Lesson Schedule ­ Spring 1999

Introduction:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Jan. 20, Lesson #1

Course Introduction

Math





1.2-1.5, Appendix C, D


MM #1: Extremes of Measurement in the Universe






Week One:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Jan. 25, Lesson #2

Motion



2.1-2.8


MM #2: Metric System
Jan. 27, Lesson #3

Force & Newton's Laws of Motion



2.10-2.14


Lab #1: Metric Measurement






Week Two:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Feb. 1, Lesson #4

Work & Energy



3.4-3.7, 3.9


MM #2: Heat and the Home
Feb. 3, Lesson #5

Gravity



4.1-4.4


Lab #2: Force & Acceleration






Week Three:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Feb. 8, Lesson #6

Centripetal Force & Orbital Motion

Temperature & Heat



4.5-4.7

5.1-5.5





MM #4: The Apple & The Moon
Feb. 10, Lesson #7

Phase Change & Heat Transfer



5.6-5.11


Lab #3: Conservation of Energy






Week Four:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Feb. 15, Lesson #8

Unit Test #1



Review Lessons 1-7


Lab Test #1 (Labs 1-3)
Feb. 17, Lesson #9

Waves & Sound

Decibel Scale

Interference



7.1-7.4

7.5-7.8



Lab #4: Household Energy






Week Five:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Feb. 22, Lesson #10

Standing Waves

Doppler Effect

Electrostatics

Current: Ohm's Law



7.9-7.11

8.1-8.4

8.6-8.10



MM #5: Magnetism

Selection of Topics for Presentations

Feb. 24, Lesson #11

Series & Parallel Circuits



8.11-8.14


Lab #5: Ohm's Law






Week Six:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Mar. 1, Lesson #12

Magnetism

The Atom



9.1-9.5, 9.7-9.10

12.1-12.8



Research Time for Special Projects
Mar. 3, Lesson #13

Production of Light

Spectrum of Light

Polarization



11.1-11.4

11.6

11.8-11.10



Research Time for Special Projects






Week Seven:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Mar. 8, Lesson #14

Radioactivity

Nuclear Fission & Fusion



13.1-13.4, 13.8

14.8, 14.10-14.15



Presentation of Special Projects
Mar. 10, Lesson #15

Unit Test #2



Review Lessons 8-15


Lab Test #2 (Labs 4-5)






Week Eight:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Mar. 22, Lesson #16

Types of Matter

Gas Laws



15.1-15.6

15.7-15.11



MM #6: The Gas Laws
Mar. 24, Lesson #17

Periodic Table



16.1-16.3


Lab #6: Radioactivity






Week Nine:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Mar 29, Lesson #18

Chemical Equations and Bonding



16.4-16.6


MM #7: Proton in Chemistry
Mar. 31, Lesson #19

Acid and Bases



17.2-17.4


Lab #7: The pH Scale






Week Ten:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Apr. 5, Lesson #20

Unit Test #3



Review Lessons 16-19


Lab Test #3 (Labs 6 & 7)
Apr. 7, Lesson #21

Earth's Atmosphere

Global Circulation



18.1-18.4


Lab #8: Earth Sun Relationships






Week Eleven:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Apr. 12, Lesson #22

Condensation & Humidity

Precipitation & Weather Fronts



18.5, 18.7, 18.10


MM #8: The Rock Cycle
Apr. 14, Lesson #23

Earth's Interior

Rock Cycle



19.1-19.3


Lab #9: Rock & Mineral Identification






Week Twelve:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Apr. 19, Lesson #24

Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes & Volcanoes



19.6-19.8

19.9-19.10



MM #9: Power of Water
Apr. 21, Lesson #25

Weathering, Erosion & The Hydrologic Cycle



20.4-20.10


Lab #10: Topographical Maps








Week Thirteen:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
Apr. 26, Lesson #26

Unit Test #4



Review Lesson 21-25


Lab Test #4 (Labs 8-10)
Apr. 28, Lesson #27

Motions In The Sky

Phases of The Moon

Eclipses

Kepler's Laws





21.1-21.9




Lab #11: Phases of the Moon






Week Fourteen:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
May 3, Lesson #28

Origin of the Solar System

The Planets



22.1-22.4


MM #10: Kepler's Laws
May 5, Lesson #29

Stellar Evolution,

Galaxies and Cosmology (as time permits)



23.1-23.7

24.1-24.4



Lab #12: Kepler's Laws






Week Fifteen:

Lesson Numbers and Topics Reading Assignments Multimedia and Laboratory Assignments
May 10, Lesson #30

Unit Test #5



Review Lessons 27-29


Lab Test #5 (Labs 11-12)
May 12, Lesson #31

Course Review



Review Old Tests and Student Questions