Performance Standards
P.SP1.c: Compare graphically and algebraically the relationships among position, velocity, acceleration, and time.
Distance-Time Graphs
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
Shoot the Monkey
P.SP1.e: Measure and calculate the magnitude of gravitational forces.
P.SP1.f: Measure and calculate two-dimensional motion (projectile and circular) by using component vectors.
Golf Range
Shoot the Monkey
Uniform Circular Motion
P.SP1.g: Measure and calculate centripetal force.
P.SP2.b: Explain how the instability of radioactive isotopes results in spontaneous nuclear reactions.
P.SP3.a: Analyze, evaluate, and apply the principle of conservation of energy and measure the components of work-energy theorem by
P.SP3.a.1: describing total energy in a closed system.
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
P.SP3.a.2: identifying different types of potential energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
P.SP3.a.3: calculating kinetic energy given mass and velocity.
Air Track
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
P.SP3.a.4: relating transformations between potential and kinetic energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
P.SP3.d: Compare and contrast elastic and inelastic collisions.
P.SP4.b: Experimentally determine the behavior of waves in various media in terms of reflection, refraction, and diffraction of waves.
Basic Prism
Longitudinal Waves
Refraction
Ripple Tank
P.SP4.c: Explain the relationship between the phenomena of interference and the principle of superposition.
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
P.SP4.d: Demonstrate the transfer of energy through different mediums by mechanical waves.
P.SP5.b: Determine the relationship among potential difference, current, and resistance in a direct current circuit.
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
P.SP5.c: Determine equivalent resistances in series and parallel circuits.
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
P.SP5.d: Determine the relationship between moving electric charges and magnetic fields.
Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction
Correlation last revised: 5/10/2018