Alleghany County Schools Curriculum Guide

ALLEGHANY COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE 2014 - 2015

GRADE/COURSE: Physics GRADING PERIOD: 4th 6 Weeks

Time Frame Unit/SOLs SOL# Strand Resource Assessments

Printed Technology 15 days Newtonian Physics PH. 1 Scientific Glencoe Online Study Standardized  Velocity PH. 2 Investigations, “Physics: Tools, Test  Acceleration PH. 3 Measurement, and Principles TI-83 Practice,  Forces PH. 4 Problem Solving, and Calculators, Teacher  Newton’s laws PH. 5 Force and Motion Problems,” Probeware, Generated  Vectors Chapter 1-8 Crocodile Assessments  Circular motion Physics.  Gravity 15 days Conservation Laws PH. 5 Conservation of Glencoe Online Study Standardized Energy, Work, and Machines PH. 6 Energy, Work, “Physics: Tools, Test  Conservation of Energy PH. 7 Momentum, Principles TI-83 Practice, States of Matter: Thermodynamics and Calculators, Teacher  Thermal Energy Problems,” Probeware, Generated  States of Matter Chapter 9-13 Crocodile Assessments Physics

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems is the textbook for Alleghany Physics. SOL refers to the Virginia Standards of Learning for Physics.

2012-2013 ALLEGHANY COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE

Printed Technology 15 days Vibrations and Waves: PH. 8 Wave Phenomena, Glencoe Online Study Standardized  Vibrations and Waves PH. 9 Vibrations, “Physics: Tools, Test  Sound Resonance, Free Principles TI-83 Practice, Waves, Bounded and Calculators, Teacher Waves Problems,” Probeware, Generated Chapters 14 - Crocodile Assessments 15. Physics.

15 days Optics: PH. 8 Light and Optics: Glencoe Online Study Standardized  Fundamentals of Light PH. 9 The Ray Model of “Physics: Tools, Test  Reflection and Mirrors Light, Images, Principles TI-83 Practice,  Refraction and Lenses Refration, Wave and Calculators, Teacher  Interference and Diffraction Optics Problems,” Probeware, Generated Chapters 16 - Crocodile Assessments 19. Physics.

2012-2013 ALLEGHANY COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE

Printed Technology 15 days Electricity and Magnetism: PH. 10 Electricity and the Glencoe Online Study Standardized  Static Electricity PH. 11 Atom, The Nucleus, “Physics: Tools, Test  Electric Fields Circuits, Principles TI-83 Practice,  Current Electricity Electromagnetism, and Calculators, Teacher  Series and Parallel Circuits Capacitance and Problems,” Probeware, Generated  Magnetic Fields Inductance Chapters 20 - Crocodile Assessments  Electromagnetic Induction 26. Physics.  Electromagnetism

15 days Modern Revolution of Physics PH. 12 Non-Newtonian Glencoe Online Study Standardized  Quantum Theory Physics: Relativity, “Physics: Tools, Test  The Atom Randomness, Light Principles TI-83 Practice,  Solid-State Electronics as a Particle, and Calculators, Teacher  Nuclear Physics Matter as a Wave, Problems,” Probeware, Generated The Atom Chapters 27 - Crocodile Assessments 30. Physics.

2012-2013