Chris in PA Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Hi all, I am getting ready to start this with my 9th grade ds. I am wondering what chapters are essential to cover? I don't think we will be able to finish it this school year. We are planning for a more advanced physics later in his high school career. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugs Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 What I am planning to do is skip the 2 chapters on relativity (Ch 15 - 16 in my book) and the Chapter on the Atom and the Quantum (38), then have ds just read and take notes on the last two chapters (on radioactivity, and nuclear fusion and fission). That fills up 36 weeks. If we end up having a week less (i.e. due to illness) I will combine something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not sure which edition you have, but for this one http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,1144,0805391908,00.html this is what I would do: I. MECHANICS (ch. 2-10) Fundamental concepts. Must cover everything thoroughly. II. PROPERTIES OF MATTER (ch. 11-14) Can skim; this is covered again in chemistry III. HEAT (ch. 15-18) cover, but not in too much detail; will be revisited in chemistry IV. SOUND (ch. 19-21) Cover; not too much detail needed V. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (ch. 22-25) Must cover everything thoroughly VI. LIGHT (ch. 26-31) Must cover everything thoroughly VII. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (ch. 32-34) Will be covered in chemistry; interesting stuff, cover if time permits VIII. RELATIVITY (ch. 35+36) Really cool and interesting stuff that will probably never be covered in another class. Not necessary as prerequisite for anything, but just fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not sure which edition you have, but for this onehttp://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,1144,0805391908,00.html this is what I would do: I. MECHANICS (ch. 2-10) Fundamental concepts. Must cover everything thoroughly. II. PROPERTIES OF MATTER (ch. 11-14) Can skim; this is covered again in chemistry III. HEAT (ch. 15-18) cover, but not in too much detail; will be revisited in chemistry IV. SOUND (ch. 19-21) Cover; not too much detail needed V. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (ch. 22-25) Must cover everything thoroughly VI. LIGHT (ch. 26-31) Must cover everything thoroughly VII. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (ch. 32-34) Will be covered in chemistry; interesting stuff, cover if time permits VIII. RELATIVITY (ch. 35+36) Really cool and interesting stuff that will probably never be covered in another class. Not necessary as prerequisite for anything, but just fascinating. This is extremely helpful advice! Now I need to check and see how my syllabus matches up. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugs Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not sure which edition you have, but for this onehttp://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,1144,0805391908,00.html this is what I would do: I. MECHANICS (ch. 2-10) Fundamental concepts. Must cover everything thoroughly. II. PROPERTIES OF MATTER (ch. 11-14) Can skim; this is covered again in chemistry III. HEAT (ch. 15-18) cover, but not in too much detail; will be revisited in chemistry IV. SOUND (ch. 19-21) Cover; not too much detail needed V. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (ch. 22-25) Must cover everything thoroughly VI. LIGHT (ch. 26-31) Must cover everything thoroughly VII. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (ch. 32-34) Will be covered in chemistry; interesting stuff, cover if time permits VIII. RELATIVITY (ch. 35+36) Really cool and interesting stuff that will probably never be covered in another class. Not necessary as prerequisite for anything, but just fascinating. Thanks Regentrude! I contemplated reducing the amount of time spent on Sound but was not sure. I guess now I can squeeze relativity in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in PA Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Not sure which edition you have, but for this onehttp://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,1144,0805391908,00.html this is what I would do: I. MECHANICS (ch. 2-10) Fundamental concepts. Must cover everything thoroughly. II. PROPERTIES OF MATTER (ch. 11-14) Can skim; this is covered again in chemistry III. HEAT (ch. 15-18) cover, but not in too much detail; will be revisited in chemistry IV. SOUND (ch. 19-21) Cover; not too much detail needed V. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (ch. 22-25) Must cover everything thoroughly VI. LIGHT (ch. 26-31) Must cover everything thoroughly VII. ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (ch. 32-34) Will be covered in chemistry; interesting stuff, cover if time permits VIII. RELATIVITY (ch. 35+36) Really cool and interesting stuff that will probably never be covered in another class. Not necessary as prerequisite for anything, but just fascinating. This helps so much! I was thinking we would come back to the units on properties of matter and heat if we had time. We may also do those over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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