Oscillations

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Rotation Oscillations Fluids Test Prep EOY Project
 

Unit 6 Calendar - AP-1

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 7 - Oscillations

 

Pre-Spring Break Calendar - AP-1

 

Additional Readings:

SHM Reading

Important Points in SHM Reading

 

Homework (Not Including Labs):

Assignment 6-1 (Solutions) (Due 3/20)

Oscillations Workbook Practice (Solutions) (In Class: 3/20; Due 3/24)

 

In Class Material:

Swingin' Good Time Lab - Collect Data Day (3/16-3/17; Due 3/18)
Handout
Data Tables
Link to PhET Pendulum Simulation

Introduce Simple Harmonic Motion / Discuss Lab (3/18)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
PhET Pendulum Simulation
PhET Block and Spring Simulation

More on Simple Harmonic Motion Including Energy (3/23)
Warm-Up Questions
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

SHM Free Response Questions (Solutions) (3/24)

 

Reading:

Mar. 16 Sections 11.1 - 11.6 and SHM Reading
   
Mar. 23 Important Points in SHM
   

Dan Fullerton Videos (He's a Physics Teacher):
Simple Harmonic Motion
Horizontal Spring Block Oscillators
Spring Combinations
Vertical Spring Block Oscillators
Pendulums
Wave Basics
Wave Characteristics
The Wave Equation
Sound Waves
Resonance
Wave Interference
Standing Waves
Standing Waves in Instruments
Beats
Doppler Effect

 

 

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