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Current Unit:   Unit 5: Rotation
and Unit 6: Oscillatory Motion
AP-C Plan For This Week (Mar. 9 - Mar. 13):

 

This Week's Reading:  None This Week

Unit 5 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 5 - Torque

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 6 - Rotational Energy and Momentum
Excluding 6.6

Unit 6 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 7 - SHM

 

Sometimes it's Zero, Sometimes it Isn't (Solutions)

It's Still Bizarro Goodness (Solutions)

Test #5 (Thursday)
(40 Multiple Choice in 80 Minutes)

Oscillating Systems Focusing on a Block and Spring System
Notes
Sample Question
Solution
PhET Simple Pendulum Simulation
PhET Block and Spring Simulation

 

Optional Extra Practice (Past Year's Version): 

Sometimes it's Zero, Sometimes it Isn't (Solutions)

Show Me the Goodness! It's Bizarro! (Solutions)

 
AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Mar. 9 Assignment 5-12 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 10 Assignment 5-13 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 12 Test #5
   
Mar. 16 Assignment 6-1 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 17 Assignment 6-2 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 19 Assignment 6-3 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 23 Assignment 6-4 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 24 Assignment 6-5 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 26 Assignment 6-6 (Solutions) and
SHM Lab Mega Quiz
   
Mar. 30 Assignment 6-7 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 31 Assignment 7-1 (Solutions)
   
Apr. 2 Test #6
(No Universal Gravitation on the Test)
   
AP-C Weekly Reading:
Mar. 9 None This Week
   
Mar. 16 Sections 15.1 - 15.5
   
Mar. 23 None This Week
   
AP-C Some Recent Assignments:
Feb. 9 Assignment 5-3 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 10 Assignment 5-4 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 12 Assignment 5-5 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 24 Assignment 5-6 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 26 Assignment 5-7 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 27 Assignment 5-8 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 2 Assignment 5-9 (Solutions, Written Out Solution for 8-68)
   
Mar. 3 Assignment 5-10 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 5 Assignment 5-11 (Solutions) and
Pulley What? Lab Quiz
   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 5: Rotation
AP-1 Plan For This Week (Mar. 9 - Mar. 13):

 

This Week's Reading:  None This Week

Unit 5 Calendar - AP-1

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 5 - Torque (CB Version)

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 6 - Rotational Energy and Momentum (CB Version)

 

Discuss Last Test

Prep for the Test

Rotation Test Part 1:  Multiple Choice (Wednesday

Rotation Test Part 2:  Free Response (Friday)

 

Rotation Terms Rosetta Stone (Including Rotational Inertia Equations)

ConcepTest: Rotation ConcepTest

 

Textbook Links:

 
 Giancoli Textbook

 OpenStax Textbook
AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Mar. 11 Rotation Test Part 1:  Multiple Choice
   
Mar. 13 Rotation Test Part 2:  Free Response
   
Mar. 18 Swingin' Good Time Lab
Handout
Data Tables
Link to PhET Pendulum Simulation
   
Mar. 20 Assignment 6-1 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 24 Oscillations Workbook Practice (Solutions)
   
AP-1 Weekly Reading:
Mar. 9 None This Week
   
Mar. 16 Sections 11.1 - 11.6 and SHM Reading
   
Mar. 23 Important Points in SHM
   
AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:
Feb. 10 Assignment 5-2 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 13 Rotation Pivot Lab Check-Off
   
Feb. 24 Assignment 5-3 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 25 Rotation Problem Walkthrough (Solutions)
   
Mar. 3 Assignment 5-4 aka WS-Rotational KE Goodness (Solutions Part 1; Solutions Part 2)
   
Mar. 4 Assignment 5-5 aka WA-Rotational Inertia Momentum KE (Solutions)
   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 5: Linear Kinematics
and Unit 6: Projectile Motion
Physics Plan For This Week (Mar. 9 - Mar. 13):

 

This Week's Reading:  None This Week

Unit 5 Calendar - Physics

Unit 6 Calendar - Physics

 

Get Ready for Test

Unit 5 Test -- Linear Kinematics (Tuesday)

Equation Sheet for Test

 

Practice Stuff:

Kinematics Problem Set (Solutions)

Graph Stuff 1 - 4 (Solutions)

Speeding Through Motion (Answers)

Practice Multiple Choice (Key)

Linear Kinematics Things to Consider (Solutions)

 

Two-Dimensional Displacement / Vector Components (From Components to Vector)

As the Crow Flies (Solutions)

Newport to Bellevue Square (Due Monday)

 

Textbook Link:

 
 Textbook
Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Mar. 9 Linear Kinematics Test
   
Mar. 13 Newport to Bellevue Square (Solutions)
   
Mar. 16 Displacement Quest: The Amulet of Teleportation! (Due Monday)
Handout
Sample Maps
Link to Dungeon Generator
   
Mar. 17 Moving Towards Projectiles (Solutions)
   
Mar. 20 Projectile Motion Goodness (Solutions)
   
Mar. 23 What Have We Noticed? (Solutions)
   
Mar. 24 Quick Quiz - Horizontally Launched Projectiles
   
Mar. 26 The Phast and Physics-ous Pre-Lab
   
Apr. 2 Angled Launches and The Phast and Physics-ous Handout and Lab Quiz
   
Apr. 3 More with Angled Launches (Solutions)
   
Apr. 16 Projectile Motion Test
   
Physics Weekly Reading:
Jan. 26 Sections 4.1 - 4.3
   
Feb. 2 Sections 4.4 and 4.7
   
Feb. 9 Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, and 4.9
   
Feb. 23 Kinematics Reading (First 3 Pages) and Freefall Reading
   
Mar. 2 None This Week
   
Mar. 9 None Until Thursday
   
Mar. 12 Sections 5.1 - 5.3
   
Mar. 16 Sections 5.4 - 5.5 and Horizontally Launched Projectiles Reading (Ignore the Trig)
   
Mar. 23 None This Week
   
Mar. 30 Section 5.6 and Angled Projectiles Reading (Ignore the Trig)
   
Apr. 13 None This Week
   
Physics Some Recent Assignments:
Feb. 9 Acceleration Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
Feb. 10 What Do They Mean? (Solutions)
   
Feb. 12  Create and Analyze Graphs (Solutions) and Graphing on Tables (Done in Class) (Solutions)
   
Feb. 24 Are You Inclined to Accelerate? Lab
   
Feb. 26 Kinematics Reading (Pages 4 and 5) (Solutions)
   
Feb. 27 Freefall Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
Mar. 2 Uniform Accelerated Motion (UAM) Practice Pages 1 - 2 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 3 Uniform Accelerated Motion (UAM) Practice Pages 3 - 4 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 5 Solve Problems with Graphs and Equations (Solutions)
   

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