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 |
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