Honors Physics Assignments
4th Quarter, 2010
Lesson 1 Introduction to the Electric Current, The Electric Battery, electrodes, ampere,
resistance, Ohm's Law, voltage drop.
Class 1,5,6 Mon 4/12
Class 4 Tue 4/13
homework for that evening: Read pp. 493-500. Do Ch 18 #1-11. [Assignment #1]
Lesson 2 Electric current continues, resistivity, power, watts.
Class 5 Tue 4/13
Class 1, 4,6 Wed 4/14
homework for that evening: Do Ch 18 #12,13,15,26,27,29,30, and 31. [Assign #2]
Lesson 3 DC Circuits, Resistors in series and parallel.
Class 5 Thur 4/15
Class 1,4,6 Fri 4/16
homework for that evening: Read Ch 19 pp. 520-528. Do worksheets on circuits which will be
handed out.
Lesson 4 Review circuits.
Class 1,5 Mon 4/19
Class 4, 6 Tues 4/20
homework for that evening: Study simple and compound circuits.
Lesson 5 Quiz on simple circuits: Series and Parallel.
Class 1, 5,6 Wed 4/21
Class 4 Thurs 4/22
homework for that evening: Study the 6 worksheets on compound circuits.
Lesson 6 Quiz on compound circuits.
Class 5 Thurs 4/22
Class 1, 4, 6 Fri 4/23
homework for that evening:
Lesson 7 Circuit lab; Review for exam on Ch 16-19.
Class 5 Mon 4/26
Class 1, 4, 6 Tue 4/27
homework for that evening: Study for Ch 16-19 exam.
Lesson 8 Exam on Ch 16 - 19 is postponed until next class.
Class 1, 5 Wed 4/28
Class 4, 6 Thur 4/29
homework for that evening: Study for the exam.
Lesson 9 Exam on Ch 16 - 19.
Class 1, 5, 6 Fri 4/30
Class 4 Mon 5/3
homework for that evening: none.
Lesson 10 Electromagnetism: The three right hand rules of electromagnetism.
Class 5 Mon 5/3
Class 1,4, 6 Tues 5/4
homework for that evening: none due to AP testing.
Lesson 10 Reviewed the three right hand rules of electromagnetism
Class 5 Wed 5/5
Class 1, 4, 6 Thurs 5/6
homework for that evening: None due to AP testing.
Lesson 11 Light: Video: Optics with movie notes.
Class 1, 5 Fri 5/7
Class 4,6 Mon 5/10
homework for that evening: Read pp. 615-623 (skip "maxwell's fourth equation" section on pp
616-617). Do: #5-9, 11,13,15, and 17. [Assign #3]
Lesson 12 Light: refraction of light; Snell's Law. Critical Angle. Worksheet
Class 1, 3, 5 Tues 5/11
Class 4 Wed 5/12
homework for that evening: Read Ch 23 Sections 23-1, 23-2 (pp 632-635), 23-4, 23-5 (642-646).
Lesson 13 Spherical mirrors, Ray tracing.
Class 5 Tues 5/12
Class 1, 4, 6 Wed 5/13
homework for that evening: Finish worksheet on Concaved Mirrors.
Lesson 14 Quiz 4 on Snell's Law. Ray tracing for lenses.
Class 5 Fri 5/14
Class 1,4,6 Mon 5/17
homework for that evening: Read pp. 647-653 (23-7 to 23-8); Do Ch 23 #32, 36, 37, 43, 45, 47, 49,
and 55. Also, read pp. 701- 704 (25-2) on The Human Eye; corrective Lenses. [Assign #4]
Lesson 15 Review ray-tracing for concave and convex mirrors. Introduce ray-tracing for
convex and concave lenses.
Class 5 Tues 5/18
Class 4 Wed 5/19
Class 1, 6 Thurs 5/20
homework: Finish worksheet on lenses; study ray-tracing for both mirrors and lenses for
coming quizzes. Start working on your papers.
Lesson 16 Quiz on concave mirrors. Light Lab. Go over worksheet on lenses.
Class 5 Fri 5/21
Class 1, 4, 6 Mon 5/24
homework for that evening: Study ray-tracing for lenses for upcoming quiz.
Lesson 17 Quiz on lenses.
Class 5 Tues 5/25
Class 1, 4, 6 Wed 5/26
homework for that evening: Work on your papers. I want to see some good ideas.
Lesson 18 The Mickelson-Morley Experiment
Class 1, 5 Thurs 5/27
Class 4, 6 Fri 5/28
homework for that evening: Work on your papers.
Lesson 19 Review for the Ch 23 Exam
Class 1, 5, 6 Tue 6/1
Class 4 Wed 6/2
homework for that evening: Work on your papers. Study for Ch 23 Exam on optics and light.
Lesson 20 Chapter 23 Exam
Class 5 Wed 6/2
Class 1, 4, 6 Thurs 6/3
homework for that evening: Finish writing your papers.
Lesson 21 The Special Theory of Relativity
Class 5 Fri 6/4
Class 1, 4, 6 Mon 6/7
homework for that evening: Beginning preparing for the Final Exam
Lesson 22 Presentations; Review for Final Exams.
Class 1, 5 Tues 6/8
Class 4, 6 Wed 6/9
homework for that evening: Prepare for the Final Exam. Find your textbook to bring next class
for a book quiz. Just bring the textbook that was assigned to you for a check.
Lesson 23 Presentations; Review for Final Exam. Book Quiz.
Class 1, 5, 6 Thurs 6/10
Class 4 Fri 6/11
homework for that evening: Prepare your note sheets for the Final Exam.
Lesson 24 Last Class
Class 5, 6 Fri 6/11
Class 1, 4 Mon 6/14
homework for that evening: Study for the Final Exam.
Lesson 25 Final Exams
Class 5 Mon 6/14
Class 1 Tue 6/15
Class 4 Wed 6/16
Class 6 Thur 6/17
homework for that evening: Celebrate.
Congratulations. You have completed
the year course of Honors Physics.
Have a great summer.