AP Physics 1-Period 1 Assignments

Review for AP Exam

Review for the AP Exam

No Class- Spring Fling

Review for AP Exam

Practice Electricity problems and look at some multiple choice electricity questions

Practice Electricity problems and look at some multiple choice electricity questions

Introduce Electricity and the relevant concepts and formulas

Leaving this day open to cover anything we may have skipped......

Review, then Daily Test on torque

Torque Lab

Learn about balance and how torque principles apply to balance beams

Go over torque and learn the math associated with torque 

Review the multiple choice questions, then take a daily test on torque

Work AP multiple choice questions on torque (not as many as we've been doing in prior weeks) to prepare for a shot torque test on Friday

Torque lab

Work out math problems on torque as a class

Wrap up circular motion by looking at angular motion (torque) with concepts notes and math

Begin angular motion (brief mini-unit, the last part of circular motion) with notes and math practice on torque

Test on gravitational circular motion

Review gravity to prepare for the test

Finish the gravity packet

Daily Test on gravitational circular motion

Complete the math and AP question packet, and review/clarify anything as needed. You will have a daily test on Thursday made up of questions from this packet, similar to what we did last week.

Go over math and AP problems relating to gravitational circular motion as a class.

Look at how gravity creates circular motion. Learn and apply the gravitational attraction formula to the principles of circular motion we learned last week. Finally, use the gravitational attraction formula to show where the 10 m/s^2 acceleration due to gravity number actually comes from.

Daily Test on circular motion, then begin to look at angular motion with the time remaining

Go over the AP questions, then review the math of circular motion

Work math problems individually, then go over them, then give sample AP questions for homework

Introduce formulas relating to uniform circular motion and work out math problems as a class

Notes introducing uniform circular motion and centripetal force

Wrap up Einstein with discussion and a daily test on relativity

Activity looking at some of the time paradoxes associated with Einstein's theories

We're going to use this short week/end of the 9 weeks to look at Einstein's theory of relativity for a few days. Watch a video on relativity and answer a few questions/discuss his theories.

Post-lab and graphing of the speed of sound lab

Lab on finding the speed of sound in air. For real this time.

Major test on waves

Review waves. Today will focus on the math aspect of waves, standing waves, and harmonics

Review waves. Today will focus on the older, more conceptual wave topics.

Review all we learned about standing waves

Go over lab, do post-lab writeup and graph

Speed of a sound wave lab

Finish up the work from Monday on standing waves

Go over the virtual work assigned last week

Complete and review the standing wave packet

Begin packet on standing waves (concepts and math)

Introduce math component of wave interaction

Work questions about wave interaction

No Lab. We are going to do a more practical one next week after some more on waves. Start looking at standing waves, their features, and what happens when waves interact

Post-Lab questions and graphing

Lab on calculating the speed of sound in air

Work out a Free Response Question on waves/sound as a class

Introduce unit on Waves with vocabulary and the basic wave equations

Practice wave math and investigate properties of sound

Practice problems on torque

Notes and lecture on rotational motion and torque

Test on Simple Harmonic Motion

Review Simple Harmonic Motion for test tomorrow

Go over the SHM math from Friday and graph the data from last week's lab

Continue working on the AP FRQ

Look at an AP Free Response Question on simple harmonic motion and how to go about answering it

Graph and discuss the results of Tuesday's lab

Lab on finding the spring constant

Continue looking at springs

Look at simple harmonic motion in springs

Test on Pendulums, then read over each group's procedure from lab

Review the key points of pendulums to prepare for test

Daily test on simple harmonic motion, then look ahead at springs and how they relate to simple harmonic motion

Do the math and look at the results of Wednesday's lab, then review the basics of simple harmonic motion

Lab about why the mass of an object doesn't matter in simple harmonic motion

Practice the math of simple harmonic motion

Begin a unit on simple harmonic motion with notes and introduction

Exam at 8 am

Review for Exam

Review for Exam

Review for semester exams

Review for semester exams

Test on what we've covered of the Energy unit so far. We'll pick back up with energy when we get back from break.

Review the what we've covered so far in energy: potential, kinetic, conservation, and heat

Lab on Conservation of Energy

Look at a roller coaster as an example of conservation of energy, and practice problems on conservation of energy.

Look at how to calculate work from force vs. displacement graphs and practice on your own

Practice problems about work and energy

Notes on Energy

post-lab for the momentum lab to wrap up momentum

Momentum lab. Meet in the classroom.

Test on momentum/collisions

Review elastic and inelastic collisions

Continue working on collisions. Practice elastic and inelastic collision problems.

Classwork on momentum concepts and ideas

Take notes on Momentum. This will be a short unit that will wrap up at Thanksgiving break.

Try a shorter but similar free response question on your own. This will be a classwork, not a test.

Continue working the free response question

Take a look at a free response question about forces. Go over each part, and work it together over the course of the next few days.

Continue notes on impulse and momentum

Begin impulse and momentum with notes and examples

Forces Major Test

Practice and review for the force test on Wednesday

Finish the force packet

Continue working on the force problems

Worksheet on force problems

Look at more advanced math problems about forces

Post-Lab and graphing from the friction lab

Lab on friction. Go to the lab for class.

Lab on frictional force. Go to the lab for class.

Take a closer look at frictional force. Watch a truly terrible but informative video about friction (a class tradition), then learn about the coefficient of friction and how to calculate frictional force.

Test on types of forces, free body diagrams, and basic force calculations.

Go over the worksheet from Monday, then practice force and acceleration calculations to prepare for the test tomorrow.

Cover Newton’s Three Laws and use free body diagrams to illustrate how they are applied. Introduce force values to free body diagrams and use them to calculate the net force and acceleration acting on an object. Start a worksheet for practice and finish for homework.

Do Post-Lab on the force cart lab and look at the relationship between mass and acceleration.

Lab to introduce force problems. Go to the lab for class.

Introduce free body diagrams and how they are used in the next unit- Forces and Newton's Laws

No class (late start schedule)

Homecoming. Have fun.

Practice drawing some FREE body diagrams, then we will call it a DAY on the 1st nine weeks.

Introduce Free Body diagrams, how to draw them, and go over how we will use them in our next unit, Dynamics (Forces/Newton's Laws) which will begin next week after the 1st 9 weeks is over.

Analyze the data and graph the data from Monday's lab, then do some post lab questions and observations to wrap up projectile motion.

Lab on projectile motion. Go to homeroom first, but we'll go to the lab when 1st period starts.

Post-lab and graph the data gathered in the lab on Thursday

Lab on projectile motion

Review for a bit, then daily test on projectile motion problems

Review how to do the three types of projectile motion problems for the test on Wednesday

Go over how to solve projectile motion problems using the quadratic equation

Continue working on projectile motion problems

Look at projectile motion problems- where initial y velocity is not zero.

Test on 2D Motion

Review 2D Motion math problems

Continue working on 2D motion problems

Mini-Lab on 2D motion. Lab will be in classroom.

Daily Test on 2D motion math

Practice 2D motion math problems

Go over how to complete two dimensional motion math problems

Introduce two dimensional motion by examining the independence between horizontal and vertical motion of an object

Review acceleration vs. time graphs, then a daily test on creating them

Continue working with acceleration vs. time graphs

Analyze the graphs created from lab and use that to introduce and create acceleration vs. time graphs.

Mini-lab on acceleration due to gravity. The lab will be in the classroom

Mini-Lab on acceleration due to gravity. Lab will be in the classroom.

Notes one-dimensional motion in the y direction and learn the importance of acceleration due to gravity, then some practice examples on gravity problems

Major Test on 1-D motion

Review one-dimensional motion, from position vs. time graphs through the kinematics equations

Go over the daily test from Friday and practice more with the kinematics equations

Daily Test on the 3 graph types, then get equation sheets and begin to work with solving problems using the 4 motion equations.

Continue working with the three graph types, and review for a daily test on the 3 graph types on Friday

Look at acceleration vs. time graphs, and start to evaluate how information about the same motion is described on the three different types of graph

Introduce the concept of acceleration, and look at position vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs with non-constant velocities

Continue work with Velocity vs. Time graphs

Continue to look at the three types of graphs and answer questions based off of them. The first major test of the year will be on Wednesday, August 26, and will cover these three types of graphs.

Review Velocity vs. Time graphs and introduce the third and final graph in the series--acceleration vs. time graphs. Work with converting position vs. time graphs to velocity vs. time, then to acceleration vs. time, and compare how the three graphs look over the same time interval.

Daily Test on Position vs. Time graphs, then begin to look at Velocity vs. Time graphs, how to interpret slopes, and how to convert position vs. time graphs to velocity vs. time graphs.

Practice working a Position vs. Time AP Exam FRQ problem as a class using information from Monday's notes.

Review graphs, then take notes on position vs. time graphs, what information they tell you, and how to solve them

Daily Test on graphs and velocity, then mini-lab on displacement vs. time in the classroom (not the lab)

HW: make a graph of the relationship between distance and time from the data gathered in class.

Introduce Distance vs Time graphs and review the material from the week.

HW- Daily Test on Friday on graphing, distance, displacement, and velocity

Continue with distance and displacement by introducing the variable of time, and the difference between speed and velocity. Then look at how those differences are represented on a graph and how average speed and velocity can be represented and calculated via graph

HW- Graphing practice worksheet

Start one dimensional motion with notes on scalers vs vectors, then look at the difference between distance and displacement and practice graphing the two

Go over syllabus, then look over and take notes on graphs and tables differ, how they convey information, and the problems with correlation vs. causation

HW due Friday, August 14: Lab Safety Form and AP Curve Agreement signed