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Unit 4 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 2 - Forces
Only 2.1

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 4 - Momentum


Homework (Not Including Labs):

Assignment 4-1 (Solutions) (Due 1/8)

Assignment 4-2 (Solutions) (Due 1/13)

Assignment 4-3 (Solutions) (Due 1/15)

Assignment 4-4 (Solutions) (Due 1/20)

Assignment 4-5 (Solutions) (Due 1/22 or 1/23)

Assignment 4-6 (Solutions) (Due 1/27)

Assignment 4-7 (Solutions) (Due 1/29)

 

In Class Material:

Impulse and Momentum (1/5)
Notes
PowerPoint
Sample Questions
Solutions

Impulse and Momentum Free Response Goodness (Answers Only) (Solutions) (1/6)

Conservation of Momentum the UW Way (Solutions) (1/8)

Conservation of Momentum the Appel Way -- Inelastic Collisions (1/9)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Physics Classroom Simulation

Conservation of Momentum the Appel Way -- Elastic Collisions (1/12)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Newton's Cradle Simulation
Physics Classroom Simulation

Conservation of Momentum Free Response Goodness (Answers Only) (Solutions) (1/13)

Pivot with Momentum Lab (1/15; Due 1/16)

Pivot Interactives Link (1/15)
Use Clever to sign in

More Conservation of Momentum Free Response Goodness (Answers Only) (Solutions) (1/20)

Two-Dimensional Collisions (1/16)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Show Me the Goodness! Free Response Fun (Solutions) (1/23) ***

Center of Mass / Systems of Particles (1/22 or 1/23)
Notes
PowerPoint
Sample Questions
Solutions

Even More Momentum Free Response Fun (Solutions) (1/27) ***

 

*** Not Yet Updated for 2025-26 School Year

Unit Reading (with Recommended Completion Dates): ***

Jan. 5 Sections 9.1 - 9.3
   
Jan. 12 Section 9.4 - 9.5
   
Jan. 19 Section 9.6 - 9.7
   
Jan. 26 Sections 9.8 - 9.9 (Not Covered in Class)

 

Twu Physics:

Playlist for All of Twu's Momentum and Center of Mass AP Physics 1 Videos

Note: These are made for AP Physics 1, so they will not include some of the extra stuff covered in AP Physics C.  There is still value in them.

 

Flipping Physics:

Playlist for All of FP's Momentum and Impulse AP Physics C Videos

AP Physics C: Momentum, Impulse, Collisions & Center of Mass Review

 

Dan Fullerton Videos (He's a Physics Teacher):

Impulse and Momentum

Conservation of Momentum

Collisions in Multiple Dimensions

Center of Mass

 

MIT Video Lectures (on YouTube):

Lecture 15:  Momentum and its Conservation

Lecture 16:  Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Lecture 17: Momentum of Individual Objects

 

HippoCampus Videos:

Impulse and Momentum

Conservation of Momentum, Collisions

Center of Mass

 

Khan Academy Videos:

Impacts and Linear Momentum

 

 

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