CALENDAR

AP PHYSICS 1
QUARTER 1
ROTATION 1
Thursday, August 13 (3) or Friday, August 14 (6, 7)
  • Class Information and Syllabus
  • Review Science Graphing Techniques
Friday, August 14 (3) or Monday, August 17 (6, 7)​
  • Review "Lid Lab" Graphing Homework
  • Basic Direct Relationship Graphing with Logger Pro
Tuesday, August 18 (3, 6) or Wednesday, August 19 (7)
  • Using OneNote Class Notebook
  • Graph Relationships (Direct, Inverse, Quadratic, Square Root)
  • Straightening/Linearizing Graphs
  • MKS Units and Factor-Label Method
Wednesday, August 19 (3) or Thursday, August 20 (6, 7)​
  • Review Graph Analysis Worksheet​ (Periods 3 and 6)
  • Schoology Down (Period 7)
Friday, August 21 (3, 6, 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)
Tuesday, August 25 (3) or Wednesday, August 26 (6, 7)​
  • Linearizing with Logger Pro
Thursday, August 27 (3, 6) or Friday, August 28 (7)
  • Basic Motion Terminology: Scalar vs Vector; Distance vs Displacement; Speed vs Velocity; Constant and Average Velocity
Friday, August 28 (3) or Monday, August 31 (6, 7)
  • PIVOT Registration and Activity - "The Ping Pong Ball Bazooka"​
Tuesday, September 1 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Thursday, September 3 (3) or Friday, September 4 (6, 7)​
  • Graphing Motion: x vs. t, v vs. t, a vs. t
  • Slope vs. Area
Tuesday, September 8 (3, 6) or Wednesday, September 9 (7)
  • Free Fall; Acceleration Due to Gravity, g
Wednesday, September 9 (3) or Thursday, September 10 (6, 7)​
  • TEST 2 REVIEW (Day One)
Friday, September 11 (3, 6, 7)
  • TEST 2 REVIEW (Day Two)

ROTATION 4
Monday, September 14 (3) or Tuesday, September 15 (6, 7)
  • TEST 2 "ONE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION"
Tuesday, September 15 (3) or Wednesday, September 16 (6, 7)​
  • Logger Pro Video Motion Analysis
Thursday, September 17 (3, 6) or Friday, September 18 (7)
  • OpenStax Sections 3.2-3.3: Adding Perpendicular Vectors; Standard Direction
Friday, September 18 (3) or Monday, September 21 (6, 7)​
  • OpenStax Sections 3.2-3.3: Finding Vector Components; Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors
Tuesday, September 22 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Thursday, September 24 (3) or Monday, September 28 (6, 7)​
  • QUIZ 3 "VECTORS"
Tuesday, September 29 (3, 6) or Wednesday, September 30 (7)
  • 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
Wednesday, September 30 (3) or Thursday, October 1 (6, 7)​
  • Review Homework Problems; Difference with Angled Launch; Begin Work on Homework Workbook Pages
Friday, October 2 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Tuesday, October 6 (3) or Wednesday, October 7 (6, 7)​
  • TEST 4 REVIEW
Thursday, October 8 (3, 6) or Friday, October 9 (7)
  • TEST 4 "TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOTION"
Friday, October 9 (3) or Monday, October 12 (6, 7)​
  • LAB - Free Throw Video Analysis
Tuesday, October 13 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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)
Tuesday, October 20 (3) or Wednesday, October 21 (6, 7)​
  • PIVOT Lab - "Fan Cart: Force and Acceleration"
  • Review Test 4 (Period 3)
Thursday, October 22 (3, 6) or Friday, October 23 (7)
  • Newton's First Law (Inertia); The Newton; Weight and Mass; Net Force and Equilibrium
Friday, October 23 (3) or Monday, October 26 (6, 7)​
  • Forces on a Ramp; Components of Weight
Tuesday, October 27 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Thursday, October 29 (3) or Friday, October 30 (6, 7)​
  • Friction; Coefficient of Friction; Static vs. Kinetic Friction; Friction on a Ramp
Monday, November 2 (3, 6) or Tuesday, November 3 (7)
  • Review Remaining Packet Problems #13-26
Tuesday, November 3 (3) or Wednesday, November 4 (6, 7)​
  • Free-Response Question #4
Thursday, November 5 (3, 6, 7) 
  • TEST 5 REVIEW

ROTATION 9
Friday, November 6 (3) or Monday, November 9 (6, 7)
  • TEST 5 "DYNAMICS AND NEWTON'S LAWS"
Monday, November 9 (3) or Tuesday, November 10 (6, 7)​
  • PIVOT Lab - "Modified Atwood's Machine"
Wednesday, November 11 (3, 6) or Thursday, November 12 (7)
  • Periods 3 and 6: Centripetal Acceleration; Period vs Frequency; Centripetal Force; Tangential Velocity
  • Period 7: NO SCHOOL - Weather Day
Thursday, November 12 (3) or Friday, November 13 (6, 7)​
  • Period 3: NO SCHOOL - Weather Day
  • Period 6: Study Period
  • Period 7: Centripetal Acceleration; Period vs. Frequency; Centripetal Force; Tangential Velocity
Monday, November 16 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Wednesday, November 18 (3) or Thursday, November 19 (6, 7)​
  • Universal Gravitation; Newton's Law and Constant; Formula for g
Friday, November 20 (3, 6) or Monday, November 30 (7)
  • QUIZ 6 "CIRCULAR MOTION AND GRAVITATION" DUE  ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, AT 3:15 P.M.!
Monday, November 30 (3) or Tuesday, December 1 (6, 7)​
  • Work; Energy: Kinetic and Gravitational Potential; Work-Energy Theorem; Work Lost to Friction
Wednesday, December 2 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Friday, December 4 (3) or Monday, December 7 (6, 7)​
  • Energy Free-Response Question
Tuesday, December 8 (3, 6) or Wednesday, December 9 (7)
  • Go Over Energy Free-Response Question and Quiz 6
Wednesday, December 9 (3) or Thursday, December 10 (6, 7)​
  • PIVOT Lab - "Spring Force"
Friday, Friday 11 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Tuesday, January 5 (3) or Wednesday, January 6 (6, 7)​
  • PIVOT Lab - "Period of a Pendulum"
Thursday, January 7 (3, 6) or Friday, January 8 (7)
  • Impulse; Momentum; Impulse-Momentum Theorem; Conservation of Linear Momentum
Friday, January 8 (3) or Monday, January 11 (6, 7)​
  • Ballistic Pendulum​
Tuesday, January 12 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Thursday, January 14 (3) or Friday, January 15 (6, 7)​
  • 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
Tuesday, January 19 (3, 6) or Wednesday, January 20 (7)
  • Graphing and Formulas for SHM; Velocity at Other Positions (Not Max) in SHM
Wednesday, January 20 (3) or Thursday, January 21 (6, 7)​
  • Review Packet #15-20; Free-Response Questions; Pendulum Lab
Friday, January 22 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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)
Tuesday, January 26 (3) or Wednesday, January 27 (6, 7)​
  • Graphing SHM Using Logger Pro
Thursday, January 28 (3, 6) or Friday, January 29 (7)
  • Periods 3 and 6:  KAHOOT Mechanics Quiz
  • Period 7:  Junior Day (Study Period)
Friday, January 29 (3) or Monday, February 1 (6, 7)​
  • Periods 3 and 6:  Junior Day (Study Period)
  • Period 7:  KAHOOT Mechanics Quiz
Tuesday, February 2 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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)
Thursday, February 4 (3) or Friday, February 5 (6, 7)​
  • Review Homework Sets 1 and 2
Monday, February 8 (3, 6) or Tuesday, February 9 (7)
  • Static Equilibrium; Net Force = 0; Net Torque = 0 (OS Sections 9.3-9.4)
Tuesday, February 9 (3) or Wednesday, February 10 (6, 7)
  • Review Homework Set 3​
Thursday, February 11 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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
Wednesday, February 17 (3) or Thursday, February 18 (6, 7)​
  • Leaning Ladder Problem
  • TEST 9 REVIEW
Friday, February 19 (3, 6) or Monday, February 22 (7)
  • TEST 9 "ROTATION I: TORQUE AND STATICS" (OS Chaps. 9.1-9.4, 10.1-10.2)
Monday, February 22 (3) or Tuesday, February 23 (6, 7)
  • Study Period​
Wednesday, February 24 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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)
Friday, February 26 (3) or Monday, March 1 (6, 7)​
  • Period 3: SUBSTITUTE DAY 3 (See OneNote Class Notes)
  • Periods 6 and 7: Go Over Sub Work and Test 9
Tuesday, March 2 (3, 6) or Wednesday, March 3 (7)
  • Rotational Inertia; Parallel Axis Theorem; Newton's Second Law for Rotation (OS Section 10.3)
Wednesday, March 3 (3) or Thursday, March 4 (6, 7)
  • Review Homework Problems; Finish Reviewing Test 9 and Sub Work
Friday, March 5 (3, 6, 7)
  • 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)​