Mr. Clawson - High School Mathematics / Physics / Varsity Baseball Coach / Athletic Director

Ferndale Area High School

Physics

Physics

Homework Calendar

2017-2018 School year

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

May 28 Memorial Day

29 Finals Day 2 - Per 4-6

30 Finals Day 3 - Per 7,8

31 Last Day of School

June 1 Teacher In-Service

May 21

In Class - Prepare for Final Exams by making Index cards

25 Finals Day 1 - Per 1-3

May 14

In Class - Reviewed HW from last week - Finished Re worksheet

HW - Test tomorrow Ch 23

In Class - Test Ch 23

HW - none

In Class - Prepare for Final Exams by making Index cards

Senior Trip - Juniors will work on their index cards for final exams

May 7

In Class - Only had 15 min due to AP meeting - Reviweed How V, I, R acts in a Series and Parallel Circuit - Began notes on Combined Series/Parallel Circuits.

HW - none

In Class - Finished notes on Combined Circuits - Worksheet with complex circuits (finding Re)

HW - none

9 Substitute

Students were assigned PP 13, 14 and P1-6, 11,12, 14

Due tomorrow

In Class - No class due to opiod assembly

HW - Finish PP and P assignemd yesterday for Monday

No class due to AP exam

HW - Assignment from Wednesday due Monday

Apr 30

In Class - Notes on Series Circuits

HW - PP 1-8

May 1

In Class - Reviewed HW - Did AC 1,2 RC 1 together in class - Notes on Parallel Circuits

HW - PP 9-11

In Class - Reviewed HW - Students worked on RC 2-5 and AC 3-5, 7, 9 before discussion the answers as a class

HW - none

No Class - most students were in a Personal Finance Presentation

HW - none

4 Prom - No Class

Apr 23

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on different Power formulas - PP 14-16 in class

HW - Ch 22 Problems #1-17 odd, 21, 22, 24

In Class - Reviewed HW - In Class Pg. 704 #3-5, 7-11

HW - Ch 22 Test tomorrow

In Class - Ch 22 Test

HW - none

In Class - Ch 23 Study Guide

HW - none

27 Teacher In-Service

Apr 16

In Class - Test Chapter 20

HW - none

In Class - Study Guide Ch 22

HW - none

In Class - Video "Simple DC Circuits" - Began notes on current and voltage

HW - none

In Class - Lab 22.1 - did not finish, will finish in class tomorrow

HW - none

In Class - Finished Lab 22.1 - Notes on Power and Ohm's Law

HW - PP 1-3, 5-9

Apr 9

In Class - Continued to work on Lab 20.2 ReZap - Did not quite finish

HW - none

In Class - Finished Lab 20.2 ReZap - Collected labs to be graded - Discussed methods of charging an object

HW - RC 1,6,7,8 - AC 1,5,6,8

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on Coulomb's Law - 3 examples

HW - PP 1-3

In Class - Reviewed HW - Assigned problems from Pg. 422 and Pg. 702 for HW

HW Pg. 422 #2, 4a, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 - Pg. 702 #1-3, 5-7, 10-12

In Class - Reviewed HW - Did 2 extra worksheets to review

HW - Test Monday Ch 20

Apr 2 No School

In Class - Video and Video quiz on "Electrostatics"

HW - none

In Class - Lab 20.1 Zap

HW - none

In Class - Finished Lab 20.1 Zap - Electroscope worksheet for notes (DNF)

HW - none

In Class - Finished e-scope worksheet - Began Lab 20.2 ReZap

HW - none

Mar 26

In Class - Reviewed HW - Discssed topics from the book Pa. 359-361 - (sunlight over horizon, Rainbows, mirages, fiber optice) - Recommended to re-read these before tomorrow's test

HW - Test tomorrow Ch 17

In Class - Ch 17 Test

HW - None

In Class - Ch 20 Study Guide

HW - none

29 2 hour early dismissal

No Class due to incentive Day

30 Good Friday

Mar 19

In Class - Notes on reflection, refraction, index of refraction, and Snell's Law

HW - PP 1-7

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on total internal reflection (some reading from book)

HW - none

No School due to poor weather

In Class - Performed Refraction lab with a partner - Submitted papers before the end of the period

HW - none

In Class - Reviewed the lab from yesterday - Assigned problems for the students to work to review for next week's test

HW - Ch 17 Problems 1, 3, 6, 9-11, 14, 16-18, 20-22, 27

Mar 12

In Class - Lab "Waves"

HW - Problems 1-10, 13, 15

In Class - Vocab Review sheet - Reviewed HW - Finished lab

HW - Test tomorrow

In Class - Ch 14 Test

HW - none

In Class - Ch 17 Study Guide

HW - none

16 2 hour early dismissal

Students did not have class - Teacher had a sick day

Mar 5

In Class - Chapter 14 Study Guide

HW - none

In Class - Watched a video pertaining to wave terms - Notes on discussion on the same topic

HW - none

In Class - Video and discussion on types of waves and velocity of waves

HW - Ch 14 PP 1-4

In Class - Reviewed PP 1-4 - Notes on waves at a boiundary

HW - PP 5-8

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on Superposition of Waves - Slinky demonstration

HW - none

Feb 26

In Class - Students finished Rollercoaster labs then worked on Ch 11 Problems Pg. 237 #1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27

HW - If not done, finish for Wednesday - Test Thursday

27 Substitute

In Class - Students givne problmes from the back of the book to complete for Chapters 10 & 11 - This and last night's HW are due tomorrow

HW - Assignments from Monday and Tuesday due tomorrow

In Class - Reivewed both homework assignments

HW - Test Ch 10 & 11 tomorrow

Mar 1

In Class - Test Chapters 10 & 11

HW - none

2 No School - bad weather

Feb 19

In Class - Checked PP 1-7 - Notes on Conservaton of Energy Theorem - assigned HW

HW - PP 9-11

In Class - Checked PP 9-11 - Reviewed PP 1-7 and 9-11 with class - Made groups and previewed tomorrow's lab

HW - none

In Class - Part 1 of Rollercoaster lab

HW - Finish Part 1 table for tomorrow in order to continue Part 2

In Class - Finished Part 1 of the rollercoaster lab with partners - Began Part 2 of the lab

HW - Finish Part 2 in order to begin Part 3 tomorrow

In Class - Finished Part 2 of the lab and began Part 3

HW - Rollercoaster lab is due on Monday.

Feb 12

In Class - Chapter 10 notes "Work"

HW - PP 1-7

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on "Power" - PP 9-11 in class - Reviewed with class

HW - none

14 Substitute

In Class - Students worked on Pg. 213 #1-3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 24

HW - Finish Pg. 213 for HW if not done in class - will be checked for points

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on KE and PE - Did not quite finish

HW - none

16 2 hour early

In Class - Reviewed notes from yesterday and finished an example problem with the class

HW - Ch 11 PP 1-7

Feb 5 2 hour delay

In Class - Ch 9 Test (only Parts 1 & 2)

HW - Study for the second part of the test for tomorrow

In Class - Finished the second part of the Chapter 9 Test

HW - none

No School - weather

In Class - Study Guide Chapters 10 & 11

HW - none

No class due to 5 students on a field trip and 2 students at PIAA wrestling

HW - none

Jan 29

In Class - Reviewed HW - notes on Internal/External forces - PP 9-11 in class

HW - none

In Class - Notes on "Conservation of Momentum in two dimensions - example

HW - PP 13-15

In Class - Reviewed HW - Assigned review problems due tomorrow - Test Friday (or Monday)

HW - Ch 9 Problems 16-22, 24

Feb 1

In Class - Reviewed HW - answered many questions for the class - reviewed formulas from Chapter 9

HW - Assigned Pg. 695 #1-3, 5-7, 10, 12

In Class - Reviewed HW - Vocab Review

HW - Chapter 9 Test Monday

Jan 22

In Class - Ch 9 notes on Impulse-Momentum Theorem - Did not finish with last example

HW - 2 written assignments given in class (units, tablecloth)

In Class - Finished Chapter 9 notes - Did PP 1,2 with the class

HW - PP3; RC 1,4,6; AC 2

In Class - Reviewed HW - Had students work on P1-3, 5, 9, 12 in class - Reviewed when they were done

HW - none

In Class - Finished P12 from yesterday - Did Problem #15 with the class - Began notes on Conservation of momentum - Did not finish

HW - none

26 2 hour early dismissal

In Class - Finished notes on Elastic and Inelastic collisions

HW - PP 5-8

Jan 15 - Act 80 Day

In Class - students worked on making notecards for their midterm

HW - midterm tomorrow

17 2 hour delay

In Class - Students worked on the Chapter 9 Study Guide

HW - Study for your midterm

18 Sick day

Students should prepare for their midterm tomorrow

In Class - Midterm Chapters 2-7 - Some students also finished their study guides

HW - none

Jan 8

In Class - Finished notes "objects launched at an angle"

HW - Chapter 7 PP 6,7

In Class - Reviewed HW - Did same problem at 45 degrees

HW - Pg. 693 #1-7, 9

In Class - Reviewed HW - Discussed Midterm exam (passed out index cards)

HW - Test tomorrow Chapter 7

In Class - Test Chapter 7

HW - work on index cards for midterm

12 2 hr early dismissal

In Class - Work on index cards for midterm and finish tests from yesterday (if more time is needed)

HW - work on index cards for Wednesday's midterm

Jan 1 No School

Jan 2 No School

Jan 3

In Class - Lab 7.1 Hit or Miss

HW - work on lab calculations if you wish

Jan 4

In Class - Finished Lab 7.1 - Began notes on objects launched at an angle - Did not finish

HW - none

Jan 5 No School - Cold

Dec 18 Substitute

In Class - Students completed the Chapter 7 Study Guide and submitted it

HW - none

In Class - Notes "Projectiles" - Did examples in notes and Example 1 on handout

HW - none

In Class - Finished #2,3 on Handout - Did PP 1 with class

HW - Chapter 7 Problems 3-7 due tomorrow

In Class - Reviewed HW - Did PP #3 for extra practice

HW - none

22 2 hr early dismissal

Incentive Day - no class

Dec 11

In Class - Students completed the Force Table lab

HW - Quiz tomorrow - Ch 6 P20-23, 29 due Wednesday - Test Thursday

In Class - Students took a quiz and checked answers on the force tables

HW - Ch 6 P20-23, 29 due tomorrow - Test Thursday

In Class - Reviewed HW - Did Pg. 692 #8, 9, 11, 12, 14 in class to review more

HW - Test tomorrow Chapter 6

Snow Day - No School

In Class - Test Chapter 6

HW - none

Dec 4 - No Substitute available - students had a study hall

HW - none

In Class - Finished notes on adding vectors at any angle (example) - Did PP16 with the class - Discussed/Notes on Equilibrant

HW - PP 17-20

In Class - Reviewed PP 17-20 - Students began to work on their problems for tomorrow's lab

HW - Finish all 6 problems to prepare for tomorrow's lab

7 Substitute - no class

8 2 hr early dismissal

In Class - Students worked on Ch 6 P20-23, 29

HW - Have 6 problems done to perform the lab on Monday

Nov 27 No School

In Class - Bellringer triangle problem like Supp #3 - Read about independent vectors on Pg. 112 - Did #4&5 with class - Discussed how to explain direction from 0 degrees

HW - PP 7-10

In Class - Seniors were out of class for Senior portraits - Students in class worked on Pg 129 Problems 8, 10, 13-15

HW - Finish PP 7-10 for tomorrow if not done for today

In Class - Reviewed HW pp 7-10 - Notes and examples on vector resolution (components of vectors)

HW - P 8, 10, 13-15 (students in class on Wed worked on this) and PP 11-13 - All due tomorrow

Dec 1

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on "adding vectors at any angle" - did not finish

HW - none

HW -

Nov 20

In Class - Notes on Trig functions (sin, cos, tan) - worksheet with problems dealing with trig functions

HW - Pg. 692 #3, Pg. 112 PP 1-3

In Class - Reveiwed HW - There were many questions, so it took the entire period

HW - none

22 Incentive Day - no classes

23 No School

24 No School

Nov 13 Substitute

In Class - Students will not have an assignment due to the Senior field trip to the Holocause Museum

HW - none

In Class - Students worked on a Chapter 6 Study Guide

HW - none

In Class - Nothing - Juniiors taking ASVAB's and 1 Senior absent

HW - none

In Class - notes on adding vectors graphically

HW - none

In class - Lab 6.1 - Digging for Doubloons

HW - none

Nov 6

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on "Air Resistance" and "Terminal Velocity" - Assigned problems for students to work on in class

HW - Pg. 691 Supp #1-5, 8-11 - Chapter 5 Test Wednesday

In Class - Reviewed HW - Vocab Review - Did some problems from an extra worksheet with the class - Gave students answers to problems they can do to study if they wish

HW - Chapter 5 Test tomorrow

In Class - Chapter 5 Test

HW - none

Parent/Teacher Conf.

No School for Students

No School

Veteran's Day

Oct 30

In Class - Collected labs - Notes on Newton's 2nd and 3rd laws - Newton's laws with Kinematic equations

HW - PP 1-3; AC2; RC2; P5-8, 10

In Class - Reviewed HW - Worked on a worksheet #6-14 dealing with forces and kinematic equations

HW - none

Nov 1

In Class - Finished Kinematics equation worksheet from yesterday - Notes on "Weight vs Mass" - PP5-7 P13 in class and reviewed

HW - none

In Class - Notes and examples on FBD's

HW - none

In Class - Did PP 9, 10, 13, 14 with the class

HW - P18, 19, 23, 24

Oct 23

In Class - Chapter 4 Test

HW - none

In Class - Chapter 5 Study Guide

HW - none

25 Last Day of Quarter 1

In Class - Videos "Law of Inertia" and "Fundamental Forces'

HW - none

In Class - Notes on Fundamental Forces and Newton's first law (Law of inertia)

HW - none

27 2 hr early

In Class - Lab 5.1 - Newton's 2nd law

HW - Finish the lab for homework - due Monday

Oct 16

In Class - Reviewed HW from Friday - Notes on last two kinematic equations and how they are derived - 2 example problems using the kinematic equations

HW - PP 17, 18, 20-23

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on objects in Freefall

HW - PP 25, 29; AC7; P12, 14, 17-19

In Class - Reviewed HW - notes on "initial velocity"

HW - P30, 32-35

In Class - Students worked on Pg. 690 #2-16 even (Chapter 4 problems) to review for Monday's test

HW - Finish last night's assignment and today's assignment for tomorrow

In Class - Reviewed both homework assignments from Wed and Thurs - Students worked on Pg 690 #1-15 odd in class

HW - Test Monday Chapter 4 Acceleration

Oct 9 Act 80 Day

In Class - Reviewed HW - Lab 4.2 with class - Did not finish

HW - none

In Class - Finished Lab 4.2 - Sign of acceleration worksheet

HW - PP 6-8, 10-12; RC 1-4 due tomorrow

In Class - Reviewed HW - Notes on average velocity - 3 kinematic equations with examples - Did not finish

HW - none

13 (10 minute period due to surveys in HR)

In Class - Finished notes on first 3 kinematic equations

HW - PP 13-16; P10,11

Oct 2

In Class - Reviewed HW - Vocab Review - Reviewed topics/formulas that we discussed throughout the chapter

HW - Study for tomorrow's Chapter 3 Test

In Class - Chapter 3 Test

HW - none

4 Substitute

In Class - Chatper 4 Study Guide

HW - none

In Class - Video dealing with acceleration in terms of change in velocity and displacement - notes dealing with graphs of aceleration

HW - none

In Class - worked on solving acceleration problem (mult. choice worksheet) and discussed x,t v,t a,t graphs of acceleration

HW - PP 1-4, AC 1-4

Sept 25

In Class - Investigations 2 & 3 - Did not quite finish

HW - Do PP 10, 11, 13, 15 from Friday - due tomorrow

In Class - Finished Investigation #3 - Worked on x,t and v.t graph matching worksheet in class - Reviewed HW

HW - Quiz tomorrow on Investigations #2 & 3

In Class - Students completed 10 Multiple Choice problems in their notes - Reviewed those problems with the class - Quiz x,t and v.t graphs

HW - none

In Class - Notes on instantaneous velocity and displacement

HW - RC9; AC9; P14, 17-19, 24 (for #19, make a v,t graph to match the x,t graph)

In Class - Reviewed HW with class

HW - Pg. 689 #1-3, 5, 6, 9, 10

Sept 18

In Class - Reviewed HW - gave back Ch 3 Study Guide and Ch 2 lab - Notes on Position/time graphs

HW - none

In Class - watched a video dealing with x,t graphs - Lab 3.2 video lab - students worked on this for the remainder of the period

HW - none

20 Substitute

In Class - Students will finish and submit the labs that were started yesterday in class

HW - none

In Class - Investigation #1 with class

HW - Quiz tomorrow on Investigation #1

In Class - Quiz x,t graphs - Notes x.t and v.t graphs

HW - PP 10, 11, 13, 15

Sept 11

In Class - Reviewed HW - Did a Vocab Review sheet

HW - Test Wednesday (due to a field trip tomorrow - otherwise, it would have been tomorrow)

In Class - Students will work on a Chapter 3 Study Guide and submit it before the end of the period

HW - Students not in class will complete the Study Guide to be collected tomorrow before the test

In Class - Chapter 2 Test

HW - none

In Class - 4 warmup problems - Notes on distance, position, displacement - Example problem

HW - none

In Class - Notes on time, motion, and displacement - Example

HW - PP 3,4; RC 2-6; P2 due Monday

Sept 4 Labor Day - no school

In Class - Finished notes on displaying data - Began Labs in class

HW - Finish labs to be turned in at the beginning of class tomorrow

In class - collected labs - notes on linear relationships, directly proportional, inverse relationships, and quadratic relationships - Physics skill #7 worksheet for practice writing linear relationships

HW - none

In Class - Reviewed yesterday's notes quickly - Students worked in pairs on PS #7 worksheet - We reviewed the worksheet as a class

HW - none

In Class - Notes - Manipulating equations - PP 18-22 in class

HW - Pg. 688 Supplemental problems #1,2,4-7, 11, 12, 14 due Monday - Chapter 2 Test Tuesday

Aug 28

In Class - Notes on scientific notation and metric prefixes

HW - none

In Class - Notes on converting with metric prefixes, parallax, accuracy and precision, sig digs

HW - none

In Class - PP 12, 13 - Notes on operations with sig digs - Physics skill #9 worksheet

HW - RC8; AC1; P3, 12-15

In Class - Reviewed HW - Worked on Study Guide 2.3-2.4 in class

HW - none

Sept 1 - 2 hour early dismissal - 22 min periods

In Class - Notes on Displaying data (graphing tips) - began an example in our notes (did not finish)

HW - none

Aug 21

Teacher In-Service

Aug 22

Teacher In-Service

Aug 23

In Class - Reviewed Classroom expectations and grading - distributed books - Study Guide 2.1-2.2 in class (did not finish)

HW - none

Aug 24

In class - Finished 2.1-2.2 study guides from yesterday

HW - none

Aug 25

In Class - Notes on fundamentsl and derived units - Factor-label method

HW - none

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