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Current Unit:   Unit 9: Rube Goldberg Project
AP-C Plan For This Week (June 1 - June 5):

 

This Week's Reading:  Done For the Year!

 

Work on the Project
Rules
Grading Rubric
Competition Scoring
Blank Energy List
Planning Calendar

 

AP-C Homework and Upcoming Tests:
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June 11 (Seniors Only)
Final Energy List (At Beginning of Class) and Running of the Machines
   
June 18 (5th Period Only)
Final Energy List (At Beginning of Class) and Running of the Machines
   
June 22 (7th Period Only)
Final Energy List (At Beginning of Class) and Running of the Machines
   
AP-C Weekly Reading:
  Done For The Year!
   
AP-C Some Recent Assignments:
May 1 Free Response Fun #3
   
May 4 Free Response Fun #4
   
May 5 Free Response Fun #5
   
May 7 Free Response Fun #6
   
May 8 Free Response Fun #7
   
May 11 Free Response Fun #8
   
May 12 Free Response Fun #9
   
May 28 Initial Energy List (By End of Class)
   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 8: End of Year Project
AP-1 Plan For This Week (June 1 - June 5):

 

This Week's Reading:  Done For the Year!

 

Work on the Project
Handout
Blank Calendar
Project Proposal aka Physics Phaire Week 1 (Due 5/22)
Physics Phaire Week 2 (Due 5/29)
Physics Phaire Week 3 (Due 6/5)

 

Textbook Links:

 
 Giancoli Textbook

 OpenStax Textbook

AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
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June 5 Physics Phaire Week 3
   
June 10 Seniors Physics Phaire
   
June 16 Physics Phaire
   
AP-1 Weekly Reading:
  Done For The Year!
   
AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:
May 22 Project Proposal aka Physics Phaire Week 1
   
May 29 Physics Phaire Week 2
   
 
Current Unit:  Unit 8: Momentum
Physics Plan For This Week (June 1 - June 5):

 

This Week's Reading:  Sections 8.4 - 8.5

Unit 8 Calendar - Physics

 

Introduce Conservation of Momentum with Recoil and Explosions
Notes
Momentum Simulation on Physics Classroom
Sample Questions (Due Tuesday)

Introduce Collisions
Notes
Momentum Simulation on Physics Classroom
Sample Questions (Due Thursday)

Conservation of Momentum Goodness (Due Friday)

More Conservation of Momentum Goodness (Due Monday)

 

Textbook Link:

 
 Textbook

Physics Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
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June 2 Recoil and Explosions Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
June 4 Collisions Sample Questions Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
June 5 Conservation of Momentum Goodness (Solutions)
   
June 8 More Conservation of Momentum Goodness (Solutions)
   
June 11

Momentum Test

   
June 15 Retake a Test
   
Physics Weekly Reading:
May 18 Sections 8.1 - 8.3
   
May 25 None This Week
   
June 1 Sections 8.4 - 8.5
   
Physics Some Recent Assignments:
May 1 Newton's Second Law PhET Lab
   
May 4 Newton's Second Law Practice (Solutions) and
More Newton's Second Law Practice (Solutions)
   
May 5 Friction and Air Resistance Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
May 7 Concept-Development 5-1 (Solutions) and
Friction Goodness (Solutions)
   
May 8 Friction Lab
   
May 11 Concept-Development 6-1 (Solutions) and
A Day at the Races (Solutions)
   
May 18 Impulse and Momentum Sample Questions (Solutions)
   
May 21 Egg Drop Pre-Lab Question
   
May 27 Impulse and Momentum Goodness (Solutions)
   
May 29 Egg Drop Lab Quiz and
Impulse and Momentum Pivot Lab  and
Egg Drop Post-Lab Question
   

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