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NOVEMBER 2009   AP PHYSICS               SOUTHWICK

 Term 2 Week 1

Date

Work Due This Class

In Class Activities

Comments

M 2

 A25: Energy Starter Problems;

T1 Grade Proposal Due;

Optional:  Forces Extra Credit

 Go over Forces Test;

Energy Notes:

  • 8 Types of Energy - telling "energy story" for any event;
  • Defining Work

 

Tu 3

Begin reading Chapter 7;

A26: Ch. 7 problems 6-12 

 Energy Notes:

  • Defining Work and Net Work;
  • Ch 7 vs. Ch 8 approaches;
  • Conservative forces
  • Examples considered both ways

Sorry for the delay in posting this.   If you need to, you can do both A26 and A27 for Wednesday. 

W 4

Finish Reading Chapter 7;

A27: Ch. 7 problems 13-18

 Energy Notes

  • More examples of E1 + W = E2 considered in Ch. 7 vs. 8 ways.

 

Th 5

A28: Spring and variable forces
Ch. 7 problems  20, 21, 23-26
Ch. 8  problem  27

Energy Notes:

  • the relationships between force and potential energy functions
  • simple machines and mechanical advantage
Go over HW problems from Ch. 7? 

 

F 6

Check and revise all Ch. 7 problems (see file at bottom of page for answers).

A29: Ch. 8 Problems 6, 7, 15, 8, 14, 22, 23

 

 

Term 2 Week 2

Date

Work Due This Class

In Class Activities

Comments

M 9

 A30: Vertical Springs:  Ch. 8 problems 16,17,19, 21, 25

 

 

Tu 10

 A31: Ch. 8 problems 42-45, 50, 51

Energy QUIZSTAR DUE
quizstar link - email me with questions or problems.

 Go over Energy Quizstar;

Conservation of energy in multi-object systems;

HW and classwork time

R1 

I will post answers to Ch. 8, A29-32 after class Tuesday.

W 11

VETERAN’S DAY

NO SCHOOL

 

Th 12

 A32:  Ch. 8 problems  54-59, 63

Start working on "Energy in Systems" and Extra Fun" problems.

 Energy in Systems comments;

Energy in Systems class problem;

Class time to work on Class Problems or HW.

 

F 13

A33 Energy In Systems (worksheet) 1-8; 

 HW highlights and problems.

Answers to Ch 8 posted below. 

Energy in Systems and Extra fun Answers are also posted below.

Term 2 Week 3

Date

Work Due This Class

In Class Activities

Comments

M 16

(Review for test, review HW, do optional Extra Fun Problems)   

ENERGY TEST, whole period 

 

Tu 17

 Quizstar on "New Ideas after Energy" (due by class Tuesday)

Intro to Center of Mass, definitions, etc.
Look at some of Quizstar questions

 

W 18

A34: CM Problems (worksheet) 1-13
I'll still accept quizstar, too.

 CM of plates and solids, work on classworks

 

Th 19

A35: Ch. 9 problems 1-6 and CM Extra Problems  

Work on CM classworks, etc.  

 

F 20

 CM classwork (TBA)
due

More comments on CM and going over HW
Quiz on CM

 

Term 2 Week 4

Date

Work Due This Class

In Class Activities

Comments

M 23

 Start on A36, reading ch. 9;

Start on Collisions, review of P1 level understanding;

Newton's laws and momentum conservation

 

Tu 24

A36 - Basic Collision Problems 1-16(all) 

 Momentum conservation and energy conservation;
Classifying collisions by energy.

 

 

W 25

 NO CLASS - HALF DAY

NO CLASS - HALF DAY

 

Th 26

THANKSGIVING

NO SCHOOL

 

F 27

 

NO SCHOOL

 

Term 2 Week 5

Date

Work Due This Class

In Class Activities

Comments

M 30

See December

See December

 

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  • AP_Grading_Report_09.doc - on Nov 2, 2009 5:41 PM by Jesse Southwick (version 1)
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