Class Notes

Here you will find power point presentations and other notes or answer keys that were used in class. Remember, you are responsible for the material in all notes (including these and the ones hand-written on the board or overhead in class) whether you were present in class or not!

IB Physics (SL) Notes	Physics Notes
IB PHYSICS 2 (HL) NOTES
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General Physics

Semester 2!!

Unit 6: Energy, Work, and Power

1/27/09	Notes: Energy and Work
2/6/09	homework: Work/Energy/Power practice problems--print off and complete by Monday at the beginning of class! ~~answers~~
2/13-19/09	Momentum and Impulse
2/23/09	Collision lab analysis questions--lab due on Tuesday, 2/24

	Egg Car Crash info sheet
	Egg Car Crash ANALYSIS questions

Unit 7: Waves and Wave Behavior

3/9/09	Slinky lab questions--due Wed. 3/11/09
	Mechanical waves--ppt.
	ripple tank lab manual--remember, we just did experiments 1, 2, 3, and 6
	wave behavior--reflection, refraction, and diffraction
4.13.09	Sound and Hearing--notes (pdf format)
4.17.09	HOMEWORK Due MONDAY, 4/20/09
4.22.09	Resonance--ppt.

Unit 8: Light and Color

Properties of Light

Luminous Flux, Intensity, Illuminance

Luminouse Flux, etc.--more notes

Reflection and Polarization

Reflection--more notes

Color

Refraction and Snell's Law

more refraction

Unit 1: Metrics and Measurement

9/5/08	Areas of Physics--ppt.
9/9/08	Metrics and Measurement
9/17/08	Accuracy and Precision
9/18/08	Errors and Sig. Figs

Unit 2: Linear Motion

10/7/08	Kinematic Equations
	Vector Addition
	linear motion practice problems--worked out examples
	vector (displacement) addition practice problem

Unit 4: projectile motion

11/10/08	Horizontal projectiles--notes and practice problems; catapult due date changes
	Catapult project information sheet--note: due dates are not all up to date--see the previous set of notes with the changes
11/18/08	Notes: Projectile motion and range equation
11/18/08	Homework for Monday, 11/24/08: Projectile motion practice problems--print this off and complete (show ALL work) by Monday at the beginning of class
	Catapult Analysis--you are responsible for answering these questions and completing the conclusion as directed. these, along with your final draft blueprint, your journal, and your stamp sheet are due on Dec. 10. Note: the work day in the computer lab has been moved to Monday, Dec. 8.

Unit 5: Forces and Newton's Laws

	ppt--Forces and Newton's Laws
	ppt--Weight and mass
	Semester 1 final Exam Review--due at the beginning of the period when you take your final exam. ANSWERS to the calculations
	Semester 1 Extra credit opportunity - note: please do not use Wikipedia for more than one of your entries - General physics does not have "syllabus statements", so you can ignore instruction step 3 - you may find any site that is useful and that covers a topic that we studied throughout 1st semester (metrics, measurement, linear motion, graphing, free-fall, projectile motion, vectors, forces, Newton's laws...) - please do not copy links that already exist on www.physicsrocks.com (I obviously already know about those links :)) this is due no later than the beginning of class on Monday, Jan. 26

IB Physics 1 (SL)

Topic 1: Physics and Physical Measurement

9/5/08	OM and estimation--ppt If that link didn't work, try this one: OM/Estimation
9/9/08	Metrics --ppt If that link didn't work, try this one: Metrics
9/10/08	Metric conversion worksheet--homework due on Thursday, 9/11/08
9/11/08	Errors and Uncertainties--ppt--updated 9/12/08 If that link didn't work, try this one: Errors PPT
9/16/08	Accuracy and Precision If that link didn't work, try this one: Accuracy/Precision

Topic 2: Mechanics

10/8/08	Uniform Accelerated Motion--graphing and measurement techniques
10/9/08	Kinematic Equations
	Newton's Laws of motion and Equilibrium
	Forces (.doc)
	Mass (inertial and gravitational), weight (.doc)
11/6/08	Newton's Laws--practice problems (pdf) (note: the assigned problems and answers that are due tomorrow are listed on the last page of this pdf. The other pages are the flipchart pages we've written the past few days in class, including practice problems.
11/13/08	Apparent weight--notes and practice problem (pdf)
11/14/08	Net force and accelerations on an inclined plane (pdf)
11/17/08	Linear momentum and impulse (pdf)
12/5/08	Work and energy (ppt)

Unit 3/topic 6: Atomic and Nuclear Physics

1/8/09	Nuclear and Atomic physics--intro to radiation and radioactivity
1/14/09	Nuclear Decay
	Semester 1 Extra credit opportunity--due on Monday, Jan. 26 - note: please do not use Wikipedia for more than one of your entries - you may find any site that is useful and that covers a topic that we studied throughout 1st semester - please do not copy links that already exist on www.physicsrocks.com (I obviously already know about those links :))
	Final Exam Review packet (.doc)--this is due the day of your final. Anything you do beyond the minimum requirements stated in the instructions will be counted toward extra points on the packet. ANSWERS to the calculations

Second semester Notes!
1/28/09	Half-Life--ppt
2/2/09	Nuclear Reactions--fission, fusion, binding energy--ppt
	Nuclear power--ppt
	Web links--may be useful for review
	Fusion in the Sun (animation shown in class...have fun!)

Unit 4/(topic 3): Thermal Physics

	Temperature, Internal Energy, etc.--ppt notes
	Micro- and Macro- characteristics of matter--word doc. for your notes
	Phase changes and latent heat --ppt.

Unit 5/(Topic 4): Oscillations and Waves

	Mechanical Waves
	link to photo contest information--due to me by April 30 for extra credit and in-school photo contest
	Wave behavior
	Reflection and refraction of waves, superposition and interference

Unit 6: Astrophysics

	Introduction to the Universe
	Galaxies and Nebulae
	Stars and Luminosity
	Binary Stars and the HR Diagram
	new Astrophysics topic outline (modified)

IB Physics 2 (HL)

Semester 2 Notes

Topic 4/11: Wave Phenomena

1/28/09	Simple Harmonic Motion and Pendulums
2/4/09	Damping Effects
	Forced oscillations and resonance
	Doppler effect
	Diffraction and Interference of light
2/27/09	Resolution
	answer key to non-multiple choice IB questions for review

Topic 12: Electromagnetic Induction

	Induced electromotive force
	electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Lenz's laws

semester 1 notes

	Errors and Uncertainties--ppt
9/11/08	projectile motion--ppt
9/17/08	Uniform circular motion--ppt
	Gravitation
	Escape Velocity
	Electric Fields ppt (from last year)
	Electric Potential Difference ppt (from last year)

Topic 10: Thermal Physics (Thermodynamics)

	Thermodynamics (processes)
	pV diagrams
	Heat engines and heat pumps
	Engines, examples and efficiency
	2nd law of thermodynamics
11/5/08	Answer key to today's review

Topic 8: Energy, Power, and Climate Change

11/7/08	Degraded Energy, Sankey Diagrams
11/10/08	World energy sources
11/13/08	Fossil Fuels
	Energy Densities data table
12/5/08	Nuclear power
	Wind Power
	Solar Power
	Wave Power
	Hydroelectric Power
	Supplemental notes for non-fossil fuel power production
	Black Bodies
	Solar radiation and the greenhouse effect
	effects of the greenhouse effect