Course Syllabus for Physics 1, 2025-2026

Text: Conceptual Physics, 10th Ed., Hewitt

Dr. Lawlis, instructor

Date Course Material Homework Assignment Notes
8/25      
8/26  
8/27 Welcome Day Scoring rubric and rules
8/28 Newton's First Law of Motion HW#1: pg. 37—38, 1—12  
8/29 No class   35 min. class 
9/1 Labor Day   No school
9/2 Newton's First Law of Motion    
9/3 Newton's First Law of Motion HW#2: pg. 38, 13—24
9/4 No class  
9/5 Newton's First Law of Motion   No class
9/8 Linear Motion HW#3: pg. 54, 1—12
9/9 Linear Motion  
9/10 Linear Motion HW#4: pg. 54, 13—24
9/11 No class    
9/12 Lab #1: Race Walk Lab  
9/15 Linear Motion  
9/16 Linear Motion Review for test  
9/17 Chapter 2 & 3 Test  
9/18 No class  
9/19 TBA   Red, White and Gold Day
9/22 Newton's Second Law of Motion    
9/23 Newton's Second Law of Motion HW#5: pg. 69, 1—12
9/24 Newton's Second Law of Motion  
9/25 No class    
9/26 Lab #2: Coffee Filter Lab HW#6: pg. 69, 13—24  
9/29 Newton's Second Law of Motion  
9/30 Newton's Second Law of Motion HW#7: pg. 87, 1—12  
10/1 Newton's Third Law of Motion  
10/2 Yom Kippur   No school
10/3 Newton's Third Law of Motion  
10/6 Newton's Third Law of Motion HW#8: pg. 87, 13—22, OSC 1—2
10/7 Newton's Third Law of Motion  
10/8 Momentum
10/9 No class Review for test  
10/10 Chapter 4 & 5 Test  
10/13 Fall break   No school
10/14 Fall break   No school
10/15 PSAT Day   No class
10/16 No class  
10/17 Lab #3: Force Table Lab  
10/20 Momentum HW#9: pg. 105, 1—12
10/21 Momentum  
10/22 Momentum HW#10: pg. 105—106, 13—22, OSC 1—2
10/23 No class    
10/24 Conference Day   No school
10/27 Momentum  
10/28 Energy HW#11: pg. 126, 1—12  
10/29 Energy    
10/30 No class  
10/31 Lab #4: Impulse Lab    
11/3 Energy  
11/4 Energy HW#12: pg. 126, 13—16, 23—30
11/5 Energy
11/6 No class Review for test  
11/7 Chapter 6 & 7 Test  
11/10 Rotational Motion  
11/11 Rotational Motion HW#13: pg. 154, 1—12  
11/12 Rotational Motion  
11/13 No class  
11/14 Lab #5: Ramp Lab  
11/17 Rotational Motion HW#14: pg. 154, 13—24
11/18 Rotational Motion
11/19 Gravity  
11/20 No class  
11/21 Gravity HW#15: pg. 179, 1—12
11/24 Project  
11/25 Project  
------------ Thanksgiving Break ------------
12/1 Gravity HW#16: pg. 179, 13—24
12/2 Gravity  
12/3 Gravity  
12/4 No class Review for test  
12/5 Chapter 8 & 9 Test    
12/8 Projectile and Satellite Motion  
12/9 Projectile and Satellite Motion HW#17: pg. 204, 1—12  
12/10 Projectile and Satellite Motion  
12/11 No class    
12/12 Projectile and Satellite Motion HW#18: pg. 204—205, 13—24
12/15 Projectile and Satellite Motion  
12/16 Lab #6: Projectile Motion Review for test
12/17 Chapter 10 Test  
12/18 No class    
12/19 TBA  
------------ Winter Holiday ------------
1/5 Review  
1/6 Review  
1/7 Review  
1/8 No class
1/9 Review  
1/12 Review    
1/13 US Exams
1/14 US Exams
1/15 US Exams
1/16 US Exams Semester Ends
Semester 2
1/19 Martin Luther King Day   No school
1/20 Temperature, Heat and Expansion    
1/21 Temperature, Heat and Expansion HW#19: pg. 301—302, 1—12
1/22 No class  
1/23 Temperature, Heat and Expansion HW#20: pg. 302, 13—24
1/26 Temperature, Heat and Expansion  
1/27 Lab #7: Thermal Properties  
1/28 Heat Transfer  
1/29 No class HW#21: pg. 321, 1—12  
1/30 Heat Transfer    
2/2 Heat Transfer  
2/3 Heat Transfer HW#22: pg. 321, 13—24  
2/4 Change of Phase  
2/5 No class  
2/6 Change of Phase HW#23: pg. 338, 1—12
2/9 Change of Phase  
2/10 Lab #8: Calorimetry  
2/11 Change of Phase HW#24: pg. 338, 13—24
2/12 No class    
2/13 Chapter 15 — 17 Test    
2/16 Mid-Winter Break   No school
2/17 Mid-Winter Break   No school
2/18 Vibration and Waves  
2/19 No class  
2/20 Class Project  
2/23 Vibration and Waves
2/24 Class Project HW#25: pg. 376, 1—12
2/25 Vibration and Waves
2/26 No class    
2/27 Class Project  
3/2 Vibration and Waves  
3/3 Class Project HW#26: pg. 376—377, 13—24  
3/4 Vibration and Waves  
3/5 No class  
3/6 Class Project  
------------ Spring Break------------
3/16 Sound  
3/17 Class Project  
3/18 Sound  
3/19 No class    
3/20 Class Project HW#27: pg. 394, 1—12
3/23 Sound  
3/24 Class Project    
3/25 Sound  
3/26 No class  
3/27 Class Project    
3/30 Sound    
3/31 Lab #9: Resonance HW#28: pg. 394—395, 13—24
4/1 Chapter 19 & 20 Test    
4/2 No class    
4/3 Easter break   No school
4/6 Easter break   No school
4/7 Faculty PD Day   No school
4/8 Electrostatics  
4/9 No class  
4/10 Class Project  
4/13 Electrostatics    
4/14 Class Project HW#29: pg. 431, 1—12
4/15 Electrostatics  
4/16 No class    
4/17 Class Project    
4/20 Electrostatics  
4/21 Class Project HW#30: pg. 431—432, 13—24
4/22 Electrostatics  
4/23 No class  
4/24 Class Project   Seniors Test 22 
4/27 Electric current  
4/28 Class Project  
4/29 Electric current  
4/30 No class    
5/1 Class Project  
5/4 Electric current HW#31: pg. 452, 1—12
5/5 Class Project    
5/6 Electric current
5/7 No class  
5/8 Class Project  
5/11 Electric current  
5/12 Class Project HW#32: pg. 452—453, 13—24
5/13 Chapter 22 & 23 Test   Senior Exams
5/14 No class     
5/15 Class Project  
5/18 Class Project  
5/19 Class Project    
5/20 Class Project  
5/21 No class  
5/22 Class Project
5/25 Memorial Day   No school
5/26 Class Project  
5/27 Class Project Last day of class
5/28 No class    
5/29 US Exams  
6/1 US Exams    
6/2 US Exams
6/3 US Exams Semester Ends
6/4 Faculty meetings
6/5 Faculty meetings