Academic Standards
9P.2.2: Motion
9P.2.2.1: Forces and inertia determine the motion of objects.
9P.2.2.1.1: Use vectors and free-body diagrams to describe force, position, velocity and acceleration of objects in two-dimensional space.
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
Uniform Circular Motion
9P.2.2.1.2: Apply Newton?s three laws of motion to calculate and analyze the effect of forces and momentum on motion.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
9P.2.2.2: When objects change their motion or interact with other objects in the absence of frictional forces, the total amount of mechanical energy remains constant.
9P.2.2.2.1: Explain and calculate the work, power, potential energy and kinetic energy involved in objects moving under the influence of gravity and other mechanical forces.
Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Pulley Lab
Roller Coaster Physics
9P.2.2.2.3: Use conservation of momentum and conservation of energy to analyze an elastic collision of two solid objects in one-dimensional motion.
9P.2.3: Energy
9P.2.3.1: Sound waves are generated from mechanical oscillations of objects and travel through a medium.
9P.2.3.1.2: Describe how vibration of physical objects sets up transverse and/or longitudinal waves in gases, liquids and solid materials.
9P.2.3.1.3: Explain how interference, resonance, refraction and reflection affect sound waves.
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
9P.2.3.1.4: Describe the Doppler effect changes that occur in an observed sound as a result of the motion of a source of the sound relative to a receiver.
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
9P.2.3.2: Electrons respond to electric fields and voltages by moving through electrical circuits and this motion generates magnetic fields.
9P.2.3.2.2: Explain and calculate the relationship of current, voltage, resistance and power in series and parallel circuits.
9P.2.3.2.3: Describe how moving electric charges produce magnetic forces and moving magnets produce electric forces.
Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction
9P.2.3.2.4: Use the interplay of electric and magnetic forces to explain how motors, generators, and transformers work.
9P.2.3.3: Magnetic and electric fields interact to produce electromagnetic waves.
9P.2.3.3.3: Explain the refraction and/or total internal reflection of light in transparent media, such as lenses and optical fibers.
9P.2.3.3.4: Use properties of light, including reflection, refraction, interference, Doppler effect and the photoelectric effect, to explain phenomena and describe applications.
Basic Prism
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Photoelectric Effect
Refraction
Ripple Tank
9P.2.3.3.5: Compare the wave model and particle model in explaining properties of light.
Correlation last revised: 3/14/2023