Physics by Appel 2025-2026

AP Physics C

AP Physics 1

Physics

Current Unit: Unit 7: Universal Gravitation and Resistive Force

AP-C Plan For This Week (Apr. 13 - Apr. 17):

This Week's Reading: None This Week

Unit 7 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 2 - Forces
Only 2.6, 2.9

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

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

Energy in Satellite Motion and Escape Speed
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Kepler's Laws of Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Video: Mechanical Universe--Navigating in Space

Mission to Mars Lab
Handout
Orbit

More Gravitational Goodness (Solutions)

AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments

Apr. 14	Assignment 7-3 (Solutions)

Apr. 16	Assignment 7-4 (Solutions)

Apr. 17	Assignment 7-5 (Solutions) and Mission to Mars Lab -- Handout and Orbit

Apr. 20	Assignment 7-6 (Solutions)

Apr. 21	Assignment 7-7 (Solutions)

Apr. 23	Assignment 7-8 (Solutions)

Apr. 27	Free Response Fun #1

Apr. 28	Free Response Fun #2

Apr. 30	Test #7

May 1	Free Response Fun #3

AP-C Weekly Reading:

Apr. 13	Sections 13.4 - 13.6 and Potential Energy Reading

Apr. 20	Section 6.4

AP-C Some Recent Assignments:

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)

Mar. 30	Assignment 6-7 (Solutions)

Mar. 31	Assignment 7-1 (Solutions)

Apr. 3	Assignment 7-2 (Solutions)

Current Unit: Unit 7: Fluids

AP-1 Plan For This Week (Apr. 13 - Apr. 17):

This Week's Reading: None This Week

Unit 6 Calendar - AP-1 (Coming Soon)

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 8 - Fluids

Coming Soon

Textbook Links:

Giancoli Textbook

OpenStax Textbook

AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments

Apr. 14	Homework 7-1 (Solutions)

AP-1 Weekly Reading:

Apr. 13	Sections 10.1 - 10.7

AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:

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)

Current Unit: Unit 6: Projectile Motion
and Unit 7: Forces

Physics Plan For This Week (Apr. 13 - Apr. 17):

This Week's Reading: None This Week

Unit 6 Calendar - Physics

Unit 7 Calendar - Physics

Projectile Motion: Things to Consider for the Test (Solutions)

Get Ready for Test

Projectile Motion Test (Thursday)

Equation Sheet for Test (Same as Linear Motion Test)

MOP 41 - Recognizing Interactions (Due Monday)
Questions
Answer Sheet

What are Forces?
Notes

Textbook Link:

Textbook

Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments

Apr. 16	Projectile Motion Test

Apr. 20	MOP 41 - Recognizing Interactions Questions / Answer Sheet

Apr. 21	MOP 45 - Recognizing Forces Questions / Answer Sheet

Apr. 22	Heaviness of Mass Lab ***

Apr. 24	Weight of the Worlds (Solutions) * and Practice with Free-Body Diagrams (Solutions) *

Apr. 28	Concept-Development 4-2 and 4-3 (Solutions) ***

Apr. 30	Stop... Tension Time! (Solutions) ***

May 1	Newton's Second Law PhET Lab ***

May 4	Newton's Second Law Practice (Solutions) ***

May 5	Friction and Air Resistance Sample Questions (Solutions) ***

May 7	Concept-Development 5-1 (Solutions) * and Friction Goodness (Solutions) *

May 8	Friction Lab and ConcepTest Practice ***

May 11	Concept-Development 6-1 ***

May 12	Newton's Laws Goodness ***

May 14	Newton's Laws Test ***

Physics Weekly Reading:

Apr. 13	None This Week

Apr. 20	Sections 2.1 - 2.4, 3.1 - 3.3 and Table of Forces

Apr. 27	Sections 3.4 - 3.6 and Free Body Diagram Reading

May 4	Sections 6.1 - 6.3

May 11	Sections 7.1 - 7.7

Physics Some Recent Assignments:

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	Horizontal Projectiles - Falling Forward to Success (Solutions)

Mar. 24	What Have We Noticed? (Solutions)

Mar. 26	The Phast and Physics-ous Pre-Lab

Apr. 2	The Phast and Physics-ous Lab Handout and Lab Quiz and Angled Launch Problem (Solutions)

Apr. 3	Angled Launches (Solutions)

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