Week 8
Lesson 1.15 Machines & Mechanical Advantage
Lab 1.15 Pulley Sysyems
Lesson 1.16 Torque & Torque Converters
Lab 1.16 Torque Wrench
Test: Collisions, Stability & Machines
Unit 2 - Matter & Heat
Module 5: Atoms, States of
Matter, Solids & Liquids
Week 9
Lesson 2.1: Atoms, Elements & Molecules
Lab 2.1: Hydrogen
Lesson 2.2: States of Matter
Lab 2.2: States of Matter
Review: Matter & States of Matter
Project: The Hindenberg, Blimps & Dirigibles
Week 10
Lesson 2.3: Solids
Lab 2.3: Elasticity
Lesson 2.4: Liquids
Lab 2.4: Eureka
Test: Atoms, States of Matter, Solids & Liquids
Module 6: Gases, Heat
Capacity, Expansion & Heat
Week 11
Lesson 2.5: Gases
Lab 2.5: Gases
Lesson 2.6:Heat Capacity
Lab 2.6: Heat Capacity 1
Review: Gases & Heat Capacity
Project: Cartesian Diver
Week 12
Lesson 2.7: Expansion
Lab 2.7: Heat Capacity 2
Lesson 2.8: Conduction & Convection
Lab 2.8: Vernier
Test: Gases, Heat Capacity, Expansion & Heat
Module 7: Evaporation,
Refrigeration, & Thermodynamics
Week 13
Lesson 2.9: Evaporation & Boiling
Lab 2.9: Expansion
Lesson 2.10: Refrigeration
Lab 2.10: Conduction
Review: Evaporation & Heat
Project: The Mpemba Effect
Week 14
Lesson 2.11: Thermodynamics 1
Lab 2.11: Solar Still
Lesson 2.12: Thermodynamics 2
Lab 2.12: Thermodynamics 1
Test: Evaporation, Refrigeration & Thermodynamics
Unit 3 - Light & Waves
Module 8: Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Simple Harmonic Motion & Interference
Week 15
Lesson 3.1: Light & The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Lab 3.1: Visible Spectrum & Waves
Lesson 3.2: Simple Harmonic Motion
Lab 3.2: Simple Harmonic Motion
Review: Light, Waves & Simple Harmonic Motion
Project: Tsunami
Week 16
Lesson 3.3: Natural Frequency and Resonance
Lab 3.3: Resonance & Interference
Lesson 3.4: Rays and Shadows
Lab 3.4: Shadow Pictures, Pinhole camera & Ray Diagrams
Test: Light, Simple Harmonic Motion, Resonance & Rays
Module 9: Flux, Reflection,
Phases & Refraction
Week 17
Lesson 3.5: Flux
Lab 3.5: Solar Electricity & Flux
Lesson 3.6:Reflection
Lab 3.6: Solar Furnace & Curved Mirrors
Review: Flux & Reflection
Project: Solar Cooker
Week 18
Lesson 3.7: Phases and Beats
Lab 3.7: Phases & Beats
Lesson 3.8: Refraction
Lab 3.8: Aquarium, Refractive Index & Total Internal
Reflection
Test: Flux, Reflection, Phases & Refraction
Module 10: Lenses,
Photography & Optical Instruments
Week 19
Lesson 3.9: Sources of Radiation
Lab 3.9: Photometer, Light Bulbs & The Sun
Lesson 3.10: Lenses
Lab 3.10: Light Bench & Lenses
Review: Radiation & Lenses
Project: Optical Fibers
Week 20
Lesson 3.11: Lens Calculations
Lab 3.11: Polarization of Light
Lesson 3.12: The Eye and the Camera
Lab 3.12: Mini-Microscope
Test: Lenses, Photography & Optical Instruments
Module 11: Color,
Diffraction, Sound & Harmonics
Week 21
Lesson 3.13: Color
Lab 3.13: Mixing Lights and Mixing Pigments
Lesson 3.14: Diffraction
Lab 3.14: Surf Simulator: Diffraction of Waves
Review: Color & Diffraction
Project: Midi Music
Week 22
Lesson 3.15: Sound
Lab 3.15: Oscilloscope
Lesson3.16: Standing Waves & Harmonics
Lab 3.16: Speed of Sound
Test: Color, Diffraction, Sound & Harmonics
Unit 4 - Electricity & The
Universe
Module 12: Magnets,
Resistors & Ohm's Law
Week 23
Lesson 4.1: Magnets & Induction
Lab 4.1: Induction & Signals
Lesson 4.2: Electrical Current & Ohm’s Law
Lab 4.2: Multimeter
Review: Magnets, Induction & Ohm's law
Project: Oscilloscope
Week 24
Lesson 4.3: Resistance
Lab 4.3: Resistances in Series
Lesson 4.4: Circuits
Lab 4.4: Resistor Color Codes
Test: Magnets, Ohm’s Law,
Resistors & Circuits
Module 13: Motors, Circuits
& Transformers
Week 25
Lesson 4.5: Electromagnets & Motors
Lab 4.5: Parallel & Compound Circuits
Lesson 4.6: Alternating Current
Lab 4.6: Motors, Generators and Alternators
Review: Magnets, Motors & Circuits
Project: Build a Light Detector
Week 26
Lesson 4.7: AC Motors
Lab 4.7: Electroscope
Lesson 4.8: Transformers
Lab 4.8: Transformers
Test: Motors, Circuits &
Transformers
Module 14: Capacitors,
Transistors & Integrated Circuits
Week 27
Lesson 4.9: Static Electricity & Capacitors
Lab 4.9: Capacitors
Lesson 4.10: Transistors & Amplifiers
Lab 4.10: Transistors & Amplifiers
Review: Static Electricity, Transistors & Amplifiers
Project: Build a Crystal Set or an
Audio Amplifier
Week 28
Lesson 4.11: Integrated Circuits
Lab 4.11: Op Amps & Timers
Lesson 4.12: Electrical Power
Lab 4.12: Counting the Cost of Electricity
Test: Capacitors, Transistors,
Integrated Circuits & Costs
Module 15: Orbits,
Gravitation, Orbitals & The Big Bang
Week 29
Lesson 4.13: Orbits & Gravitation
Lesson 4.14: Orbitals & Quanta
Project: Space Travel at the Speed of
Light
Lesson 4.15: Time & the Speed of Light
Lesson 4.16: The Big Bang Theory
Test:
Orbits, Gravitation, Orbitals & The Big Bang Idea.
