Unit 1 Overview

Unit 1: Kinematics in 1 Dimension – the basics

Assignments
Letter to Teacher Wed 8/31
Lab 1 report Wed. 9/7
Quest homework assignment Sun 9/11, Sun. 9/18

Unit Test : Wed. 9/21

Welcome to AP Physics

The 2016-2017 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. .) 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

Preparing for the SHM and Gravity Test

Here are some questions from the text book related to the material on next Friday's test.

Ch 14. p342
15, 29, 35, 43, 55, 75, 85

Ch 16, p. 391
13, 21, 25, 35, 39, 45, 49, 59, 77, 79

Remember also that there are FRQ at the AP site and multiple choice questions at
http://www.varsitytutors.com/ap_physics_c_mechanics-practice-tests

Finally, here is a link to a practice test.  This test though, also includes questions on Statics that aren't on our test.

https://www.crashwhite.com/apphysics/materials/practicetests/practice_test-7-static-gravitation-shm.pdf

Finally, remember that you need to complete the three minilab questions about the gravity simulation.

Simple Harmonic Motion Minilab

Simple Harmonic Motion Minilab

Purpose:  Use the relationships regarding simple harmonic motion and parallel and series spring combinations to determine the nature of a spring arrangement


After you have completed your data collection and calculations, follow this link to the questions for minilabs.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yVSiC_mXguFtIBFf3f9qZG8buX92i011d1_tuNPzDiw/edit?usp=sharing

Paste the questions and answers into your lab document.  Be sure to name this lab in your lab document.

Rotations test review

Here are some problems from the textbook if you're looking for more practice problems before Thursday's test.

Ch 11 p 260
23, 41, 43, 51, 73, 83, 87

Ch 12
9, 15, 17, 29, 45, 57, 65, 69

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

At the AP physics site you can find some good Free Response questions from past years.  I recommend 2013 #3, 2012 #3, 2010 #2, 2008 #2, and 2006 #3


Here is a good practice AP test with key.

https://www.crashwhite.com/apphysics/materials/practicetests/practice_test-6-rotation-angular_momentum.pdf

Rotations Lab

Here is the link to the set of  video files to analyze.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B54jRZBDezIHdTJSZDFtTjVnalU&usp=sharing



Link to Lab Report Guidelines.

Put the lab report in your shared lab report document.  This is the big one (200pts.)  Do a good job and get it in on time.

First Semester Review Options

Here are some questions from the end of Chapters 7 and 8 about Energy, Work and Power and from Chapters 9 and 10 about Momentum and Impulse

Ch7.  15, 23, 33, 37, 51
Ch8.  23, 35, 39, 49, 55, 69, 89
Ch9 15, 21, 39, 47
Ch 10 19, 27, 47, 53, 55, 67, 71

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

Here is a link to a good practice test with answers.  FR Q #1f about center of mass contains material we haven't covered yet.

https://www.crashwhite.com/apphysics/materials/practicetests/practice_test-5-momentum.pdf

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.

Here are some FR questions from past tests with an emphasis on the material we've covered recently
2014 #2,  2012 #2, 2011 #1, 2011 #2, 2009 #1, 2009 #3, 2006 #2, 2003 #1, 2002 #3


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.