Your Physics Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
Successfully address phenomena throughout the school year with this week-by-week lab activity guide. Pick and choose from a growing selection of kits to perform the lab activities and put your 3-dimensional teaching plan into action.
| DCI 1: Forces and Motion | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 1 | Administrative, Safety, and Lab Skills | |
| 2-4 | HS-PS2-1 | Introduction to Force and Motion |
| 5 | HS-PS2-3 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Egg Drop |
| 6-7 | HS-PS2-2 | Introduction to Momentum and Collisions |
| 8 | Review, Evaluation, and Remediation | |
| DCI 2: Types of Interactions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 9-10 | HS-PS2-4 | Coulomb’s Law |
| 11 | HS-PS2-4 | Mapping Electric Fields |
| 12-14 | HS-PS2-5 | Introduction to Electromagnetism |
| 15-16 | HS-PS3-5 | Introduction to Magnetism |
| 17 | HS-PS2-5 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Motors |
| 18 | HS-PS2-6 | Molecular Structure |
| 19 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| DCI 3: Energy | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 20 | HS-PS1-8 | Observing Ionizing Radiation Using a Cloud Chamber |
| 21 | HS-PS1-8 | Radioactive Decay and Half-Life Simulations |
| 22-23 | HS-PS3-4 | First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics |
| 24 | HS-PS3-3 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Hydroelectric Electric Power |
| 25 | HS-PS4-4 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Passive Solar Design |
| 26 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| DCI 4: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 27-29 | HS-PS4-1 | Introduction to Waves |
| 30 | HS-PS4-5 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Wave Machine |
| 31-32 | HS-PS4-3 | Determining Planck’s Constant with LEDs: Investigating the Photoelectric Effect and Electronic Light Sensors Kit |
| 33 | HS-PS4-5 | AM Crystal Radio |
| 34 | HS-PS4-5 | Laser Music Demonstration |
| 35 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| 36 | Review and Final Exams | |
