AP Physics Assignments 2016-2017
May 19: Prepare a report on your project thus far. Due Monday.
Use the engineering cycle to organize your report. You may use bullets or paragraph format. I should be able to follow your stated progress and reasoning.
POST-AP EXAM
Students are working in pairs or singly on a building project using the engineering cycle. Their projects should answer a question or solve a problem of physics. They will use lab notebooks to keep a daily log of work, observations, and/or questions. They will present their project findings to their classmates for feedback. It is possible that there is time to do more than one project before the end of the school year.
All Interactive Notebook methods are now linked as two documents at the bottom of this page. They are named Interactive_Notebook _1 and Interactive_Notebook_2.
Notebooks will be due each Friday, with only occasional exceptions.
www.physicsclassroom.com This web site is a great learning tool for any physics topic. The authors go step by step, circle back, and provide practice with the answers explained.
Recommended web sites
Crash Course Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM8ECpBuQYE&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN0ge7yDk_UA0ldZJdhwkoV&sns=em
Pretty Good Physics http://prettygoodphysics.wikispaces.com/pgp-Kinematics
Beginning Monday after the break, we will do nothing but REVIEW.
Friday, April 14: SHM & Waves
This is the last unit before review.
Your textbook - Chapter 11 & 12 - will help you get the basics, which are: Simple Harmonic Motion; Interference; Standing Waves; Ch 12 - vibrating strings and air columns. If you are musical, this unit will already make sense to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJzn8Y1HFw
Mr. Andersen teaches you about waves.
Fizziksguy (Dan Fullerton) breaks this unit down in smaller, more detailed chunks. Highly recommended.I'm linking the pendulum vodcast (example of simple harmonic motion) here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN8zE-Eg2nY From here you can get the rest of his videos.
Naturally, physicsclassroom and pHets are quite useful, too.
Starting April 12: Work through the Series Circuit, Parallel Circuit and Circuit Builder in the Physics Classroom Interactives.
For the Week of April 10-14
April 10: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Electric-Circuits/Circuit-Builder This is an interactive circuit building site. You can figure out how series and parallel circuits work and apply Ohm's Law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vq-xHqUo8 - Mr. Andersen on Voltage, Current and Resistance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2EuYqj_0Uk - Mr.Andersen on Series and Parallel Circuits.
Textbook Chapters 18 & 19
April 7: Read through the Physics Classroom tutorials for electric potential and circuits. Answer the questions at the end of each section.
April 6: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/Lesson-3/Newton-s-Laws-and-the-Electrical-Force
Do the problems at the end of this section.
April 4: Read Charging by Induction from Physics Classroom Lesson 2. (Sorry about the small font. You can read it on line instead.)
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/Lesson-2/Charging-by-Friction
April 3: Complete electrostaestics worksheet for Physics Classroom Lesson 1.
RoMo test FRIDAY, Mar 31
Wed,Mar 29: If you want more practice, here is the second of 7 problems we started today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNEoxBzKKa0&spfreload=5
From here, the rest will load.
Tues, Mar 28: More practice problems (Giancoli concept review & AP-like questions.) RoMo test FRIDAY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_lxELlEOFg This video shows you how to solve a problem like Problem 4 in "Handout 3" from yesterday.
Fri, Mar 24: There will be a sub today. You have a set of AP Physics 1-type problems on rotational motion topics to work on. Finish for homework.
Thurs, Mar 23: Make sure you have completed the three sheets for the pHet activity (torque, moment of inertia and angular momentum.) Do problems 57-60 on page 238 of the textbook.
March 22:
Angular Momentum demos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XgYTP0kB7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAWLLo5cyfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty9QSiVC2g0
Mr.Andersen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlT30nfjn8
Assignments on Rotational Motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MULe4xv3lVk (Angular Momentum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zrphnd_0VI (Torque) - watched in class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9fPGXyvrVM (Rotational Inertia)
I will collect lab books on Wednesday next in advance of parent-teacher conferences.
Tuesday, March 21 - Finish analysis of arm torque lab. Lab books due tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-HZ1SZPaQw - A very nice Crash Course on torque, rotational inertia, angular momentum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUdk3-8TAM - biceps problem explained - very similar to our arm torque lab scenario.
Friday, March 17
Monday we will finish the Arm Torque Lab and its analysis.
This weekend, Giancoli read section 8-5 Rotational Dynamics: Torque and Rotational Inertia, & section 8-6 Solving Problems, pages 220-225. At the end of the chapter, do Problems 34-40.
Wed, Mar 15: Read pages 217-220 in Giancoli. Do problems 29 through 33 on page 235-236.
Mon, March 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayv0MoCgtlk Mr. Andersen explains center of mass. Really good!
Thurs, Mar 9: Momentum quiz tomorrow.
Wed, Mar 8: (1) Read text pages 209-214. (2) Do problems 1-9 odds on page 234.
If you did these over the long break, then you have no HW!!
Fri, Mar 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grMWAI1RdVs
Start your Rotational Motion study with Mr. Andersen's vodcast, linked above.
Thurs, Mar 2: I will postpone the quiz to Monday. We will do at least one more AP problem on momentum tomorrow. Your quiz will be a problem like the one you did Wed or tomorrow.
Wed, Mar 1: Keep working. Quiz Friday.
Tues, Feb 28:
1. Do as many old AP free-response problems provided as you can. I'll bring solutions on Wednesday. Feel free to work with partner(s).
If you have time and interest, Dr. Lewin does some nice demonstrations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q-WiX-KVXo (Collisions; Momentum; Center of Mass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VrCrWqaPU&index=12&list=PLUdYlQf0_sSsb2tNcA3gtgOt8LGH6tJbr (Work & Energy - the best part is the last 5 minutes)
Mon, Feb 27: (1) Collect your lab books. (2) Review the solution to the AP homework problem. (3) Read the section in your text about Center of Mass. (4) Do the problems assigned: 46 to 50. This is an important concept for rotational motion, our next unit. (I will leave your teacher a copy of the solutions.) I encourage you to search out good video tutorials on this topic as well.
Thurs,Feb 16: Complete data gathering, analysis and conclusions, using the handout as a guide. Lab books due tomorrow. Make sure you copy any pages you might need for over the break. There will be review work to do.
Wed, Feb 15: Please, please, please DO your homework from the 10th and the 14th. Practice is the key to getting this stuff. We will finish our experiments tomorrow, weather permitting.
Tues, Feb 14: Giancoli problems 22,24,26,30,32 pp203-204.
Fri, Feb 10: Read in your text Sections 7-3 through 7-6, pages 185-top of 192.
Follow the steps for solving energy and momentum in elastic and inelastic collisions. Practice problems: 21,23,25, 33, 69.
Mon, Feb 6: Watch and take notes on Mr. Andersen's videos. One is on momentum, the other is on impulse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1UMHXyFrM&index=49&list=PLllVwaZQkS2rxqMXTH-cdE0LIX9Zi_oS1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph48Xwj_eS8&list=PLllVwaZQkS2rxqMXTH-cdE0LIX9Zi_oS1&index=50
Fri, Feb 3: Read Giancoli Ch 7, pp 180-185 (linear momentum). Do problems 2,4,6,8 on page 202.
Lab Books due today.
Thurs, Feb 2: Quiz tomorrow. Tonight, try at least one problem from each section from the problem set; aim for a multi-part problem.
Wed, Feb 1: We are coming to the end of this unit. Be ready for a practice test Friday. Tomorrow you will present your experiments.
Tues, Jan 31: see below for the key to Giancoli problems. Bring your questions tomorrow.
1E,2D,3B,4E,5D,6E,7C,8B,9A,10E
FRQ: 1(a) PE=2.9J; (b) PE=882J; (c) PE=0J; (d) v=17m/s; (e) 1.7m
Mon, Jan 30: Work on problems in the Giancoli Work and Energy review packet.
Fri, Jan 27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVl5zs6Lqy0#t=5.792034
The next vodcast in the Khan series on springs.
Alternative vodcast - A Level Physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQqqTCQyl84
Practice with Hooke's Law: Try these without looking at the answers. http://www.problemsphysics.com/forces/hookes_law.html
In your text pages 175-177, do problems 29, 34, 42,45.
Thurs Jan 26: Read sections 6-5 and 6-6 in your text. Watch and take notes on this vodcast about springs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzwuHS9ldbY It will help you think about your new guided inquiry lab.
Semester 2!
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Mon, Jan 16: Uplinked at the very bottom of this page are the solutions to the practice problems assigned for AP and Physics 1.
These are the names you are looking for:
AP_Midterm_Practice_Answers_2017.odt
Physics_1_PracticeFinal_2017.odt
Bring your questions. More practice tomorrow!
Fri, Jan 13: You may keep your lab books to study with. Turn them in at finals. the test will include kinematics, dynamics, and circular motion & gravitation. There will
Thurs, Jan 12: LAB BOOKS DUE TOMORROW
Today's in-class activity
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park-basics
Mon, Jan 9: Rework on separate paper any problems you did not do correctly from the weekend. Show me the redo.
Also, read through the rest of the lab handout so you are ready to go tomorrow. There is no "cage" to protect the motion detector.
Fri, Jan 6: Lab Books due today.
AP Physics:Problems 18-26 evens on page 175;
Physics1: Questions 1-12 (all) on pages 172-173.
You all have a handout with the relevant equations you will need.
Thurs, Jan 5: Read in your text pages 150-157. Study the sample problems and record relevant equations and relationships. LAB BOOKS DUE TOMORROW
Wed, Jan 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmOXi-My6ZI
Mr. Andersen explains energy and work. Take notes in your lab notebook.
Tues, Jan 3, 2017:
Read pages 145-149 (Section 6-1).
AP Physics: Problems 2,4,6 on page 174
Physics 1: Problems 3,5,7 on page 174
Wed, Dec 21: "Advent Calendar" of old physics problems from your book. Turn in lab books today -assignments for 12/14, 12/16, and 12/19.
Mon. Dec 19: New problem set - AP and Physics 1 do all. Same expectations apply as for the Friday HW.
Fri, Dec 16: AP Physics - Review problems in Circular Motion and Gravity handout: multiple choice and free response. Physics 1 - same document, just multiple choice. All of you must show the work on separate paper, whether it's the lab book or notebook paper. I must be able to SEE how you got your answer. I don't want to guess; neither do the AP readers, or your college professors, or your employers. Get what I mean?
Plan on a REAL quiz Wednesday before break.
Stay warm!
Wed Dec 14: AP physics - handout odd numbered problems; Physics 1 - handout even problems.
Tuesday, Dec 13: Lab books in today.
Friday, Dec 9: (1) Experimental write up, complete, in your lab book for Monday.
(2) Read pages 124-129 in your textbook. Do problems 26-34, evens, on page 141.
Tuesday, Dec 6: Tasks for today: Sketch a scale drawing of your vertical loop. Show radii and the length of the track. Record your question, hypothesis and procedure.
Monday, Dec 5: Be sure you are solid on how to use circular motion equations. This week you will be asking a question about the variables in a vertical loop.
Thurs, Dec 1:
AP Physics: Textbook pp 139-140 problems 2,4,6,9.
Physics 1: Back of yesterday's HW page 7-12.
Wed, Nov 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpyx7Gu0hos
Watch and take notes.
Addendum: Do the first six problems on the handout
Mon, Nov 28: New Unit: Uniform Circular Motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54vBcTeoT8s - shown in class - by the end of this unit you should be able to explain how these phenomena can happen!
READING: Physics Classroom - conceptual http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-1/Speed-and-Velocity
READING #2: GIANCOLI pages 112-117. Study the examples. Note down new equations.
Tues, Nov 22: AP track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6UKDkxPb_Y
(Step by step science vodcast - shows how to do problem 7 of the Atwood machine and pulleys homework.
Mon, Nov 21: Study for your one-problem quiz tomorrow. AP: inclined plane; Physics 1: horizontal force. AP also has Atwood problems to do. You will also present your experiments tomorrow.
Thurs, Nov 17 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atwd.html#c1 Explore this site -you can back track to a tutorial or try inputting data and see the results. Do the Wednesday HW if you didn't do it yesterday.
Wed, Nov 16: Practice quiz tomorrow. AP Physics HW is a handout from Hecht - do 65-75. Physics 1 HW is a handout from Conceptual Physics - do A-1 to A-11.
Tues, Nov 15: AP track: Try the AP multiple choice questions (handout). Physics 1 track: In your Giancoli textbook pages 105-6: problems 23,24,25,26; 38,39,40.
Mon, Nov 14: Finish your paragraph about the elevator activity. Be ready to discuss tomorrow.
Notebooks due today
Thurs, Nov 10: Tension in a pulley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDLYpJoSRhM
Wed, Nov 9: Text problems p110, #71, 72, 73.
Tues, Nov 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_cZlN_zGBI
Fri, Nov 4: Take notes. Apply to problems 52, 53 54 on pages 108-109. Problem 4-17 on page 100 is also good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_pmp5rtzo&index=6&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN0ge7yDk_UA0ldZJdhwkoV (Friction concepts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xOU25PWx8M (how to attack an inclined plane problem)
Thurs, Nov 3: Answer questions in the Mu of the Shoe handout - in your lab book.
Wed, Nov 2: Read section 4.8 in text (pp 96-101). Do problems 38,39,40 on pages 107-8 in your lab book.
Tues, Nov 1: Same handout from last week: pp 134-135 Exercises 1-27. Do on separate paper, because you are turning in notebooks today.
Mon, Oct 31: Complete your modified Atwood's machine writeup in your lab notebook. I will collect the notebooks tomorrow. I should be able to find the following: probs 17, 19, 21; Conceptual exercises from handout; vodcast notes on modified Atwood's machine; pp 105-6 probs 23-29; complete write up of your modified Atwood's machine experiment.
Fri: no school
Thurs, Oct 27: Review your progress with the modified Atwood machine experiment. You and your partner will be responsible to have a whiteboard presentation ready to go by the end of class Friday. Presentations will occur Monday.
Also, be sure you have done the HW completely from Wednesday.
Wed, Oct 26: Review the examples in Section 4.7 of your text.
Do pp 105-106: Problems 23-29.
Tues, Oct 25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDLYpJoSRhM
Atwood's Machine explained
In class: Knight handout problems. These are conceptual, to help you think about force and acceleration.
Mon, Oct 24: Re-attack the problems from the weekend. Do the odds that follow the evens that you did. (We did 13 and 15 in class today).
Fri, Oct 21: Lab Books due today. In your textbook do the even problems #14-#22 on page 105. Use notebook paper.
Thurs, Oct 20: Enter all information in your lab book for the Newton's Third Law lab.
Lab books will be collected tomorrow. (You also have tonight to fix any problems with the previous night's worksheet.)
Wed, Oct 19: Complete the worksheet from Physics Classroom on drawing free-body diagrams.
Tues, Oct 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDis6HbXxjg
Free body diagrams. Take notes in your notebook. Be ready to do these tomorrow.
ALSO: Read Giancoli pages 89-95.
Mon, Oct 17: In class
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Tutorial/Newton-s-Laws
Homework: Read Giancoli pages 77-88. Study the practice problems. Then do problems 1-8 on page 104.
COMING UP: A quiz (lab practicum) on 1-D and 2-D Kinematics Monday.
Fri, Oct 14: Complete new practice AP Kinetics problems (handout). Be ready to complete your practicum on Monday: Given a new height, where should you place hoops for the ball the fall through?
Thurs, Oct 13: AP Kinematics problem. You don't have to do part a. You can do parts b., c., and d. Also, if you did your five trials today, you should have an initial velocity calculated by tomorrow.
Wed, Oct 12: Work on your new set of problems.
Tues, Oct 11: Work on the free response problems that we started in class.
Fri, Oct 7:
Worksheet 10 problems - handed out in class.
Notebooks due today.
Thur, Oct 6:
(1) Watch the Dr. Lewin lecture posted last night starting at minute 15:30. This is where he demonstrates a form of the "girl tossing the ball in the cart."
(2) Finish writing your experiment in your lab notebook. Remember to put the steps in order: Purpose; Prediction/Hypothesis and why (justification); Procedure; Data; Analysis (graphs and other algebra needed); Conclusion.
Notebooks due tomorrow.
Wed, Oct 5: In your textbook, study examples 3-5 and 3-6 on page 63. Do problem 37 on page 73.
Dr. Lewin explains and demonstrates characteristics of projectile motion. I suggest you watch all of it, but at a minimum, watch minute 35 to the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Em8p6Qzmo&index=5&list=PLUdYlQf0_sSsb2tNcA3gtgOt8LGH6tJbr
Tues, Oct 4: Problems 24, 27, 31 on page 72.
Mon Oct 3: Notebooks due today. Read page 61 Example 3-3. Note how the solution follows the problem solving box above. Do problem 20 on page 72.
9/30:
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Games/Vectors.shtml - play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiWsXtt5GE Watch and take notes on the right side of your notebook.
Read in your text 57-61 (projectile motion).
9/28/16:http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors
Take yourself through all of Lesson 1 tonight. Make notes that will be helpful to you. Try the practice problems.
9/27/16: Read Giancoli pp 48-51, do problems 1,2,5 on page 70.
9/26/16: Giancoli page 46 problems 61 and 65. If you use a problem-solving guide, affix it in your notebook.
PS: Nice job on loading the free fall movie and calculating acceleration!
9/23/16
Ball Drop Movies are linked at the bottom of the page. names are IMG_1968.MOV and IMG_1970.MOV
More Fri, 9/23:
If you are having difficulty with dependent vs. independent variables, go to this site and practice.
Fri, 9/23: (1) Handouts with more practice problems.
(2) Vodcast to prepare for vector addition/subtraction next week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eODoCJJ7A8U (Mr. Fullerton - 15 minutes). This teaching is also in your textbook on pages 48-56. Use one or the other or both. In either case, you should be ready to try these or have questions for me.
Thurs, 9/22: Finish the Mr. Fullerton problems using the problem-solving guide we used in class today. (posted late)
Wed, 9/21: Mr. Fullerton problems (separate page) - info at the top is not accurate. These are due tomorrow. I want you to do at least half of them successfully, not just one.
Tuesday, 9/20: For today's activities, open/download 2009 Summer Physics... (instructions on how to graph motion from a video); and ball toss.cmbl. Both are linked at the bottom.
HW: Read Giancoli pp 32-40. Do problems 34, 36, 39, 41.
Monday, 9/19: Problem handout - do # 22, 24, 27, 30, 31; Read in Giancoli pages 24-32;do problems in Giancoli page 43 #21, 23, 26, 28.
Friday 9/16/2016: Finish your flash cards/playing cards for Monday. Interactive Notebooks due today.
9/15/2016:Left side of notebook paper: "Lost and Found" poster, as explained in class. Check your PhyzJob worksheet against the key provided today. Lab books due tomorrow.
9/14/2016: In our textbook, read pages 19-23. Do end of chapter problems
(pg 42-43) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12. Use DUFAS Method. Work problems on the right hand side of pages only.
9/13/2016:
Dan Fullerton introduced one-D kinematics equations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHmZEunBWgY
Make notes on the right side of the page. Left side for personalization: DUFAS Problem-Solving Method.
9/12/16: Fill in the first two pages of the handout today. (Kinematic Exercises and What Do They Mean?)
Friday 9/9/16:
Notebooks due today.
Complete the two worksheets for Monday. Use your textbook and/or Dean Baird's website if you want to get more help or check answers.
9/8/2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXbKlYSEvF8
The second part of the vodcast from 9/7/2016. Make notes on the right hand side.
Left hand side interactive notebook: "Radio Commercial to Review Homework: Thirty Seconds of Fame and Glory". Directions: Write a 30-second (maximum) radio commercial advertising the motion terms from the vodcast. The one idea considered to be most important to you should be the main message of the commercial. The commercial MUST use at least five motion terms or phrases from the vodcast
PLUS:
Reinforcement video on motion (an earlier work by Mr.A):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZo8-ihCA9E - it might help fill in the gaps from last night's vodcast. Add notes.
9/7/2016: Mr.Andersen introduces concepts of motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlRojAXBif4
Make notes on the right side of the page. Left side for personalization: Fold-It 2- Compare and Contrast Two Terms. Your choice of the terms.
Also, finish up your Uncertainty "Trip to the Circus" personalization. It's OK to still have questions!
9/6/2016: Introducing the great Walter Lewin, PhD. It's 38 minutes long but worth it. Uncertainty (error) discussion begins at minute 27:30 approximately. You can start there if you wish and stop at minute 34:07.
Make notes on the right side of the page.
UPDATE 9/7/2016 at 9:30 a.m. Do "The Ring of Truth" as your personalization. It is linked in the files below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9c0MRooBzQ&index=2&list=PLUdYlQf0_sSsb2tNcA3gtgOt8LGH6tJbr
9/2/2016:
(1) Get the textbook sign-out sheet signed by a parent or guardian. Then you will get your book.
(2) Review the copied sections of Chapter 1. Bring questions that you might have about converting units (1-6); rapid estimation (1-7). The Summary at the end also includes other ideas we started to discuss and will do more with next week. We will be playing the "estimation game" weekly from now on.
Vodcast Home Pages
BozemanScience AP Physics 1 Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51GNAET2zFU&list=PLllVwaZQkS2ovAYcBy_kwB534xHgXmvHY
BozemanScience (Mr. Andersen) http://www.bozemanscience.com/physics/
Fizziksguy (Dan Fullerton) http://aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/vid_index.html
Minutephysics* http://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics
MIT Physics 8.01 (Dr. Lewin) http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-1999/video-lectures/
*WARNING! Watching MinutePhysics is highly addictive! You are in danger of actually learning physics if you get hooked.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=scishow (recommended by Rebecca)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmk8i7IeQJw&feature=youtu.be
(recommended by Kevin Burke)