| CYCLE 1: VECTORS AND UNITS | |||||
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| d1 T 9/6 |
d2 W 9/7 |
d3 Th 9/8 |
d4 F 9/9 |
d5 M 9/12 |
d6 T 9/13 |
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LAB About the class |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB Determine the height of the flagpole. |
COMPETENCY Taking a derivative i j k notation |
LECTURE Units and Vectors notes Units and Vectors Study Guide & Answers HRW Vectors Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write up 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9 |
| CYCLE 2: 1D MOTION | |||||
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| d1 W 9/14 |
d2 Th 9/15 |
d3 F 9/16 |
d4 M 9/19 |
d5 T 9/20 |
d6 W 9/21 |
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LAB Write the displacement vector (in ijk notation) for your change in position from this class to your next class (not lunch) |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Derivatives and Antiderivatives position, velocity and acceleration graphs |
LECTURE 1D Motion notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write up 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16 |
| CYCLE 3: 2D MOTION | |||||
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| d1 Th 9/22 |
d2 F 9/23 |
d3 M 9/26 |
d4 T 9/27 |
d5 W 9/28 |
d6 F 9/30 |
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LAB Find the acceleration, deceleration and max velocity of a hotwheel shot from a launcher. |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Components |
LECTURE 2D Motion notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign write up: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12 |
| CYCLE 4: NEWTON'S LAWS | |||||
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| d1 M 10/3 |
d2 T 10/4 |
d3 W 10/5 |
d4 Th 10/6 |
d5 F 10/7 |
d6 M 10/10 |
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LAB Determine the launch velocity of the pasco launcher |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Practice with Free Body Diagrams |
LECTURE Newton's Laws notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign write up: 4, 5, 6, 9, 11 |
| CYCLE 5: DRAG FORCES | |||||
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| d1 T 10/11 |
d2 W 10/12 |
d3 Th 10/13 |
d4 F 10/14 |
d5 M 10/17 |
d6 T 10/18 |
| Predict Pasco Launcher Range | Predict coffee filters required for a given landing time 2 | ||||
| Free Fall and Terminal Velocity | Determine the relationship between coffee filters and terminal velocity | Predict coffee filters required for a given landing time 1 | F=kv2; Integration | F=kv; Integration |
Drag notes |
| CYCLE 6: NEWTON'S LAWS II | |||||
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| d1 W 10/19 |
d2 Th 10/20 |
d3 F 10/21 |
d4 M 10/24 |
d5 T 10/25 |
d6 W 10/26 |
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LAB Compare the actual acceleration of an Atwood's Machine (calculated from distance and time information), to the theoretical acceleration (calculated from force and mass information). |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Identify 3rd Law force pairs and apply them in Free Body Diagrams |
LECTURE Newton's Laws II notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write up: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 |
| CYCLE 7: UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION | |||||
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| d1 Th 10/27 |
d2 F 10/28 |
d3 M 10/31 |
d4 T 11/1 |
d5 W 11/2 |
d6 Th 11/3 |
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LAB Determine the coefficient of friction of a chalkboard eraser given a meterstick and timer. |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY No competency this cycle |
LECTURE Uniform Circular Motion notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign write up: 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 |
| CYCLE 8: OPEN | |||||
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| d1 F 11/4 |
d2 M 11/7 |
d3 W 11/9 |
d4 Th 11/10 |
d5 F 11/11 |
d6 M 11/14 |
| About the AP Exam |
AP FR Practice Questions
Scoring Guide |
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Interactive Physics Tutorial - download - Can you... |
Interactive Physics - assignment 1 |
More about the AP exam - About the exam - Equations & Constants - Sample Free Response - Sample Multiple Choice Intro: Standard Man/Women Challenge |
AP MC Practice Questions
Answers & total score guide |
Set up an experiment to determine the mass of a standard man/woman | Finish standard man challenge |
| CYCLE 9: QUARTER FINAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 T 11/15 |
d2 W 11/16 |
d3 Th 11/17 |
d4 F 11/18 |
d5 M 11/21 |
d6 T 11/22 |
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Prep |
Go over QF part 2 |
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QF part 1 |
Go over QF part 1 |
QF part 2 |
QF part 3 / go over QF part 3 |
Team Building |
Celebrate |
| CYCLE 10: WORK & KINETIC ENERGY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 W 11/23 |
d2 M 11/28 |
d3 T 11/29 |
d4 W 11/30 |
d5 Th 12/1 |
d6 F 12/2 |
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LAB Find the loss of Kinetic Energy for a Pasco cart collision, using the motion sensors. |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Calculating Work |
LECTURE Work & Kinetic Energy notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write-up: 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 |
| CYCLE 11: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 M 12/5 |
d2 T 12/6 |
d3 W 12/7 |
d4 Th 12/8 |
d5 F 12/9 |
d6 M 12/12 |
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LAB Determine the spring constant of a spring |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Energy at A = Energy at B |
LECTURE Conservation of Energy notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign write up: 2, 4, 5, 10, 12 |
| CYCLE 12: MOMENTUM & SYSTEMS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 T 12/13 |
d2 W 12/14 |
d3 Th 12/15 |
d4 F 12/16 |
d5 M 12/19 |
d6 T 12/20 |
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LAB Determine the theoretical & actual min start height for a hotwheel to make a loop |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
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LAB |
LECTURE Momentum & Systems notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write-ups: 3, 6, 8, 10, 13 |
| CYCLE 13: OPEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 W 12/21 |
d2 Th 12/22 |
d3 F 12/23 |
d4 T 1/3 |
d5 W 1/4 |
d6 Th 1/5 |
| c1 About bungees; our plan of attack. | c5 Modeling: getting to know your bungee | ||||
| c2 Spring bungee prediction | c3 Springs: touch the water, but don't hit | c4 Bungee measurements | c6 Bungee prediction | c7 | c8 bungees away! |
| CYCLE 14: CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 F 1/6 |
d2 M 1/9 |
d3 T 1/10 |
d4 W 1/11 |
d5 Th 1/12 |
d6 F 1/13 |
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LAB WCYDWT: video clips |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Total Momentum of a System; tricks for Elastic (Perfect) Collisions LECTURE (online) Conservation of Momentum Livescribe notes - PDF version Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write-ups: 1, 2, 7, 8, 11 |
| CYCLE 15: ROTATIONAL MOTION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 T 1/17 |
d2 W 1/18 |
d3 Th 1/19 |
d4 F 1/20 |
d5 M 1/23 |
d6 T 1/24 |
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LAB Hotwheels Collision Lab |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY The Truth about Radians; Finding Torque & net Torque |
LECTURE Online Rotational Motion notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign Write-ups: 1, 2, 7, 8, 11 |
| CYCLE 16: ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 W 1/25 |
d2 Th 1/26 |
d3 F 1/27 |
d4 M 1/30 |
d5 T 1/31 |
d6 W 2/1 |
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LAB Compare the theoretical rotational inertia of a ruler with its actual using conservation of energy in a falling rotation |
PROBLEMS AND Q&A in Webassign |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY Dot product, cross product and the real direction of CCW and CW |
PROBLEMS/ONLINE LECTURE Rotational Dynamics notes Addendum to the notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
| CYCLE 17: OPEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 Th 2/2 |
d2 F 2/3 |
d3 M 2/6 |
d4 T 2/7 |
d5 W 2/8 |
d6 Th 2/9 |
| WCYDWT: simple catapult | WCYDWT: Video | ||||
| WCYDWT: simple catapult | WCYDWT: TPL | WCYDWT: TPL | WCYDWT: Video | Comp: Equilibrium | QF Prep |
| CYCLE 18: QUARTER FINAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 F 2/10 |
d2 M 2/13 |
d3 T 2/14 |
d4 W 2/15 |
d5 T 2/21 |
d6 W 2/22 |
|
QF part 1 |
QF part 3 | ||||
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Go over QF part 1 |
QF part 2 |
Go over QF part 2 |
go over QF part 3 |
Team Building |
Celebrate |
| CYCLE 19: SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 Th 2/23 |
d2 F 2/24 |
d3 M 2/27 |
d4 T 2/28 |
d5 W 2/29 |
d6 Th 3/1 |
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LAB Finish up ruler rotational inertia lab & documentation for WCYDWT catapult, TPL and video |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
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COMPETENCY Online competency notes |
LECTURE OR ONLINE NOTES SHM online notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
| CYCLE 20: SPRINGS & PENDULA | |||||
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| d1 F 3/2 |
d2 M 3/5 |
d3 T 3/6 |
d4 W 3/7 |
d5 Th 3/8 |
d6 F 3/9 |
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LAB Use Interactive Physics to design a Simple Harmonic Oscillator to have a specified period |
PROBLEMS CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY ?? |
LECTURE Springs & Pendula notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
in Webassign
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PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
| CYCLE 21: GRAVITATION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 M 3/12 |
d2 T 3/13 |
d3 W 3/14 |
d4 Th 3/15 |
d5 F 3/16 |
d6 M 3/19 |
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LAB Determine the spring constant of a spring and the length of a pendulum with a timer and scale |
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING Conceptual Questions |
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LAB |
COMPETENCY ?? |
LECTURE Gravitation notes Study Guide & Answers HRW Chapter Summary |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
PROBLEMS in Webassign |
| CYCLE 22: QUARTER FINAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 T 3/20 |
d2 W 3/21 |
d3 Th 3/22 |
d4 F 3/23 |
d5 M 3/26 |
d6 T 3/27 |
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Prep |
Go over QF part 2 |
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QF part 1 |
Go over QF part 1 |
QF part 2 |
QF part 3 / go over QF part 3 |
Team Building |
Celebrate |
| CYCLE 23: AP REVIEW: MC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 W 3/28 |
d2 Th 3/29 |
d3 F 3/30 |
d4 T 4/10 |
d5 W 4/11 |
d6 Th 4/12 |
| c1 | c5 | ||||
| c2 | c3 | c4 | c6 | c7 | c8 |
| CYCLE 24: AP REVIEW: FR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 F 4/13 |
d2 M 4/16 |
d3 T 4/17 |
d4 W 4/18 |
d5 Th 4/19 |
d6 F 4/20 |
| c1 | c5 | ||||
| c2 | c3 | c4 | c6 | c7 | c8 |
| QUARTER FINAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 M 4/23 |
d2 T 4/24 |
d3 W 4/25 |
d4 Th 4/26 |
d5 F 4/27 |
d6 M 4/30 |
| c1 | c5 | ||||
| c2 | c3 | c4 | c6 | c7 | c8 |
| CYCLE 26: AP EXAMS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 T 5/1 |
d2 W 5/2 |
d3 Th 5/3 |
d4 F 5/4 |
d5 M 5/7 |
d6 T 5/8 |
| c1 | c5 | ||||
| c2 | c3 | c4 | c6 | c7 | c8 |
| CYCLE 27: AP EXAMS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d1 W 5/9 |
d2 Th 5/10 |
d3 F 5/11 |
d4 M 5/14 |
d5 T 5/15 |
d6 W 5/16 |
| c1 | c5 | ||||
| c2 | c3 | c4 | c6 | c7 | c8 |