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Classroom Procedures Pick up papers when you walk in the door. Labs and other work will be collected at the beginning of class – please place in a stack near the stapler. Partners are at your table. Homework is posted on the board near the window. The rotation schedule is posted above the boards. Bathroom – no more than one student out at a time.

Course Outline Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term Content   Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term Content · Experimental Design · Newton's First Law · Linear Motion · Vectors · Forces · Newton's Second and Third Laws · Momentum · Energy · Rotational Motion · Gravity · Projectile Motion · Waves · Sound · Light and Optics · Electrostatics · Electric Fields · Electric Circuits · Magnetism · Electromagnetic Induction · Quantum Atom · Relativity Lab Experiences · Inertia · Linear Speed and Acceleration · Free Fall · Translational Equilibrium · Newton's Second Law · Impulse-Momentum · Friction · Collisions · Roller Coaster · Catapults · Oscillating Spring · Acceleration Due to Gravity · Speed of Sound · Snell's Law · Mirrors and Lenses · Van de Graaf Generator · Electrostatics · Circuit Design · Ohm's Law · Kirchoff's Laws

Brain Teasers No calculators allowed! Let’s find out how just how smart you really are!  No calculators allowed! Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total? 4100 If you overtake the second person in a race, what position would you be in? Second

Brain Teasers If you overtake the last person in a race, what position would you be in? It is not possible What is 192 + 192 - 192 times 192 divided by 192? 192 Some months have 31 days. How many have 28? All of them Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. 70

What is physics? Physics is the most basic of all sciences. It is about the nature of basic things such as motion, forces, energy, matter, heat, sound, light, and the structure of atoms. Physics is a way we search for ways to explain, simplify, and predict phenomena in the natural world.

What is physics? Give two examples WITHOUT SAYING THE RULE It is off but not on It is cool but not cold It is kitten but not cat It is wall but not ceiling It is Milwaukee but not Chicago It is Illinois but not Wisconsin It is nineteen but not twenty It is three but not two It is pepper but not salt It is book but not text It is tall but not short It is knee but not elbow

What is physics? Physics consists of a set of rules that govern the world around us.

Vibrations and wave phenomena 7 Branches of Physics Mechanics Motion and its causes, interactions between objects Thermodynamics Heat and temperature Vibrations and wave phenomena Specific types of repetitive motions – springs, pendulums, sound Optics Light, including mirrors, lenses, color Electromagnetism Electricity, magnetism, and light, including electrical charge, circuits, and magnets Relativity Particles moving at any speed, including very high speed Quantum mechanics Behavior of submicroscopic and subatomic particles