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Unit 5 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 5 - Torque

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

 

Homework (Not Including Labs):

Assignment 5-1 (Solutions) (Due 2/3)

Assignment 5-2 (Solutions) (Due 2/5)

Assignment 5-3 (Solutions) (Due 2/9)

Assignment 5-4 (Solutions) (Due 2/10)

Assignment 5-5 (Solutions) (Due 2/12)

Assignment 5-6 (Solutions) (Due 2/24)

Assignment 5-7 (Solutions) (Due 2/26)

Assignment 5-8 (Solutions) (Due 2/27)

Assignment 5-9 (Solutions, Written Out Solution for 8-68) (Due 3/2)

Assignment 5-10 (Solutions) (Due 3/3)

Assignment 5-11 (Solutions) (Due 3/5)

Assignment 5-12 (Solutions) (Due 3/9)

Assignment 5-13 (Solutions) (Due 3/10)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Past Year's Versions):

We're Still Torqued (Solutions)

The World is Spinning (Solutions)

Rolling Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Everything is Zero (Solutions)

Sometimes it's Zero, Sometimes it Isn't (Solutions)

Show Me the Goodness! It's Bizarro! (Solutions)

Rolling Into Mid-Winter Break Goodness (Solutions)

 

In Class Material:

Introduce the Bizarro World (2/2)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
PhET Ladybug Revolution Simulation
Linear - Bizarro Dictionary

More Bizarro World -- Crossing Between the Worlds (2/3)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Different Accelerations
PhET Ladybug Revolution Simulation

Bizarro World Fun (Solutions) (2/5)

Introduce Rotational Inertia without Calculus (2/5)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Rotational Inertia with Calculus (2/6)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Introduce Torque (2/9)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

More Torque, Work, and Power (2/10)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Pulley What? Lab (2/12; Quiz 3/5)
Handout
Important Information

We're Still Torqued (Solutions) (2/12)

The World is Spinning (Solutions) (2/13)

Introduce Rolling Motion (2/23)
Notes
Bowling Ball Note Sheet (Solutions)
Ring Note Sheet (Solutions)
Bowling Video

Rolling Torque and Rotational Kinetic Energy (2/24)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Disk vs. Ring Race Video
Mega Race Video

Dot and Cross Product / Introduce Angular Momentum (2/26)
Notes
PowerPoint
Sample Questions
Solutions

Rolling Motion Goodness (Solutions) (2/27)

Conservation of Angular Momentum (3/2)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Introduce Static Equilibrium (3/3)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Everything is Zero (Solutions) (3/6)

Sometimes it's Zero, Sometimes it Isn't (Solutions) (3/9)

It's Still Bizarro Goodness (Solutions) (3/10)

 

Unit Reading (with Recommended Completion Dates):

Feb. 2 Sections 10.1 - 10.3, 10.6
   
Feb. 9 Sections 10.4, 10.5, 10.7, 10.8
   
Feb. 23 Sections 10.9, 11.1 - 11.3
   
Mar. 2 Sections 11.4, 12.1 - 12.3
   
Mar. 9 None This Week
   

 

Twu Physics:

Playlist for All of Twu's Rotation AP Physics C Videos

Playlist for All of Twu's Rotation 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 Rotational Kinematics AP Physics C Videos

Playlist for All of FP's Rotational Dynamics AP Physics C Videos

AP Physics C: Rotational Kinematics Review

AP Physics C: Rotational Dynamics Review 1

AP Physics C: Rotational Dynamics Review 2

AP Physics C: Rotational vs. Linear Review

 

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

Frequency and Period

Rotational Kinematics

Moment of Inertia

Torque

Rotational Dynamics

Cross Product

Angular Momentum

Conservation of Angular Momentum

 

MIT Video Lectures (on YouTube):

Lecture 19: Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems  

Lecture 20: Angular Momentum

Lecture 21:  Torque

Lecture 24: Rolling Motion, Gyroscopes

Lecture 25: Static Equilibrium, Stability, Rope Walker

 

HippoCampus Videos:

Uniform Circular Motion

Rotational Kinematics

Torque and Rotational Statics

Rotational Inertia

 

Khan Academy Videos:

Torque, Moments and Angular Momentum

 

 

 

 

 

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