3 things to do for this class

If you were not in physics last year you will want to take care of these three things.

Setting up an Online Homework Account:
Please go to this link and start an online homework account. Choose "I need a UT EID" below the red button. In the next windows and pages answer the questions to get an ID number from the University of Texas.  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 Wednesday. On Thursday/Friday 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 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 Physics (Grant High school 2015 Fall). It will probably be the only one. 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 assignment" windows to start the Kinematics homework.

Creating a Google Document for submitting lab reports:
Students will submit their lab reports 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.APphysicsperiod____

My address for sharing is emedley@pps.net.

Installing LoggerPro 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 3.9 with sample movies (Windows)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/gvnsz
Password: 

Logger Pro 3.9 with sample movies (Mac OS X)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/lps7w
Password: 

Ask me for the password.

Unit 1

Unit 1: Kinematics in 1 Dimension – the basics

Assignments
Letter to Teacher Tues, 9/1
Lab 1 report Tuesday, 9/8
Quest homework assignment Tues 9/8, Wed 9/16

Unit Test : Tues, 9/22

Welcome to AP Physics

The 2015-2016 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. 8.) Many small lab activities will require answering 3 short reflection questions.  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


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

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