Standards of Learning
PH.1.a: the components of a system are defined;
PH.1.b: instruments are selected and used to extend observations and measurements of mass, volume, temperature, heat exchange, energy transformations, motion, fields, and electric charge;
Energy Conversion in a System
Pendulum Clock
PH.1.c: information is recorded and presented in an organized format;
Diffusion
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Pendulum Clock
PH.2.a: a description of a physical problem is translated into a mathematical statement in order to find a solution;
PH.2.b: relationships between physical quantities are determined using the shape of a curve passing through experimentally obtained data;
Effect of Temperature on Gender
Seed Germination
PH.2.c: the slope of a linear relationship is calculated and includes appropriate units;
PH.5.b: uniform circular motion;
PH.5.c: projectile motion;
PH.5.d: Newton's laws of motion;
PH.5.e: gravitation;
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
PH.5.g: work, power, and energy.
PH.6.a: kinetic and potential energy;
2D Collisions
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.6.b: elastic and inelastic collisions; and
PH.7.a: density and pressure;
PH.7.c: Archimedes' principle of buoyancy;
Archimedes' Principle
Determining Density via Water Displacement
PH.8.a: transformation of energy among forms, including mechanical, thermal, electrical, gravitational, chemical, and nuclear; and
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.8.b: efficiency of systems.
PH.9.a: wave characteristics (period, wavelength, frequency, amplitude and phase);
Longitudinal Waves
Refraction
Ripple Tank
PH.9.b: fundamental wave processes (reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, polarization, Doppler effect); and
Basic Prism
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Longitudinal Waves
Refraction
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PH.10.a: the properties and behaviors of radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays; and
Herschel Experiment
Refraction
Ripple Tank
PH.11.c: development and use of mirror and lens equations; and
PH.12.a: inverse square laws (Newton?s law of universal gravitation and Coulomb?s law); and
Coulomb Force (Static)
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
PH.13.a: Ohm?s law;
PH.13.b: series, parallel, and combined circuits; and
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
PH.13.c: circuit components including resistors, batteries, generators, fuses, switches, and capacitors.
PH.14.a: wave/particle duality;
Correlation last revised: 8/8/2016