Your location is: Boulder Valley School District | Boulder High School | Class home page: Semester 2

PHYSICAL SCIENCE AT BOULDER HIGH


Forces, mass, inertia, speed, acceleration . . . What forces does the turtle exert on the water so that it can swim? Do the bubbles accelerate as they rise? Why doesn't gravity pull them down? Why do you wear fins when diving? Is the inertia of the turtle different in water than on land?

TOPICS -- SECOND SEMESTER
      Final exam topics -- a rather brief list
MACHINES AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS    
FORCE AND MOTION  

Calendar
March 31 - April 15

Calendar
April 16 - May

Reading selections: boulderhigh.com

* library
* online data bases
* CPO Foundations of Physical Science

PROBLEM SOLVING FORMAT

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM  

Calendar
Feb 14 - Mar 14

    
BONDING AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Calendar
Jan 31 - Feb 13

 
ATOMS, THE PERIODIC TABLE AND RADIOACTIVITY


Calendar
Jan 9 - 29

  
 
TOPICS -- FIRST SEMESTER
VOLUME AND MASS
Calendar
Aug 16 - Sept 13
StudyStack vocabulary practice
CONVERTING UNITS
Calendar
Sept 6 - Sept 13
*Vocab
*Conversion practice
Math in science packet
MASS CHANGES IN A CLOSED SYSTEM
Goals

Calendar
Sept 17 - 26

StudyStack vocabulary practice
CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES
Goals
Calendar
Sept 27-Oct 24
StudyStack vocabulary practice
Graphic organizer
SOLUBILITY
Goals

Calendar
Oct 25 - Nov 16

StudyStack vocabulary practice
  
THE SEPARATION OF MIXTURES AND SLUDGE
Goals

Calendar
Nov 26 - Dec 21

StudyStack vocabulary practice
Rubric for sludge lab
TOPICS -- SECOND SEMESTER
ATOMS, THE PERIODIC TABLE AND RADIOACTIVITY

Calendar

  
BONDING AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Calendar

  
NEWTON'S THREE LAWS  

Calendar

  

MOMENTUM
CARS

 
Calendar
  
SOUND AND LIGHT  
Calendar
    
THERMAL ENERGY
ELECTRICITY 		 
Calendar
  
POLICIES AND RUBRICS GRADES
Course outline for physical science S10

Class information and policies
Safety contract
Notebook requirements
Format for a lab report for testing a hypothesis

Format for a lab report for learning a procedure

Format for a lab report -- examples
 Graphing checklist

Graphing with Excel
Types of graphs
  1. Go to BVSD Infinite Campus portal
  2. Enter your login name and password
  3. Click on "Schedule" in the column on the left
  4. Click on "Physical science" to see your grades

 

claudia.vanwie@bvsd.org