Unit 1: Kinematics (1D and 2D)

●       Reference Frames and Displacement

●       Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity

●       Motion at Constant Acceleration

●       Falling Objects

●       Adding Vectors by Components

●       Projectile Motion: projectiles fired horizontally and at an angle

●       Graphical Analysis of Motion

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 1 (1-4 through 1-6) and Chapter 2 (2-1 through 2-8) and Chapter 3 (3-1 through 3-8)

Unit 2: Forces (Static and Dynamic)

●       Forces

●       Free-Body-Diagrams

●       Newton’s Laws of Motion

●       Mass and Weight

●       Applications Involving Friction, Inclines, Pulley systems

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 4 (4-1 through 4-8)

Unit 3: Uniform Circular Motion

●       Kinematics of Uniform Circular Motion

●       Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion

●       Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

●       Gravity Near the Earth’s Surface

●       Satellites and “Weightlessness”

●       Kepler’s Laws

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 5 (5-1 through 5-8)

Unit 4: Energy and Work

●       Work

●       Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem

●       Potential Energy: Gravitational and Elastic

●       Mechanical Energy and its Conservation

●       Power

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 6 (6-1, 6-2 through 6-10)

Unit 5: Momentum (Linear)

●       Impulse and Change in Momentum

●       Conservation of Momentum

●       Center of Mass (some textbooks cover this in Rotational Motion)

●       Conservation of Energy and Momentum in Collisions (1 dimension)

●       Conservation of Momentum in Collisions (2 dimensions: qualitative and semi-quantitative only)

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 7 (7-1through 7-6)

Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion

  • Energy changes from potential to kinetic during simple harmonic motion

  • Spring pendulum

  • Simple pendulum

  • Graph position, velocity, and acceleration as functions of time for simple harmonic motion

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 11 (11-1 through 11-6)

Unit 7: Torque and Rotational Motion

●       Torque

●       Center of Mass (qualitative)

●       Rotational Kinematics

●       Rotational Dynamics and Rotational Inertia

●       Rolling Motion (without slipping)

●       Rotational Kinetic Energy

●       Angular Momentum and its Conservation

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 7 (7-8); Chapter 8 (8-1 through 8-8)

Unit 8: Fluids

●       Density

●       Pressure

●       Buoyancy

●       Moving Fluids (Fluid Dynamics)

●       Bernoulli’s Equation, Pascal’s Principle, Torricelli’s Theorem

GIANCOLI (7e): Chapter 10 (1-10)

  • Monday:

    Lecture: Fluids

    Unit 8 Notes

    Homework: Read Sections 10.1-10.2, take notes

    Tuesday:

    Lecture: Fluids

    Homework: Read Sections 10.3-10.4, take notes

    Wednesday:

    Lecture: Fluids

    Homework: Read Sections 10.5-10.6, take notes

    Thursday:

    PSI Problems: Unit 8 Fluids

    Homework: Read Sections 10.7-10.8

    Friday:

    PSI Problems: Unit 8 Fluids

    Homework: Read Sections 10.9-10.10

  • Monday:

    Lab: Fluids

    More Practice Problems

    Homework: Work on Lab Report

    Tuesday:

    Lab: Fluids

    Unit 8: Notebook Check

    More Practice Problems

    Homework: Finish Lab Report and submit to Schoology

    Wednesday:

    Unit 8: Conceptual Study Guide

    Homework: Study for Test

    More Practice Problems

    Practice FRQs

    Thursday:

    Unit 8 Test: Fluids

    Friday:

    Advisory

    Review for midterm

    Homework: Khan Academy Due Aril 14th (minimum 80% comprehension.)

  • SPRING BREAK!

Unit 9: THE REVIEW

  • Khan Academy - Test Grade for Q4

  • FRQ Questions Last 5 years - Lab grade for Q4

  • Barron’s AP Physics 1 Diagnostic/Practice Tests - Employability grade for Q4

  • Monday:

    Professional day

    Tuesday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit - 60%

    FRQs - Last 5 years - Rubrics Included - 20%

    Barron’s AP Practice Exams - 20%

    Extra practice: AP Physics 1 - Practice Workbook - Book 1: Mechanics, Waves and Sound, Electrostatics and DC Circuits (OLD)

    Homework: Khan Academy and FRQs due April 12th

    Wednesday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Thursday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Friday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

  • Monday (March 30):

    Advisory

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Tuesday:

    Friday:

    Mini break

  • Monday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Tuesday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Wednesday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Thursday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Friday:

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    DUE SUNDAY NIGHT @Midnight

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

  • Monday:

    BLOCK SCHEDULE

    KHAN ACADEMY DUE TODAY

    Khan Academy - AP Physics 1 Review - 80% completion for credit

    FINAL EXAM

    Tuesday:

    BLOCK SCHEDULE

    Wednesday:

    BLOCK SCHEDULE

    Thursday:

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Friday:

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

  • Monday:

    Review Packet Units 5-7

    How to Design an Experiment and Most Common AP Physics 1 Labs

    Important Concepts in AP Physics 1

    Important Equations and Summaries in AP Physics 1

    Tuesday:

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Wednesday:

    Study

    Thursday:

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    Tips and Strategies for AP Physics 1 Test

    Friday:

    FRQ Problem - Last 5 years

    FINISH FRQS

  • Monday:

    Barrons: AP Physics 1 Test book practice

    Diagnostics Test

    Barrons Practice Tests (3 of them, self-graded) will be Employability grades for Q4

    Tuesday:

    Barrons: AP Physics 1 Test book practice

    Diagnostics Test

    Homework: Finish Diagnostics Test and self-grade it

    Wednesday:

    Barrons: AP Physics 1 Test book practice

    Practice Test 1

    Homework:

    Thursday:

    Barrons: AP Physics 1 Test book practice

    Practice Test 1

    Finish Practice Test 1 and self-grade it

    Friday:

    Barrons: AP Physics 1 Test book practice

    Practice Test 2

  • Monday:

    Barrons: AP Physics 1 Test book practice

    Practice Test 2

    Homework: Finish Practice Test 2 and self-grade

    Tuesday:

    Study

    Last day for Barron’s - Review where needed

    Wednesday:

    AP PHYSICS 1 EXAM (afternoon)

    Thursday:

    Friday:

  • Monday:

    Tuesday:

    Wednesday:

    Thursday:

    Friday:

  • Monday:

    Movies and Popcorn

    Tuesday:

    Movies and Popcorn

    Wednesday:

    Movies and Popcorn

    Thursday:

    Movies and Popcorn

    Friday:

    Movies and Popcorn

  • Monday:

    Memorial Day

    Tuesday:

    Movies and Popcorn

    Wednesday:

    LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

    Thursday:

    Have a great summer! Seniors Good luck in college!

    Friday:

    SUMMER