Answers to the TIPERs for Momentum and Impulse is on the "Review Material Answers" page
AP Physics 1 - Syllabus
Course Introduction
Textbook: Course Text: Knight, Randall D., Jones, Brian, and Field Stuart. 2015. College Physics: A Strategic Approach. 3rd Edition. Pearson Addison-Wesley. San Francisco.
Teacher: Mr. McKearney (email: jmckearney@apps.avon.k12.ma.us)
About this course: The AP Physics 1 course will meet for 48 minutes every day with an extra lab period on Friday. Lab work is integral to the understanding of the concepts in this course. The AP Physics 1 course has been designed by the College Board as a course equivalent to the algebra-based college-level physics class. At the end of the course, students will take the AP Physics 1 Exam, which will test their knowledge of both the concepts taught in the classroom and their use of the correct formulas.
The content for the course is based on six big ideas:
Big Idea 1 – Objects and systems have properties such as mass and charge. Systems may have internal structure.
Big Idea 2 – Fields existing in space can be used to explain interactions.
Big Idea 3 – The interactions of an object with other objects can be described by forces.
Big Idea 4 – Interactions between systems can result in changes in those systems.
Big Idea 5 – Changes that occur as a result of interactions are constrained by conservation laws.
Big Idea 6 – Waves can transfer energy and momentum from one location to another without the permanent transfer of mass and serve as a mathematical model for the description of other phenomena.
Evaluation:
Students will get grades on homework, quizzes, laboratory work, and exams. Exams will consist of questions similar to ones students will see on the AP Exam (i.e.: old AP exam questions). Homework assignments and quizzes will consist of problems from the textbook, supplements (TIPERs), etc. Laboratory work is student centered and inquiry based and is discussed below.
Grading: Exams: 59%
Labs: 25%
Homework: 16%
Topics Covered:
1. Kinematics (Big Idea 3)
a. Vectors/Scalars
b. One Dimensional Motion (including graphing position, velocity, and acceleration)
c. Two Dimensional Motion
2. Dynamics (Big Ideas 1, 2, 3, and 4)
a. Newton’s Laws of Motion and Forces
3. Universal Law of Gravitation (Big Ideas 1, 2, 3, and 4)
a. Circular Motion
4. Simple Harmonic Motion (Big Ideas 3 and 5)
a. Simple Pendulums
b. Mass-Spring Oscillators
5. Momentum (Big Ideas 3, 4, and 5)
a. Impulse and Momentum
b. The Law of Conservation of Momentum
6. Energy (Big Ideas 3, 4, and 5)
a. Work
b. Energy
c. Conservation of Energy
d. Power
7. Rotation (Big Ideas 3, 4, and 5)
a. Rotational Kinematics
b. Rotational Energy
c. Torque and Rotational Dynamics
d. Angular Momentum
e. Conservation of Angular Momentum
8. Electrostatics (Big Ideas 1, 3, and 5)
a. Electric Charge
b. The Law of Conservation of Electric Charge
c. Electrostatic Forces
9. Circuits (Big Ideas 1 and 5)
a. Ohm’s Law
b. Kirchhoff’s Laws
c. Simple DC Circuits
10. Mechanical Waves and Sound (Big Idea 6)
Laboratory Activities: Students will spend twenty five percent of the course engaged in hands-on laboratory work. Labs may take several in-class days to finish, and students may have to do work outside of class as well. Students are expected to keep a lab notebook where they will maintain a record of their laboratory work. Lab reports will consist of the following components:
- Title
- Objective/Problem
- Design (if applicable): If the lab has no set procedure, what is to be done? Why are you doing it this way?
- Data: All data gathered in the lab will go here
- Calculations/Graphs: Calculations are done here. Any graphs that need to be made go here.
- Conclusion: Data analysis occurs here, and a statement can be made about what was learned in the lab. Error analysis also occurs here. Evaluation of the lab occurs here as well.