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Current Unit: Unit 3: Energy

 

Unit 3 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 2 - Forces
Only 2.8

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 3 - Energy
Excluding 3.3.A.7.ii

 
AP-C Plan For November 16 - November 20:

 

This Week's Reading:  Sections 7.1 - 7.5

Work no Calculus, and Dot Product
Notes
PowerPoint
Sample Questions
Solutions

Importance of Springs and Work Using Springs
Notes
Video
Sample Questions
Solutions

Next Level Springs / Spring Mini-Lab
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Work the UW Way (Solutions)

Work-Kinetic Energy the Appel Way
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Optional: Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem the UW Way (Solutions)

Work and Energy Goodness (Solutions)

 
AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Nov. 17 Assignment 3-1 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 19 Assignment 3-2 (Solutions) / Spring Mini-Lab (Done in Class)
   
Nov. 23 Assignment 3-3 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 24 Assignment 3-4 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 1 Assignment 3-5 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 3 What's the k? Lab (Done in Class)
   
Dec. 4 Assignment 3-6 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 7 Assignment 3-7 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 8 Assignment 3-8 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 10 Assignment 3-9 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 11 Assignment 3-10 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 14 Assignment 3-11 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 15 Assignment 3-12 (Solutions)
   
Dec. 17 Test #3
   
AP-C Weekly Reading:
Nov. 16 Sections 7.1 - 7.5
   
Nov. 23 Sections 7.6 - 7.8, 8.5
   
Nov. 30 Sections 8.1 - 8.4
   
Dec. 7 Section 7.9
   
Dec. 14 None This Week
   
AP-C Some Recent Assignments:
Oct. 22 Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 23 Assignment 2-2 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 26 Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 27 Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 30 Assignment 2-5 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 2 Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 3 Pre-lab for Whirling Good Time (Solutions)
   
Nov. 5 Assignment 2-7 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 6 Assignment 2-8 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 9 Assignment 2-9 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 10 Assignment 2-10 (Solutions) and
Key Mass'ter Lab Quiz
   
Nov. 12 Assignment 2-11 (Solutions)
   
 
Current Unit: Unit 2: Forces

 

Unit 2 Calendar - AP-1

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 2 - Forces (CB Version)
Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 2 - Forces (Nara Version)

 
AP-1 Plan For November 16 - November 20:

 

This Week's Reading:  None This Week

Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz (Monday)

Universal Gravitation and Kepler's Goodness

Free Response Goodness

Work on AP Classroom Multiple Choice Questions

 

Textbook Links:

 
 Giancoli Textbook

 OpenStax Textbook
AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Nov. 16 Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz
   
Nov. 25 Forces Multiple Choice Test
   
AP-1 Weekly Reading:
Nov. 16 None This Week
   
Nov. 23 None This Week
   
AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:
Oct. 21 Heaviness of Mass Lab
   
Oct. 23 Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 26 Everybody Likes Newtons (Solutions)
   
Oct. 27 Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 30 Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 2 Free Response Forces 1 (Rubric)
   
Nov. 4 Assignment 2-5 (Solutions)
   
Nov. 9 Free Response Forces 2 (Rubric)
   
Nov. 13 Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)
   
 
Current Unit: Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

 

Unit 3 Calendar - Physics

 
Physics Plan For November 16 - November 20:

 

This Week's Reading:  Sections 30.1 - 30.4
(Link to Textbook Page)

Introduce Refraction / Critical Angle
Notes
Next-Time Question 29-5
PhET Simulation

Refraction Goodness (Due Tuesday)

Refraction Shapes (Due Tuesday)

Curved Mirrors Quiz (Tuesday)

Introduce Diverging Lenses
PowerPoint 1
PowerPoint 2

Lens Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy)

Diverging Lens Practice (Due Friday)

Real vs. Virtual Images

Introduce Converging Lenses
PowerPoint

Converging Lens Practice (Due Friday)

Lens Practice (Due Monday)

Number Crunching (Due Monday)

 

Textbook Link:

 
 Textbook
Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Nov. 16 Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Solutions)
 
Nov. 17 Curved Mirror Quiz and
Refraction Goodness (Solutions) and
Refraction Shapes (Solutions)
   
Nov. 20 Diverging Lens Practice (Solutions) and
Converging Lens Practice (Solutions)
   
Nov. 23 Lens Practice (Solutions) and
Number Crunching (Solutions)
   
Nov. 25 Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions)
   
Nov. 30 Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab
   
Dec. 1 Lens Fun (Solutions) and
Sample Lens Problems (Solutions)
   
Dec. 2 Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Solutions) and
Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Solutions) (Done In Class)
   
Dec. 4 Lens Quiz
   
Dec. 9 Unit 3 Test -- Mirrors and Lenses
   
Physics Weekly Reading:
Nov. 16 Sections 30.1 - 30.4
   
Nov. 23 Sections 30.5 - 30.7
   
Nov. 30 None This Week
   
Dec. 7 None This Week
   
Physics Some Recent Assignments:
Oct. 19 Pixel Peeping Lab
   
Oct. 20 Adding Colors (Solutions)
   
Oct. 23 Color Shadows (Solutions Part 1, Solutions Part 2),
Color Addition and Subtraction (Solutions) and
Concept-Development 28-1 (Solutions)
   
Oct. 26 Comic Time Lab (Handout, PowerPoint) and
Viewed in Another Light (Solutions)
   
Oct. 27 Primary Colors of Paint (Solutions) and
Light and Pigments and Paints (Solutions)
   
Nov. 3 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab
   
Nov. 4 Plane Mirror Practice (Solutions)
   
Nov. 6 Plane Mirror Goodness (Solutions) and
Where Can You See a Pencil? (Solutions)
   
Nov. 9 Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)
   
Nov. 10 Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)
   
Nov. 12 Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Solutions)
   
Nov. 13 More Curved Mirror Math (Solutions)
   

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