CALENDAR
AP PHYSICS 1
QUARTER 1
ROTATION 1
Thursday, August 13 (3) or Friday, August 14 (6, 7)
ROTATION 2
Monday, August 24 (3) or Tuesday, August 25 (6, 7)
ROTATION 3
Wednesday, September 2 (3) or Thursday, September 3 (6, 7)
ROTATION 4
Monday, September 14 (3) or Tuesday, September 15 (6, 7)
ROTATION 5
Wednesday, September 23 (3) or Thursday, September 24 (6, 7)
ROTATION 6
Monday, October 5 (3) or Tuesday, October 6 (6, 7)
QUARTER 2
ROTATION 7
Thursday, October 15 (3 - Online) or Tuesday, October 20 (6, 7)
ROTATION 8
Wednesday, October 28 (3) or Thursday, October 29 (6, 7)
ROTATION 9
Friday, November 6 (3) or Monday, November 9 (6, 7)
ROTATION 10
Tuesday, November 17 (3) or Wednesday, November 18 (6, 7)
ROTATION 11
Thursday, December 3 (3) or Friday, December 4 (6, 7)
TEST 7 "WORK AND ENERGY" - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 1:45 - 2:45 P.M. IN S106 (our classroom)!!
QUARTER 3
ROTATION 12
Monday, January 4 (3) or Tuesday, January 5 (6, 7)
ROTATION 13
Wednesday, January 13 (3) or Thursday, January 14 (6, 7)
ROTATION 14
Monday, January 25 (3) or Tuesday, January 26 (6, 7)
ROTATION 15
Wednesday, February 3 (3) or Thursday, February 4 (6, 7)
ROTATION 16
Tuesday, February 16 (3) or Wednesday, February 17 (6, 7)
ROTATION 17
Thursday, February 25 (3) or Friday, February 26 (6, 7)
QUARTER 4
ROTATION 18
Tuesday, March 16 (3) or Wednesday, March 17 (6, 7)
Wednesday, March 17 (3) or Thursday, March 18 (6, 7)
Friday, March 19 (3, 6) or Monday, March 22 (7)
Monday, March 22 (3) or Tuesday, March 23 (6, 7)
Wednesday, March 24 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 19
Thursday, March 25 (3) or Friday, March 26 (6, 7)
Friday, March 26 (3) or Monday, March 29 (6, 7)
Tuesday, March 30 (3, 6) or Wednesday, March 31 (7)
Wednesday, March 31 (3) or Thursday, April 1 (6, 7)
Tuesday, April 6 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 20
Wednesday, April 7 (3) or Thursday, April 8 (6, 7)
Thursday, April 8 (3) or Friday, April 9 (6, 7)
Monday, April 12 (3, 6) or Tuesday, April 13 (7)
Tuesday, April 13 (3) or Wednesday, April 14 (6, 7)
Thursday, April 15 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 21
Friday, April 16 (3) or Monday, April 19 (6, 7)
Monday, April 19 (3) or Tuesday, April 20 (6, 7)
Wednesday, April 21 (3, 6) or Thursday, April 22 (7)
Thursday, April 22 (3) or Friday, April 23 (6, 7)
Monday, April 26 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 22
Tuesday, April 27 (3) or Wednesday, April 28 (6, 7)
Wednesday, April 28 (3) or Thursday, April 29 (6, 7)
Friday, April 30 (3, 6) or Monday, May 3 (7)
Monday, May 3 (3) or Tuesday, May 4 (6, 7)
Wednesday, May 5 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 23
Thursday, May 6 (3) or Friday, May 7 (6, 7)
Friday, May 7 (3) or Monday, May 10 (6, 7)
Tuesday, May 11 (3, 6) or Wednesday, May 12 (7)
Wednesday, May 12 (3) or Thursday, May 13 (6, 7)
Friday, May 14 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 24
Monday, May 17 (3) or Tuesday, May 18 (6, 7)
Tuesday, May 18 (3) or Wednesday, May 19 (6, 7)
Thursday, May 20 (3, 6) or Friday, May 21 (7)
Friday, May 21 (3) or Monday, May 24 (6, 7)
ROTATION 1
Thursday, August 13 (3) or Friday, August 14 (6, 7)
- Class Information and Syllabus
- Review Science Graphing Techniques
- Review "Lid Lab" Graphing Homework
- Basic Direct Relationship Graphing with Logger Pro
- Using OneNote Class Notebook
- Graph Relationships (Direct, Inverse, Quadratic, Square Root)
- Straightening/Linearizing Graphs
- MKS Units and Factor-Label Method
- Review Graph Analysis Worksheet (Periods 3 and 6)
- Schoology Down (Period 7)
- QUIZ 1 "GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS" (Periods 3 and 6)
- Review Graph Analysis Worksheet (Period 7)
ROTATION 2
Monday, August 24 (3) or Tuesday, August 25 (6, 7)
- QUIZ 1 "GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS" (Period 7)
- Study Period (Periods 3 and 6)
- Linearizing with Logger Pro
- Basic Motion Terminology: Scalar vs Vector; Distance vs Displacement; Speed vs Velocity; Constant and Average Velocity
- PIVOT Registration and Activity - "The Ping Pong Ball Bazooka"
- Acceleration; "Big Four" Equations for Uniformly-Accelerated Motion
ROTATION 3
Wednesday, September 2 (3) or Thursday, September 3 (6, 7)
- Review Homework Problems
- Signs on Acceleration and Velocity; Zero Acceleration
- Graphing Motion: x vs. t, v vs. t, a vs. t
- Slope vs. Area
- Free Fall; Acceleration Due to Gravity, g
- TEST 2 REVIEW (Day One)
- TEST 2 REVIEW (Day Two)
ROTATION 4
Monday, September 14 (3) or Tuesday, September 15 (6, 7)
- TEST 2 "ONE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION"
- Logger Pro Video Motion Analysis
- OpenStax Sections 3.2-3.3: Adding Perpendicular Vectors; Standard Direction
- OpenStax Sections 3.2-3.3: Finding Vector Components; Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors
- Work on Review Problems Worksheet - #5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 30, 32, 34
ROTATION 5
Wednesday, September 23 (3) or Thursday, September 24 (6, 7)
- QUIZ 3 REVIEW
- QUIZ 3 "VECTORS"
- OpenStax Section 3.4: Projectile Motion 1 - Vertical vs. Horizontal Velocity; Horizontal Launch; Graphs of Horizontal Launch; "Speed" Video; Problems #1-2 in Homework Packet
- Review Homework Problems; Difference with Angled Launch; Begin Work on Homework Workbook Pages
- OpenStax Section 3.4: Projectile Motion 2 - Angled Launch; Range, Time, and Height Formulas; Maximum Range Angle; Graphs of Angled Launch; Problems #8-11 in Homework Packet
ROTATION 6
Monday, October 5 (3) or Tuesday, October 6 (6, 7)
- Review Homework Problems; Begin Work on Projectile Motion FRQ Homework
- TEST 4 REVIEW
- TEST 4 "TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOTION"
- LAB - Free Throw Video Analysis
- Types of Forces; Free-Body Diagrams
QUARTER 2
ROTATION 7
Thursday, October 15 (3 - Online) or Tuesday, October 20 (6, 7)
- Review Free-Body Diagrams (FBD) Worksheet
- Review Test 4 (Periods 6 and 7)
- PIVOT Lab - "Fan Cart: Force and Acceleration"
- Review Test 4 (Period 3)
- Newton's First Law (Inertia); The Newton; Weight and Mass; Net Force and Equilibrium
- Forces on a Ramp; Components of Weight
- Second Law of Motion (F=ma); Weight; Normal Force and Apparent Weight; Atwood Machines
ROTATION 8
Wednesday, October 28 (3) or Thursday, October 29 (6, 7)
- Review Atwood Machines; Modified Atwood Machines; Free-Response Question #2
- Friction; Coefficient of Friction; Static vs. Kinetic Friction; Friction on a Ramp
- Review Remaining Packet Problems #13-26
- Free-Response Question #4
- TEST 5 REVIEW
ROTATION 9
Friday, November 6 (3) or Monday, November 9 (6, 7)
- TEST 5 "DYNAMICS AND NEWTON'S LAWS"
- PIVOT Lab - "Modified Atwood's Machine"
- Periods 3 and 6: Centripetal Acceleration; Period vs Frequency; Centripetal Force; Tangential Velocity
- Period 7: NO SCHOOL - Weather Day
- Period 3: NO SCHOOL - Weather Day
- Period 6: Study Period
- Period 7: Centripetal Acceleration; Period vs. Frequency; Centripetal Force; Tangential Velocity
- QUIZ 6 DISTRIBUTED (Due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, at 3:15 p.m.!)
- Motion in a Vertical Circle; Motion in a Horizontal Circle or Conical Pendulum
ROTATION 10
Tuesday, November 17 (3) or Wednesday, November 18 (6, 7)
- Common Uniform Circular Motion FRQ
- Universal Gravitation; Newton's Law and Constant; Formula for g
- QUIZ 6 "CIRCULAR MOTION AND GRAVITATION" DUE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, AT 3:15 P.M.!
- Work; Energy: Kinetic and Gravitational Potential; Work-Energy Theorem; Work Lost to Friction
- Conservation of Mechanical Energy; Spring Force and Elastic Potential Energy
ROTATION 11
Thursday, December 3 (3) or Friday, December 4 (6, 7)
- Power; Work Done by Varying Force; Area Under F-x and F-v Graphs; Slopes vs. Areas
- Energy Free-Response Question
- Go Over Energy Free-Response Question and Quiz 6
- PIVOT Lab - "Spring Force"
- Final Study Period
TEST 7 "WORK AND ENERGY" - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 @ 1:45 - 2:45 P.M. IN S106 (our classroom)!!
QUARTER 3
ROTATION 12
Monday, January 4 (3) or Tuesday, January 5 (6, 7)
- Review Test 7
- Pre-Lab Discussion of Graphing Period vs. Length of a Pendulum
- PIVOT Lab - "Period of a Pendulum"
- Impulse; Momentum; Impulse-Momentum Theorem; Conservation of Linear Momentum
- Ballistic Pendulum
- Momentum Free-Response Question
ROTATION 13
Wednesday, January 13 (3) or Thursday, January 14 (6, 7)
- Recoil; 2D Conservation of Momentum; Elastic vs. Inelastic Collisions
- Review Momentum FRQ
- SHM (Pendulum vs. Mass on a Spring): Period vs. Frequency; K, U, v, and a in SHM; Period, Restoring Force, and Maximum Velocity
- Graphing and Formulas for SHM; Velocity at Other Positions (Not Max) in SHM
- Review Packet #15-20; Free-Response Questions; Pendulum Lab
- TEST 8 REVIEW
ROTATION 14
Monday, January 25 (3) or Tuesday, January 26 (6, 7)
- TEST 8 "MOMENTUM AND SHM" (OS Chaps. 8, 16.1-16.6)
- Graphing SHM Using Logger Pro
- Periods 3 and 6: KAHOOT Mechanics Quiz
- Period 7: Junior Day (Study Period)
- Periods 3 and 6: Junior Day (Study Period)
- Period 7: KAHOOT Mechanics Quiz
- Rotational Kinematics and "Big Four"; Center of Mass (OS Sections 10.1-10.2)
ROTATION 15
Wednesday, February 3 (3) or Thursday, February 4 (6, 7)
- Torque and Net Torque (OS Sections 9.1-9.2)
- Review Homework Sets 1 and 2
- Static Equilibrium; Net Force = 0; Net Torque = 0 (OS Sections 9.3-9.4)
- Review Homework Set 3
- Work on Rotation I Free-Response Questions
ROTATION 16
Tuesday, February 16 (3) or Wednesday, February 17 (6, 7)
- Go Over Rotation I Free-Response Questions
- Leaning Ladder Problem
- TEST 9 REVIEW
- TEST 9 "ROTATION I: TORQUE AND STATICS" (OS Chaps. 9.1-9.4, 10.1-10.2)
- Study Period
- SUBSTITUTE DAY 1 (See OneNote Class Notes)
ROTATION 17
Thursday, February 25 (3) or Friday, February 26 (6, 7)
- SUBSTITUTE DAY 2 (See OneNote Class Notes)
- Period 3: SUBSTITUTE DAY 3 (See OneNote Class Notes)
- Periods 6 and 7: Go Over Sub Work and Test 9
- Rotational Inertia; Parallel Axis Theorem; Newton's Second Law for Rotation (OS Section 10.3)
- Review Homework Problems; Finish Reviewing Test 9 and Sub Work
- Study Period
QUARTER 4
ROTATION 18
Tuesday, March 16 (3) or Wednesday, March 17 (6, 7)
Wednesday, March 17 (3) or Thursday, March 18 (6, 7)
Friday, March 19 (3, 6) or Monday, March 22 (7)
Monday, March 22 (3) or Tuesday, March 23 (6, 7)
Wednesday, March 24 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 19
Thursday, March 25 (3) or Friday, March 26 (6, 7)
Friday, March 26 (3) or Monday, March 29 (6, 7)
Tuesday, March 30 (3, 6) or Wednesday, March 31 (7)
Wednesday, March 31 (3) or Thursday, April 1 (6, 7)
Tuesday, April 6 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 20
Wednesday, April 7 (3) or Thursday, April 8 (6, 7)
Thursday, April 8 (3) or Friday, April 9 (6, 7)
Monday, April 12 (3, 6) or Tuesday, April 13 (7)
Tuesday, April 13 (3) or Wednesday, April 14 (6, 7)
Thursday, April 15 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 21
Friday, April 16 (3) or Monday, April 19 (6, 7)
Monday, April 19 (3) or Tuesday, April 20 (6, 7)
Wednesday, April 21 (3, 6) or Thursday, April 22 (7)
Thursday, April 22 (3) or Friday, April 23 (6, 7)
Monday, April 26 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 22
Tuesday, April 27 (3) or Wednesday, April 28 (6, 7)
Wednesday, April 28 (3) or Thursday, April 29 (6, 7)
Friday, April 30 (3, 6) or Monday, May 3 (7)
Monday, May 3 (3) or Tuesday, May 4 (6, 7)
Wednesday, May 5 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 23
Thursday, May 6 (3) or Friday, May 7 (6, 7)
Friday, May 7 (3) or Monday, May 10 (6, 7)
Tuesday, May 11 (3, 6) or Wednesday, May 12 (7)
Wednesday, May 12 (3) or Thursday, May 13 (6, 7)
Friday, May 14 (3, 6, 7)
ROTATION 24
Monday, May 17 (3) or Tuesday, May 18 (6, 7)
Tuesday, May 18 (3) or Wednesday, May 19 (6, 7)
Thursday, May 20 (3, 6) or Friday, May 21 (7)
Friday, May 21 (3) or Monday, May 24 (6, 7)