BELVIDERE HIGH SCHOOL

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

 

 

COURSE PROFICIENCY FORM

 

Course Title Physics CP Accelerated Course # 104 Total Credits 7

Course Length 36 wks. Periods/Week 7 Grade Level 9 10 11 12

(Circle)

Pursuant to the High School Graduation Standards Act (NJSA 18A:7, et. seq.), expectations for this course of study are outlined below.

 

 

OVERVIEW: Physics is designed to give the students an understanding of their physical environment based on classical and modern day ideas. Through experimentation and classroom discussion students will become more aware and discriminatory of the physical world about them. Physics includes the study of measurement in the metric system, kinematics, Newton's Law of Motion, linear and circular motion, simple harmonic motion, work, power energy and machines, properties matter and circular motion, simple harmonic motion, work, power energy and machines, properties matter heat, sound, and electricity. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of two-dimensional motion.

 

 

TEXTBOOKS:

 

Physics: Principles and Problems, 1995

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL:

 

Fundamentals of Physics: A Senior Course, Heath, 1986

Laboratory Manual – Physics: Its Methods and Meanings, 6th Edition, 1992

 

 

PROFICIENCIES: Successful completion of this course of study will require that the student:

 

  1.  
  2. Use the metric system and metric tools for measuring in physics.

     

  3. Measure displacement and time and analyze position – time graphs to determine velocity.

     

  4. Analyze velocity – time graphs to determine displacement, velocity and acceleration.

     

  5. Understand and use vectors in solving problems in kinematics. Analyze projectile motion using vertical and horizontal components.

     

  6. Understand Newton’s Laws of Motion.

     

  7. Understand and use forces, including friction, in solving problems in physics.

     

  8. Understand the centripetal acceleration of objects in circular motion and apply Newton’s Laws to this type of motion.

     

  9. Relate Kepler’s Laws to Newton’s Law of universal gravitation.

     

  10. Apply simple harmonic motion to pendulums and springs.

     

  11. Apply translational and rotational equilibrium.

     

  12. Use machines to do work and find efficiencies of machines.

     

  13. Measure and calculate potential and kinetic energy and their conversions for systems, apply the conversation of energy.

     

  14. Learn and apply Archimede’s Principles in solving fluid problems.

     

  15. Measure heat and transfer heat to other energies.

     

  16. Use the momentum form of Newton’s second and third laws to show conservation of linear momentum.

     

  17. Use wave nature of both sound and light, in helping to learn nature of sound and light.

     

  18. Set up electrical circuits and measure electrical units.

     

  19. To read, interpret and perform lab experiments safely.

     

  20. Because of added emphasis on writing skills, each student will write out each lab experiment giving the objective a short procedure, data with calculations, answers to questions, and a conclusion.

 

 

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:

 

STUDY STRATEGIES:

  1.  
  2. Nightly review of notes.

     

  3. Read about the topic in the textbook.

     

  4. Keep a list of new terms and their definitions.

     

  5. Use class notes and text information to complete lab assignments.

 

 

HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS AND GRADING: Text and worksheet problems will be completed at home. They are not graded but they are expected to be completed. If an assignment is graded, students will be informed ahead of time. Answers will be reviewed in class for accuracy and understanding. There will be approximately 2 laboratory activities a week. Grades for the activities are based on results as well as comprehension questions that accompany each activity. Lab grades are averaged together and account for 30% of a marking period grade. If a quiz is given, it will be weighted as a lab assignment.

 

 

PROCEDURES FOR MAKING UP WORK: If students are absent or on a field trip, work should be handed in on their return. Tests should be taken the next study period after their return. Work assigned the day of absence should be completed and returned the following day. Students going on field trips should ask for work in advance.

 

 

MAJOR PROJECTS TO EXPECT:

 

None at this time of date.

 

 

PURPOSE AND METHODS OF ASSESSMENT:

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  2. To apply concepts with math basis.

     

  3. Practice skills and concepts taught in class.

     

  4. Provide evidence of comprehension of topics.

     

  5. Check for level of understanding and/or the need to reinforce or reteach a concept.

 

 

MEASUREMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITY:

1. Lab reports will count as 30% of a marking period grade.

2. Test scores will count as 70% of a marking period grade.

3. In the event of a student absence, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what work has been missed. If

a student is absent from school on a lab day, the student will make arrangements to do the experiment or

obtain data from his/her lab partner. All lab group members are responsible for recording their own data

and for completing their own unique lab report.

4. If a student is absent the day of a test, the student will make up the test during the next study period. If a

lab report is not handed in at the beginning of the period on the day it it is due; the grade will be lowered by

one letter grade for each day late and a zero given after 5 days late.

5. A final exam will be given on the year’s work in June and is valued at 20% of the final grade.

 

 

CAREER OBJECTIVES: Through this course the student will acquire a background in physics and the physical world to help in preparation for future profession in physics, other related science fields, engineering and mathematics.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Regular attendance at school is required of all students by the laws of the State of New Jersey. Failure to attend on a regular basis may result in poor achievement and/or loss of credit as per Board of Education Policy and as stated in the Student Handbook.

 

2. This list must be returned, signed by parent or guardian, no later than the last day in September for a full year or a first semester course and the last school day in February for a second semester course.

 

 

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Student Signature Pamela Geisinger, Teacher

 

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Parent/Guardian Signature

 

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