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Current Unit:   Unit 4: Momentum
AP-C Plan For This Week (Jan. 19 - Jan. 23):

 

This Week's Reading:  Section 9.6 - 9.7

Unit 4 Calendar - AP-C

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

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 4 - Momentum

 

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

Center of Mass / Systems of Particles
Notes
PowerPoint
Sample Questions
Solutions

Even More Free Response Fun (Solutions)

 
AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Jan. 20 Assignment 4-4 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 22/23 Assignment 4-5 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 27 Assignment 4-6 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 29 Assignment 4-7 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 30 Test #4
   
Feb. 3 Assignment 5-1 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 5 Assignment 5-2 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 9 Assignment 5-3 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 10 Assignment 5-4 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 12 Assignment 5-5 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 24 Assignment 5-6 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 26 Assignment 5-7 (Solutions)
   
Feb. 27 Assignment 5-8 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 2 Assignment 5-9 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 3 Assignment 5-10 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 5 Assignment 5-11 (Solutions) and
Pulley What? Lab Quiz
   
Mar. 9 Assignment 5-12 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 10 Assignment 5-13 (Solutions)
   
Mar. 12 Test #5
   
AP-C Weekly Reading:
Jan. 19 Section 9.6 - 9.7
   
Jan. 26 Sections 9.8 - 9.9 (Not Covered in Class)
   
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
   
AP-C Some Recent Assignments:
Jan. 8 Assignment 4-1 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 13 Assignment 4-2 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 15 Assignment 4-3 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 16 Pivot with Momentum Lab
   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 4: Momentum
AP-1 Plan For This Week (Jan. 19 - Jan. 23):

 

This Week's Reading:  Center of Mass Reading and Section 7.8

Unit 4 Calendar - AP-1

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 4 - Momentum (CB Version)

 

Discuss Center of Mass
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Video: Center of Mass Trajectory
Video:  Boy of Paddle Board Center of Mass
Video:  Push Me, Pull Me - Velocity of Center of Mass

Work on HMWK 4-5 Center of Mass Goodness (Due Tuesday)

Conservation of Momentum Goodness (Answers Only) (Solutions)

 

ConcepTest: Momentum

 

Textbook Links:

 
 Giancoli Textbook

 OpenStax Textbook
AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Jan. 20 Free Response Momentum 1 (Rubric)
   
Jan. 21 HMWK 4-4 (Solutions)
   
Jan. 27 HMWK 4-5 Center of Mass Goodness (Solutions)
   
Jan. 28 Momentum Test, Part 1:  Multiple Choice
   
Jan. 29 Momentum Test, Part 1:  Free Response
   
AP-1 Weekly Reading:
Jan. 19 Center of Mass Reading and Section 7.8
   
Jan. 26 None This Week
   
AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:
Jan. 7 HMWK 4-1-A (Solutions)
   
Jan. 9 MWK 4-1-B (Solutions) and
Pivot Lab - Impulse and Momentum Check-Off Sheet
   
Jan. 12 HMWK 4-2 Impulse Goodness (Solutions)
   
Jan. 14 HMWK 4-3-A (Solutions)
   
Jan. 16 HMWK 4-3-B (Solutions) and
Pivot Lab -- Conservation of Momentum Check-Off Sheet
   
 
Current Unit:  Retake Week
Physics Plan For This Week (Jan. 19 - Jan. 23):

 

This Week's Reading:  None This Week

Unit 4 Calendar - Physics

 

Prepare for Retake

Retake a Test

 

Textbook Link:

 
 Textbook
Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments
Jan. 29 Position, Displacement, Velocity Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
Feb. 5 Constant Speed Billiard Ball Lab
   
Feb. 6 Convert Graphs, x vs t to v vs t (Solutions)
   
Feb. 9 Acceleration Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
Feb. 10 Convert Graphs, v vs t and x vs t (Solutions)
   
Feb. 12 What Do They Mean? (Solutions) and Create and Analyze Graphs (Solutions) and Graphing on Tables (Solutions) (Done in Class)
   
Physics Weekly Reading:
Jan. 19 None This Week
   
Jan. 26 Sections 4.1 - 4.3
   
Feb. 2 Sections 4.4 and 4.7
   
Feb. 9 Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, and 4.9
   
Feb. 23 Kinematics Reading (First 2 Pages) and Freefall Reading
   
Mar. 2 None This Week
   
Mar. 9 None Until Wednesday
   
Physics Some Recent Assignments:
Jan. 6 Circuits Lab Part 1 -- Voltage and Ohm's Law and
Optional: Concept-Development 34-1 - Ohm's Law (Solutions)
   
Jan. 9 Circuits Lab Part 2 -- Series Circuits and Series Circuit Practice (Solutions)
   
Jan. 12 Circuits Lab Part 3 -- Parallel Circuits and
Parallel Circuit Practice (Solutions)
   
Jan. 15

Pivot Electric Circuits "Quiz"

Pivot Interactives Link
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