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This course will utilize Physics and Chemistry concepts to teach the skills necessary to be successful in Biology; and the upper division science classes. It will be directly aligned to the general science ACT; and emphasize learning through inquiry and labs. Students will learn to interpret data through graph reading; interpretation of scatterplots; and interpretation of information presented in tables; diagrams; and figures. Major emphasis will be on experiment design and interpretation of the experiment results. Students will also learn reasoning skills through discussion of Physics and Chemistry topics that have conflicting viewpoints.

Syllabus:
Physics (1st Semester)Focus: Labs; experiment design; inquiry; data interpretation; scatterplot interpretation; graph interpretation

1st Quarter
1. Measurement
a. SI Units
2. Graphing
a. Organizing Data
b. Graph Types and Purposes
3. Forces and Motion
a. Measuring Motion
b. Acceleration
c. Forces
4. Newton’s Laws of Motion
a. Newton’s 1st law and 2nd Law
b. Gravity
c. Newton’s 3rd Law
5. Vectors
a. Scalars
b. Displacement
c. Addition and Subtraction

2nd Quarter
6. Work; Power; and Machines
a. Work
b. Power
7. Machines
a. Simple Machines
b. Complex Machines
8. Energy
a. Potential and Kinetic
b. Forms of Energy
c. Conservation of Energy
d. Heat Transfer
9. Characteristic Properties of Waves
a. Types of Waves
b. Characteristics of Waves

Chemistry (2nd Semester) Focus: Labs; reading comprehension; inquiry; preparation for Biology

3rd Quarter (And 1st Half of 4th Quarter)
1. Classifying Properties of Matter
a. Classifying Matter
b. Properties of Matter
2. Matter and Energy
a. Changes of Matter
b. Phases of Matter
c. Phase Changes
d. Fluids
3. Atoms
a. Atomic Theory
b. Structure
4. Periodic Table
a. Organizing the Elements
b. Exploring the Periodic Table
5. Chemical Bonding
a. Ionic
b. Covalent
c. Polyatomic Ions
d. Names and Formulas
6. Chemical Reactions
a. Nature of Chemical Reactions
b. Chemical Equations
c. Reaction Types
7. Reaction Rates
a. Factors
8. Solution Chemistry
a. Solutions
b. Solubility and Concentration
9. Acids; Bases; and pH
a. Acids
b. Bases
c. pH Scale
d. Neutralization Reactions
10. Nuclear Chemistry
a. Radioactivity
b. Nuclear Decay
c. Nuclear Forces

2nd Half of 4th Quarter (Biology Preparation)
11. Carbon and Organic Compounds
a. Compounds of Carbon
b. Organic Molecule Structure
c. Organic Reactions
12. Carbohydrates; Lipids; and Proteins
a. Carbohydrates
b. Lipids
c. Amino Acids and Proteins
d. Enzymes
13. Nucleic Acids and DNA
a. Nucleic Acids

Lab Example:
Name:______________________________________ Per:______
Partner Name:_________________________________________

Balloon Powered Car
Introduction:
On December 18th of 1998 NASA decided to put on a contest for all of its employees. The contest was to see who could make a vehicle that could travel the farthest distance powered only by two balloons. The winner of the contest had his vehicle travel a whopping 96 feet! We are going to recreate this contest…so lets see if someone can build a car that can travel 97 feet!

Balloon Car Guidelines:
• Your car must have a minimum of 3 wheels; there is no maximum amount.
• The car cannot leave the ground during the run.
• You will be given only two regulation balloons to power your car.
• The car can only be powered by a maximum of two balloons.
• You must supply yourself with the materials needed to build your balloon car.
o I will supply you with masking tape and straws.
• The car must be fabricated (made) from simple materials…nothing prefabricated
o The wheels on your car can have had the function of being wheels on something else however.

Racing Guidelines:
• The track will be a total distance of 5 meters.
• One car will race at a time. One team member prepares the car at the starting line.
• Cars take off at "Go!" Timers start.
• Time will be taken twice at 1m; 2m; 3m; 4m; 5m; and at car stop (total run time).
• Cars continue pass the finish line until they stop.
• Measure total distance traveled.
Balloon Car Name:_________________________________________________________________________
Balloon Car Building Materials:
Materials used to make your car Reason why you chose to use this material
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Balloon Car Building Problems:
Problem What you did to fix the problem
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Balloon Car Acceleration Data:
For each of your 3 trial runs; you need to write down the time it took your balloon powered car to get to each interval stage. To calculate your averages; you need to add each run time together; and then divide by the number of runs added together.

Balloon Car Velocity Calculations:
Using the averages of all of your balloon powered car runs; calculate the velocity of your vehicle during each interval. Be sure to show your work:

Velocity Calculation Variables Show Your Work Answer

0m to 1m v = ?
t =
d =

0m to 2m v = ?
t =
d =

0m to 3m v = ?
t =
d =

0m to 4m v = ?
t =
d =

0m to 5m v = ?
t =
d =
Balloon Car Acceleration Calculations:
Use the velocity calculations from your Balloon Car Velocity Calculations table; and the times from your Balloon Car Acceleration Data table to calculate the acceleration of your balloon powered car at each interval.

Acceleration Calculation Variables Show Your Work Answer

0m to 1m
v1 =
v2 =
t =
a =

1m to 2m
v1 =
v2 =
t =
a =

2m to 3m
v1 =
v2 =
t =
a =

3m to 4m
v1 =
v2 =
t =
a =

4m to 5m
v1 =
v2 =
t =
a =

Balloon Car Graphs:
Use your Balloon Car Acceleration Data to construct an acceleration graph. Time should be placed on the X-axis; while distance should be placed on the Y-axis. Be sure to use the entire graph area.

Speed; Velocity; and Acceleration Questions:
1. Define motion:

2. Define speed:

3. Write down the equation to solve for speed:

4. How is velocity different from speed?

5. Write down the equation to solve for acceleration:

6. What does the graph show to the right (Not Shown)?

7. On a velocity-time graph; a line that is slanted down from left to right shows what?

8. On a velocity-time graph; a line that is slanted up from left to right shows what?

9. On a velocity-time graph; a line that is not slanted from left to right shows what?

10. If the premise is that Your teacher is being chased by a bunch of students; explain the most logical explanation of the graph below (Not Shown):

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