PHYSICS UNIT PLAN

Teachers Name: Vivian Williams and Tanieka Powell

Name of Teachers: Melissa Walker and Tanieka Powell

Subject: Physics

Grade: 9 1-6

TERM 1
Suggested Teaching & Learning
Weeks Unit/Topic Specific Objectives Content Suggested Teaching & Learning ONLINE Resources
ONLINE Activities
Week Experiment  Define The scientific https://www.whsd.net/userfiles/1666/ https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/intro-to-biology/
1 ing Scientific method is a process Classes/21126/Scientific%20Method science-of-biology/a/the-science-of-biology
Method for experimentation %20WS%20with%20bar%20graph.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVfI1wat2y8
Process that is used to explore
 State the steps https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-
observations and
involved in the tf1101851ut fair/steps-of-the-scientific-method.pdf
answer questions.
scientific
method process Steps involved in the
with example scientific method
process include:
 Make an
observation.
 Ask a
question.
 Form a
hypothesis, or
testable
explanation.
 Make a
prediction
based on the
hypothesis.
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Week 2 Experiment  Define the term A hypothesis is an https://www.capitalprepharbor.org/ https://study.com/academy/lesson/how-to-write-a-hypothesis-

ing hypothesis educated guess, or a ourpages/auto/2017/8/24/47188871/ lesson-for-kids.html
 Properly guess you make how_to_write_a_measureable_hypothesis
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-
formulate based on information %20_1_.pdf
fair/writing-a-hypothesis
hypothesis
you already know. https://www.shsu.edu/academics/
from problem
agricultural-sciences-and-engineering-
statements
technology/documents/
HypothisisWorksheetDay2.pdf

Week Experime  Define the A variable is any one https://pch.district70.org/pdfs/Honors- https://study.com/academy/lesson/variables-in-science-lesson-

3 nting term variable of the elements of the Biology-Summer-Work-part-2.pdf for-kids.html
 Define the test which could be https://www.twinkl.com/teaching-wiki/variable
terms changed. They can
independent change the outcome
and dependent of an experiment.
variable Types of variables
 Identify include:
dependent and Independent
independent variable:
variables from This is the one thing
various you change in your
scenarios experiment.

Dependent variable:
Dependent variables
are the things that we
are measuring or
focused on during the
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experiment. to see
how they respond to
the change made to
the independent
variable.

Week Quantities  Formulate a A physical quantity is https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.pcpolytechnic.com/fe/pdf/MSP1-CH-1-UNITS-

4 and Units definition for a quantity which can yx1417033io FINAL.pdf
the term be measured https:// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJwtvsJvulE
‘physical (computed, quantified yopymardiansyah02.files.wordpress.com/
quantity’ or enumerated). 2013/06/worksheet-1.docx
 Recall five
fundamental The physical
quantities and quantities which do
their base not depend on any
units other physical
 Recognize quantities for their
that all other measurements are
quantities and
called fundamental
units are
quantities or base
derived from
fundamental quantities.
quantities and Physical quantities
base units. which depend on one
or more fundamental
quantities for their
measurements are
called derived
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quantities
Week 5 Quantities Use prefixes micro, Prefixes are useful https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.miniphysics.com/prefixes.html
and Units milli, centi, deci, kilo for expressing units ga2203476lm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAS0-AiFyR4
and mega of physical
https://www.homeschoolmath.net/
appropriately and be quantities that are
worksheets/measuring-metric.php
able to carry out either very big or
relevant calculations. very small. If you
write out such big or
small numbers, it will
be time consuming
and prone to errors.

Week 6 Significan  Determine the The term significant https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/frontiers/web/

t Figures number of figures actually refers fc1150870nn chapter_5/6665.html
and significant to particular digits in http://www.linfield.com/wp-content/ https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/physics/resources/measure-
Standard figures in the a number. These are uploads/2017/06/Sig.-Figs.-Sci.-Notation- sigfigsintro/a-uncert-sigfigs/
Form expressed sometimes called Worksheet-Answer-Key.pdf
value of a significant digits. https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/significant-digits-tutorial
quantity https://physics.unm.edu/Courses/Rand/
 Determine the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2yuDvwYq5g
RULES FOR lab1/2.%20Lab%201%20Homework.pdf
number of SIGNIFICANT
significant FIGURES
figures in a 1. All non-zero
calculated numbers ARE
value. significant. The
 Express number 33.2 has
measurements THREE significant
and calculated figures because all of
values to the the digits present are
correct non-zero.
number of
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significant 2. Zeros between two

figures non-zero digits ARE
 Express significant. 2051 has
measurements FOUR significant
and calculated figures. The zero is
values in between a 2 and a 5.
standard form 3. Leading zeros are
( a × 10n) NOT
significant. They're
nothing more than
"place holders." The
number 0.54 has only
TWO significant
figures. 0.0032 also
has TWO significant
figures. All of the
zeros are leading.
4. Trailing zeros to
the right of the
decimal ARE
significant. There are
FOUR significant
figures in 92.00.

Week 7 Static  Recall that A typical atom https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/quantum-world-

Electricity atoms contain consists of three gu310789xo mind-bogglingly-weird
protons, subatomic particles: https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/how-does-static-
neutrons and protons (positively kg1282777yq electricity-work/
electrons and charged), neutrons
state their (no charge), and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjAV6-4gM5c
respective
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charges. electrons (negatively https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/18-1-static-

 Investigate charged). Static electricity-and-charge-conservation-of-charge/
the production electricity is https://www.ducksters.com/science/static_electricity.php
of static produced due to an
electricity imbalance between
 Describe negative and
useful
positive charges in
applications
objects Static
and hazards of
static electricity has several
electricity uses in the real world.
Examples include
using printers,
photocopiers where
static electric charges
attract the ink, or
toner, to the paper.
Paint sprayers, air
filters and dust filter
dust.

Week Current  Formulate a Electric current is https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.scienceworld.ca/resource/current-electricity/

8 Electricity simple working measured worksheets/en/Science/Energy/
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/Lesson-1/
definition for in amperes (amps) Conductors_and_insulators_xe172259cj
Conductors-and-Insulators
the term and refers to the
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
‘electric number of charges https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/18-2-
FreeDownload/Conductors-and-Insulators-
current’ that move through the conductors-and-insulators/
3659508
wire per second.
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 Classify Conductors are

materials/subst materials that permit
ances as electrons to flow
insulators and freely from particle to
conductors of particle.
electricity
Insulators are
materials that impede
the free flow of
electrons from atom
to atom and molecule
to molecule

Week Current  Construct A simple https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/20-2-ohms-

9 Electricity simple circuit is one in circuit-construction-kit-dc law-resistance-and-simple-circuits/#:~:text=A%20simple
circuits using which there is a %20circuit%20is%20one,VR%20I%20%3D%20V%20R%20.
lamps, single voltage source https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z437hyc/revision/1
insulated and a single
wires, dry resistance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js7Q-r7G9ug
cells, switches
to distinguish In a series circuit, if a
between lamp breaks or a
series and component is
parallel circuit disconnected, the
 Draw circuit is broken and
diagrams to
all the components
represent
stop working
series and
parallel circuit In a parallel circuit, if
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a lamp breaks or a
component is
disconnected from
one parallel wire, the
components on
different
branches keep
working. And, unlike
a series circuit, the
lamps stay bright if
you add more lamps
in parallel.

Week Energy  Perform Every magnet has https://www.liveworksheets.com/ https://www.ducksters.com/science/magnetism.php#:~:text=This

10 Force and simple two sides: a north worksheets/en/science/ %20arrangement%20of%20atoms%20creates,and%20a
Matter activities to pole and a south pole. Magnets_and_Forces/Magnets_kt1854771jc %20South%2Dseeking%20pole.&text=The%20magnetic
identify the We use these names %20force%20in%20a,pole%20to%20the%20South
https://www.liveworksheets.com/
%20pole.&text=Two%20North%20poles%20also%20repel,are
poles of a bar because if you hang a worksheets/en/Science/
%20attracted%20to%20each%20other.
magnet magnet from a thread, Magnets_and_Forces/Teacher_lg1996450ox
 Demonstrate the magnet’s north https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4unwVdvN7Q
that unlike pole points (almost)
poles attract towards the north
and like poles direction.
repel
Like poles repel each
 Investigate
other and unlike
the
poles attract. A
relationship
magnetic force flows
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between from the north pole to

voltage (V) the south pole outside
and current (I) the magnet. When we
in a simple join South Pole to the
series circuit. South Pole or North
Pole to north pole is
like trying to force
the electrons to
reverse the direction
that they are
spinning.
This equation, i = v/r,
tells us that the
current, i, flowing
through a circuit is
directly proportional
to the voltage, v, and
inversely
proportional to the
resistance, r. In other
words, if we increase
the voltage, then the
current will increase.
But, if we increase
the resistance, then
the current will
decrease.