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Current Unit:   Unit 7: Universal Gravitation and Resistive Force
AP-C Plan For This Week (Apr. 20 - Apr. 24):

 

This Week's Reading:  Section 6.4

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

 

 

Resistive Forces
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Video: Bowling Ball and Feather

Some Videos about Resistive Force:
Retarding and Drag Forces
Effects of Drag Force & Freefall
Deriving Motion Equations with Drag Force
Time Constant and the Drag Force

 

Resistive Force Free Response Fun (Solutions)

Vitamin e and ln Free Response Fun (Solutions)

Your Calculus Has Caught Up Goodness (Solutions)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Past Year's Versions):  Resistive Force Goodness (Solutions)

 

AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
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. 20 Section 6.4
   
AP-C Some Recent Assignments:
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)
   
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
   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 7: Fluids
AP-1 Plan For This Week (Apr. 20 - Apr. 24):

 

This Week's Reading:  Sections 10.8 - 10.10 and Fluids Reading

Last Week's Reading:  Sections 10.1 - 10.7

Unit 7 Calendar - AP-1

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 8 - Fluids

Table of Densities

 

Archimedes' Principle
Notes and Solutions
Questions
Next Time Question 12 (Solutions)
Next Time Question 13 (Solutions)

Work on Homework 7-3

Buoyancy and Pressure Goodness (Solutions)

Fluid Dynamics - Flow Rate, Equation of Continuity and Bernoulli's Law
Notes and Solutions
Pictures
Questions

Fluid Dynamics - Torricelli's Equation

Work on Homework 7-5

 

Textbook Links:

 
 Giancoli Textbook

 OpenStax Textbook

AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
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Apr. 21 Homework 7-3 (Solutions)
   
Apr. 24 Homework 7-4 (Solutions)
   
AP-1 Weekly Reading:
Apr. 20 Sections 10.8 - 10.10 and Fluids Reading
   
Apr. 27 None This Week
   
AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:
Mar. 20 Assignment 6-1 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 24 Oscillations Workbook Practice (Solutions)
   
Apr. 14 Homework 7-1 (Solutions)
   
Apr. 15 Homework 7-2 (Solutions)
   
Apr. 17

Buoyancy Pivot Lab -- Pivot Interactives Link
Use Clever to sign in

   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 7: Forces
Physics Plan For This Week (Apr. 20 - Apr. 24):

 

This Week's Reading:  Sections 2.1 - 2.4, 3.1 - 3.3 and Table of Forces

Unit 7 Calendar - Physics

 

MOP 45 - Recognizing Forces (Due Tuesday)
Questions
Answer Sheet

Heaviness of Mass Lab (Due Block Day)

Discuss Lab

Weight of the Worlds (Due Friday)

Introduce Free-Body Diagrams

Practice with Free-Body Diagrams (Due Friday)

Introduce Newton's First Law

Video: Newton's First Law Demo - Eggs and Glasses from the Tonight Show

What are Forces?
Notes

 

Textbook Link:

 
 Textbook

Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
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Apr. 20 MOP 41 - Recognizing Interactions
Questions / Answer Sheet
   
Apr. 21 MOP 45 - Recognizing Forces
Questions / Answer Sheet
   
Apr. 23 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. 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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