Holiday Homework

I have changed my mind since class and decided not to have you watch videos or cover new material during the break.  The lectures are great, but they are more expansive than needed.  Here are Links to two videos of Walter Lewin -Famous MIT Lecturer - presenting on momentum.  They give a sense of MIT students and classrooms also.

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-1999/video-lectures/lecture-15/

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-1999/video-lectures/lecture-16/

The new assignment combines potential energy curves, and power.  The next material will be momentum and the lectures would give you a head start if you wanted to watch them.

I will check my PPS email over break occationally  if you have questions.

Source for Free Response Questions

Here is the AP Physics C page dedicated to old tests.

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/8039.html

For now, I encourage you to try Q1 from 2008.  Read the solutions too.

Newton's Laws

The following Link offers a series of readings providing great conceptual basics about forces, including covering challenging material like internal forces/Tension (see the double trouble entry).

Please read the two entries on Newton's third law if you were not in the class last year, or struggled with the Forces Unit.  Make sure you do this before you attempt the next homework assignment.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/

Link to how the kg is defined.

This is a nice video about how the kg is defined historically and how it might change.

video link

Unit 2 - Motion in 2 Dimensions

Homework due dates:

Sunday, 10/6
Wednesday, 10/16
Tuesday, 10/22


Range Lab due Monday, 10/20

Test on Thursday, 10/24

Submitting Labs Online

This year I would like students to submit their labs to me via google docs.

Please make a google account, and make a single google doc and share it with me.  All of your labs will go one this single document.  Please give me the ability to edit it so that I can add comments and insert my scoring rubrics.

Please use the naming format - lastname.firstname.APphysics

Don't use my normal email to share it.  I made my google account back when pps emails went like this:

emedley@pps.k12.or.us

Installing Logger Pro on your Home Computer

As a Grant High School student you have the right to install Logger Pro on your home computer.  The following installation links will require a password to decompress.  You will need to get that password from me.


Logger Pro 3.8.6.1 with sample movies (Windows)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/kuie1
Password: 

Logger Pro 3.8.6.1 with sample movies (Mac OS X)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/tebas
Password: 

Making a homework account

Please go to this link and start an online homework account. Click on "get started" and then choose "I need a UT EID". If you had an ID code last year, it should continue to work. In the next window choose "get a UT EID". After you submit your information it will send your ID code to your email account. With this code you will will sign in to my class and start the first assignment. You may proceed to sign in now or bring your EID code and password on Thursday. On Thursday we will log in as a class, I will start accepting your enrollment and we will start the first assignment.

This is how to sign in:
Return to the link above and log in.
You will then need to select a class based on a unique number. For AP Physics the unique number is 223. Enter the number 223 and then select look up course info. Scroll down by clicking the arrow on the window that appears through the many other classes designated with that unique number until you find AP Phys (Grant High school 2013 Fall). It will probably be one of the last ones. Select it and then select request enrollment.

I will have to admit you into the class. The next time you log in, after I admit you, you will be able to use the "select course" and "select assignent" windows to start the Kinematics homework.

Unit 1

Unit 1: Kinematics in 1 Dimension – the basics

Homework: Due Date
Letter to Teacher Mon, 9/9
Lab 1 report Tues, 9/17
Quest homework assignment Mon 9/16, Tues 9/24

Unit Test : Thursday, 9/26

Welcome Back and General Information

The 2013-2014 has started. Welcome to AP Physics.

Here's some course information:

Grades: Approximately 50% Tests, 30% Labs, 20% homework

Tests: About twice a quarter, with semester finals also. Almost always items from old AP tests, which I’ll grade by their scoring system. This will cause me to adjust the overall grading scale. See below.

Labs: Although we’ll have weekly hands-on lab assignments, I’ll only have you write up formal lab reports about twice a quarter. (The first one will be due Sept. 17.) Most lab activities will be accompanied by a short worksheet to complete. Late labs are penalized at 10% a week.

Homework: Most homework will be submitted online through the web site https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/   It will be graded for accuracy, but on a sliding scale because I recognize that homework is practice and created to find mistakes. Students who have difficulty getting internet access should talk with me. Accommodations will be found. No late homework accepted except for excused absences.

Grading Scale: 100-85 A, 85-70 B, 70-55 C, 55-40 D, 40

Supplies:
Textbook
Notebook, or section of a notebook
Calculator
Protractor
Graph Paper