Pre AP Physics
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Mr. Jon Collins
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High school telephone number: 434-946-2985
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Currently we are : Finishing Magnetism and Taking 4th Nine Weeks Exam
Turn in Books!!!
In class: Friday 5/17/13 5th period nine weeks assessment
Monday 5/20/13 3rd and 6th period nine weeks assessment
Tuesday 5/21/13 7th period nine weeks assessment
Wednesday 5/22/13 Go over assessement and class evaluations
Thursday 5/23/13 Seniors done!! Underclassmen Magnetism video
Friday 5/24/13 Inservice
link to pacing guide
Pre AP Physics
Hello all,
Below you will find an outline of topics with links to the notes, relevant youtube videos, and physicsclassroom web site. In some cases there may be additional information that you can access. I hope this is helpful to you.
Semester 1 formula sheet Semester 2 formula sheet sylabus SOL's
1st Nine Weeks Pre AP Physics
1stunit: Sig. Figs./SI Units and Conversion.
Metric Prefixes click here for video
2nd unit Waves
Click here for Notes Click here for video rubens tube video video break glass with sound Click here web tutorial
3rd unit Optics
Click here for Notes video on Youngs Double slit video on drawing ray diagrams Click here web tutorial
E/M spectrum Song Bill Nye concave/convex
1st nine weeks test October 9th
2nd nine weeks Pre AP Physics
4th unit 1-Dimentional motion
Click here for Notes Click for velocity and accel video Click for Galileo gravity video Click here web tutorial
5th unit Forces
Newton's Laws notes Vector notes Click here for video1 Click here for video2 Click here web tutorial
Julius Sumner MIller was a great physics teacher, below are links to his forces video's
1st law-a 1st law-b 2nd law-a 2nd law-b 3rd law-a 3rd law-b
Seat belts and newton's 1st law video
6th unit 2-Dim motion (projectile and circular)
Projectile: Click here for Notes video of projectile launcher video solve projectile prob Click here web tutorial
Circular: Click here for Notes Click here for video Click here web tutorial
2nd Nine weeks test December 18th
3rd Nine Weeks Pre AP Physics
7th unit Gravitation
Click here for notes Click here for video1 here for video2 Click here web tutorial
8th unit Momentum and Impulse
Click here for Notes Click here for intro video Click here for example video Click here web tutorial
9th unit Energy and Work
Click here for notes click here for video1 video2 video3 web tutorial
9 weeks test March 6th
4th nine weeks Pre AP Physics
10th static Electricity
Notes video1 video2 web tutorial
11th Resistance and Ohm's law
Click here for Notes video1 video2 video3 video4 web tutorial
12th unit Capacitance and Diodes
13th unit Magnetism
Notes video web tutorial
Nine weeks test date TBD