AP Physics 1

Monday, 4.28.25 (18 days to AP test)

1. 16.1 Test: Unit 8 - Fluids

2. HW: Bring headphones tomorrow and your Chromebook

Tuesday, 4.29.25 (17 days to AP test)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Watch Introduction to Hybrid Digital AP Exams video (12 min) about the hybrid testing experience for test day

3. Look over a sample answer booklet 

4. Log into Bluebook and ensure you know your password as well as how to get in. Problem solve if there are any problems.Go to AP classroom and in "Active Assignments" locate Practice Sessions 1 - 5. Go through these at your own pace and learn about tips for working through MCQs and FRQs.

5. HW: Study for AP Test. Bring headphones, your Chromebook, and your Princeton Review Book to class!

Wednesday/Thursday, 4.30.25/5.1.25 (16/15 days to AP test)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over test

3. A few options here to study in groups and ask questions as needed: a) Continue using the Practice Sessions 1-8 (practice with AP Problems); b) Go over the Review Sessions 1-8 (review of physics concepts); c) Use your Princeton Review Book to study and practice; or d) go to "Resources" above and work on Previous Test FRQs

4. HW: Study for AP Test.  Bring headphones, your Chromebook, and your Princeton Review Book to class!

Friday, 5.2.25 (14 days to AP test)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Continue working on yesterday's review materials and asking lots of questions

3. HW: Study for AP Test.  Bring headphones, your Chromebook, and your Princeton Review Book to class!

Monday, 4.21.25 (25 days to AP Test)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (link to notes)

3. HW: Study for AP Test!

Tuesday, 4.22.25 (24 days to AP Test)

1. Fun with Bernoulli's Equation! (Videos: 1. Derivation of Bernoulli's Equation; 2. Bernoulli's Principle Demos; 3. Practice Problem with Bernoulli's Equation

2. HW: 15.1 Continuity and Bernoulli ws (link to assignment, due tomorrow)

Wednesday, 4.23.25 (23 days to AP Test)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Assignment: Research about Torricelli's Law and its connection to Bernoulli's Equation in order to calculate the distance that a stream of water coming out of a Nalgene bottle will travel. Then experimentally confirm your calculation with an assigned Nalgene bottle with a hold drilled in it.

3. HW: Study for test

Friday, 4.25.25 (22 days to AP Test)

1. No School due to Teacher Inservice

Monday, 4.14.25 (32 days to AP Test)

1. No class...for reasons known to seniors

Tuesday, 4.15.25 (31 days to AP Test)

1. No school due to SAT

Wednesday, 4.16.25 (30 days to AP Test)

1. Make sure that 13.4 is submitted to AP Classroom

2. Note: Buoyancy, Part 1 (link to notes)

3. 14.1 Lab: Determining the Density of an Unknown Liquid (located in today's notes)

4. HW: Complete 14.1 Lab Writeup Individually

Friday, 4.18.25 (28 days to AP Test)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Turn in 14.1 Lab Writeup

3. Quick Questions (link)

4. Notes: Buoyancy Force, Part 2 (link to notes)

5. HW: 14.2 Buoyant Force Practice in AP Classroom

Monday, 4.7.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Practice AP MCQ Exam in AP Classroom due

3. Go over test

4. Notes: Internal Structure and Density of Fluids (link to notes, 13.1 assignment in notes)

Tuesday, 4.8.25

1. Notes: Pressure, Part 1 (link to notes, 13.2 assignment in notes)

Wednesday, 4.9.25

1. Turn in 13.1 assignment from Monday's notes

2. Work on 13.2 assignment in Tuesday's notes and turn in

3. Notes: Pressure, Part 2 (link to notes, 13.3 assignment in notes)

Friday, 4.11.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Finish Notes from Wednesday

3. Classwork: 13.4 Density and Pressure AP Practice (located in AP classroom)

4. HW: Study for AP Exam

Monday, 3.31.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion (link to notes)

3. HW: 12.1 Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion Practice in AP Classroom

Tuesday, 4.1.25

1. In groups of 3-4, play Jeopardy Review for the Oscillations Test (link to game)

Wednesday, 4.2.25

1. Take 12.2 Practice AP Exam 1 MCQ (located in AP Classroom) in pairs or individually. May use all materials to help you (e.g., equations sheet, notes, internet, etc.). A couple of questions will deal with fluids which we will cover later...give them your best guess. (Due by Monday, Apr 7, before class)

2. HW: Study for your test

Friday, 4.4.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. 12.3 Test: Oscillations

Monday, 3.24.25

1. Last day of Spring Break...enjoy!

Tuesday, 3.25.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. If you have not turned in 10.1 Simple Harmonic Motion Introduction, turn it in today.

3. AP Test Review Jeopardy (link to the game for your own review)

Wednesday, 3.26.25

1. Finish all presentations 

2. Get into groups and compare answers on 10.1 Simple Harmonic Motion Introduction; turn it in today.

3. Notes: Position vs. Time of an Oscillating Object (link to notes)

4. Classwork: 11.1 Representing and Analyzing SHM (in AP Classroom, due Friday)

5. HW: 11.2 Simple Harmonic Motion - Mass on a Spring AP Practice (link to assignment, due Friday)

Friday, 3.28.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Continue SHM

Monday, 3.10.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Continue 9.2 Lab: What Factors Affect Simple Harmonic Motion? (link to lab, due today)

Tuesday, 3.11.25

1. Finish 9.2 Lab and turn in

2. Work on group project as needed

3. On your own, go over Notes: Simple Harmonic Motion (link to notes)

4. HW: 10.1 Simple Harmonic Motion Introduction (link to assignment, due Friday)

Wednesday, 3.12.25

1. Turn in and present 8.3 AP Physics 1 Group Project: Real-World Physics Investigation (link to project requirements, link to groups and chosen topics)

2. HW: Review for test (link to presentations)

Friday, 3.14.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. 10.2 Test over presentations (1/2 Test grade)

Monday, 3.3.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Study for test. Use all of your resources: the practice test, your study group, the Princeton Review Book, and the links in the Resources section of this website

3. Vote for March Madness Poem: Link to poems...be sure to click on your period only!

Tuesday, 3.4.25

1. Take 9.1 Test: Unit 6 - Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems

Wednesday, 3.5.25

1. Continue 8.3 AP Physics 1 Group Project: Real-World Physics Investigation (link to project requirements, link to groups and chosen topics, due Wednesday, March 12th)

Friday, 3.7.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Hand back papers

3. Perform 9.2 Lab: What Factors Affect Simple Harmonic Motion? (link to lab, due Monday)

Monday, 2.24.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Angular Impulse (link to notes)

3. HW: 8.1 Torque, Rotational Inertia, Angular Momentum, and Kinetic Energy (link to assignment, due Monday)

Tuesday, 2.25.25

1. Science Fair Reminder

2. Turn in 7.1 asst from last week

3. Grade 8.1 Assignment

4. Classwork: 8.2 AP Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse Practice

5. Work on lab as needed and turn in

Wednesday, 2.26.25

1. Begin 8.3 AP Physics 1 Group Project: Real-World Physics Investigation (link to project requirements, link to groups and chosen topics, due Wednesday, March 12th)

Friday, 2.28.25

1. Study for Test (link to practice test, for review only...not to turn in)

Monday, 2.17.25

1. No School due to President's Day! Celebrate your fav!

Tuesday, 2.18.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Forms for Science Fair Helpers!

3. Go over test and answer questions

4. Notes: Rotational Work (link to notes)

Wednesday, 2.19.25

1. Finish Notes: Rotational Work (link to notes)

2. Classwork/HW: 7.1 Rotational Work Practice (link to assignment, due tomorrow)

3. 7.2 Lab: Determination of the Angular Momentum of a Spinning Person (link to lab sheet, due Friday at end of class)

Friday, 2.21.25

1. Snow Day! Enjoy!

Monday, 2.10.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Announcement about Bergen Elementary Science Fair

3. Link to topic list. "Review MC Practice for Unit 5 Test" posted in AP Classroom (not for grade, just for review)

4. Watch "Topic 5.5 Daily Video 1" and "Topic 5.4 Daily Video 2"

5. HW: 6.1 Torque and Rotational Equilibrium AP Example Problem in AP Classroom (link to Period 1 and link to Period 3 assignment). There are two purposes here: a) Practice with rotational equilibrium, and b) Learn what tools are available in working AP FRQs online. Due tomorrow.

Tuesday, 2.11.25

1. 3rd Period: Safety Dance

2. Hand back papers

3. Go over 6.1 assignment

4. Finish Rotational Inertia Lab as needed

5. Review for test (link to Jeopardy Review)

Wednesday, 2.12.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Answer any last minute questions

3. 6.2 Test: Torque and Rotational Dynamics

Friday, 2.14.25

1. No school...enjoy! And Happy Valentine's Day!

Monday, 2.3.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Get a text book from the shelves by the goggle cabinet (you will have to share). Read pp.340-346 and then do the following problems: Assignment 5.2 - p.367/22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 32 (odd answers are in the back of the book.)

Tuesday, 2.4.25

1. Work on 5.1 AP Practice Exam So Far (Topics 1.1-5.5) (The assignment is in AP Classroom)

Today's assignment is a multiple choice practice AP exam on all the topics we have covered up to this point. There is one question for each topic covered (Topic 1.1 - Topic 5.5) and the question was chosen at random. Work with one another as you would like or work by yourself. You will get feedback to the questions after you make your choice, but you will only get one chance on each problem so that I can see where you are right now with the curriculum. Assignment: 5.1 AP Practice Exam So Far (Topics 1.1-5.5)

Wednesday, 2.5.25

1. Next Test: Wed, February 12th

2. Turn in 5.2 assignment

3. Perform 5.3 Lab: Determination of the Moment of Inertia of Rolling Objects (link to lab, due Monday)

4. HW: 5.4 Rotational Dynamics Practice (link to assignment)

Friday, 2.7.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Quick survey

3. Work on 5.3 Lab and complete 5.4 assignment

Monday, 1.27.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Grade 3.2 assignment

3. Begin Notes: Rotational Kinetic Energy (link to notes)

4. HW: 4.1 Moment of Inertia and Rotational Kinetic Energy (link to assignment, due Wednesday)

Tuesday, 1.28.25

1. Finish Notes: Rotational Kinetic Energy (link to notes)

2. HW: Finish 4.1 Moment of Inertia and Rotational Kinetic Energy (link to assignment, due Wednesday)

Wednesday, 1.29.25

1. Grade HW

2. 4.2 Lab: The Great Toilet Paper Drop Challenge (link to lab sheet and link to Prelab slides)

Friday, 1.31.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Continue working 4.2 Lab

Monday, 1.20.25

1. No school...celebrate the life and legacy of MLK!

Tuesday, 1.21.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Hand back papers

3. Finish Notes: Rotational Kinematics (link to notes)

4. HW: 3.1 Rotational Kinematics Practice (link to assignment with answers on last page)

Wednesday, 1.22.25

1. Grade HW and answer questions

2. Intro Activity for Torque (link to activity)

Friday, 1.24.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Torque (link to notes)

3. HW: 3.2 Torque Practice (link to assignment)

Monday, 1.13.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Looking for some test review practice and help? Try the assigned "Unit 4 Progress Check Multiple Choice" in AP classroom. This is not for a grade, but some good practice. Also, try the resources section above and check out the new links to College Board daily videos.

3. Answer questions about homework

4. Notes: Collisions (link to notes)

5. Classwork: Clown Car Problem in notes

6. HW: 2.1 Collisions Practice (link to assignment)

Tuesday, 1.14.25

1. Answer questions about 2.1 assignment

2. Review for momentum test

Wednesday, 1.15.25

1. 2.2 Test: Unit 4 - Linear Momentum (Counts as 1/2 test grade)

Friday, 1.17.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over test

3. Begin Note: Angular Kinematics (link to notes)

4. HW: To be posted 2nd period

Monday, 1.6.25

1. Last day of break...enjoy!

Tuesday, 1.7.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Receive 2nd semester Fuller Passes

3. 1.1 Mini-Lab: Pendulum Conundrum (links to assignment and lab sheet , due today)

Wednesday, 1.8.25

1. 1.2 Mini-Lab: How Hard Was That Push? An Introduction to Impulse (links to assignment and lab sheet, due Friday)

2. Begin Notes: Impulse and Momentum (link to notes)

Friday, 1.10.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Discuss with juniors course options for next year and everyone take "Step Up Online Career Matching Tool"

3. Notes: Impulse and Momentum (link to notes)

4. HW: 1.3 Impulse and Momentum Practice (link to assignment)

Monday, 12.16.24 

Sad news. I have Covid and will be out at least until Wednesday, but perhaps for the week. If I test negative Tuesday, I'll be back to help you out on Wednesday during advise. Here's the plan:

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over the grading rubric for the "17.4 AP Collision Practice Problem" assignment and work with each other to clear up any misunderstandings (link to grading rubric, on 2nd page)

3. Study for your semester exam. Remember to use everything you have to help you: 1) Princeton Review Study Book; 2) MIT practice problems (in Resources above); 3) ChatGPT; and 4) Other websites that have review materials (many are in the Resources above). Mr. Poynter will be here tomorrow and will be able to help with some questions you might have.

Tuesday, 12.17.24

1. Continue studying using all the tools listed above. Mr. Poynter will be here today to help out with some of your questions.

Wednesday, 12.18.24

I am still out sick. Ugh! Anyway, if you have questions during advise, I will be available by Google Meet from 8:30 am to 10:00 am. I will work with one person at a time. I have not used Google Meet before (I've only used Zoom) so I hope this works. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/dwv-iipm

Thursday, 12.19.24

1. 18.1 Fall Semester Exam 2024...good luck!

Friday, 12.20.24

1. No school....enjoy your well-deserved break! See you in 2025!

Monday, 12.9.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over test results

3. Notes: Introduction to Linear Momentum (link to notes)

4. HW: Introduction to Momentum Assignment (link to assignment)

Tuesday, 12.10.24

1. Grade 17.1 Assignment

2. Take a look at the MIT AP Physics 1 Workbook (link to site, also available in the resources page above)

3. Finish Ballistic Pendulum Lab and turn in

4. HW: 17.2 Creating a Practice Problem for the Semester Exam (link to assignment and link to AP topics, due Wednesday)

Wednesday/Thursday, 12.11.24/12.12.24 

1. 17.3 Lab: Conservation of Momentum in Collisions and Explosions (link to lab sheet, due Friday with time in class to work on it)

2. HW: 17.3 Conservation of Momentum Practice (link to assignment, due Friday)

Friday, 12.13.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Grade 17.3 HW

3. Work on lab, due today

4. Classwork: 17.4 AP Collision Practice Problem (link to assignment)

Monday, 12.2.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Conservation of Mechanical Energy, Quantitative (link to notes)

3. HW: Complete 13.3 Energy Homework #1 (link to assignment, due Wednesday) OR preferably do 16.1 Conservation of Mechanical Energy, Quantitative (link to assignment with answers on last page, due Wednesday)

Tuesday, 12.3.24

1. Hand back papers

2. Answer questions about 16.1 assignment

3. 16.2 Prelab: Ballistic Pendulum (link to prelab)

Wednesday, 12.4.24

1. 16.2 Lab: Ballistic Pendulum (link to lab sheet)

2. Study for Test (link to test topics)

Friday, 12.6.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. 16.3 Test: Unit 3 - Energy, Work, and Power (link to test topics)

Monday, 11.18.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Power (link to notes)

3. HW: 15.1 Power Practice (link to assignment)

Tuesday, 11.19.24

1. Turn in HW

2. "Contact"

Wednesday, 11.20.24

1. "Contact"

Friday, 11.22.24

1. "Contact"

Monday, 11.11.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over test

3. Notes: Work (link to notes)

4. HW: 14.1 Work Practice (link to assignment, due tomorrow)

Tuesday, 11.12.24

1. Grade HW

2. Notes: Work-Energy Theorem (link to notes)

3. HW: 14.2 Work-Energy Theorem Practice (link to assignment, due tomorrow)

Wednesday, 11.13.24

1. Grade 14.2 HW

2. Springs discussion

3. 14.3 Lab: Force and Work with Springs (link to lab sheet)

4. HW: 14.4 Spring Practice

Friday, 11.15.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Grade HW

3. Hand back papers

4. 14.5 FridAP Work Relay (link to assignment; were you absent? Pick two of the problems to work on to turn in)

Monday, 11.4.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over Orbital Motion and study for test (link to review, final draft, answers on last page)

Tuesday, 11.5.24

1. 13.1 Test: Unit 2b - Topics 2.6, 2.7, and 2.9

Wednesday, 11.6.24

1. In class Notes: Law of Conservation of Energy, Conceptually (link to notes)

2. 13.2 Lab: Conservation of Energy PhET (link to lab)

3. 13.3 Energy Homework #1 (link to assignment)

Friday, 11.8.24

1. No school due to Snow Day! Enjoy!

Monday, 10.28.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Receive topic list for Unit 2b test (see Announcements above for link)

3. 12.1 Lab: Circular Motion in Three Acts (link to lab sheet, due tomorrow)

Tuesday, 10.29.24

1. Watch "Frame of Reference with Circular Motion"

2. Notes: Uniform Circular Motion - Horizontal (link to notes)

3. Use any extra class time to work on lab

4. HW: 12.2 Horizontal Uniform Circular Motion (link to assignment, due Wednesday)

Wednesday, 10.30.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Hand back papers

3. Answer questions about HW

4. Notes: Uniform Circular Motion - Vertical (link to notes) 

5. Work on 12.1 Lab and turn in

6. Classwork: 12.3 Vertical Uniform Circular Motion (link to assignment, due today, not for a grade)

7. HW: 12.4 Orbital Motion assignment (link to notes, link to assignment; due Monday, will be covered on test, not due for a grade); study for Tuesday's test

Friday, 11.1.24

1. No school! Enjoy the day off! Don't forget to do your Orbital Motion assignment

Monday, 10.21.24 

1. Mindful Minute

2. Teacher of the Month Voting (list of teachers and voting document)

3. Discuss AI and checking your work

4. 10.2 lab and 10.3 assignment due tomorrow

5. Notes: Gravitational Force (link to notes)

6. HW: Finish notes and do 11.1 Gravitational Force Practice (in AP Classroom, keep track of problems that you struggle with for discussion tomorrow)

Tuesday, 10.22.24

1. 1st period only: Teacher of the Month Voting (list of teachers and voting document)

2. Go over 10.3 assignment and answer questions

3. Go over 11.1 assignment

4. Notes: Apparent Weight (link to notes)

Wednesday, 10.23.24

1. 11.2 Lab: Determination of the Acceleration of an Elevator (link to lab sheet, link to virtual lab)

2. Finish Apparent Weight notes

3. HW: Finish lab if you didn't finish it in class

Friday, 10.25.24

1. Work day due to Fuller's absence

Monday, 10.14.24 (7 period day)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Finish Friction activity

3. Notes: Friction (link to notes)

4. HW: 10.1 Friction is F=μN ws (link to assignment; due Tuesday)

Tuesday, 10.15.24 (7 period day)

1. Grade HW

2. Work on 10.2 Lab: The Inclined Olympics - New and Improved with Friction! (link to lab sheet; link to challenge 1, link to challenge 2, link to challenge 3; due Monday)

3. HW: 10.3 AP Friction FRQs (link to assignment, due Monday)

Wednesday, 10.16.24 (7 period day)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Pop Quiz over Friction

3. Work on 10.2 Lab

4. HW: Finish 10.2 Lab and 10.3 assignment

Thursday, 10.17.24

No School...Fall Break! Enjoy!

Friday, 10.18.24

No School...Fall Break! Enjoy!

Monday, 10.7.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over HW

3. Announcement: SNHS Tutoring on Wednesday's at 8:00 am in library

4. Finish lab

5. HW: "Forces Practice for Unit 2b Test" assigned in AP Classroom (due Wed)

Tuesday, 10.8.24

1. No class due to "Test Fest". Good luck on your SAT!

Wednesday, 10.9.24

1. Answer questions about HW (15 min max)

2. 9.1 Unit 2a Test (link to list of topics to be covered, 60 min)

Friday, 10.11.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over test

3. In class activity exploring friction

Monday, 9.30.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over 7.4 assignment and answer questions

3. Brief discussion about tension

4. Classwork: Choose your own adventure - 8.1 Practice A, Practice B, Practice C, Practice D, Practice E, Practice F (see 7.4 Assignment for guidance on which to choose; may cut and paste problems to make your own assignment)

5. Work on 7.3 Lab as necessary and turn in

6. HW: Finish classwork

Tuesday, 10.1.24

1. Get into groups and look over work from yesterday

2. Notes: Tackling Two-Body Problems (link to notes)

3. Work on Practice E and/or Practice F Problems from Monday (due tomorrow)

Wednesday/Thursday, 10.2.24/10.3.24

1. Get into groups and look over work from Monday and yesterday. Staple the two assignments together and turn in when finished

2. Notes: Forces at an Angle and Inclined Planes

3. 8.2 Lab: The Inclined Olympics (link to lab sheet. link to simulation 1, link to simulation 2, link to simulation 3)

Friday, 10.4.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Continue working on 8.2 Lab

3. HW: 8.3 Forces at an Angle ws (link to assignment, due Monday)

4. Note: Have you turned in your Newton's Second Law lab? Be sure you have either turned it in or are working on it to turn it in next week

Monday, 9.23.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Finish Notes: Newton's Third Law (link to notes)

3. Notes: Newton's First Law (link to notes)

4. HW: 7.1 Newton's Third Law Practice in AP Classroom (due tomorrow)

Tuesday, 9.24.24 (Fuller out today)

1. Answer questions about homework with one another

2. Finish yesterday's Notes: Newton's First Law (link to notes) and discuss questions at end with your neighbors

3. Go over Notes: Forces and Free-Body Diagrams (link to notes)

4. Classwork: 7.2 Practice with Newton's 1st Law Problems (in AP Classroom, due today; I do not expect you to ace this...the goal is to start seeing these problems in different contexts and with new vocabulary.)

Wednesday, 9.25.24

1. Prelab 7.3 Lab: Newton's Second Law (link to lab, due next block day)

2. Perform 7.3 Lab: Newton's Second Law (link to lab, due next block day)

Friday, 9.27.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Announcement: SNHS Meeting next Tuesday at 8:02 am

3. Notes: Weight and Normal Force

4. Work on Lab

5. HW: 7.4 Introductory Newton's Second Law Problems with Guidance (link to assignment, due Friday)

Monday, 9.16.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Center of Mass (link to notes)

3. HW: Study for Test (link to review sheet)

Tuesday, 9.17.24

1. 6.1 Test: Unit 1 - Kinematics (link to test)

Wednesday, 9.18.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go over test and answer questions

3. Classwork: 6.2 Practice: Center of Mass Practice (link to problems)

4. Notes: Newton's Third Law (link to notes)

5. HW: Finish 6.2 assignment

Friday, 9.20.24

No school due to teacher inservice day...enjoy!

Monday, 9.9.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Video: Frames of Reference at Constant Velocity (link to video)

3. Notes: Vectors and Motion in 2D (Qualitative) Part 2a (link to notes)

4. HW: 5.1 Conceptual Projectile Motion Practice (link to assignment, due tomorrow)

Tuesday, 9.10.24

1. Receive review sheet (link to review sheet)

2. Notes: Vectors and Motion in 2D (Quantitative) Part 2b (link to notes)

3. HW: 5.2 Quantitative Projectile Motion Practice (link to assignment, answers on last page, due tomorrow during class...may use some class time to finish and ask questions)

Wednesday, 9.11.24

1. Discuss test date...short periods Friday

2. Answer questions about 5.2 asst

3. Finish Lab: Hit Fuller in the Face

4. Finish and turn in 5.2 Asst

5. HW: Study for Test

Friday, 9.13.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. SNHS members look at email list to confirm email

3. Hand back papers

4. Finish Lab

5. Review for test (show different resource websites)

Monday, 9.2.24

1. No School! Celebrate Labor Day!

Tuesday, 9.3.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. 4.1 Mini Test: Unit 1a - Topics 1.1 - 1.3 (link to review sheet; mini test counts as 1/2 test grade)

Wednesday, 9.4.24

1. Go over test

2. Perform 4.2 Lab: Hit Fuller in the Face (link to lab sheet, due Wed, Sept 11)

Friday, 9.6.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Vectors and Motion in 2D Part 1 (link to notes)

3. Continue 4.2 Lab

4. HW: 4.3 Practice with Vectors in 2D (link to assignment, due Monday)

Monday, 8.26.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Grade 2.2 HW

3. Notes: Representing Motion - Graphing (link to notes)

4. HW: 3.1 Graph Sketching and Recognition in "The Physics Classroom" (link to assignment, quiz over this tomorrow) (Need more help, click here and look at lessons 3 and 4)

Tuesday, 8.27.24

1. 3.1 Quiz over 3.1 assignment

2. Notes: Representing Motion - Kinematics Equations (link to notes)

3. HW: 3.2 Kinematics Practice (link to assignment, due Wednesday)

Wednesday, 8.28.24

1. Go over 3.2 HW and answer questions (#3 and #7 were concepts we didn't quite get to in the notes)

2. Go over 3.1 Quiz and answer questions (will not count as a grade)

3. Discuss area under the curve of a velocity-time graph

4. To do in class:

   • Finish 2.3 Lab: Walk This Way (link to lab sheet, due today)

   • Finish 3.2 HW and turn in

   • Work on review sheet for Mini Test which is postponed to Tuesday (link to preliminary review, graphing practice)

   • Stare into space as needed

5. HW: Continue working on review sheet for Mini Test and be ready with questions on Friday

Friday, 8.30.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Notes: Acceleration due to Gravity - Objects in Freefall (link to notes)

3. HW: Study for Mini Test over AP Topics 1.1 to 1.3 (link to review sheet)

Tuesday, 9.3.24

3.3 Mini Test: Unit 1a (will count as 1/2 test)

Monday, 8.19.24

1. Seating Chart and Phone Policy 😬

2. Mindful Minute

3. Get Safety Contract Signed!!! (due by block day)

4. SNHS Announcement...informational meeting Wednesday before school OR after school.

5. Continue working on 1.1 Lab: Hot Rod Physics (lab sheet, due Wed)

Tuesday, 8.20.24

1. Notes: Scalars and Vectors in One Dimension (link to notes)

2. Continue working on 1.1 Lab

3. HW: 2.1 Scalars and Vectors in One Dimension (link to assignment, do on your own paper, due tomorrow); Get Safety Contract Signed!!! (due tomorrow)

Wednesday, 8.21.24

1. Safety Contract due

2. Register with AP Central for AP Physics 1 Course (slideshow for help)

3. Grade 2.1 assignment

4. Go over graphs created in lab, axes conventions, and slope

5. 15 min to work on 1.1 Lab and turn in

6. Begin Notes: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration (link to notes, slides 1-21)

7. Begin 2.3 Lab: Walk This Way (link to lab sheet, due Wednesday)

Friday, 8.23.24

1. Mindful Minute

2. Finish Notes: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration (link to notes, slides 21-end)

3. Continue work on 2.3 Lab: Walk This Way (link to lab sheet, due Wednesday)

4. HW: 2.2 Motion Basics ws (link to assignment, do on your own paper, due tomorrow)

Monday, 8.12.24

• Not yet...four more days to go! (Just a reminder, there is no summer assignment.) 

Tuesday, 8.13.24

• So exciting...only three more days! (No really, no summer assignment.)

Wednesday, 8.14.24

• Two more days until physics joy!

Thursday, 8.15.24

• So close...one more day! (Poor freshmen who have to be here today! 😉)

Friday, 8.16.24

1. Hey there AP Physics students and welcome!  Get ready for an adventure in physics. You will be stretched and your mind opened to operations of the universe you didn't know existed. Brace yourself! 

2.  Mindful Minute

Hand outs: 

• AP Equation sheet 

• 1st Semester Fuller Passes

3. Fuller's introduction and go over course syllabus and expectations

4. Get into groups of 3 and work on 1.1 Lab: Hot Rod Physics  (lab sheet, due next Wed)