Welcome to a year of exploring the properties of matter forces and energy!
Weekly video and homework assignments are listed below. Students are expected to turn in homework for a given week at the beginning of lab the following week.
Syllabus: http://www.scimathinstitute.org/scimath/syllabi/PhysicsSyllabus2023-24.pdf
Book: http://scimathinstitute.org/texts/TextDownloads.html
NOTE: the book is a large document. The easiest way to get a copy on your computer is to right-click on the link above, then choose “save link as…” This will allow you save the file to a designated location on your computer
Send Homework to: homework@scimathinstitute.org
*Important! Subject line of the email MUST match the name of the assignment!!*
| Video Dates | Video and Homework Assignments | Meeting Date |
| Sep. 4-11 | Introduction | Sept. 12 |
| Sep. 11-18 | Physics, properties and units | Sept. 19 |
| Sep. 18-25 | Algebra review | Sept. 26 |
| Sep. 25-Oct. 2 | Introduction to kinematics | Oct. 3 |
| Oct. 2-9 | 1-dimensional kinematics | Oct. 10 |
| Oct. 9-17 | Mechanical energy | Oct. 17 |
| Oct. 17-23 | Trigonometry and vectors | Oct. 24 |
| Test 1 | ||
| Oct. 23-30 | 2-dimensional kinematics | Oct. 31 |
| Nov. 1-6 | Introduction to force | Nov. 7 |
| Nov. 6-13 | Newton’s laws, balanced and unbalanced forces | Nov. 14 |
| Nov. 14-20 | Momentum, impulse and collisions | Nov. 21 NO LAB Thanksgiving! |
| Nov. 20-27 | Angular kinematics | Nov. 28 |
| Nov. 27-Dec. 4 | Centripetal force | Dec. 5 |
| Dec. 4-11 | Universal gravitation | Dec. 12 NO LAB, TEST 2 DUE |
| Test 2 |
Spring Semester
| Jan. 22-Jan-29 | Simple harmonic motion | Jan. 30 |
| Jan. 27-Feb. 5 | Waves | Feb. 6 |
| Feb. 5-12 | Wave interactions | Feb. 13 |
| Feb. 12-19 | Light and electromagnetism | Feb. 20 |
| Thermodynamics | ||
| Feb. 19-26 | Heat and work | Feb. 27 |
| Test 3 | ||
| Feb. 27-Mar. 4 | Fluids, part 1 | Mar. 5 |
| Mar. 4-11 | Fluids, part 2 | NO LAB (Mar. 12) Spring Break |
| Mar. 11-18 | Introduction to electricity | Mar. 19 |
| Mar. 18-25 | Properties of electricity | Mar. 26 |
| Mar. 26-Apr. 1 | Magnetism | Apr. 2 |
| Apr. 1-8 | Semiconductors | Apr. 9 |
| Apr. 8-15 | Cumulative review | Apr. 16 |
| Apr. 15-22 | Test 4 | Apr. 23 |