Oscillatory Motion

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Unit 6 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 7 - SHMUnit Guide AP-C - Unit 7 - SHM

 

Homework (Not Including Labs):

Assignment 6-1 (Solutions) (Due 3/16)

Assignment 6-2 (Solutions) (Due 3/17)

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

Assignment 6-4 (Solutions) (Due 3/23)

Assignment 6-5 (Solutions) (Due 3/24)

Assignment 6-6 (Solutions) (Due 3/26)

 

Optional Extra Practice (Past Year's Versions):

 

 

In Class Material:

Oscillating Systems Focusing on a Block and Spring System (3/13)
Notes
Sample Question
Solution
PhET Simple Pendulum Simulation
PhET Block and Spring Simulation

Shake Your Mass Lab (3/16; Quiz 3/26)

Continue Introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion (3/17)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
PhET Simple Pendulum Simulation
PhET Block and Spring Simulation

A Swingin' Good Time Lab (3/19; Quiz 3/26)
Handout
Data Tables
PhET Simple Pendulum Simulation

Pendulums and Simple Harmonic Motion (3/20)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Pictures of Whiteboard (3/20)
General SHM
Block and Spring
Simple Pendulum
Physical Pendulum
Simple vs. Physical Pendulum
Torsional Pendulum
Summary

Swing Your Stick Lab (3/23; Quiz 3/26)

Simple Harmonic Motion and Circular Motion (3/24)
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

 

Not Yet Updated for 2025-26 School Year:

"Simple" Harmonic Motion Goodness (Solutions) (3/27) ***

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version): Swinging Goodness (Solutions) (3/27) ***

Harmonious Goodness (Solutions) (3/28) ***

Optional Extra Practice (Last Year's Version): Harmonious Goodness (Solutions) (3/28) ***

 

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

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

Mar. 16 Sections 15.1 - 15.5
   
Mar. 23 None This Week
   

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

 

 

 

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