4 11/27/23 11/28/23

Review Worksheet 5-3 Key and Worksheet 5-4 problems 1 through 5 Key; prepare for quiz 11/28/23 11/30/23

Read pages 179 through 180 and finish Worksheet 5-4 11/28/23 11/30/23

Read pages 212 through 220 11/30/23 12/01/23

Review Worksheet 5-4 Key; finish Unit 5 Study Guide 12/01/23 12/04/23

Review Unit 5 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 5 Test 12/04/23 12/05/23

Read pages 234 through 239 12/08/23 12/11/23

Finish problems 1 through 4 on Worksheet 6-1 12/12/23 12/14/23

Finish 1st Semester Pretest 12/14/23 12/15/23

Review 1st Semester Pretest Key; prepare for 1st Semester Final Exam 12/15/23 12/19/23

Read pages 240 through 247 and finish Worksheet 6-1 01/11/24 01/12/24

Finish Unit 6 Study Guide 01/12/24 01/16/24

Review Worksheet 6-1 Key and Unit 6 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 6 Test 01/16/24 01/18/24

Read pages 382 through 388 01/19/24 01/22/24

Finish Worksheet 7-1; read pages 389 through 392 01/22/24 01/23/24

Write up Centripetal Force Lab (a graph is required) 01/25/24 02/01/24

Review Worksheet 7-1 Key; read pages 408 through 417 01/26/24 01/29/24

Read pages 430 through 431 01/29/24 01/30/24

Read pages 446 through 450 and finish Worksheet 7-2 01/30/24 02/01/24

Read pages 472 through 474 02/01/24 02/02/24

Review Worksheet 7-2 Key and finish Unit 7 Study Guide 02/05/24 02/06/24

Review Unit 7 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 7 Test 02/06/24 02/08/24

Read pages 558 through 563 02/09/24 02/12/24

Read pages 564 through 569 02/12/24 02/13/24

Finish Worksheet 8-1 02/13/24 02/15/24

Read pages 570 through 579 02/15/24 02/20/24

Review Worksheet 8-1 Key; finish Worksheet 8-2 02/20/24 02/22/24

Review Worksheet 8-2 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheets 8-1 and 8-2 02/22/24 02/23/24

Read pages 608 through 611 02/23/24 02/26/24

Read pages 618 through 623 and finish Worksheet 8-3 02/26/24 02/27/24

Read pages 640 through 645 02/27/24 02/29/24

Read pages 647 through 651 02/29/24 03/01/24

Review Worksheet 8-3 Key, read pages 612 - 617 and 651 - 656, and finish Worksheet 8-4 03/01/24 03/04/24

Review Worksheet 8-4 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheets 8-3 and 8-4 03/04/24 03/05/24

Finish Unit 8 Study Guide 03/05/24 03/07/24

Review Unit 8 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 8 Test 03/07/24 03/08/24

Read pages 678 through 683 03/08/24 03/11/24

Read pages 684 through 686 03/11/24 03/12/24

Absentees:  Watch "The Elegant Universe - Einstein's Dream" and complete the worksheet 03/14/24 03/21/24

Read pages 687 through 690 03/14/24 03/15/24

Read pages 690 through 693 and finish Worksheet 9-1 03/15/24 03/18/24

Read pages 708 through 712 03/19/24 03/21/24

Review Worksheet 9-1 Key and Unit 9 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 9 Test 03/21/24 03/22/24

Read pages 298 through 308 04/08/24 04/09/24

Read pages 313 through 315 and finish Worksheet 10-1 04/09/24 04/11/24

Read pages 309 through 310 and 342 through 345 04/11/24 04/12/24

Read pages 336 through 341 04/12/24 04/15/24

Review Worksheet 10-1 Key; finish Worksheet 10-2 04/15/24 04/16/24

Review Worksheet 10-2 Key and prepare for quiz; read pages 346 though 351 04/16/24 04/18/24

Read pages 352 through 354 and finish problems 1 through 5 of Worksheet 10-3 04/18/24 04/19/24

Read pages 355 through 356 and finish the remainder of Worksheet 10-3 04/19/24 04/22/24

Read page 348 04/22/24 04/23/24

Finish Unit 10 Study Guide 04/23/24 04/25/24

Review Worksheet 10-3 Key and Unit 10 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 10 Test 04/25/24 04/26/24

Read pages 446 through 454 04/29/24 04/30/24

Read pages 455 through 456 and 459 through 460 05/02/24 05/03/24

Read page 463 and finish Worksheet 11-1 05/03/24 05/06/24

Read pages 488 through 493 05/07/24 05/09/24

Read pages 506 through 509 05/09/24 05/10/24

Review Worksheet 11-1 Key; finish Worksheet 11-2 05/10/24 05/13/24

Read pages 494 through 498 05/13/24 05/14/24

Review Worksheet 11-2 Key; read pages 509-11; finish Worksheet 11-3 and Unit 11 Study Guide 05/16/24 05/17/24

Review Worksheet 11-3 Key and Unit 11 Study Guide Key; prepare for Unit 11 Test 05/17/24 05/20/24

Absentees:  Watch "What is Space?" through 17:40 and fill in corresponding worksheet questions 05/17/24 05/23/24

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton (1676)