Greetings!  Welcome to AP Physics.  I’ve met many of you before, and I look forward to getting to know everybody else.

First, the predictable lecture:  You might be used to thinking of physics as matching the correct equation with the correct problem.  It would be a good idea to abandon this mindset IMMEDIATELY and start working to ANALYZE situations for deep understanding.  If you can’t explain some situation in terms of physical laws – as opposed to just finding an equation off of the sheet – then you want to look deeper.  (This, by the way, is one of the reasons we need calculus.)

Textbook:  We will be using the of Fundamentals of Physics by Haliday, Resnick and Walker.  The bookroom has a copy that you can check out at the beginning of the year, or you may buy your own copy if you wish.

Summer Assignment:  And yes, you will have a summer assignment.  Although I don’t usually advise procrastination, it would serve you better to do this assignment in August right before we begin school so it is fresh in your mind.

Go to https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/  This will take you to the Quest online HW site.  Most of you will already have a UT EID, if you don’t please use the directions linked at the bottom of the page.  Log in and choose to “enroll in a course”

Our course unique # is  "PhysicsC".  Be careful to check that you are choosing the Eaglecrest High School course!  Request enrollment in the course.

You can also use this link to enroll:  

https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/student/courses/enroll_by_link?courseunique=2844759

Once you have enrolled in the course send me an email so I know to accept your request.

ekesler@cherrycreekschools.org

Your summer assignment will be the first assignment listed in Quest – I’ll send more information later in the summer!

I look forward to actually seeing everybody in August.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me (ekesler@cherrycreekschools.org).  Have a great summer!

- Mrs. Kesler