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Philhour & O'Keefe -- SI Honors Physics 2009-10 
The People's Physics Book
SI Edition 2009
Print-Quality Cover [34 Mb in .tif format]
- For next year: white box for students to write in name
Entire Textbook [324 pp., 7.3 Mb in .pdf format]
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Individual chapters and online resources
- Ch 0.1: Introduction and Vision [.doc]
- Ch 0.2: Table of Contents
[.doc]
Wikipedia: Physics- Wikipedia: Peter Kropotkin, Albert Einstein, Eric Hoffer
SI Physics Honors Curriculum - Advice from former students (2008-09) (5 Mb)
- California state physics standards
- The Physics Classroom
Conceptual Physics 9th Edition by Paul Hewitt / 8th / 7th - Conceptual Worksheets (full set -- broken up below)
-
The Cartoon Guide to Physics - The Montillation of Traxoline
YouTube: UC Berkeley Physics 10 lectures 
SI Physics Hall of Fame - Motion Mountain
- YouTube: SI Physics
-
AP Physics B test prep site (SI community) 
SI Science Department - Tutorial Sheet (
.doc and .pdf ) - Binder Rubric ( .pdf )
- Summer 09 Exploratorium Project ( .doc and .pdf)
- Ch 0.3: Additional Note Paper [.doc]
- Ch 2: Energy Conservation
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Stephen Hawking
PhET: Energy Skate Park - Conceptual Worksheet: Energy Conservation
St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- Ch 3: One Dimensional Motion
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Galileo Galilei
The Physics Classroom: 1-D Kinematics- PhET: The Moving Man
- PhET: Maze Game
- Math skills: solving linear equations
- Math skills: graphing linear equations - slope and intercept
- Conceptual Worksheet: Motion
- Graphing Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx and older .xls format)
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- 2009 Kinematics & Newton's Laws Exam ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 One Dimensional Motion Quiz ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Radioactivity & Energy Conservation & Kinematics Exam ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Midterm Exam Part A ( .doc and .pdf) and Part B ( .doc and .pdf) and Key for later parts ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Kinematics & Newton's Laws Exam (
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- Ch 4: Two Dimensional and Projectile Motion
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia
PhET: Projectile Motion - Math skills: practice with right triangles
- Math skills: Pythagorean theorem
- Math skills: solving systems of linear equations
- Conceptual Worksheet: Projectile Motion
- Game: Bowman
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- Kinematics Retake Exam Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Kinematics Retake Exam Version B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Kinematics Retake Exam Version C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Kinematics Retake Exam Version D ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- First Semester Midterm Exam Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- First Semester Midterm Exam Version B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- First Semester Midterm Exam Version C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- First Semester Midterm Exam Version D ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Projectile Motion Quiz 3.2a ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Projectile Motion Quiz 3.2a ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Projectile Motion Quiz 3.2b ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Projectile Motion Quiz 3.2c ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Projectile Motion Quiz 3.2d ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Kinematics Retake Exam Version A (
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2009-10
- Ch 5: Newton's Laws
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Isaac Newton
- The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws
- PhET: Forces in One Dimension
- PhET: Lunar Lander
- YouTube: Static and Kinetic Friction
- YouTube: Physics Computer Program
- Conceptual Worksheet: Newton's 1st Law and FDBs
- Conceptual Worksheet: Newton's 2nd Law
- Conceptual Worksheet: Newton's 3rd Law
- Conceptual Worksheet: Center of Gravity
- Math skills: direct and inverse variation
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- 2009 Newton's Laws & Centripetal Motion Exam Take 2 ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Newton's Laws & Centripetal Motion Exam ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Kinematics & Newton's Laws Exam ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Newton's Laws Quiz ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Midterm Exam Part A ( .doc and .pdf) and Part B ( .doc and .pdf) and Key for later parts ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Newton's Laws & Centripetal Motion Exam Take 2 (
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.1A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.1B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.1C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.1D ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.2A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.2B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.2c ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.2d ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.3A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.3B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz AOK's 4.3C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz AOK's 4.3D ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz BJP's 4.3C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz BJP's 4.3D ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Exam 4.1A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Exam 4.2B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Makeup Exam 4.2C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newtons Laws, Centripetal Motion & Gravity Exam 4.2a ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newtons Laws, Centripetal Motion & Gravity Exam 4.2b ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newtons Laws, Centripetal Motion & Gravity Exam 4.2c ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 4.1A (
- 2008-09
- Newton's Laws Exam 3 (Part 2 of 2) Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Exam 3 (Part 1 of 2) Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Exam 3 (Part 1 of 2) Version C ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 7 Version B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 6 Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Quiz 5 Version B ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newton's Laws Exam 3 (Part 2 of 2) Version A (
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2009-10
- Ch 6: Centripetal Forces
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Johannes Kepler
- The Physics Classroom: Circular Motion and Planetary Motion
- PhET: Motion in 2D
- Conceptual Worksheet: Centripetal Motion
- Conceptual Worksheet: Orbits
-
Conceptual Worksheet: Inverse-Square Laws
- Conceptual Worksheet: Newton's Universal Law of Gravity
- 2009 Summer Physics Midterm Exam Review Packet ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- PhET: My Solar System
- Game: Linerider
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- 2009 Newton's Laws & Centripetal Motion Exam Take 2 ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Newton's Laws & Centripetal Motion Exam ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Centripetal Motion & Statics Quiz ( .doc and .pdf) and Key ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Midterm Exam Part A ( .doc and .pdf) and Part B ( .doc and .pdf) and Key for later parts ( .doc and .pdf)
- 2009 Newton's Laws & Centripetal Motion Exam Take 2 (
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- Centripetal Motion & Gravity Quiz 5.1a ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Centripetal Motion & Gravity Quiz 5.1b ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Centripetal Motion & Gravity Quiz 5.1c ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newtons Laws, Centripetal Motion & Gravity Exam 4.2a ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newtons Laws, Centripetal Motion & Gravity Exam 4.2b ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Newtons Laws, Centripetal Motion & Gravity Exam 4.2c ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Centripetal Motion & Gravity Quiz 5.1a (
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2009-10
- Ch 7: Momentum Conservation
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Rene Descartes
- Conceptual Worksheet: Momentum
- The Physics Classroom: Momentum and its Conservation
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
(see Ch 8 below for exams containing mixed Energy/Momentum problems)
- Also see Ch 8 below for some mixed Momentum/Energy quizzes & exams
- 2008-09
- Conservation Laws Quiz Version C/E ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Conservation Laws Quiz Version D/F ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Conservation Laws Quiz Version I ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- 2006-07
- Ch 8: Energy and Force
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: James Joule
- PhET: Energy Skate Park
- PhET: Masses & Springs
- PhET: The Ramp
- Conceptual Worksheet: Energy Conservation
- The Physics Classroom: Work, Energy and Power
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- Quiz 6.1 A - Momentum ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Quiz 6.1 B - Momentum ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Quiz 6.2 A - Conservation Laws ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Quiz 6.2 B - Conservation Laws ( .pdf, .doc) and the Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Exam 6.4a ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Exam 6.4b ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Quiz 6.1 A - Momentum (
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2009-10
- Ch 9: Rotational Motion
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- Ch 10: Simple Harmonic Motion
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Robert Hooke
- PhET: Masses and Springs
- PhET: Pendulum Lab
- Math skills: graphing trigonometric functions
- Conceptual Worksheet: Vibrations and Waves
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams for this Chapter can usually be found in Ch 11, below
- Ch 11: Wave Motion and Sound
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Christiaan Huygens
- The Physics Classroom: Waves
- The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music
- PhET: Waves on a String
- PhET: Wave Interference
- PhET: Sound
- YouTube: Waves in a Large Free Sphere of Water
- Conceptual Worksheet: Vibrations and Waves
- Conceptual Worksheet: Sound
- Conceptual Worksheet: Interference & Diffraction
- Wave reflection
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2008-09
- Waves and Sound Exam Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Waves and Sound Quiz Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Waves and Sound Quiz Version C ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Standing Waves Quiz Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- SHM and Waves Quiz Version A
( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- SHM and Waves Quiz Version C
( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Waves and Sound Exam Version A (
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2008-09
- Ch 12: Electricity
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
- The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity
- PhET: John Travoltage
- PhET: Balloons & Static Electricity
- PhET: Charges & Fields
- PhET: Electric Field Hockey
- Conceptual Worksheet: Electricity
- Conceptual Worksheet: Electric Fields
- Conceptual Worksheet: Inverse-Square Laws
- Three Charge Field Calculator - Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx and older .xls format)
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2008-09
- Electrostatics Exam #1 Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Electrostatics Quiz #11 (really #2) Version C ( .pdf, .doc) and Quiz Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Electrostatics Quiz #2 (aka #10) Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Quiz Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Electrostatics Quiz #1 Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Quiz Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Electrostatics Exam #1 Version A (
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2008-09
- Ch 13: Electric Circuits: Batteries and Resistors
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Georg Ohm
- Circuit analysis techniques
- PhET: Battery-Resistor Circuit
- PhET: Ohm's Law
- PhET: Circuit Construction Set (DC)
- Conceptual Worksheet: Electric Current
- Conceptual Worksheet: Electric Circuits
Circuits Project - Electronics Kit - Parts List ( .pdf, .doc) and Photo of Completed Kit
- Resistor Color Code Identifier
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2008-09
- Circuits Exam Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Exam Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Circuits Exam Version C ( .pdf, .doc) and Exam Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Circuits 2 Quiz Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Quiz Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Circuits & Magnetism Quiz 3 Version A ( .pdf, .doc) and Quiz Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Circuits Quiz A
( .pdf, .doc) and Quiz Key ( .pdf, .doc)
- Circuits Exam Version A (
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- 2008-09
- Ch 14: Magnetism
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Andre-Marie Ampere
- Wikipedia: War of the Currents
- PhET: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
- Conceptual Worksheet: Magnetism
- Conceptual Worksheet: Induction
- Exploratorium Project 2007
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- Ch 17: Light
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: James Clerk Maxwell
- Diagram for Problem #17 involving the Starfish
- The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color
- The Physics Classroom: Reflection and the Ray Model of Light
- The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light
- PhET: Color Vision & Filters
- PhET: Geometric Optics
- Conceptual Worksheet: Light
- Conceptual Worksheet: Inverse-Square Laws
- Conceptual Worksheet: Color
- Conceptual Worksheet: Reflection and Refraction
- Conceptual Worksheet: Optics
- Conceptual Worksheet: Interference & Diffraction
- Math skills: adding and subtracting rational fractions
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- Ch 18: Fluids
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Archimedes of Syracuse
- Conceptual Worksheet: Buoyancy
Game: Paper Pilot- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2008-10 - see Ch 19 below
- Ch 19: Thermodynamics and Heat Engines
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Sadi Carnot
- Dynamic Periodic Table
- PhET: Gas Properties
- PhET: Balloons and Buoyancy
- Conceptual Worksheet: Buoyancy
- Conceptual Worksheet: Gases
- Conceptual Worksheet: Thermal Expansion
- Conceptual Worksheet: Transmission of Heat
- Conceptual Worksheet: Phase Transitions
- Stirling Engine Project 2007 and YouTube: SI Stirling Engines
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius PhysH Exams
- 2009-10
- 2008-09
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- Ch 21: Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics
[.doc]
- Wikipedia: Marie Curie
- Dynamic Periodic Table
- PhET: Nuclear Physics
- Nuclear War Project 2007
- Nuclear Wall Chart
- Conceptual Worksheet: Atoms
- Conceptual Worksheet: Radioactivity
- Conceptual Worksheet: Nuclear Decay
- Math skills: logarithmic expressions and equations
- YouTube: Nuclear Explosion at Nagasaki
- St. Ignatius Summer Physics Exams
- St. Ignatius Physics Honors Exams
- 2009-10
- 2007-08
- 2006-07
- Ch 25: Astrophysics
[.doc]
- App. A: Numerical and Short Answers to Problems [.doc]
- ERRATA
- Reword #27 in Ch 5 - The answer in the back assumes a negative acceleration but this is not exactly clear from the problem and it could be argued that the problem suggests a positive acceleration.
- Ch 19 #25 - answers need to be checked
- ERRATA
- App. B & C: Rubric and Scientific Method [.doc]
- Wikipedia: Karl Popper
- Wikipedia: Thomas Kuhn
- Wikipedia: Paul Feyerabend
- The Miniature Guide to Scientific Thinking
- YouTube: Carl Sagan on Astrology
- Summer Physics 2009 Rubric & Scientific Method [.doc]
- Temporary space for AP Science Lab materials --- BJP
- App. D: Equation Sheet [.doc]
- Wikipedia: Emmy Noether
- Digital Dutch Unit Converter
- ERRATA
- The capacitance of the Earth should be 0.7 mF (700 microfarads) not 700 MF
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