The resources in this section have been compiled for my students from a wide variety of AP Physics 1 textbooks (by authors like Knight, Serway, Giancoli, and the team that wrote OpenStax), the nTIPERs ranking task books, CollegeBoard provided question bank, and The Physics Classroom. A copy of all of these books are available in my classroom if any student would like to read or reference them.
Last updated 7/31/2026
Pre-Lecture Reading: 8.2 Center of Mass and Its Motion & Takingย
Notes: Systems, Surroundings, and Simplifying Models, filled out (after reviewing the test results)
Worksheet:
Systems and Conceptual Center of Mass
Notes: Center of Mass Calculations, filled out
Worksheet:
Pre-Lecture Readings from Knight 5.2 A short catalog of forces and 5.7 Free-Body Diagrams
Notes: Free-Body Diagrams, Filled Out
Worksheet:
AP Workbook 2.D Newton's Third Law and Eliminating Internal Forces, YouTube Video (needs decoration)
Lab Preparation AP Workbook 2.A The Relationship Between Force and Acceleration, YouTube Video (needs decoration)
Reading: 4.1 Forces and Newton's First Law, 4.2 Newton's Second Law, Gravity, and Weight
Lab Handout: Force, Mass, and Acceleration
Notes: Newton's First and Second Laws, filled out
Notes: Fundamental Forces, filled out
An Exploration of Normal Force:
Reading 4.4 The Normal Force
Notes: Introduction to Normal Force (Elevators), filled out
Worksheets:ย
Elevator Problems 1 (new)
Lab Handout: Intro Lab--Normal Force on a Ramp
Notes: Normal Force on a Ramp, filled out (Includes Geometry Review)
Worksheets:
Reading: 4.5 Frictional Forces
Notes: Introduction to Friction, filled out
Worksheets:
AP Workbook 2.C Force, YouTube Answers
AP Workbook 2.I Stopping Distance, YouTube Answers
Lab Handout:
Reading: 4.3 Newton's Third Law, 4.6 Tension Forces, 4.7 Applications of Newton's Laws
Notes: Tension and Equilibrium, filled out
Worksheets:ย
Static Equilibrium and Tension 1
Static Equilibrium and Tension 2
Reading: 4.8 Two-Body Problems
Notes: Connected Systems, filled out
Worksheets:
LAB: Atwood's Machines
Worksheets:
QUEST: Modified Atwood's Machines 2 (MR)
QUEST: Modified Atwood's Machines 3 (MR)
Answers at Bottom of this Document, try not to look until after you have completely tried the problem.
Older material from previous years following older AP Physics 1 standards:
The resources in this section have been compiled for my students from a wide variety of AP Physics 1 textbooks (by authors like Knight, Serway, Giancoli, and the team that wrote OpenStax), the nTIPERs ranking task books, CollegeBoard provided question bank, and The Physics Classroom. A copy of all of these books are available in my classroom if any student would like to read or reference them.
Note: FCI for Pre-Test and Formative Assessment
Worksheets:
Handout: Force, Mass, and Acceleration
Worksheets:
AP Workbook 2.A Relationship Between Force and Acceleration
Graphing Calculator Hints:
We will use the STATS button, edit our lists, and use the Stat Plot to see if our data is linear, exponential, logarithmic, or inversely related. These linearization skills are useful all year long!
Worksheet: Free-Body Diagrams