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 - Dynamics Free Response Problems

ROTATION 8
Friday, October 26 (Period 4) or Monday, October 29 (Periods 6 and 7)

• Review Graded Projectile Motion Lab; Dynamics TIPERS

Tuesday, October 30

• Review Test 4; Relative Velocity

Wednesday, October 31 (Periods 4 and 6) or Thursday, November 1 (Period 7)

• Universal Gravitation; Newton's Law and Constant; Formula for g and Gravitational Field

Thursday, November 1 (Period 4) or Friday, November 2 (Periods 6 and 7)

• Centripetal Acceleration; Period and Frequency; Centripetal Force

Monday, November 5

• SUBSTITUTE - Universal Gravitation and Relative Velocity Worksheet

ROTATION 9
Tuesday, November 6 (Period 4) or Wednesday, November 7 (Periods 6 and 7)

• Motion in a Vertical Circle; Motion in a Horizontal Circle (Conical Pendulum)

Thursday, November 8

• Common Uniform Circular Motion Free-Response Questions

Friday, November 9 (Periods 4 and 6) or Monday, November 12 (Period 7)

• Review for TEST 5 (Chapter 6 - Uniform Circular Motion)

Monday, November 12 (Period 4) or Tuesday, November 13 (Periods 6 and 7)

• TEST 5 (Chapter 6 - Uniform Circular Motion)

Wednesday, November 14

• PIVOT Experiment on "Exploring Forces in Circular Motion"

ROTATION 10
Thursday, November 15 (Period 4) or Monday, November 19 (Periods 6 and 7)

• PERIOD 4 - Begin "October Sky"
• PERIODS 6 and 7 - SUBSTITUTE - Textbook Problems on Uniform Circular Motion

Tuesday, November 20

• PERIOD 4 - Finish "October Sky"
• PERIODS 6 and 7 - Begin "October Sky"

Monday, November 26 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, November 27 (Period 7)

• PERIOD 4 - Study Period
• PERIODS 6 and 7 - Finish "October Sky"

Tuesday, November 27 (Period 4) or Wednesday, November 28 (Periods 6 and 7)

• Review Test 5 on Uniform Circular Motion

Thursday, November 29

• Self-Guided Reading of Work, Power, and Energy Notes and Chapter 7

 

ROTATION 11
Friday, November 30 (Period 4) or Monday, December 3 (Periods 6 and 7)

• Work; Kinetic Energy; Work-Energy Theorem; Gravitational Potential Energy; Dissipative Forces (Work Lost Due to Friction)

Tuesday, December 4

• Conservation of Mechanical Energy; Escape Velocity; Spring Force and Spring/Elastic Potential Energy

Wednesday, December 5 (Periods 4 and 6) or Thursday, December 6 (Period 7)

• Power; Graphical Representation of Work, Energy, and Power; F-x and F-v Graphs (Periods 4 and 6)
• SUBSTITUTE - Practice Free-Response Problems (Period 7)

Thursday, December 6 (Period 4) or Friday, December 7 (Periods 6 and 7)​

• SUBSTITUTE - Practice Free-Response Problems (Period 4)
• Practice Free-Response Problems (Period 6 with Mr. Lipp)
• Power; Graphical Representation of Work, Energy, and Power; F-x and F-v Graphs (Period 7)

Monday, December 10

• Review for TEST 6 (Chapter 7 - Work, Power and Energy)

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

• TEST 6 (Chapter 7 - Work, Power, and Energy)

Thursday, December 13

• Semester Exam Review

Friday, December 14

• Semester Exam Review

SEMESTER EXAM - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 at 8:30 a.m. in McGehee Auditorium!


QUARTER 3
ROTATION 13
Monday, January 7 (Period 4) or Tuesday, January 8 (Periods 6 and 7)
Wednesday, January 9
Thursday, January 10 (Periods 4 and 6) or Friday, January 11 (Period 7)
Friday, January 11 (Period 4) or Monday, January 14 (Periods 6 and 7)
Tuesday, January 15


ROTATION 14
Wednesday, January 16 (Period 4) or Thursday, January 17 (Periods 6 and 7)
Friday, January 18
Tuesday, January 22 (Periods 4 and 6) or Wednesday, January 23 (Period 7)
Wednesday, January 23 (Period 4) or Thursday, January 24 (Periods 6 and 7)
Friday, January 25


ROTATION 15
Monday, January 28 (Period 4) or Tuesday, January 29 (Periods 6 and 7)
Wednesday, January 30
Thursday, January 31 (Periods 4 and 6) or Friday, February 1 (Period 7)
Friday, February 1 (Period 4) or Monday, February 4 (Periods 6 and 7)
Tuesday, February 5


ROTATION 16
Wednesday, February 6 (Period 4) or Thursday, February 7 (Periods 6 and 7)
Friday, February 8
Monday, February 11 (Periods 4 and 6) or Tuesday, February 12 (Period 7)
Tuesday, February 12 (Period 4) or Wednesday, February 13 (Periods 6 and 7)
Thursday, February 14


ROTATION 17
Tuesday, February 19 (Period 4) or Wednesday, February 20 (Periods 6 and 7)
Thursday, February 21
Friday, February 22 (Periods 4 and 6) or Monday, February 25 (Period 7)
Monday, February 25 (Period 4) or Tuesday, February 26 (Periods 6 and 7)
Wednesday, February 27


ROTATION 18
Thursday, February 28 (Period 4) or Friday, March 1 (Periods 6 and 7)
Monday, March 4
Tuesday, March 5 (Periods 4 and 6) or Wednesday, March 6 (Period 7)
Wednesday, March 6 (Period 4) or Thursday, March 7 (Periods 6 and 7)
Friday, March 8