AP Physics	AUGUST 2009

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2	3	4	5	6 Optional Work Day	7 Optional Work Day	8
9	10 Professional Development	11 Staff Development Day	12 First Day of School First Day of School Welcome and Syllabus Sign up for web homework class 40522	13 Mechanics Baseline Test	14 Present Mechanics Baseline Test	15
16	17 Finish MBT discussion Begin Unit 1 - Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics Rotational Equilibrium Lab	18 Get Books Finish Rotational Equilibrium Lab Read 8.1-8.2	19 Discuss Lab Notes- Torque and Rotational Equilibrium...(book 8.1-8.2)	20 Turn in Lab Example Problems- Problems Assigned	21 Staff Development Day	22
23	24 Present Torque Problems Video Clip Jurassic Park -Work on web Homework-- 11,16,25,26, 27,28,29,30	25 Discuss Torque Problems -Notes- Rotational Kinematics (book 7.1-7.3) equations -do web problems 4,5,6	26 notes- rotational inertia book (8.5) Julius Sumner Miller video -- "Strange Behavior of Rolling Things" Atwood's Machine Problem	27 Work on Web homework	28 Atwood's Machine problem: Do Theoretical and Experimental... find % discrepancy between the two Scoring Guide	29
30	31 Finish- Atwood's Machine problem: Do Theoretical and Experimental... find % discrepancy between the two Scoring Guide Work on Web Homework when finished

AP Physics	SEPTEMBER 2009

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Notes- Rotational Energy and Momentum Demos,example problems	2 Video- Conservation of Angular Momentum IMMEX Problem- Revolutions2 (Hour_Group_; fizix) You can look at "Revolutions" for help What is a cross product?	3 problem -- ball hits stick Work on Web Homework	4 Requested Web homework problems	5
6	7 Labor Day Web Homework due	8 AP Review Questions - Review for Test	9 No Class - Fall Testing Prep during 5th and 6th hour	10 Test- Rotation	11 Begin Unit 2- Gravitation- Newtonian Gravitation, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, gravitational potential energy on large scale aka Universal Gravitation Mechanical Universe Video- Kepler	12
13	14 Newtonian Gravitation - notes and problems	15 State Fall Testing (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours) Kepler Lab Kepler Applet	16 Finish Kepler Lab- turn in. Grading Rubric for Kepler Lab	17 Chapter 7 e-mail self checks Ms. Gill’s e-mail address: Karen.gill@fayette.kyschools.us Read - Lesson 3 and 4	18 Activity - Modeling the Orbits of Planets and Satellites pg 186-187 in Glencoe book http://physicspp.com (C1CDE852D4) extra help	19
20	21 Universal Gravitation- Notes on GPE aka U Gravitation notes Force and Energy Notes	22 Notes - Example Problems	23 Problems	24 work on web Homework Counselors meet with Seniors during 2nd and 3rd hours	25 work on web Homework hint for #29	26
27	28 Staff Development Day Web Homework #2 due	29 review	30 Test - Gravitation

AP Physics	OCTOBER 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1
Density, Specific Gravity, Pressure and depth- notes and problems

2
Present Pressure Problems

Do Until you get 100% then
e-mail self checks for group
Name: H_G_(Hour__Group__), if you are absent from class then use your own name

Chapter 13 States of Matter
Section 1: Self-Check Quiz
Section 2: Self-Check Quiz
Section 3: Self-Check Quiz
Section 4: Self-Check Quiz

Ms. Gill’s e-mail address:
Karen.gill@fayette.kyschools.us

6

Finish self checks-

Watch Julius Sumner Miller Videos online - take notes on the videos and turn in to the sub.
click below

Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Archimedes pt. 1

YouTube - Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Archimedes pt. 2

7

Read Buoyancy -notes

Divide into 3 groups of 4 people, each group whiteboard one of the sample problems below

Buoyancy Sample Problem 1 [key]

Buoyancy Sample Problem 2 [key]

Buoyancy Sample Problem 3 [key]

Store completed whiteboards in front entry way under bulletin board

8

Present Buoyancy Sample Problems

after whiteboards are presented put them back under the pencil sharpener

Do Buoyancy Problems

pg 1
pg 2

9

Read - Bernoulli Sample Problem 1 [key]

Watch Julius Sumner Miller Videos online - take notes on the videos and turn in to the sub.
click below

Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Bernoulli pt. 1

YouTube - Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Bernoulli pt. 2

12

video

13

video

14-

video

Records day

No School

19
Ranking Tasks

20
turn in ranking task- discuss

Bernoulli notes and problems-

animation

21
Work on Web Homework

22
Work on Web Homework

23
Work on Web Homework

25
Web Homework Due

26
Do AP Fluid Practice Problems

note--# 2 part c should say "a distance of h/2, directly above the hole shown in the figure".

27
Review- DO Multiple Choice 10 questions with group.

28
Go over Fluid Practice Problems and multiple choice solutions

29
Test- Fluids

30
New Unit - Electric Forces and Fields

Read - conceptual Physics Electric Forces and Fields

AP Physics	NOVEMBER 2009

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2 Demos-- ways to charge Notes and example problems - Electric Forces (Coulomb's Law) and Electric Fields Problems *Electrical Forces and Electric Field Strength" + Super-position Problem	3 E forces, E field problem sheet Solution to 1st problem on back of problem sheet	4 Prelim for Miliken (mass in film cans) Turn in E forces, E field problem sheet Electric Charge, Forces and Fields - extra notes	5 Milikan Experiment explanation Finding the charge on an electron applet: Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment... Measuring the Charge On an Electron Information page Millikan.doc alternate applet	6 Finish Millikan E field simulation E Field Mapping	7
8	9 Understanding E-Fields Electric Field Hockey assignment sheet applet: Electric Hockey	10 Electric Potential, notes and problems, Do Ranking Tasks- together	11 -Quick and Short Conceptually Guided Questions - clickers	12 Work on Web Homework	13 Work on Web Homework	14
15 Web Homework due	16 Review	17 Test - Electric Fields and Forces (Electrostatics)	18 New Unit - Electric Circuits Capacitors-- what is Capacitance (pg 1 notes)-- Leyden Jars-- do worksheet	19 Capacitor Problems	20 PowerPoint -- connecting Fields, Potentials and Current Circuit activity simulation	21
22	23 Notes: Current, Resistance and Ohm's Law, Resistors in Series and Parallel, VIR chart (problem sheet) example Lab- V=IR + resistors in parallel and series	24 Finish Ohm's Law Lab + resistors in parallel and series	25 No School	26 No School	27 No School	28
29	30 Simple Circuit Problems

AP Physics	DECEMBER 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1
Kirchoff's Laws
Problems

Using Matrix Algebra
to solve

problem Example

Hippocampus

2
Discuss Kirchoff Problems

3
Circuits from an
Experimental Point
of view- Brightness
of a bulb- Lab
simulation

4
Brightness of a bulb
Lab
simulation

7
Work on web homework

8
Work on web homework

web homework due

9
Bulb Practicum

10
Review Electric Circuits

11
Test - Electric Circuits

14
work on cumulative web homework

15
work on cumulative web homework

16
Finals

17
Finals

cumulative web homework due

18
Finals

Last Day before Break

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE Fall 2009

TIME

Wednesday,

December 16, 2009

Thursday,

December 17, 2009

Friday,

December 18, 2009

8:25-9:26AM

3^rd period class

1^st period class

2^nd period class

9:31-11:28AM

FINAL EXAM

2^ND PERIOD

FINAL EXAM

3^RD PERIOD

FINAL EXAM

1^ST PERIOD

11:33-1:13 PM

6^TH period class

4^th period class

5^th period class

1:18-3:15 PM

FINAL EXAM

5^TH PERIOD

FINAL EXAM

6^TH PERIOD

FINAL EXAM

4^TH PERIOD

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Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Archimedes pt. 1

YouTube - Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Archimedes pt. 2

Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Bernoulli pt. 1

YouTube - Julius Sumner Miller - Physics - Bernoulli pt. 2

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Wednesday,

December 16, 2009

Thursday,

December 17, 2009

Friday,

December 18, 2009

FINAL EXAM

FINAL EXAM

FINAL EXAM

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