Unit 6 Calendar - AP-C ***

Assignment 6-1 (Solutions) (Due 3/11) ***

Assignment 6-2 (Solutions) (Due 3/12) ***

Assignment 6-3 (Solutions) (Due 3/14) ***

Assignment 6-4 (Solutions) (Due 3/18) ***

Assignment 6-5 (Solutions) (Due 3/19) ***

Assignment 6-6 (Solutions) (Due 3/21) ***

Assignment 6-7 (Solutions) (Due 3/22) ***

Oscillating Systems Focusing on a Block and Spring System (3/8) ***
Notes
Sample Question
Solution

Continue Introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion (3/11) ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pendulum PhET
Block & Spring PhET

Shake Your Mass Lab (3/12; Quiz Thursday, March 21) ***

A Swingin' Good Time Lab (3/14; Quiz Thursday, March 21) ***
Handout
Data Tables
Pendulum PhET Simulation

Pendulums and Simple Harmonic Motion (3/15) ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Pictures of Whiteboard (3/15) ***
General SHM
Block and Spring
Simple Pendulum
Physical Pendulum
Simple vs. Physical Pendulum
Torsional Pendulum
Summary

Swing Your Stick Lab (3/18; Quiz Thursday, March 21) ***

Simple Harmonic Motion and Circular Motion (3/19) ***
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Swinging Goodness (Solutions) (3/21) ***

Harmonious Goodness (Solutions) (3/22) ***

*** Not Updated for 2024-2025 School Year

Unit Reading:

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

Simple Harmonic Motion

Springs

Pendulums

Flipping Physics SHM and Circular Motion:

Video 1 - SHM to Circular Motion Demo

Video 2 - SHM Position Equation Derivation

Video 3 - SHM Graphs of Position, Velocity, and Accel

MIT Video Lectures (on YouTube):

Lecture 10: Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Oscillator 

Lecture 13: Equation of Motion for Simple Harmonic Oscillators

Lecture 30: Simple Harmonic Oscillations of Suspended Solid Bodies

Lecture 31: Pendulums and Springs

HippoCampus Videos:

Harmonic Motion

Mass-Spring System

Pendulum and Other Oscillations

Khan Academy Videos:

Harmonic Motion