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AP Physics C

AP Physics 1

Physics

Current Unit: Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion

AP-C Plan For This Week (Nov. 3 - Nov. 7):

This Week's Reading: Sections 6.2 and 6.3

Unit 2 Calendar - AP-C

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 1 - Kinematics

Unit Guide AP-C - Unit 2 - Forces
Excluding 2.1, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9

Finish Uniform and Non-Uniform Circular Motion
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions
Pictures

More Circular Motion and Accelerated Frames of Reference
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Key Mass'ter Lab (Lab Quiz Friday, Nov. 14)

Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments

Nov. 3	Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)

Nov. 4	Pre-lab for Whirling Good Time (Solutions)

Nov. 6	Assignment 2-7 (Solutions)

Nov. 7	Assignment 2-8 (Solutions) and Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

Nov. 13	Assignment 2-9 (Solutions)

Nov. 14	Assignment 2-10 (Solutions) and Key Mass'ter Lab Quiz

Nov. 17	Assignment 2-11 (Solutions)

Nov. 18	Test #2

AP-C Weekly Reading:

Nov. 3	Sections 6.2 and 6.3

Nov. 10	None This Week

AP-C Some Recent Assignments:

Oct. 6	Galileo Lab Report

Oct. 7	Assignment 1-14 (Solutions)

Oct. 9	Assignment 1-15 (Solutions)

Oct. 13	Assignment 1-16 (Solutions)

Oct. 14	Assignment 1-17 (Solutions)

Oct. 17	Assignment 1-18 (Solutions) and Projectile Challenge Score Sheet

Oct. 23	Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

Oct. 24	Assignment 2-2 (Solutions)

Oct. 27	Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

Oct. 28	Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

Oct. 31	Assignment 2-5 (Solutions )

Current Unit: Unit 2: Forces

AP-1 Plan For This Week (Nov. 3 - Nov. 7):

This Week's Reading: Sections 5.1 to 5.3, 5.5 to 5.7

Unit 2 Calendar - AP-1

Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 2 - Forces (CB Version)
Unit Guide AP-1 - Unit 2 - Forces (Nara Version)

Introduce Inclines and Static Friction

Inclined Plane Analysis (Solutions)

Solve It! (Inclined Planes) (Answers Only, Solutions)

Physics Classroom -- Inclined Plane Practice

More with Friction and Inclines

Practice with Inclines

Inclines and Pulleys (Solutions)

Introduce Uniform Circular Motion

Uniform Circular Motion Goodness (Solutions)

Textbook Links:

Giancoli Textbook

OpenStax Textbook

AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
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Nov. 3	Friction Goodness

Nov. 4	Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

Nov. 5	Assignment 2-5 (Solutions)

Nov. 12	Free Response Forces 2 (Rubric) and Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)

Nov. 17	Assignment 2-7 (Solutions) and Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

Nov. 26	Forces Multiple Choice Test

AP-1 Weekly Reading:

Nov. 3	Sections 5.1 to 5.3, 5.5 to 5.7

Nov. 10	Section 5.8

Nov. 17	None This Week

Nov. 24	None This Week

AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:

Oct. 6	Free Response Kinematics 3 (Rubric)

Oct. 7	An Angled Launch Problem (Solutions)

Oct. 13	Bull's Eye Lab Quiz

Oct. 23	Heaviness of Mass Lab

Oct. 24	Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

Oct. 27	Everybody Likes Newtons (Solutions)

Oct. 28	Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

Oct. 29	Pulley My Finger Lab

Current Unit: Unit 3: Mirrors & Lenses

Physics Plan For This Week (Nov. 3 - Nov. 7):

This Week's Reading: Sections 29.1 - 29.4

Unit 3 Calendar - Physics

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab (Due Tuesday)

Introduce Plane Mirrors
Notes
PowerPoint

Plane Mirror Practice (Due Block Day)

More Plane Mirrors (11/6)
Notes
Next-Time Question 29-1
Next-Time Question 29-4
Next-Time Question 29-3
Option 1 PowerPoint
Option 2 PowerPoint

Plane Mirror Notes

Plane Mirror Goodness (Due Friday)

Where Can You See a Pencil? (Due Friday)

Introduce Diverging Mirrors
Notes
PowerPoint

Curved Mirror Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy)

Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Due Block Day)

Curved Mirror Handout

Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Due Friday)

More Curved Mirror Math (Due Monday)

Textbook Link:

Textbook

Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments

Nov. 4	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab

Nov. 6	Plane Mirror Practice (Solutions)

Nov. 7	Plane Mirror Goodness (Solutions) and Where Can You See a Pencil? (Solutions)

Nov. 13	Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)

Nov. 14	Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions) and Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Solutions)

Nov. 17	More Curved Mirror Math (Solutions)

Nov. 18	Last Mirror Practice

Nov. 19	Refraction Practice

Nov. 20	Curved Mirror Quiz

Nov. 24	Diverging Lens Practice (Solutions) and Converging Lens Practice (Solutions)

Nov. 25	Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions)

Dec. 1	Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab

Dec. 2	Lens Practice (Solutions) and Number Crunching (Solutions)

Dec. 4	Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions) and Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Done In Class)

Dec. 8	Lens Fun (Solutions) and Sample Lens Problems (Solutions)

Dec. 9	Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Solutions)

Dec. 11	Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Done In Class)

Dec. 12	Lens Quiz

Dec. 18	Unit 3 Test -- Mirrors and Lenses

Physics Weekly Reading:

Nov. 3	Sections 29.1 - 29.4

Nov. 10	Sections 29.6 - 29.9, 29.12

Nov. 17	Sections 30.1 - 30.4

Nov. 24	Sections 30.5 - 30.7

Dec. 1	Sections 30.5 - 30.7

Dec. 8	None This Week

Dec. 15	None This Week

Physics Some Recent Assignments:

Oct. 6	Speed of Sound Lab and Pan Phlute Concert

Oct. 16	Shady Business Lab

Oct. 20	Light Goodness (Solutions) and Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Research and Pixel Peeping Lab and Shady Business Lab

Oct. 23	Adding Colors (Solutions)

Oct. 24	Color Shadows (Solutions Part 1, Solutions Part 2), Color Addition and Subtraction (Solutions), and Concept-Development 28-1 (Solutions)

Oct. 27	Comic Time Lab (Handout, PowerPoint) and Viewed in Another Light (Solutions)

Oct. 28	Primary Colors of Paint (Solutions) and Light and Pigments and Paints (Solutions 1, Solutions 2)

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