Physics AA
Semester 1 Topics/Homework/Activities

 Waves
 Sound
 Light
 Electricity
 Magnetism
 Programming


Ch. 2 (sections 1-4)
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Topics
Average speed= D/t
Instantaneous speed
Conversions
Distance-time graph
Speed-time graph
Homework
MC  1-6  P  1-4,10,14,15
Ch. 12 (sections 6-8)
Topics
Mechanical waves

Topics
Two things are needed for a wave.
Four types of waves.
Anatomy of a wave and wave characteristics.  (f, l, A, v, T)
Speed of sound in air
v = fl
Superposition
Nodes & Antinodes
Boundary conditions
Energy of a wave
y=Asin(2px/l)
v=(F/m)0.5
v=(B/r)0.5
 

Homework
DQ  16&19  
MC  16-21  
P  44-46, 51-53, 65-67
 
 

Activities
Speed of sound activity

Slinky, spring, and wave machine activity

Ripple tank observations
 
 

Lab #1
Find the speed of a water wave by two methods.




Ch. 15 Sound
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Topics
What type of wave is sound ?

Doppler Effect

v=331 m/s + (0.6 m/(sC))temp

Fundamental , overtones

Modes of vibration for a string
Modes of vibration for an open pipe
Modes of vibration for a closed pipe

Resonance

Beats

Music

Pitch and loudness
Decibel scale (dB)

Wave forms - quality and overtone structure

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Ch. 13
Sound

Topics
Superposition
Fourier Analysis

Intensity = power / area
Inverse square law

v=  B/r  v=  1.4P/r

Human Ear

Fundamental , overtones
Music
Wave forms - quality and overtone structure

Decibel scale (dB)  b=10log(I/Io)

Beats

Nodes and Antinodes

Modes of vibration for a string
Modes of vibration for an open pipe
Modes of vibration for a closed pipe

Resonance, Natural frequency

Refraction, interference, diffraction

Doppler Effect fo/(v+vo)= fs/(v+vs)
 

Homework
Q-6,8,9  MC-6,7,10   P-2,5,6,7,14,24,39,40,46,47,52,59,60,71,72,73

Activities
Musical Instruments
Computer sound analysis

Lab #2:  Find the speed of sound.

 Homework
 Vocabulary Review
 RC 3, 4, 8
 AC 1-5, 8-11
 P 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20-23
 Using Lab Skills 
 
 
 
 

Activities
 Musical Instruments
 Computer sound analysis
 
 
 
 
 

Lab #2
Find the speed of sound.




Ch. 16 Light
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Topics
What type of wave is light ?

Spectrum of light

Speed of light c=

Galileo, Roemer, Michelson, Jupiter, California, Nobel Prize

Luminous, Illuminated

Inverse squared law

Transparent, Translucent, Opaque

Color- primary, secondary, complementary

Pigments- primary, secondary

Thin film interference

Polarized filters
 

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Ch. 24 sections (24.10-24.16)
Spectrum
MC-8, 19
Problems-11-13

Ch. 25
Propagation of light

Topics
Rayleigh Scattering

Ia1/l4

Internal & External reflections

Law of reflection

Specular - Diffuse

Index of refraction n=c/v

n depends on l

Nanometers 10-9m

Snell’s Law

Total internal reflection   - (critical angle)

Object & Image Distance

Virtual & Real images

Colors-whiteness-blackness

Q 1, 10, 17
MC 1, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16
Problems 1, 9, 13, 15, 18, 25-30, 43, 49, 50
Ch. 26
Geometrical Optics and Instruments
Sections (26.1-26.7) No Mirrors

Topics
Lenses

OPL
Focal Point
convex
converging lenses
concave
diverging lenses
paraxial
thin lenses
object & image distance

Thin-Lens Equation Lensmaker’s Formula

Image & object focal point & length

positive & negative lenses

optical center
focal plane

Ray diagrams
Gaussian Lens Equation
Magnification

Human eye
Camera
f-number

lens combinations
 

Q 1-4 
Problems 2, 3, 5, 7, 15, 16, 21, 24
 
 

Lab #3:  Finding the focal length

 Homework
 Vocabulary Review
 Problems:   1, 2, 3, 5, 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Ch. 17 Reflection and Refraction
Topics
Law of reflection  (normal)

Diffuse, regular

Optically dense

Refraction

Snell’s Law  n1 sin q1 = n2 sin q2

Index of refraction n=c/v

Total internal reflection   -  critical angle

Mirage - rainbows

Dispersion

Homework
Vocabulary Review
AC: 2, 6-9
P: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 20, 21, 25, 27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Activities
Mirrors
Index of refraction

Ch. 18 Mirrors and Lenses
Topics
Plane Mirrors

Object, real image, virtual image, principal axis 
spherical aberration, chromatic aberration
convex, concave, converging, diverging
center of curvature, magnification

Right angle mirrors

Ray diagrams

1 + 1 = 1
do  di    f

hi = di
ho   do

 Homework
 Vocabualry Review
 AC: 10, 11
 P:   4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14
 

Lab #3
Find the focal length of 5 lenses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 




Ch. 20 Static Electricity
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Topics
Electroscope 

Charging by conduction and induction

Conductor, semiconductor, insulator

electron = -1.6 x 10-19 C
proton = +1.6 x 10-19 C
-1 coulomb = 6.25 x 1018 electrons

F = K Q1 Q2  Coulomb’s Law
           d2

K = 9 x 109 Nm2
                    C2

Finding the net force
 

Physics AA
Ch. 17 (sections 1-7)
Electrostatics

Topics
electroscope

charge separation

conduction & induction

conductors & insulators

F=k Q1 Q2/r2

coulombs

Field lines

E=kQ1/r2 (cause)

E=F/Q2 (effect)

Lightning Rod

Assignments:
DQ 1, 2, 12, 16  (pick any two)
MC 3, 4, 7-14, 16, 17
P 3, 4, 10, 15-17, 24, 25

Activities: Van de Graff generator
   electroscope
 

Ch. 19
Direct Current

Topics
q charge coulomb C

t time  seconds s

I current ampere A  (charge/time) 1 A = 1 C/s

V voltage volt  V  (energy/charge) 1 V = 1 J/C

R resistance ohm  W

W energy Joule  J

P power watt  W  (energy/time) 1 W = 1 J/s

I = q/t
V = IR (Ohm’s Law)
P = IV
W= Pt

R = rL
       A
rT = ro(1 + aT)
RT = Ro(1 + aT)

emf

kilowatt hour (kWh)

batteries

drift velocity

superconductivity

Assignments:
DQ 2, 5, 8, 15, 16 
MC 1, 7-11, 13-17 
P 1, 10, 13, 15, 17, 23, 30, 34, 50, 60
Lab #4  Ohm’s Law- Finding the resistance
Ch. 20
Circuits
Sections (1,2,4)

Topics
color codes

Schematic Diagrams

internal resistance

Series: IT = I1 = I2 = I3 ..... Parallel: IT = I1 + I2 + I3 .....
  VT = V1 + V2 + V3 .....   VT = V1 = V2 = V3 ..... 
  RT = R1 + R2 + R3 .....    1   =  1   +  1   +  1   .........
Fuses        RT      R1      R2     R3

Ammeters & Voltmeters

Assignments:
DQ 11-15
MC 1, 6, 9, 13, 18, 21
P 1, 7, 11-18, 23, 33

 Homework
 Vocabulary Review
 AC  2, 5, 10
 P  1, 2, 6, 7, 10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Ch. 23 Series and Parallel circuits
Topics
Series: IT = I1 = I2 = I3 ..... 
            VT = V1 + V2 + V3 ..... 
            RT = R1 + R2 + R3 ..... 

Parallel:  IT = I1 + I2 + I3 .....
              VT = V1 = V2 = V3 ..... 
               1  1  1    .........
              RT      R1     R2     R3

color codes

Fuses

 Homework
 RC  1-5
 AC  1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
 P   1-3, 13, 14
 
 
 
 

 

Ch. 21 Electric Fields
Topics
Electric field lines  (pages 428-429)

Lightning rods   (page 441)

Ch. 22 Electric Current
Topics
q charge coulomb C

t time  seconds s

I current ampere A  (charge/time) 1 A = 1 C/s

V voltage volt  V  (energy/charge) 1 V = 1 J/C

R resistance ohm  W

Q energy Joule  J

P power watt  W  (energy/time) 1 W = 1 J/s

V = IR
P = IV
P = I2R
Q = I2Rt

kilowatt hour kWh

Schematic Diagrams

 Homework
 Vocabulary Review
 RC 2, 5, 8
 AC 3, 6, 7
 P 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25,27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lab #4
Ohm’s Law- Finding the resistance 




Ch. 24. Magnetic Fields
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Topics
Properties of magnets

Magnetic Field lines (N-->S)

Fields are a force per something 
g=F/m , E=F/q  , B=F/Qv

tesla=T=    N     =    
                C(m/s)     A m 

Magnetic Flux

Right hand rule: (+), conventional current

Left hand rule: (-), electron flow

Magnetic Field around a straight wire

Magnetic Field around a coil

B = F/Qv  B = F/IDL

F = QvBsinq force on a moving charge

F = ILBsinq force on a current segment

Force between parallel wires.  (definition of the ampere)

Galvanometer - Voltmeter - Ammeter

Motor - Generator

Speaker - Microphone
 
 
 

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Ch. 21
Magnetism

Topics

Fields are a force per something g=F/m E=F/q B=F/Qv

tesla=T=    N     =     N   
     C(m/s)     A m 

Right hand rule: (+), conventional current

Left hand rule: (-), electron flow

monopoles, curie temperature, meissner effect

B = F/Qv  B = F/IDL

F = Qv x B  F = IDL x B  cross product

F = QvBsin q  F = IDLBsin q

m0= 4p x 10 -7 Tm/A

Long straight wire B = m0I/2pr

Circular loop  B = m0I/2r

Solenoid   B = m0nI

Force between parallel wires.  (definition of the ampere)

t = NIABsinq

DC motors

Homework
Q 2, 4, 9, 15
MC 1-4, 15, 17, 18
P 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 26, 37, 41, 46, 48, 49
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Ch. 22
Electromagnetic Induction     (sections 1-9)

Topics

Magnetic flux F = B (cos f) A  weber (Wb) - unit of flux

Faraday’s law emf = -NDF/Dt  V=Wb/s

Len’s law

emf = BLv sin q 

DB ---> E

DE ---> B

Galvanometer

Voltmeter / Ammeter

Motors / Generator

Back Emf

Back Torque

Eddy currents

Homework
Q 13
MC 1, 6-9, 13
P 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 40

Activity
Make a DC motor.
Make an electromagnet.
 

Lab #5:   Find the number of turns in a solenoid.

 Homework
 Vocabulary Review
 AC 9
 P 1, 3-6, 8-17, 20, 21, 23, 26, 28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Ch. 25 Electromagnetic Induction
Topic
Faraday’s discovery

DB ---> E

DE ---> B

emf = BLv sinq

PAC = (0.5)PDC

Ieff = (0.707)Imax

Veff = (0.707) Vmax

Len’s law

Self-Inductance

Transformers

Vs = Ns
Vp    Np

Step-up  & Step down

 Homework
 Vocabulary Review
 RC 15
 AC 1, 2, 8, 10-12, 15-18
 P 1, 3-5, 8-12, 14-16, 19, 21, 22
 
 
 
 

 Activity
 Make a DC motor.
 Make an electromagnet.
 
 
 
 

Lab #5
Find the number of turns on the solenoids.




Computer/Calculator Programming
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Topic
True Basic Programming

Commands:
End, Print, Let, Input, Clear, Randomize, Rnd, Int, Round

Loops:
For/Next, Do/Loop

Conditions:
If/Then, Select Case

Graphics:
Set Window, Plot, Box, 
 

 Homework
 Loop packet
 
 
 
 

 Activity
 Various programs
 
 
 
 

Lab #5
No Lab for this section.