Course Syllabus for Physics 1, 2024-2025

Text: Conceptual Physics, 10th Ed., Hewitt

Dr. Lawlis, instructor

Date Course Material Homework Assignment Notes
8/26      
8/27  
8/28 Welcome Day Scoring rubric and rules
8/29 Newton's First Law of Motion HW#1: pg. 37—38, 1—12  
8/30 Newton's First Law of Motion   35 min. class 
9/2 Labor Day   No school
9/3 Newton's First Law of Motion HW#2: pg. 38, 13—24  
9/4 Newton's First Law of Motion  
9/5 Linear Motion  
9/6 Linear Motion HW#3: pg. 54, 1—12  
9/9 No class  
9/10 Linear Motion  
9/11 Lab #1: Race Walk Lab
9/12 Linear Motion HW#4: pg. 54, 13—24  
9/13 TBA   Red, White and Gold Day
9/16 No class  
9/17 Linear Motion Review for test  
9/18 Chapter 2 & 3 Test  
9/19 Newton's Second Law of Motion  
9/20 Newton's Second Law of Motion HW#5: pg. 69, 1—12
9/23 No class    
9/24 Newton's Second Law of Motion  
9/25 Newton's Second Law of Motion  
9/26 Newton's Second Law of Motion  HW#6: pg. 69, 13—24  
9/27 Newton's Third Law of Motion    
9/30 No class  
10/1 Lab #2: Coffee Filter Lab    
10/2 Newton's Third Law of Motion HW#7: pg. 87, 1—12
10/3 Rosh Hashanah   No school
10/4 Newton's Third Law of Motion HW#8: pg. 87, 13—22, OSC 1—2
10/7 No class    
10/8 Newton's Third Law of Motion Review for test  
10/9 Chapter 4 & 5 Test  
10/10 Lab #3: Force Table Lab    
10/11 Momentum  
10/14 Fall break   No school
10/15 Fall break   No school
10/16 PSAT Day   No class
10/17 Momentum HW#9: pg. 105, 1—12
10/18 Momentum  
10/21 No class  
10/22 Momentum HW#10: pg. 105—106, 13—22, OSC 1—2
10/23 Momentum  
10/24 Energy    
10/25 Conference Day   No school
10/28 No class  
10/29 Lab #4: Impulse Lab HW#11: pg. 126, 1—12  
10/30 Energy    
10/31 Energy HW#12: pg. 126, 13—16, 23—30
11/1 Energy    
11/4 No class  
11/5 Energy  
11/6 Chapter 6 & 7 Test
11/7 Rotational Motion  
11/8 Rotational Motion HW#13: pg. 154, 1—12
11/11 No class  
11/12 Lab #5: Ramp Lab  
11/13 Rotational Motion  
11/14 Rotational Motion HW#14: pg. 154, 13—24
11/15 Rotational Motion  
11/18 No class  
11/19 Gravity
11/20 Gravity  HW#15: pg. 179, 1—12
11/21 Gravity  
11/22 Project  
11/25 No class  
11/26 Project  
------------ Thanksgiving Break ------------
12/2 No class  
12/3 Gravity HW#16: pg. 179, 13—24
12/4 Gravity  
12/5 Chapter 8 & 9 Test    
12/6 Projectile and Satellite Motion    
12/9 No class  
12/10 Projectile and Satellite Motion HW#17: pg. 204, 1—12  
12/11 Projectile and Satellite Motion  
12/12 Projectile and Satellite Motion HW#18: pg. 204—205, 13—24  
12/13 Projectile and Satellite Motion  
12/16 No class  
12/17 Projectile and Satellite Motion
12/18 Chapter 10 Test  
12/19 Lab #6: Projectile Motion    
12/20 TBA  
------------ Winter Holiday ------------
1/6 No class  
1/7 Review  
1/8 Review  
1/9 Review
1/10 Review  
1/13 Review    
1/14 US Exams
1/15 US Exams
1/16 US Exams
1/17 US Exams Semester Ends
Semester 2
1/20 Martin Luther King Day   No school
1/21 Temperature, Heat and Expansion    
1/22 Temperature, Heat and Expansion HW#19: pg. 301—302, 1—12
1/23 Temperature, Heat and Expansion  
1/24 Temperature, Heat and Expansion HW#20: pg. 302, 13—24
1/27 No class  
1/28 Heat Transfer  
1/29 Lab #7: Thermal Properties  
1/30 Heat Transfer HW#21: pg. 321, 1—12  
1/31 Mid Year Conference   No school
2/3 No class  
2/4 Heat Transfer HW#22: pg. 321, 13—24  
2/5 Heat Transfer  
2/6 Change of Phase  
2/7 Change of Phase HW#23: pg. 338, 1—12
2/10 No class  
2/11 Lab #8: Calorimetry  
2/12 Change of Phase HW#24: pg. 338, 13—24
2/13 Change of Phase    
2/14 Chapter 15 — 17 Test    
2/17 Mid-Winter Break   No school
2/18 Mid-Winter Break   No school
2/19 Vibration and Waves  
2/20 Class Project  
2/21 Vibration and Waves HW#25: pg. 376, 1—12
2/24 No class
2/25 Class Project  
2/26 Vibration and Waves
2/27 Class Project    
2/28 Vibration and Waves  
3/3 No class  
3/4 Class Project HW#26: pg. 376—377, 13—24  
3/5 Vibration and Waves  
3/6 Class Project  
3/7 Vibration and Waves  
------------ Spring Break------------
3/17 No class  
3/18 Class Project  
3/19 Sound  
3/20 Class Project    
3/21 Sound  
3/24 No class HW#27: pg. 394, 1—12
3/25 Class Project    
3/26 Sound  
3/27 Class Project  
3/28 Sound    
3/31 No class    
4/1 Class Project HW#28: pg. 394—395, 13—24
4/2 Sound    
4/3 Class Project    
4/4 Chapter 19 & 20 Test  
4/7 No class  
4/8 Electrostatics    
4/9 Lab #9: Resonance  
4/10 Class Project  
4/11 Electrostatics  
4/14 No class    
4/15 Electrostatics
4/16 Class Project HW#29: pg. 431, 1—12
4/17 Electrostatics    
4/18 Easter break   No school
4/21 Easter break   No school
4/22 Faculty PD Day   No school
4/23 Class Project  
4/24 Electrostatics HW#30: pg. 431—432, 13—24
4/25 Class Project    
4/28 No class  
4/29 Electric current  
4/30 Class Project  
5/1 Electric current    
5/2 Class Project HW#31: pg. 452, 1—12
5/5 No class  
5/6 Electric current    
5/7 Class Project
5/8 Electric current  
5/9 Class Project HW#32: pg. 452—453, 13—24
5/12 No class  
5/13 Electric current  
5/14 Class Project   Senior Exams
5/15 Electric current   Senior Exams
5/16 Chapter 22 & 23 Test   Senior Exams
5/19 No class  
5/20 Class Project    
5/21 Class Project  
5/22 Class Project  
5/23 Class Project
5/26 Memorial Day   No school
5/27 Class Project  
5/28 Class Project  
5/29 Class Project    
5/30 US Exams  
6/2 US Exams    
6/3 US Exams
6/4 US Exams Semester Ends
6/5 Faculty meetings
6/6 Faculty meetings