Last updated: 7/28/2006
Niagara Falls City School District
630 66th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304

Science - Physics - 20 Weeks

(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1m The elongation or compression of a spring depends upon the nature of the spring (its spring constant) and the magnitude of the applied force.* p368-371 LAB: Hooke’s Law-
Vibrating Spring

Demonstration p368
Earth Science- Revolution of Planets and Moons

Earth Science- Faucult Pendulum
Lab Portfolios

Alternative Assessment p227, 267
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1n Centripetal force* is the net force which produces centripetal acceleration.* In uniform circular motion, the centripetal force is perpendicular to the tangential velocity. p236-240, 373-378 Centripetal Acceleration Demonstration p234

LAB: Circular Motion
WS: Momentum
See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1o Kinetic friction* is a force that opposes motion. p127-141, 163, 167, 178 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1p The impulse* imparted to an object causes a change in its momentum*. p200-204 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1q According to Newton's Third Law, forces occur in action/reaction pairs. When one object exerts a force on a second, the second exerts a force on the first that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction p132-134, 209-210 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1r Momentum is conserved in a closed system.*
(Note: Testing will be limited to momentum in one dimension.)
p205-210 LAB Chapter 6 Inquiry: Conservation of Momentum

LAB: Simple Pendulum

LAB Chapter 11 Inquiry: Motion of a Pendulum
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(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1s Field strength* and direction are determined using a suitable test particle.
(Notes: 1)Calculations are limited to electrostatic and gravitational fields. 2)The gravitational field near the surface of Earth and the electrical field between two oppositely charged parallel plates are treated as uniform.)
p678-682 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1t Gravitational forces are only attractive, whereas electrical and magnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive. p570 Gravity and Orbiting Objects
(9) MST4.C.P.5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g. linear and uniform circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1u The inverse square law applies to electrical* and gravitational* fields produced by point sources. p732 See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1a All energy transfers are governed by the law of conservation of energy.* p309-310, 911, 919 Conservation of Energy Demonstration p124

WS: Energy and Machines
Earth Science- p263


Environmental Science
Understanding the Conservation of Energy

Biology
Muscles and Work

Health and Phys.Ed- The Human Skeleton 		Lab Portfolios

Alternative Assessment p189
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1b Energy may be converted among mechanical, electromagnetic, nuclear, and thermal forms. p258-260, 270-271 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1c Potential energy is the energy an object possesses by virtue of its position or condition. Types of potential energy include gravitational* and elastic*. p298-312 Potential & Kinetic Energy See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1d Kinetic energy* is the energy an object possesses by virtue of its motion. p169-171 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1e In an ideal mechanical system, the sum of the macroscopic kinetic and potential energies (mechanical energy) is constant.* p164-167 LAB Chapter 7 Inquiry: Machines and Efficiency

LAB Chapter 5 Skills: Conservation of Mechanical Energy
See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1f In a non-ideal mechanical system, as mechanical energy decreases there is a corresponding increase in other energies such as internal energy.* p173-178 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1g When work* is done on or by a system, there is a change in the total energy* of the system. p161, 164-167, 334-351 Lab: Work and Energy

LAB: Coefficient of Friction

LAB: Inclined Plane
See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1h Work done against friction results in an increase in the internal energy of the system. p138-139 See above See above See above
(9) MST4.C.P.4.1 Students observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
4.1i Power* is the time-rate at which work is done or energy is expended. p258-259, 179-180 See above See above See above
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