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The first week of school will be devoted to making sure that all students are well grounded in the necessary mathematics practices that are required for success in AP Physics 1 problems and labs. If these lessons are too easy for you, I promise the course gets much much more interesting very quickly. Additional topics are listed here as a reference. As we encounter a need for more "math moments," we will return to this section.
Pre-lecture reading assignment: Section 1.1 Standards of Measurement
Notes: The Quadratic Formula and Linearizing Data, Filled Out
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Pre-lecture reading assignment: 1.2 Measurement Uncertainty and Estimation
Notes: Dimensional Analysis (Unit Converting), Filled Out
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Pre-lecture reading assignments: Sections 1.3 Math Review & 1.4 Vectors
Notes: Scalars, Vectors, and Right Angle Triangle Trig, Filled Out
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The following math augmentation lessons are embedded into the official units throughout the year. These are topics that CollegeBoard includes in the laboratory skills curriculum.
The Concept of Limits seems to be important for visualizing some QQT style AP Physics questions, so we will take a day to cover the basics. (Smith, do this earlier next year with Atwood's machines.)
Notes: Limits, Zero, and Infinity, filled out