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Year at a Glance Physics I Readiness & Supporting TEKS 1st 8 Weeks 2nd 8 Weeks 1 wk Beginning of School: Capturing Kids Hearts 2 wks Forces (continued) 2 wks Motion  Newton’s Laws (P.4D)  Lab safety (1 day)  Free Body Diagrams (P.4E)  Measuring (2 days)  Vector addition and components (conceptual;  Accuracy and precision math uses Pythagorean Theorems) (P.4E - F)  Uncertainties  Force of gravity (P.5A)  Conversions  Graphing motion (P.4A)  Organization and evaluation of data 2 wks Other Forces  Distance and displacement (P.4A & B), (P.4F)  Circular motion (P.4C), (P.5B)  Scalar/Vectors (simple)  Circular acceleration  Speed and velocity  Circular velocity  Average/Instantaneous velocity  Centrifugal force  Relative motion  Torque & formula  Frame of reference (P.4F)  Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation (P.5A), (P.5B) 4 wks Uniform Acceleration  Acceleration (P.4 A - B) 2 wks Momentum  Big 4 (P.4B)  Conservation of momentum (P.6C - D)  Algebra review  Free fall (P.4 A - B) 2 wks Final Project or Exam  Vector components (vocab and conceptual) (P.3F)  Projectiles (P.4C) 1 wk Forces  Newton’s Laws (P.4D)  Free Body Diagrams (P.4E)  Vector addition and components (conceptual; math uses Pythagorean Theorems) (P.4E - F) 3rd 10 Weeks 4th 10 Weeks 3 wks Energy 2 wks Waves/Sound  Work-energy Theorem W=Fd (P.6A)  Different types of medium (P.7A)  KE/PE (P.6B)  Calculations (P.7B)  Mechanical (P.6C)  Parts of wave (P.7B)  Power (P.6C)  Transverse vs Longitudinal (P.7C)  Conservation of energy (P.6D)  Wave applications (P.7F)  Pendulums  Resonance (P.7D)  Springs  Doppler Effect (P.7D)

1 wk Heat 3 wks Optics  Conduction/Convection/Radiation (P.6F)  Sound vs Light (P.7C)  Specific heat (P.6E)  Interference (P.7D)  Pressure (P.6E)  Reflection- mirrors (P.7D), (P.7E)  Temperature (P.6E)  Refraction –convex and concave lenses (P.7D),  KE/PE (P.6B) (P.7E)  Law of Entropy (P.6G)  Snell’s Law (P.7D)  Law of Thermodynamics (P.6G) 1 wk Atomic Light 1 wk Static Electricity and Fields  Photoelectric (P.8A)  Calculate electric force (P.5A & C), (P.6D)  Dual nature (P.8A)  Spectra (P.8B) 3 wks Currents/Circuits  V=IR (P.5F) 2 wk Nuclear  Build circuit (P.5F)  Effects of strong/weak forces (P.5A & H)  Calculations (P.5F)  Fission (P.8C)  Conductors/Insulators (P.5E)  Fusion (P.8C)  Stability(P.8C) 2 wks Magnetism/Electromagnetism  Mass-Energy Equal (P.8C)  Electric/magnetic fields in devices (P.5A & G)  Applications(P.8D)  Examples of each (P.5D) 2 wks Final Project or Exam