Notes from the 2007-08 school year:
IB Physics (SL)
Command Terms--a reference to use when completing your syllabus statements
Semester 2 review questions --due no later than Wednesday at 3:30 PM. Please be sure to turn them so you do not have a zero in this last assignment! This can HELP your final grade, IF you remember to turn it in!! :)
Note: Answers are available by request only. If I just post a document with all of the answers, you'll be able to copy answers--then I would NOT give any extra credit for doing above the minimum amount. If you have a question about a specific problem, e-mail me and ask your specific question. I'll get back to you.
OR, come talk to me Tuesday and I'll be happy to help you with your questions.
Topic 5: Electricity and
Magnetism
| Topic outline--Electricity and Magnetism |
| Notes: Electrostatics--4.17.08 |
| additional notes--intro material for electrostatics (supplemental notes) |
| Notes: Distribution of Charge--4.21.08 |
| Notes: Electric Fields --> {~Word~} {~pdf~} |
| Notes: Electric Potential --{~word~} {~pdf~} |
| Notes: electrical Conduction --{pdf} |
| Notes: Intro to electric circuits (lab discussion) -- {pdf} |
| Notes: Effective Resistance -- {word} {pdf} |
| Notes: Ohm's law and Power --{word} {pdf} |
| Notes: DC Circuit Analysis--{word} {pdf} |
| Notes: DC Circuit Analysis--practice problems--{word} {pdf} |
| Notes: Magnetism {word} {pdf} |
Topic 6: Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Topic 4: Waves
| Waves topic outline |
| Mechanical Waves--notes |
| Semester Final Exam Review Assignment: Part 1--multiple choice practice ~Answer Key~ |
| final exam review--part 2: for each equation in the
data booklet for topics 1, 2, and 3, as well as the two that we have
used in topic 4 , complete the following: * State what the variables mean and the units that they are measured in. * Write a sentence describing a problem where you would need to use the equation |
| Final exam review--part 3: Book Problems and Answers |
Topic 3: Thermal Physics
Topic 2: Mechanics
| Estimation notes |
| Topic 2 outline |
| Uniform Accelerated Motion |
| Kinematic Equations ppt. |
| Vectors |
| Uniform circular motion--note packet |
| Semester Final Exam Review--vocab. List included! |
| Semester Final Exam--Topic List --> {word} {PDF} |
| Semester Final Exam Review
STUDY GUIDE
{pdf} You are expected to complete at least 100 of the 190 questions (it sounds worse than it is...) More than that will amount to some extra credit |
| Semester Final Exam Review--book problems: {ANSWERS} |
| All late work is due no later than the day of your final exam!! Please keep checking Family Access, as assignments are getting entered almost daily. |
| Notes: 5-5-08: Light Characteristics {pdf} {word} |
| Notes: color mixing {pdf} {word} |
| Notes: Flux, Intensity, and Illumination {pdf} {word} |
| Notes: reflection of light {pdf} {word} |
| Notes: refraction of light {pdf} {word} |
| notes: polarization of light {word} |
| Notes: Resonance |
| Project: Physics of Musical Instruments |
| Notes: Sound Loudness; Decibels (pwr.pt.)-->4.28-4.29.08 (~Word ~) {~pdf~} |
| Practice Problems: Resonance 5.1.08 --> {~word~} {~pdf~} |
~~3rd quarter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Friction Notes |
| Newton's 3rd Law notes |
~~1st Semester~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Semester 1 Final topic outline |
| Semester 1 final exam review assignment |
| Final exam review answers (answers to the calculations only...) |
Thermodynamics
| Thermodynamics topic outline |
| Notes: 1st law of Thermodynamics |
|
Notes: Heat Engines and Heat Pumps
(pwr pt.) Slide # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (Quicktime slides) {PDF} [Word] Which format works better for you? e-mail me and let me know! |
| Answer Key for p. 211: 1-5--assignment due on Monday, 4/21/08 |
| Notes: Internal Combustion Engine, Diesel examples |
Astrophysics--for those of you taking the HL test: (more to come soon!)
| Introduction to the Universe |
| Galaxies and Nebulae |
| Stars and Luminosity |
| Binary Stars and the HR Diagram |
Quantum and Nuclear Physics
| Topic Outline |
| PPt. notes: Photoelectric effect (intro) |
| Notes: Photoelectric effect (from 3.3.08) |
| de Broglie wavelength |
| Bohr's Model and Schrodinger's theory |
| X-Rays |
Unit 3
| Mechanics Extension Topic Outline |
| Kinematics Equations Review Power point |
| Projectile motion--Projectile motion Ppt. |
| Gravitation notes |
| Notes: Escape Velocity |
Unit 1-2: Optics and Wave mechanics extension
| Topic Outline |
| The Nature of Light |
| Reflection of Light |
| Refraction at a plane surface |
| Optical Fibers |
| Diffraction and Interference |