Physics: Planning Guide

1st Quarter Forces and Motion

Safety in the Physics
Laboratory
(Pgs xvii-xix)
Appendix A:
Mathematical
Review (Pg R2-R11)

Pa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when conducting a
scientific investigation.
Pa.10: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.1: Apply established rules for significant digits, both in reading scientific instruments and in calculating derived
quantities from measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology. (Pre-requisite)
Pb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of force and motion and relationships between them.
(Pre-requisite)

Appendix A:
Trigonometry
Functions
(Pg R13-R16)

Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology. (Pre-requisite)
Pb: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of force and motion and relationships between them.
(Pre-requisite)

Chapter 1: Science of Physics

Section 1: What is
Physics?
(Pgs. 4-9)

Pa: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how scientific inquiry and technological design, including
mathematical analysis, can be used appropriately to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions. (Pre-requisite)

Section 2:
Measurements in
Experiments
(Pgs. 10-20)

Pa.1: Apply established rules for significant digits, both in reading scientific instruments and in calculating derived
quantities from measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when conducting a
scientific investigation. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the precision and
accuracy of each particular instrument. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.7: Evaluate conclusions based on qualitative and quantitative data (including the impact of parallax, instrument
malfunction, or human error) on experimental results. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.9: Communicate and defend a scientific argument or conclusion. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.10: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations (Pre-requisite)

Quick Lab: Metric

Prefixes
(Pg. 12)

Pa.1: Apply established rules for significant digits, both in reading scientific instruments and in calculating derived
quantities from measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when conducting a
scientific investigation. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the precision and
accuracy of each particular instrument. (Pre-requisite)

Why It Matters: The

Mars Climate Orbiter
Mission (Pg. 13)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

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Section 3: Language
of Physics
(Pgs. 21-25 )

Pa.1: Apply established rules for significant digits, both in reading scientific instruments and in calculating derived
quantities from measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the precision and
accuracy of each particular instrument. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis (including independent and
dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or verify the hypothesis.
(Pre-requisite)

Chapter Summary
(Pg 26)

Chapter Review
(Pg. 27-31)

Standards Based
Assessment
(P. 32-33)

Pa.9: Communicate and defend a scientific argument or conclusion. (Pre-requisite)

Pa: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how scientific inquiry and technological design, including
mathematical analysis, can be used appropriately to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.1: Apply established rules for significant digits, both in reading scientific instruments and in calculating derived
quantities from measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when conducting a
scientific investigation. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the precision and
accuracy of each particular instrument. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis (including independent and
dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or verify the hypothesis.
(Pre-requisite)

Pa.7: Evaluate conclusions based on qualitative and quantitative data (including the impact of parallax, instrument
malfunction, or human error) on experimental results. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.9: Communicate and defend a scientific argument or conclusion. (Pre-requisite)
Pa.10: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations (Pre-requisite)

Chapter 2: Motion In One Dimension

Section 1:
Displacement and
Velocity
(Pgs. 36-43)

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.

Section 2:
Acceleration
(Pgs. 44-55)

requisite)

Section 3: Falling

(Pre-

requisite)

Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition. (PrePb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
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Objects
(Pgs.56-61)
Quick Lab: Time
Interval of Free Fall
(Pg. 58)
Why It Matters: Sky
Diving (Pg. 60)

Take It Further:
Angular Kinematics
(Pgs. 62-65)
Physics on the Edge:
Special Relativity
and Time Dilation
(Pgs. 66-67)
Careers in Physics:
Science Writer (Pg. 68)
Chapter Summary
(Pg 69)
Chapter Review
(Pg. 70-75)
Standards Based
Assessment
(P. 76-77)

Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does not support standards aligned in Chapter 2 RECOMMENDED does support standards in Chapter 7

Ph.7: Compare the value of time, length, and momentum in the reference frame of an object moving at relativistic velocity
to those values measured in the reference frame of an observer by applying Einsteins special theory of relativity

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.

Chapter 3: Two Dimensional Motion and Vectors

Section 1:
Introduction to
Vectors (Pgs. 80-83)
Section 2: Vector
Operations (Pgs 84-92)

Section 3: Projectile
Motion
(Pgs. 93-99)
Quick Lab: Projectile
Motion (Pg. 95)
Section 4: Relative

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems. (Pre-requisite)
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
Pb.6: Apply formulas for velocity and acceleration to solve problems related to projectile motion.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
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Motion
(Pgs. 100-103)
Physics on the Edge:
Special Relativity and
Velocities (Pg.104-105)
Careers in Physics:
Kinesiologist (Pg. 106)

Chapter Summary
(Pg 107)
Chapter Review
(Pg. 108-113)
Standards Based
Assessment
(P. 114-115)

Pb.8: Distinguish between static and kinetic friction and the factors that affect the motion of objects.
Pb.9: Explain how torque is affected by the magnitude, direction, and point of application of force.
Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.
Ph.7: Compare the value of time, length, and momentum in the reference frame of an object moving at relativistic velocity
to those values measured in the reference frame of an observer by applying Einsteins special theory of relativity

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
Pb.6: Apply formulas for velocity and acceleration to solve problems related to projectile motion.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pb.8: Distinguish between static and kinetic friction and the factors that affect the motion of objects.
Pb.9: Explain how torque is affected by the magnitude, direction, and point of application of force.
Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.

2nd Quarter Mechanical Energy

Chapter 4: Forces and Laws of Motion
Section 1: Changes
in Motion
(Pgs. 118-122)

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs. .
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object

Quick Lab: Force and

Changes in motion
(Pg. 120)

Pb.4: Interpret the resulting motion of objects by applying Newtons three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship among
net force, mass, and acceleration (using F = ma); and action and reaction forces.

Section 2: Newtons
First Law
(Pgs. 123-127)

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.4: Interpret the resulting motion of objects by applying Newtons three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship among
net force, mass, and acceleration (using F = ma); and action and reaction forces.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object

Why It Matters:
Astronaut Workouts
(P.126)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

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Section 3: Newtons
Second and Third
Laws
(Pgs. 128-132)

Section 4: Everyday
Forces
(Pgs. 133-141)

Why It Matters: Driving

and Friction (Pg. 140)

Chapter Summary
(Pg 142)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 143-147)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 148-149)
Physics and Its World:
1540-1690 (Pgs. 150-151)

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.4: Interpret the resulting motion of objects by applying Newtons three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship among
net force, mass, and acceleration (using F = ma); and action and reaction forces.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object
Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.4: Interpret the resulting motion of objects by applying Newtons three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship among
net force, mass, and acceleration (using F = ma); and action and reaction forces.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pb.8: Distinguish between static and kinetic friction and the factors that affect the motion of objects.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pb.1: Represent vector quantities (including displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force) and use vector addition.
Pb.2: Apply formulas for velocity or speed and acceleration to one and two-dimensional problems.
Pb.3: Interpret the velocity or speed and acceleration of one and two-dimensional motion on distance-time, velocity-time or
speed-time, and acceleration-time graphs.
Pb.4: Interpret the resulting motion of objects by applying Newtons three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship among
net force, mass, and acceleration (using F = ma); and action and reaction forces.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
Pb.6: Apply formulas for velocity and acceleration to solve problems related to projectile motion.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pb.8: Distinguish between static and kinetic friction and the factors that affect the motion of objects.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter 5: Work and Energy

Section 1: Work
(Pgs.154-157)
Section 2: Energy
(Pgs. 158-166)
Why It Matters: The
Energy in Food
(Pg.162)

Pc.1: Apply energy formulas to determine potential and kinetic energy and explain the transformation from one to the
other. (Pre-requisite)
Pc.2: Apply the law of conservation of energy to the transfer of mechanical energy through work. (Pre-requisite)
Pc.3: Explain, both conceptually and quantitatively, how energy can transfer from one system to another (including work,
power, and efficiency). (Pre-requisite)
Pc.1: Apply energy formulas to determine potential and kinetic energy and explain the transformation from one to the
other.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

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Section 3:
Conservation of
Energy
(Pgs. 167-172)
Quick Lab:
Mechanical Energy
(Pg. 169)
Section 4: Power
(Pgs. 173-177)
Physics On The Edge:
The Equivalence of
Mass and Energy
(Pgs. 176-177)

Pc.2: Apply the law of conservation of energy to the transfer of mechanical energy through work.
Pc.3: Explain, both conceptually and quantitatively, how energy can transfer from one system to another (including work,
power, and efficiency).
Pc.2: Apply the law of conservation of energy to the transfer of mechanical energy through work.

(Pre-requisite)

Pc.3: Explain, both conceptually and quantitatively, how energy can transfer from one system to another (including work,
power, and efficiency).
Pc.6: Compare elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of conservation laws

Careers in Physics:
Roller Coaster
Designer (Pg. 178)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter Summary
(Pg 179)
Chapter Review
(Pg. 180-185)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 186-187)

Pc.1: Apply energy formulas to determine potential and kinetic energy and explain the transformation from one to the
other.
Pc.2: Apply the law of conservation of energy to the transfer of mechanical energy through work.
Pc.3: Explain, both conceptually and quantitatively, how energy can transfer from one system to another (including work,
power, and efficiency).
Pc.6: Compare elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of conservation laws

Chapter 6: Momentum and Collisions

Section 1:
Momentum and
Impulse
(Pgs. 190-196)
Section 2:
Conservation of
Momentum
(Pgs. 197-203)
Why It Matters:
Surviving a Collision
(Pg. 199)

Section 3: Elastic

Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
momentum in both linear and rotary systems).
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
momentum in both linear and rotary systems).
Pc.6: Compare elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of conservation laws.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
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and Inelastic
Collisions
(Pgs. 204-212)
Quick Lab: Elastics
and Inelastic
Collisions (Pg. 209)
Careers in Physics:
High School Physics
Teacher (Pg. 213)

Chapter Summary
(Pg 214)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 215-219)
Standards Based
Assessment (Pgs.
220-221)

momentum in both linear and rotary systems).

Pc.6: Compare elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of conservation laws.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
momentum in both linear and rotary systems).
Pc.6: Compare elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of conservation laws.

Chapter 7: Circular Motion and Gravitation

Section 1: Circular
Motion
(Pgs. 224-229)
Section 2: Newtons
Law of Universal
Gravitation
(Pgs. 230-237)
Why It Matters: Black
Holes
(Pgs. 233)
Quick Lab:
Gravitational Field
Strength (Pg. 235)
Section 3: Motion in
Space
(Pgs. 238-243)
Quick Lab: Keplers
Third Law (Pg. 239)
Section 4: Torque
and Simple

Pb.9: Explain how torque is affected by the magnitude, direction, and point of application of force.
Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.
Pc.4: Explain, both conceptually and quantitatively, the factors that influence periodic motion.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pb.9: Explain how torque is affected by the magnitude, direction, and point of application of force.
Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.
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Machines
(Pgs. 244-251)
Take It Further:
Tangential Speed
and Acceleration
(Pgs. 252-253)
Take It Further:
Rotation and Inertia
(Pgs. 254-255)
Take It Further:
Rotational Dynamics
(Pgs. 252-256)
Physics On The Edge:
General Relativity
(Pgs. 258-259)

Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.

(rotational component)

Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems. (rotational component)
Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
momentum in both linear and rotary systems).
Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems. (rotational component)
Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
momentum in both linear and rotary systems).

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Take It Further:
Angular Kinematics Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems. (rotational component)
(Pgs. 62-65) Chapter 2
Chapter Summary
Pb.5: Explain the factors that influence the dynamics of falling objects and projectiles.
(Pg 260)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 261-265)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 266-267)

Pb.7: Use a free-body diagram to determine the net force and component forces acting upon an object.
Pb.9: Explain how torque is affected by the magnitude, direction, and point of application of force.
Pb.10: Explain the relationships among speed, velocity, acceleration, and force in rotational systems.
Pc.4: Explain, both conceptually and quantitatively, the factors that influence periodic motion.
Pc.5: Explain the factors involved in producing a change in momentum (including impulse and the law of conservation of
momentum in both linear and rotary systems).

3rd Quarter Electricity and Magnetism

Chapter 16: Electric Forces and Fields
Section 1: Electric
Charge
(Pgs. 548-553)
Quick Lab:
Polarization
(Pg. 552)
Section 2: Electric

Pd.1: Recognize the characteristics of static charge and explain how a static charge is generated.

Pd.1: Recognize the characteristics of static charge and explain how a static charge is generated.
Pd.3: Summarize current, potential difference, and resistance in terms of electrons (Pre-requisite)
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Force (Pgs. 554-561)
Section 3: The
Electric Field
(Pgs. 562-568)

Pd.2: Use diagrams to illustrate an electric field (including point charges and electric field lines).

Why It Matters:
Microwave Ovens
(Pg 569)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 570)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 571-575)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 576-577)

Pd.1: Recognize the characteristics of static charge and explain how a static charge is generated.
Pd.2: Use diagrams to illustrate an electric field (including point charges and electric field lines).
Pd.3: Summarize current, potential difference, and resistance in terms of electrons

Chapter 19: Magnetism

Section 1: Magnets
and Magnetic Fields
(Pgs. 664-668)

Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges. (Pre-requisite)

Quick Lab: magnetic

Field of a File Cabinet
(Pg. 667)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Why It Matters:
Magnetic Resonance
Imaging
(Pg. 669)
Section 2: Magnetism
and Electricity
(Pgs. 670-672)
Quick Lab:
Electromagnetism
(Pg. 671)
Section 3: Magnetic
Force (Pgs.673-679)
Chap 20 - Section 1:
Electricity from
Magnetism
(Pgs. 692-699)

Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires
and moving charges. RECOMMENDED to use this section after Chapter 19 Sec 3

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Why It Matters: Auroras
(Pg.674)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 680)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 681-685)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 686-689)
STEM: Can Cell
Phones Cause
Cancer?
(688-689)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.

Pa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis (including independent and
dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology.
Pa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or verify the hypothesis.

Chapter 17: Electrical Energy and Current

Section 1: Electric
Potential
(Pgs. 580-587)

Pd.3: Summarize current, potential difference, and resistance in terms of electrons

Quick Lab: A Voltaic

Pile (Pg. 583)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Section 2:
Capacitance
(Pgs. 588-593)

Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement. (Pre-requisite)

Section 3: Current
and Resistance
(Pgs. 594-603)

Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.

Quick Lab: A Lemon

Battery (Pg. 596)
Why It Matters: Superconductors (Pg. 603)

Section 4: Electric
Power
(Pgs. 604-613)
Why It Matters: House

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
Pd.6: Differentiate between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in electrical circuits.
Pd.7: Carry out calculations for electric power and electric energy for circuits.
Pd.11: Predict the cost of operating an electrical device by determining the amount of electrical power and electrical
energy in the circuit.
Pd.11: Predict the cost of operating an electrical device by determining the amount of electrical power and electrical
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hold Appliance Power
Usage (Pg. 608)
Physics On The Edge:
Electron Tunneling
(Pgs. 610-611)
Physics On The Edge:
Superconductors and
BCS Theory (612-613)
Careers in Physics:
Electrician (Pg. 614)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 615)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 616-621)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 622-625)
STEM: Hybrid
Electric Vehicles
(Pg. 624-625)

energy in the circuit.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
Pd.3: Summarize current, potential difference, and resistance in terms of electrons
Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement.
Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.
Pd.6: Differentiate between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in electrical circuits.
Pd.7: Carry out calculations for electric power and electric energy for circuits.
Pd.11: Predict the cost of operating an electrical device by determining the amount of electrical power and electrical
energy in the circuit.
Pa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis (including independent and
dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology.
Pa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or verify the hypothesis.

Chapter 18: Circuits and Circuit Elements

Section 1: Schematic
Diagrams and
Circuits
(Pgs.628-633)

Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement. (Pre-requisite)
Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.

Why It Matters: CFLs

and LEDs (Pgs.631)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Quick Lab: Simple

Circuits
(Pg. 632)

Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement.

Why It Matters: Transistors and Integrated

Circuits (Pgs. 634)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Section 2: Resisters

Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
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in Series or in
Parallel
(Pgs. 635-644)
Quick Lab: Series
and Parallel Circuits
(Pg. 640)
Section 3: Complex
Resistor
Combinations
(Pgs. 645-651)
Why It Matters:
Decorative Lights and
Bulbs (Pg. 650)
Careers in Physics:
Semiconductor
Technician (Pg. 652)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 653)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 654-659)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 660-661)

the appropriate units of measurement.

Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.
Pd.7: Carry out calculations for electric power and electric energy for circuits.
Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement.

Pd.8: Summarize the function of electrical safety Indicators (including fuses, surge protectors, and breakers).

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
Pd.4: Compare how current, voltage, and resistance are measured in a series and in a parallel electric circuit and identify
the appropriate units of measurement.
Pd.5: Analyze the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in a complex circuit by using Ohms law to
calculate voltage, resistance, and current at each resistor, any branch, and the overall circuit.
Pd.7: Carry out calculations for electric power and electric energy for circuits.
Pd.8: Summarize the function of electrical safety Indicators (including fuses, surge protectors, and breakers).

Chapter 20: Electromagnetic Induction

Section 1: Electricity
from Magnetism
(Pgs. 692-699)
Why It Matters:
Electric Guitar
Pickups
(Pg. 699)
Section 2:
Generators, Motors,
Inductance
(Pgs. 700-706)

Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires
and moving charges. RECOMMENDED to use this section after Chapter 19 Sec 3
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.
Pd.6: Differentiate between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in electrical circuits.
Pd.10: Distinguish between the function of motors and generators on the basis of the use of electricity and magnetism by
each.

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Why It Matters:
Avoiding
Electrocution
(Pg. 706)
Section 3: AC
Circuits and
Transformers
(Pgs. 707-714)
Section 4:
Electromagnetic
Waves
(Pgs. 715-717)
Why It Matters: Radio
and TV Broadcasts
(Pg.718)
Chapter Summary
(Pg. 722)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 723-727)
Standards-Based
Assessments
(Pgs. 728-731)
Physics and Its
World: 1830-1890
(Pgs. 730-731)

Pd.8: Summarize the function of electrical safety Indicators (including fuses, surge protectors, and breakers).

Pd.7: Carry out calculations for electric power and electric energy for circuits.

Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.

Pe.4: Distinguish the different properties of waves across the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.

Pd.6: Differentiate between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in electrical circuits.
Pd.7: Carry out calculations for electric power and electric energy for circuits.
Pd.8: Summarize the function of electrical safety Indicators (including fuses, surge protectors, and breakers).
Pd.9: Explain the effects of magnetic forces on the production of electrical currents and on current carrying wires and
moving charges.
Pd.10: Distinguish between the function of motors and generators on the basis of the use of electricity and magnetism by
each.
Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Pe.4: Distinguish the different properties of waves across the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

4th Quarter - Waves

Chapter 11: Vibrations and Waves
Section 1: Simple
Harmonic Motions
(Pgs. 364-371)
Why It Matters: Shock
Absorbers (Pg. 368)

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed). (Pre-requisite)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

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Quick Lab: Energy of
a Pendulum
(Pg. 370)
Section 2: Measuring
Simple Harmonic
Motion
(Pgs. 373-377)
Section 3: Properties
of Waves
(Pgs. 378-384)
Section 4: Wave
Interactions
(Pgs.385-390)
Physics On The Edge:
De Broglie Waves
(Pgs. 391-392)
Chapter Summary
(Pg. 393)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 394-397)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 398-401)
Physics and Its World:
1785-1830
(Pgs. 400-401)

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter 12: Sound

Section 1: Sound
Waves
(Pgs. 404-409)
Why It Matters:
Ultrasound Images
(Pg. 406)
Section 2: Sound
Intensity and

***(Suggestion to support one of the two Optional Enrichment Standards - Pf) ***

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Pf.1: Summarize the production of sound and its speed and transmission through various media.
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference)
Pf.2: Explain how frequency and intensity affect the parts of the sonic spectrum.
Pf.3: Explain pitch, loudness, and tonal quality in terms of wave characteristics that determine what is heard.
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Resonance
(Pgs. 410-417)
Quick Lab:
Resonance (Pg. 414)
Why It Matters: Hearing
Loss (P. 417)

Section 3: Harmonics
(Pgs. 418-429)

Pf.4: Compare intensity and loudness.

Pf.5: Apply formulas to determine the relative intensity of sound.
Pf.8: Explain how musical instruments produce resonance and standing waves.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pf.6: Apply formulas in order to solve for resonant wavelengths in problems involving open and closed tubes.
Pf.7: Explain the relationship among frequency, fundamental tones, and harmonics in producing music.
Pf.8: Explain how musical instruments produce resonance and standing waves.
Pf.9: Explain how the variables of length, width, tension, and density affect the resonant frequency, harmonics, and pitch
of a vibrating string.
Pf.8: Explain how musical instruments produce resonance and standing waves.
Pf.9: Explain how the variables of length, width, tension, and density affect the resonant frequency, harmonics, and pitch
of a vibrating string.

Quick Lab: A Pipe

Closed at One End
(Pg. 421)
Why It Matters:
Pf.3: Explain pitch, loudness, and tonal quality in terms of wave characteristics that determine what is heard.
Reverberation
(Pg. 425)
Physics On The Edge:
The Doppler Effect
Pe.4: Distinguish the different properties of waves across the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
and the Big Bang
(Pgs. 428-429)
Why It Matters: Song of
the Dunes (Pg. 430)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 431)

Chapter Review
(Pgs. 432-435)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 436-437)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pe.2: Compare the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference)
Pe.4: Distinguish the different properties of waves across the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Pf.1: Summarize the production of sound and its speed and transmission through various media.
Pf.2: Explain how frequency and intensity affect the parts of the sonic spectrum.
Pf.3: Explain pitch, loudness, and tonal quality in terms of wave characteristics that determine what is heard.
Pf.4: Compare intensity and loudness.
Pf.5: Apply formulas to determine the relative intensity of sound.
Pf.6: Apply formulas in order to solve for resonant wavelengths in problems involving open and closed tubes.
Pf.7: Explain the relationship among frequency, fundamental tones, and harmonics in producing music.
Pf.8: Explain how musical instruments produce resonance and standing waves.
Pf.9: Explain how the variables of length, width, tension, and density affect the resonant frequency, harmonics, and pitch
of a vibrating string.
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STEM: Noise
Pollution
(Pgs. 438-439)

Pa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis (including independent and
dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology.
Pa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or verify the hypothesis.

Chapter 13: Light and Reflection ***(Suggestion to support one of the two Optional Enrichment Standards - Pg) ***
Section 1:
Characteristics of
Light
(Pgs. 442-446)
Section 2: Flat
Mirrors
(Pgs. 447-450)
Section 3: Curved
Mirrors
(Pgs. 451-464)
Quick Lab: Curved
Mirrors (Pg. 453)
Section 4: Color and
Polarization
(Pg. 465-470)
Quick Lab:
Polarization of
Sunlight (Pg. 469)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 471)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 472-477)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pg.478-479)

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pg.2: Use the inverse square law to determine the change in intensity of light with distance.
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams. (Prerequisite)

Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams. (Prerequisite)

Pg.5: Summarize image formation in microscopes and telescopes (including reflecting and refracting).
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pg.7: Compare color by transmission to color by reflection.
Pg.8: Compare color mixing in pigments to color mixing in light.
Pg.3: Illustrate the polarization of light.
Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pg.2: Use the inverse square law to determine the change in intensity of light with distance.
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams. (Prerequisite)

Pg.3: Illustrate the polarization of light.

Pg.5: Summarize image formation in microscopes and telescopes (including reflecting and refracting).
Pg.7: Compare color by transmission to color by reflection.
Pg.8: Compare color mixing in pigments to color mixing in light.

Chapter 14: Refraction

Section 1: Refraction

***(Suggestion to support one of the two Optional Enrichment Standards - Pg) ***

Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
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(Pgs. 482-487)
Section 2: Thin
Lenses
(Pgs. 488-289)
Quick Lab:
Prescription Glasses
(Pg. 497)
Why It Matters:
Cameras
(Pg. 498)
Section 3: Optical
Phenomena
(Pgs. 500-505)
Why It Matters: Fiber
Optics(Pg. 502)

Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams.
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams.
Pg.5: Summarize image formation in microscopes and telescopes (including reflecting and refracting).
Pg.10: Identify the parts of the eye and explain their function in image formation.
Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams.
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams.
Pg.5: Summarize image formation in microscopes and telescopes (including reflecting and refracting).
Pg.4: Summarize the operation of fiber optics in terms of total internal reflection.

Pre-requisite)

Pg.4: Summarize the operation of fiber optics in terms of total internal reflection.

Careers in Physics:
Optometrist (Pg. 506)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter Summary
(Pg.507)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 508-513)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 514-515)

Pe.3: Analyze wave behaviors (including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and constructive and destructive interference).
Pe.4: Distinguish the different properties of waves across the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Pe.5: Illustrate the interaction of light waves with optical lenses and mirrors by using Snells law and ray diagrams.
Pg.4: Summarize the operation of fiber optics in terms of total internal reflection.
Pg.5: Summarize image formation in microscopes and telescopes (including reflecting and refracting).
Pg.10: Identify the parts of the eye and explain their function in image formation

Chapter 15: Interference and Diffraction *(Suggestion to support one of the two Optional Enrichment Standards - Pg) *
Section 1:
Interference
(Pgs. 518-523)
Section 2: Diffraction
(Pgs. 524-532)
Section 3: Lasers
(Pgs. 533-537)
Why It Matters: Digital
Video Player (Pg. 536)
Careers in Physics:
Laser Surgeon (P 538)

Pg.9: Illustrate the diffraction and interference of light.

Pg.9: Illustrate the diffraction and interference of light.
Pe.6: Summarize the operation of lasers and compare them to incandescent light.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
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Chapter Summary
(Pg. 539)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 540-541)

Pe.6: Summarize the operation of lasers and compare them to incandescent light.
Pg.9: Illustrate the diffraction and interference of light.

Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 544-545)

Optional Resources (To deepen the understanding of physics content from standards a through e)
Chapter 8: Fluid Mechanics
Section 1: Fluids and
Buoyant Force
(Pgs. 270-275)
Section 2: Fluid
Pressure
(Pgs. 276-279)
Section 3: Fluids In
Motion
(Pgs. 280-282)
Take It Further:
Properties of Gases
(Pgs. 283-284)
Quick Lab: Ideal Gas
Law
(Pg. 284)
Take It Further: Fluid
Pressure
(Pgs. 285-286)
Chapter Summary
(Pg 287)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 288-291)
Standards Based

Pi.2: Apply appropriate procedures to solve problems involving pressure, force, volume, and area.
Pi.3: Explain the factors that affect buoyancy.
Pi.1: Predict the behavior of fluids (including changing forces) in pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Pi.2: Apply appropriate procedures to solve problems involving pressure, force, volume, and area.
Pi.5: Explain how depth and fluid density affect pressure.
Pi.4: Explain how the rate of flow of a fluid is affected by the size of the pipe, friction, and the viscosity of the fluid.
Pi.7: Exemplify the relationship between velocity and pressure by using Bernoullis principle.
Pi.2: Apply appropriate procedures to solve problems involving pressure, force, volume, and area.
Pi.7: Exemplify the relationship between velocity and pressure by using Bernoullis principle.

Pi.2: Apply appropriate procedures to solve problems involving pressure, force, volume, and area.
Pi.4: Explain how the rate of flow of a fluid is affected by the size of the pipe, friction, and the viscosity of the fluid.
Pi.7: Exemplify the relationship between velocity and pressure by using Bernoullis principle
Pi.1: Predict the behavior of fluids (including changing forces) in pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Pi.2: Apply appropriate procedures to solve problems involving pressure, force, volume, and area.
Pi.3: Explain the factors that affect buoyancy.
Pi.4: Explain how the rate of flow of a fluid is affected by the size of the pipe, friction, and the viscosity of the fluid.
Pi.5: Explain how depth and fluid density affect pressure.
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Assessment
(Pgs. 292-923)
Physics and Its World:
1690-1785 (.294-295)

Pi.7: Exemplify the relationship between velocity and pressure by using Bernoullis principle

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter 9: Heat
Section 1:
Temperature and
Thermal Equilibrium
(Pgs. 298-304)
Section 2: Defining
Heat
(Pgs. 305-311)
Quick Lab: Work and
Heat(Pg. 309)
Why It Matters: Climate
and Clothing (Pg. 312)

Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.4: Explain thermal expansion in solids, liquids, and gases in terms of kinetic theory and the unique behavior of water.
Pj.5: Differentiate heat and temperature in terms of molecular motion.
Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.5: Differentiate heat and temperature in terms of molecular motion.
Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Section 3: Changes
in Temperature and
Pj.6: Summarize the concepts involved in phase change.
Pj.7: Apply the concepts of heat capacity, specific heat, and heat exchange to solve calorimetry problems.
Phase
(Pgs. 313-319)
Why It Matters: EarthCoupled Heat
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
Pumps
(Pg. 316)
Careers in Physics:
HVAC Technician
(Pg. 320)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 321)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 322-325)
Standards Based
Assessment
(Pgs. 326-327)

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.4: Explain thermal expansion in solids, liquids, and gases in terms of kinetic theory and the unique behavior of water.
Pj.5: Differentiate heat and temperature in terms of molecular motion.
Pj.6: Summarize the concepts involved in phase change.
Pj.7: Apply the concepts of heat capacity, specific heat, and heat exchange to solve calorimetry problems.
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)

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STEM: Global
Warming
(Pgs. 328-329)

Pa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis (including independent and
dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
Pa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using (including calculations in scientific
notation, formulas, and dimensional analysis), graphs, tables, models, diagrams, and/or technology.
Pa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or verify the hypothesis.

Chapter 10: Thermodynamics

Section 1: Relations
Between Heat and
Work
(Pgs. 332-337)
Section 2: The First
Law of
Thermodynamics
(Pgs. 338-347)
Why It Matters:
Gasoline Engines
(Pgs. 344-345)
Why It Matters:
Refrigerators
(Pgs. 346-347)
Section 3: The
Second Law of
Thermodynamics
(Pgs. 348-353)
Quick Lab: Entropy
and Probability
(Pg. 353)
Why It Matters: DeepSea Air Conditioning
(Pg. 354)
Chapter Summary
(Pg. 355)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 356-359)
Standards Based
Assessment

Pi.1: Predict the behavior of fluids (including changing forces) in pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Pj.1: Summarize the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Pj.1: Summarize the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
Pj.1: Summarize the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.3: Exemplify the concept of entropy.
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
Pj.3: Exemplify the concept of entropy.

Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
Pi.1: Predict the behavior of fluids (including changing forces) in pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Pj.1: Summarize the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Pj.2: Explain the relationship among internal energy, heat, and work.
Pj.3: Exemplify the concept of entropy.
Pj.8: Summarize the functioning of heat transfer mechanisms (including engines and refrigeration systems)
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(Pg. 360-361)

Chapter 21: Atomic Physics

Section 1:
Quantization of
Energy (P 734-743)
Why It Matters: Solar
Cells (P.743)
Section 2: Models of
the Atom
(Pgs.744-752)
Quick Lab: Atomic
Spectra
(Pg. 747)
Section 3: Quantum
Mechanics
(Pgs. 753-759)
Physics on the Edge:
Semiconductor
Doping (Pgs. 760-761)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 762)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 763-765)
Standards-Based
Assessments
(Pgs.766-767)
Physics and Its World:
1890-1950 (768-769)

Pg.1: Explain the particulate nature of light as evidenced in the photoelectric effect.
Pg.6: Summarize the production of continuous, emission, or absorption spectra.
Pg.1: Explain the particulate nature of light as evidenced in the photoelectric effect.
Pg.6: Summarize the production of continuous, emission, or absorption spectra.
Pg.1: Explain the particulate nature of light as evidenced in the photoelectric effect.
Pg.6: Summarize the production of continuous, emission, or absorption spectra.
Pg.1: Explain the particulate nature of light as evidenced in the photoelectric effect.
Pg.6: Summarize the production of continuous, emission, or absorption spectra.
Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Pe.1: Analyze the relationships among the properties of waves (including energy, frequency, amplitude, wavelength,
period, phase, and speed).
Pg.1: Explain the particulate nature of light as evidenced in the photoelectric effect.
Pg.6: Summarize the production of continuous, emission, or absorption spectra.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Chapter 22: Subatomic Physics

Section 1: The
Nucleus
(Pgs. 772-778)
Section 2: Nuclear
Decay
(Pgs. 779-788)

Ph.1: Compare the strong and weak nuclear forces in terms of their roles in radioactivity.
Ph.2: Compare the nuclear binding energy to the energy released during a nuclear reaction, given the atomic masses of
the constituent particles.
Ph.2: Compare the nuclear binding energy to the energy released during a nuclear reaction, given the atomic masses of
the constituent particles.
Ph.3: Predict the resulting isotope of a given alpha, beta, or gamma emission.
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Section 3: Nuclear
Reactions
(Pgs. 789-792)
Section 4: Particle
Physics
(Pgs. 793-802)
Physics on the Edge:
Antimatter (800-801)
Careers in Chemistry:
Radiologist (Pg. 802)

Chapter Summary
(Pg. 803)
Chapter Review
(Pgs. 804-807)
Standards-Based
Assessments
(Pgs. 808-813)

Ph.5: Interpret a representative nuclear decay series.

Ph.2: Compare the nuclear binding energy to the energy released during a nuclear reaction, given the atomic masses of
the constituent particles.
Ph.3: Predict the resulting isotope of a given alpha, beta, or gamma emission.
Ph.4: Apply appropriate procedures to balance nuclear equations (including fusion, fission, alpha decay, beta decay, and
electron capture).
Ph.1: Compare the strong and weak nuclear forces in terms of their roles in radioactivity.

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards

Does Not Support the DoDEA Physics Standards
Ph.1: Compare the strong and weak nuclear forces in terms of their roles in radioactivity.
Ph.2: Compare the nuclear binding energy to the energy released during a nuclear reaction, given the atomic masses of
the constituent particles.
Ph.3: Predict the resulting isotope of a given alpha, beta, or gamma emission.
Ph.4: Apply appropriate procedures to balance nuclear equations (including fusion, fission, alpha decay, beta decay, and
electron capture).
Ph.5: Interpret a representative nuclear decay series.

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