Thursday, January 22, 2015

Reviewing for the First Semester Final

Here are some questions from the end of Chapters 7 and 8 about Energy, Work and Power

Ch7.  15, 23, 33, 37, 51
Ch8.  23, 35, 39, 49, 55, 69, 89

Here is a link to the AP Physics C Course Description.  On pages 16-25 they list the learning objectives in careful detail - a giant list of what we should learn in this class, and the only real list of what concepts and problems might be on the test.  We have covered sections A- D at this point.

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-physics-c-course-description.pdf

Here is a link to a site with numerous practice tests, each 2-20 MC questions about topics of a particular type.  After you do the questions they will show you solutions.  It will ask you many times to sign up for their tutoring services, but it never seems to require you to do it.

http://www.varsitytutors.com/ap_physics_c_mechanics-practice-tests

As always the link to the practice AP FR questions remains a good source for practice with answers, and there is the new set of homework questions.



You can also use UT quest to make a customized review set of questions, focusing on all of the homework questions that you missed the first time around.  Follow these steps  (copied from their help menu)
  • Customized Review 
  • To help you review for an upcoming test, use the Custom Review option to create customized reviews that focus on your weakest areas. Choose Grade Summary from the left menu, then the Grades by Subject Area link to see the Custom Review option.  

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Bungee Jump

From a designated height, and using a given minifigure and spring, determine how much string must be added in order that the bungee jumper gets as close to the ground as possible.


Take a photo of your calculations and attach them to your answers to the three minilab questions.  Put them in your lab document.

Minilab Questions Link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yVSiC_mXguFtIBFf3f9qZG8buX92i011d1_tuNPzDiw/edit