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Georgia Physics Standards Correlation
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| Georgia Performance Standards for Physics |
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Physics for Scientists and
Engineers |
Principles of Physics |
Conceptual Physics |
Virtual Physics Labs |
| SP1 Students will analyze the relationships
between force, mass, gravity, and the motion of objects. |
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a. Calculate average velocity, instantaneous
velocity, and acceleration in a given frame of reference. |
2.3 – 2.5,
2.10 – 2.13 |
2.3 – 2.5,
2.10 – 2.12 |
2.3 – 2.5,
2.8 – 2.10 |
·Skee-Ball |
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b. Compare and contrast scalar and vector
quantities. |
3.1 – 3.2 |
3.1 – 3.2 |
3.1 – 3.2 |
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c. Compare graphically and algebraically the
relationships among position, velocity, acceleration, and time. |
Chapter 2 |
Chapter 2 |
Chapter 2 |
·Skee-Ball |
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d. Measure and calculate the magnitude of frictional
forces and Newton’s three Laws of Motion. |
Chapters 5 and 6 |
Chapters 5 and 6 |
Chapter 5 |
·Helicopters in flight |
| e. Measure and calculate the magnitude of gravitational
forces. |
5.4, 13.1 |
5.4, 13.1 |
5.4, 12.1 |
·Helicopters in flight
·Orbiting satellites |
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f. Measure and calculate two-dimensional motion
(projectile and circular) by using component vectors. |
4.8,
Chapters 3, 4, 9 and 10 |
4.7,
Chapters 3, 4, 9 and 10 |
4.3,
Chapters 3, 4, 8 and 9 |
·Firing a cannon
·Juggling objects
·Navigating race tracks |
| g. Measure and calculate centripetal force. |
9.7 – 9.14 |
9.6 - 9.13 |
8.5 - 8.7 |
·Navigating race tracks |
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h. Determine the conditions required to maintain a
body in a state of static equilibrium. |
12.1,
Chapter 12 |
12.1,
Chapter 12 |
11.1,
Chapter 11 |
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| SP2 Students will evaluate the significance of
energy in understanding the structure of matter and the universe. |
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a. Relate the energy produced through fission and
fusion by stars as a driving force in the universe. |
44.13 – 44.14 |
43.13 – 43.14 |
38.13 – 38.14 |
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b. Explain how the instability of radioactive
isotopes results in spontaneous nuclear reactions. |
44.8 – 44.12,
44.15 – 44.21 |
43.8 – 43.12,
43.15 – 43.21 |
38.8 - 38.12,
38.15 - 38.18 |
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| SP3 Students will evaluate the forms and
transformations of energy. |
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a. Analyze, evaluate, and apply the principle of
conservation of energy and measure the components of work-energy theorem by |
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• describing total energy in a closed system. |
Chapter 7 |
Chapter 7 |
Chapter 6 |
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• identifying different types of potential energy. |
7.7, 7.16, 15.20 |
7.5, 7.13, 15.18 |
6.3, 6.10 |
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• calculating kinetic energy given mass and
velocity. |
7.8 |
7.6 |
6.4 |
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• relating transformations between potential and
kinetic energy. |
7.7, 7.20, 7.22, 7.26, 15.21 |
7.5, 7.17, 7.19, 15.19 |
6.3, 6.14, 6.16
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b. Explain the relationship between matter and
energy. |
41.23 – 41.24, 44.9 |
40.16 - 40.17,
43.9 |
35.12,
38.9 |
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c. Measure and calculate the vector nature of
momentum. |
8.1 |
8.1 |
7.1 |
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d. Compare and contrast elastic and inelastic
collisions. |
8.11 – 8.21 |
8.10 - 8.19 |
7.8 - 7.13 |
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e. Demonstrate the factors required to produce a
change in momentum. |
8.2 – 8.6 |
8.2 - 8.5 |
7.2 - 7.4 |
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f. Analyze the relationship between temperature,
internal energy, and work done in a physical system. |
20.10,
Chapter 21 |
20.10,
Chapter 21 |
19.9,
Chapter 20 |
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g. Analyze and measure power. |
7.15, 7.18, 7.19 |
7.12, 7.15, 7.16 |
6.9, 6.12, 6.13 |
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| SP4 Students will analyze the properties and
applications of waves. |
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a. Explain the processes that results in the
production and energy transfer of electromagnetic waves. |
35.2, 35.7,
35.8, 35.20 |
34.2, 34.4,
34.5, 34.16 |
30.2, 30.4,
30.5, 30.7 |
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b. Experimentally determine the behavior of waves in
various media in terms of reflection, refraction, and diffraction of waves. |
Chapters 36, 37, and 40 |
Chapters 35, 36, and 39 |
Chapters 31, 32, and 34 |
·Helicopters versus submarines |
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c. Explain the relationship between the phenomena of
interference and the principle of superposition. |
18.1, 39.1,
Chapters 18 and 39 |
18.1, 38.1,
Chapters 18 and 38 |
17.1, 34.1,
Chapters 17 and 34 |
·Playing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony |
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d. Demonstrate the transfer of energy through
different mediums by mechanical waves. |
16.19, 17.10 |
17.8 |
16.4 |
·Birds on a wire |
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e. Determine the location and nature of images
formed by the reflection or refraction of light. |
Chapters 36, 37 and 38 |
Chapters 35, 36 and 37 |
Chapters 31, 32 and 33 |
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| SP5 Students will evaluate relationships
between electrical and magnetic forces. |
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a. Describe the transformation of mechanical energy
into electrical energy and the transmission of electrical energy. |
32.17 – 32.20, 32.23, 27.18 |
32.14 - 32.17,
32.20, 27.13 |
29.10,
29.15, 25.11 |
·Generators and transformers |
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b. Determine the relationship among potential
difference, current, and resistance in a direct current circuit. |
27.6 – 27.7 |
27.3 - 27.4 |
25.3 - 25.4 |
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c. Determine equivalent resistances in series and
parallel circuits. |
29.7, 29.11,
Chapter 29 |
29.7, 29.11,
Chapter 29 |
27.6, 27.10,
Chapter 27 |
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d. Determine the relationship between moving
electric charges and magnetic fields. |
Chapters 30 and 31 |
Chapters 30 and 31 |
Chapter 28 |
·Generators and transformers |
| SP6 The student will describe the corrections
to Newtonian physics given by quantum mechanics and relativity when matter is
very small, moving fast compared to the speed of light, or very large. |
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a. Explain matter as a particle and as a wave. |
43.0,
43.4 – 43.10 |
42.0,
42.4 - 42.9 |
37.0,
37.2 - 37.5 |
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b. Describe the Uncertainty Principle. |
43.11 – 43.12 |
42.10 - 42.11 |
37.6 |
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c. Explain the differences in time, space, and mass
measurements by two observers when one is in a frame of reference moving at
constant velocity parallel to one of the coordinate axes of the other
observer’s frame of reference if the constant velocity is greater than one
tenth the speed of light. |
Chapter 41 |
Chapter 40 |
Chapter 35 |
·Jump into Einstein's shoes |
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d. Describe the gravitational field surrounding a
large mass and its effect on a ray of light. |
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