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AP Physics C

AP Physics 1

Physics

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

Unit 2 Calendar - AP-C

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

AP-C Plan For October 26 - October 30:

This Week's Reading: Sections 5.7, 5.8, and 6.1

Test #1 (Monday)

Newton's Laws Goodness (Solutions)

Friction
Warm-Up Question
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Force Your Way Through Lab (Lab Quiz Friday, Nov. 6)
Notes
Handout
Notes from Whiteboard 1 (Last Year)
Notes from Whiteboard 2 (Last Year)

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

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

Oct. 26	Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

Oct. 27	Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

Oct. 30	Assignment 2-5 (Solutions)

Nov. 2	Assignment 2-6 (Solutions)

Nov. 3	Pre-lab for Whirling Good Time (Solutions)

Nov. 5	Assignment 2-7 (Solutions)

Nov. 6	Assignment 2-8 (Solutions) and Force Your Way Through Lab Quiz

Nov. 9	Assignment 2-9 (Solutions)

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

Nov. 12	Assignment 2-11 (Solutions)

Nov. 13	Test #2

AP-C Weekly Reading:

Oct. 26	Sections 5.7, 5.8, and 6.1

Nov. 2	Sections 6.2 and 6.3

Nov. 9	None This Week

AP-C Some Recent Assignments:

Sept. 28	Assignment 1-10 (Solutions)

Sept. 29	Assignment 1-11 (Solutions)

Oct. 1	Assignment 1-12 (Solutions)

Oct. 2	Assignment 1-13 (Solutions)

Oct. 5	Galileo Lab Report

Oct. 6	Assignment 1-14 (Solutions)

Oct. 8	Assignment 1-15 (Solutions)

Oct. 12	Assignment 1-16 (Solutions)

Oct. 13	Assignment 1-17 (Solutions)

Oct. 16	Assignment 1-18 (Solutions) and Appel's Projectile Motion Challenge

Oct. 22	Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

Oct. 23	Assignment 2-2 (Solutions)

Current Unit: Unit 2: Forces

Unit 2 Calendar - AP-1

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

AP-1 Plan For October 26 - October 30:

This Week's Reading: Sections 4-5, 4-7, 4-8

Free Body Diagrams and Newton's Third Law
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

FBD Types

Newton's Second Law Goodness (Solutions)

Force Your Way Through Lab (Lab Quiz Monday, 11/16) ***

Introduce Friction
Notes
Sample Questions
Solutions

Friction Goodness (Solutions)

Textbook Links:

Giancoli Textbook

OpenStax Textbook

AP-1 Homework and Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
Scroll to the bottom of this column for recent assignments

Oct. 26	Everybody Likes Newtons (Solutions)

Oct. 27	Assignment 2-3 (Solutions)

Oct. 30	Assignment 2-4 (Solutions)

Nov. 2	Free Response Forces 1 (Rubric)

AP-1 Weekly Reading:

Oct. 26	Sections 4-5, 4-7, 4-8

Nov. 2	Sections 5.1 to 5.3, 5.5 to 5.7

Nov. 9	Section 5.8

Nov. 16	None This Week

Nov. 23	None This Week

AP-1 Some Recent Assignments:

Sept. 28	Free Response Kinematics 2 (Rubric)

Sept. 30	Horizontal Projectile Goodness (Solutions)

Oct. 5	Free Response Kinematics 3 (Rubric)

Oct. 6	An Angled Launch Problem (Solutions)

Oct. 8	Assignment 1-5 (Solutions)

Oct. 21	Heaviness of Mass Lab

Oct. 23	Assignment 2-1 (Solutions)

Current Unit: Unit 2: Light & Color

Unit 2 Calendar - Physics

Physics Plan For October 26 - October 30:

This Week's Reading: None This Week
(Link to Textbook Page)

Discuss Lab / Start Guided Notes (Filled in Copy)

Slo-Mo Guys - How a TV Works in Slow Motion (YouTube)

Adding Colors (Due Tuesday)

Color Addition Simulation

Color Shadows Video

Dude! The Colors! Shadows

Discuss Dude! The Colors! Lab

Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Quick Quiz

Color Shadows (Due Friday)

Color Shadows Simulation

Color Addition and Subtraction (Due Friday)

Concept-Development 28-1 (Due Friday)

Brain Games

Comic Time Lab (Due Monday)
Handout
PowerPoint

Discuss Color Filters

Viewed in Another Light (Due Monday)

Textbook Link:

Textbook

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

Oct. 26	Comic Time Lab (Handout, PowerPoint) and Viewed in Another Light (Solutions)

Oct. 27	Primary Colors of Paint (Solutions) and Light and Pigments and Paints (Solutions 1, Solutions 2)

Oct. 30	Unit 2 Mini-Test -- Light and Color

Nov. 3	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab

Nov. 4	Plane Mirror Practice (Solutions)

Nov. 6	Plane Mirror Goodness (Solutions) and Where Can You See a Pencil? (Solutions)

Nov. 9	Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)

Nov. 10	Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions)

Nov. 12	Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Solutions)

Nov. 13	More Curved Mirror Math (Solutions)

Nov. 16	Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Solutions)

Nov. 17	Curved Mirror Quiz and Refraction Goodness (Solutions) and Refraction Shapes (Solutions)

Nov. 20	Diverging Lens Practice (Solutions) and Converging Lens Practice (Solutions)

Nov. 23	Lens Practice (Solutions) and Number Crunching (Solutions)

Nov. 25	Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions)

Nov. 30	Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab

Dec. 1	Lens Fun (Solutions) and Sample Lens Problems (Solutions)

Dec. 2	Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Solutions) and Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Solutions) (Done In Class)

Dec. 4	Lens Quiz

Dec. 9	Unit 3 Test -- Mirrors and Lenses

Physics Weekly Reading:

Oct. 26	None This Week

Nov. 2	Sections 29.1 - 29.4

Nov. 9	Sections 29.6 - 29.9, 29.12

Nov. 16	Sections 30.1 - 30.4

Nov. 23	Sections 30.5 - 30.7

Nov. 30	None This Week

Dec. 7	None This Week

Physics Some Recent Assignments:

Sept. 28	Harmonic Goodness XE Part 1 (Solutions)

Sept. 29	Harmonic Goodness XE Part 2 (Solutions)

Sept. 30	Stand By Your Wave (Solutions) and Standing Wave Math (Solutions)

Oct. 5	Speed of Sound Lab

Oct. 14	Shady Business Lab

Oct. 16	Light Goodness (Solutions) and Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Research (Key)

Oct. 19	Pixel Peeping Lab

Oct. 20	Adding Colors (Solutions)

Oct. 23	Color Shadows (Solutions Part 1, Solutions Part 2), Color Addition and Subtraction (Solutions) and Concept-Development 28-1 (Solutions)

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