CALENDAR

AP PHYSICS 1

QUARTER 1
ROTATION 1
Monday, August 13 (Period 4) or Tuesday, August 14 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Class Info and Policies
  • LAB - "Lid Lab" Data Collection
Wednesday, August 15
  • LAB (Continued) - "Lid Lab" Graphing Using Proper Science Graphing Techniques
  • Graph Relationships (Direct, Inverse, Quadratic, Square Root); "Straightening" Graphs
Thursday, August 16 (Periods 4 and 6) or Friday, August 17 (Period 7)
  • Using Logger Pro
Friday, August 17 (Period 4) or Monday, August 20 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • QUIZ 1 on Graphical Analysis
  • MKS/SI Units; Metric Prefixes; Unit Conversion (Factor-Label Method); Scientific Notation
Tuesday, August 21
  • Graphing TIPERS (Tasks Inspired by Physics Education Research)

ROTATION 2
Wednesday, August 22 (Period 4) or Thursday, August 23 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Sections 2.1 - 2.3: Kinematics; Distance, Position, and Displacement; Scalar vs. Vector; Velocity vs. Speed; Calculation of Velocity and Speed; Position-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Friday, August 24
  • Sections 2.4 - 2.6: Acceleration Definition, Calculation, and Sign; "Big Four" Equations for Uniform Acceleration
Monday, August 27 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, August 28 (Period 7)
  • Section 2.7: Acceleration Due to Gravity; Free Fall; Dropped Object and Straight Up and Down Trajectory
Tuesday, August 28 (Period 4) or Wednesday, August 29 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Section 2.8: Graphical Analysis of One-Dimensional Motion; Position-Time, Velocity-Time, and Acceleration-Time Graphs
Thursday, August 30
  • SUBSTITUTE - "One-Dimensional Motion Graphs" Worksheet

ROTATION 3
Friday, August 31 (Period 4) or Tuesday, September 4 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • "Graphs of Motion in One Dimension" Worksheet; Interpreting Motion Graphs (pp. 80-81 # 26, 27, 29, 30);
Wednesday, September 5
  • Additional AP OpenStax Chapter 2 Problems; Sample AP One-Dimensional Kinematics Problems for Test Review
Thursday, September 6 (Periods 4 and 6) or Friday, September 7 (Period 7)
  • TEST 2 (Chapter 2 - Kinematics: One-Dimensional Motion)
Friday, September 7 (Period 4) or Monday, September 10 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • LAB - Logger Pro Video Analysis of a Freely-Falling Object
Tuesday, September 11
  • One-Dimensional Kinematics TIPERS

ROTATION 4
Wednesday, September 12 (Period 4) or Thursday, September 13 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Section 3.3: Adding Perpendicular Vectors; Standard Direction; Finding Components of Vectors
Friday, September 14
  • Section 3.3: Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors Using Vectors
Monday, September 17 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, September 18 (Period 7)
  • LAB - Acceleration vs. Angle of Incline (Start)
Tuesday, September 18 (Period 4) or Wednesday, September 19 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • QUIZ on Vectors
  • ​LAB - Acceleration vs. Angle of Incline (Finish)
Thursday, September 20
  • Projectile Motion - Horizontal Launch

ROTATION 5
Friday, September 21 (Period 4) or Monday, September 24 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Projectile Motion - Launch at an Angle
Tuesday, September 25
  • Additional AP OpenStax Chapter 3 Problems; Sample Free-Response Projectile Problem for Test Review
Wednesday, September 26 (Periods 4 and 6) or Thursday, September 27 (Period 7)
  • TEST 3 (Chapter 3 - Kinematics: Projectile Motion)
Thursday, September 27 (Period 4) or Monday, October 1 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Projectile Motion Unit "Debrief"
Tuesday, October 2
  • ​MEET IN THE DAVIS GYM - Videotape Free Throw; Projectile Motion Video Analysis Lab Prep

ROTATION 6
Wednesday, October 3 (Period 4) or Thursday, October 4 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Force; Special Forces (Friction, Tension, Weight, Normal, Applied, Air Resistance); Constructing Free-Body Diagrams
Friday, October 5
  • Review Free-Body Diagram Homework
  • QUIZ on Free-Body Diagrams
Monday, October 8 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, October 9 (Period 7)
  • Free Throw Projectile Motion Lab DUE!
  • Newton's First Law; Net Force of Zero
Tuesday, October 9 (Period 4) or Thursday, October 11 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Newton's Second Law; Weight; Normal Force; Atwood Machine, Apparent Weight
Friday, October 12
  • Atwood Machine Free-Response; Atwood Machine Pre-Lab Discussion; Test Review Packet Distributed

QUARTER 2
ROTATION 7
Monday, October 15 (Period 4) or Tuesday, October 16 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • LAB - Atwood Machine
Wednesday, October 17
  • Friction; Static vs. Kinetic Friction; Coefficient of Friction; Calculating Friction
Thursday, October 18 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, October 23 (Period 7)
  • Additional AP OpenStax Chapter 4 Problems; Test Review Packet
Tuesday, October 23 (Period 4) or Wednesday, October 24 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • TEST 4 (Chapters 4 and 5.1 - Dynamics and Newton's Laws)
Thursday, October 25
  • SUBSTITUTE

ROTATION 8
Friday, October 26 (Period 4) or Monday, October 29 (Periods 6 and 7)
  • Dynamics TIPERS
Tuesday, October 30
Wednesday, October 31 (Periods 4 and 6) or Thursday, November 1 (Period 7)
Thursday, November 1 (Period 4) or Friday, November 2 (Periods 6 and 7)
Monday, November 5


ROTATION 9
Tuesday, November 6 (Period 4) or Wednesday, November 7 (Periods 6 and 7)
Thursday, November 8
Friday, November 9 (Periods 4 and 6) or Monday, November 12 (Period 7)
Monday, November 12 (Period 4) or Tuesday, November 13 (Periods 6 and 7)
Wednesday, November 14


ROTATION 10
Thursday, November 15 (Period 4) or Monday, November 19 (Periods 6 and 7)
Tuesday, November 20
Monday, November 26 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, November 27 (Period 7)
Tuesday, November 27 (Period 4) or Wednesday, November 28 (Periods 6 and 7)
Thursday, November 29


ROTATION 11
Friday, November 30 (Period 4) or Monday, December 3 (Periods 6 and 7)
Tuesday, December 4
Wednesday, December 5 (Periods 4 and 6) or Thursday, December 6 (Period 7)
Thursday, December 6 (Period 4) or Friday, December 7 (Periods 6 and 7)
Monday, December 10


ROTATION 12
Tuesday, December 11 (Period 4) or Wednesday, December 12 (Periods 6 and 7)
Thursday, December 13
Friday, December 14