AP Physics

1st Nine Week Schedule and Assignment List

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Date                Topic                                       Reading          Assignment                Video        
                               Chapter 2 Notes   
August 6        Intro/Velocity                            2-1,2-2,2-3       pg 39 (7, 9,13,18)
August 7        Acceleration                             2-4,2-5               pg 40 (8-9)

August 8        Lab:  Constant Velocity              2-6                   pg 40 (12-17)

August 9        Falling Objects                            2-7                   pg 40 (51)
August 10      Quiz:  Summer Assignment                            
         
August 13      Lab:  Using the Sci Method to Investigate Speed  (Read Chapter 3)                 
                         Chapter 3 Notes

August 14      Vectors                                   3-1.3-2             pg 65 (1,2, 8, 9)                              

August 15      Vectors (Lab)                           3-3,3-4             pg 66 (10, 12)

August 16      Projectile Motion                      3-5,3-6             pg 67 (17, 19, 26)

August 17      Lab: Projectile Motion                                           

 
August 20      Projectile Motion Problems                          pg 67 (28, 29)

August 21     LAB:  Projectile Motion                                 pg 67 (31)

August 22      Projectile Motion Review                              Study for Exam             
Chapter 3 Problem Set Solutions               
August 23     Review for Exam                                          Study for Exam                     
August 24      Exam: 1D and 2D Motion                                                                                                         
August 27      Newton’s Laws                    4-4,4-5,4-6        pg 98 (12, 16)

August 28      Forces as Vectors                4-7                     pg 100 (23,24)

August 29      Friction and Inclines            4-8,4-9              pg 100 (31,41)

August 30      Friction and Incline Problems                      pg 101 (42,48)                        
August 31       Lab:  Newton's Laws of Motion                                                  
September 3      Labor Day Holiday                                     pg 101 (49)
September 4                                                                           pg 104 (76)
                          Unit 5 PowerPoint
September 5    Uniform Circular Motion      5-1,5-2,5-3     pg 130-131 (8,16)
September 6    Newton's Law of Universal    5-6 -5-7         pg 131-132 (30, 37, 40)
                          Gravitation

September 7    Lab:                                                                  

September 10   Satellites & Weightlessness   5-8                     pg 133 (48, 54)
September 11   Forces Review                                                  pg 134 (80)                 
September 12   Forces Review                                                                         
September 13   Exam: Forces and Circular Motion                                           

September 14   Work, Constant and Varying  Force    6-1,6-2   pg 162 (5,6)


September 17   Lab:  Work, Power, & Energy       
September 18   Potential & Kinetic Energy    6-3, 6-4             pg 162 (19,20)                                  
September 19    Work- Energy Thereom         6-5                    pg 163 (29, 30)
September 20     Lab:  Rollercoaster                                 

September 21    Conservation of Energy                                  pg 163-164 (37, 43)


October 1           Energy Transformations                                  pg 164 (48,51)

October 2          Sample Problems (AP)                                   

October 3          Exam: Work and Energy  
                         Linear Momentum Power Point                                     

October 4         Momentum and Conservation                                      pg 188 (10,17)

                             Impulse                                            7-1,7-2,7-3
 
October 5         Lab: Conservation of Momentum                                                      

 October 8         Elastic Collisions                          7-4, 7-5               pg 189 (22,23,27) 

October 9          Inelastic Collisions                    7-6                    pg  190 (32,35) 

October 10        Center of Mass                           7-8                    pg 191 (47)

October 11        Collision Problems   

October 12         9 Week Review