The Chicago High School for the Arts Physics - Online Course Syllabus Instructor: Room: Phone: Email:

Availability: K. Weisenburger 102 773-534-9710 kweisenburger@chiarts.org By appointment

Course Description: Physics is the study of matter and energy. The goal of this course is to create scientifically literate students who possess lab-based skills, can think critically and creatively, and can use physics to solve real-world problems in their daily lives. Students will explore the topics of motion, force, energy, electricity, magnetism, and waves. Success in Physics requires students to complete virtual lab experiments, draw conclusions from their lab data, and use developing algebra skills to construct detailed concepts and models. Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Interpret and analyze graphs, tables, and scientific information in todays society - Complete scientific experiments (virtually) - Construct models for how the world works - Demonstrate a growing scientific vocabulary and laboratory skills - Demonstrate critical thinking skills and conceptual understandings to solve real-world problems Instructional Materials: Our primary resource will be Prentice Hall: Conceptual Physics (Paul Hewitt). We will also use a variety of supplemental reading materials including articles, handouts, and excerpts from other books. Students will receive supplemental materials on a regular basis and are responsible for reading and organizing them in their class binders. Grading: The following is a breakdown of school wide grading categories and weighting: Class activities and Homework Performance Assessments Semester Final Exam

15% 70% 15%

Students are expected submit assignments on a regular basis, adhere to deadlines, and have a valid excuse for missing class. Missing assignments in the case of an excused absence must be submitted on the day you return to class. It is your responsibility to contact or email your teacher for assignments when absent. School Wide Retake Policy: Each unit will consist of performance tasks that include: quizzes, unit exams, laboratory activities, and written assignments. No quiz retakes will be offered. Students are expected to be prepared to take quizzes and exams. Alternate assessments may be offered to students at the teachers discretion. Test retakes will be offered. Students who receive a D or F may retake major tests or complete test corrections within one week of return date. Students must complete a reflection form prior to retaking or resubmitting. Late performance assessments will receive a 10% deduction penalty each day (50% maximum) and must be submitted within one week of the due date. Homework and In-class Assignments All homework will be due at the beginning of the class period. All in class assignments are due at the specific time directed by the instructor. No late homework or in-class assignments will be accepted.

School wide grading scale: A+ 100-98 A 97-95 A94-92 B+ 91-89 B 88-86 B85-83 C+ 82-80 C 79-77 C76 - 74 D+ 73 - 71 D 70 - 68 D67 - 65 F 64 and below Materials and Supplies: The following materials and supplies will be needed: one soft plastic three ring binder with dividers and loose leaf paper ink pens and pencils School wide Expectations and Standards: Placesbe on time to school and to class; come prepared with all materials, supplies, appropriate dress and attitude. Harmonyrespect each other and work together. Collageseek and receive wisdom; all voices complete the picture. Directionbe willing to lead and follow. Arrangementconsider the shared space. Leave things better than you found them. *Please see 2012-13 Parent-Student Handbook for other school policies and more information. School wide Plagiarism Policy: Rationale The faculty at ChiArts is committed to teaching students to become ethical users of information and ideas. It is our responsibility not only to educate students in the research process of writing and proper documenting, but also to hold students accountable for submitting original work. Whether as assignment is in a visual, written, or spoken format, students are expected to accurately reference all sources of information consulted for the project. Plagiarism is regarded as a serious offense and will not be tolerated by ChiArts or by any institution of higher learning. All departments must enforce and students must adhere to this policy. Definition of Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined as: Copying of another persons ideas and/or works, whether intentional or not, in whole or in part, from a print or non-print source and using those ideas or works as ones own. Deliberate and/or inconsistent lack of proper documentation and citation in the project or paper. In-text documentation that is not reflected in the Works Cited page. Student Responsibilities Submit authentic work Follow the MLA style or APA style guide Cite in-text or paraphrased sources correctly and accurately Format Works Cited pages correctly and accurately Consequences of Plagiarism Whenever a teacher reasonably believes, based upon significant evidence, that a student has plagiarized part or all of an assignment or infringed upon copyright protection, or whenever a teacher reasonably believes, based upon significant evidence, that a student has knowingly assisted another student to plagiarize part or all of an assignment, the teacher shall evaluate the nature and extent of the assistance lent to the student who plagiarized, remind the student of the existence of this rule, and warn the student that he/she is, or may be, subject to the following penalties. Conference between the teacher and the student about honest authorship Conference between the teacher and parent/guardian regarding the offense

Reduced credit for the assignment Refusal to give the student any credit for the assignment Require the student to rework the assignment entirely using his/her own ideas and style Refer the student to the proper school authority for any additional counseling or discipline consistent with any other policy of ChiArts Failure of the entire semester that the plagiarism occurred in Removal from the school for repeated offenses in spite of intervention
E. Kavanagh, High School Plagiarism Policy, September 2009

Course Scope and Sequence: The semester will be divided into 6 units. Each unit will take one week, with a unit exam at the end of the unit. The final exam will be cumulative Plan on spending about 1.5 hours per day on your assignments. Focus/Topics/EQs Major Assessments Unit Exam - Forces Every object has one or more forces acting on it Virtual Lab Report Free Body Diagrams are vector representations of the Reading - Chapter Summary forces acting on an object Practice Worksheet Objects that are accelerating have a non-zero net force. All objects have a natural tendency to remain in their initial state of motion In every interaction between two objects forces exist in equal and opposite pairs Liner Motion Unit Exam - 1D Motion Speed is determined by a certain displacement per unit Virtual Lab Report time and acceleration is simply the change in speed per Reading - Chapter Summary unit time. Practice Worksheet The slope on a graph of motion gives you information about the object. Mass and Force affect the acceleration of an object. Projectile Motion 1. Objects in free fall are acted on only by gravity, projectile Unit Exam - 2D Motion motion included. Virtual Lab Report 2. Projectile motion is the resultant of linear motion and Reading - Chapter Summary free fall Practice Worksheet Energy and Momentum Unit Exam - Energy and MomenMomentum is conserved in collisions, and impulse is tum the change in momentum Virtual Lab Report The relationship between work and power Reading - Chapter Summary The relationship between Potential and Kinetic Energy Practice Worksheet Energy transformations and conservation Electricity 1. All objects are made up of atoms which contain elecUnit Exam - Electricity trons Virtual Lab Report 2. Electric charge is produced by having an unequal numReading - Chapter Summary ber of protons and electrons Practice Worksheet 3. In order to have a complete circuit you must have a resistor, a power source and a conductor 4. A potential difference has to be maintained in order to move charges between two points. 5. A good conductor helps the electrons flow through a circuit and a good insulator blocks the flow of electrons through a circuit 6. A series circuit is made up of resistors in a row and a parallel circuit is made up of one or more series circuits. 7. Magnets have both attractive and repulsive properties Unit Name Forces

Waves, Sound and Light 1. 2. ly 3. 4. 5. 6.

The properties of waves. Waves can interfere both constructively and destructive-

All sounds are produced by vibrations Sound travels at different speeds in different materials Light waves can be reflected and refracted The image produced is dependent on the distance from the focal length 7. Light is able to travel through different media Chapter Summaries Unit 1 - Forces - Chapters 2, 3 and 7 Unit 2 - Linear Motion - Chapters 4 and 6 Unit 3- Projectile Motion - Chapters 5 Unit 4 - Energy and Momentum - Chapters 8 and 9 Unit 5 - Electricity - Chapters 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 Unit 6 - Waves, Sound and Light - Chapters 25, 26, 27, 29 and 30

Unit Exam - Light and Sound Virtual Lab Report (2) Reading - Chapter Summary Practice Worksheet (3)

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