AP Physics

Welcome to AP Physics!!

This rigorous course prepares students in advanced physics so that they can earn college credit. The price of AP test makes it the best deal for college credit.

 

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Instructor: Mr. Collins

Room: 105

Email: [email protected]

High school telephone number: 434-946-2898

Below are some useful links associated with the course:

Syllabus AP Course Framework abbreviated AP Course Framework Full
College Board AP Physics 1 website Learn AP Physics.com website edx

last year prep session

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Math and Safety

Home Study: Sci. Not. video Lab Saftey Rap

Kinematics in 1-D

Essential Knowledge Quiz

Home study: displacement: video Giancolli pgs. 20-21 Knight pgs.6-8

Home study: frame of reference: video -first 5 min Giancolli pgs. 20-21 Knight pgs.6-8

Home study: avg. velocity video Giancolli pgs. 21-22 Knight pgs. 9-10

Home study: x vs. t graph: video video2 Giancolli pgs. 38-39 Knight pgs. 31-34

Home study: acceleration: video Giancolli pgs.24-28 Knight pgs. 42-44

Home study: v vs. t graph: video Giancolli pgs.38-39 Knight pgs. 39-41

Home study: a vs. t graph: video Knight pgs. 43 and 46

Home study: solve a problem: video Giancolli pgs.30-32 Knight pgs. 50-52

Home study: Using g: video Giancolli pgs. 32-37 Knight pgs. 52-54

which ball hits the ground first

TEST

Dynamics

Incorrect Laws of motion video- this is what students often think!! its all wrong.

Home study: Newton's 1st Law: video Giancolli pgs. 78-80 Knight pgs. 103-107

Home study: Newton's 2nd Law: video or video Giancolli pgs. 80-82 Knight pgs. 115-117

Home study: Freebody Diagrams: video video Giancolli pgs. 87-93 Knight pgs. 118-120

Home study: Friction: video Giancolli pgs. 96-97 Knight pgs.109-110

Home study: Newton's 3rd Law: video video Giancolli pgs. 83-86 Knight pgs. 120-123

Good Example problem video

Good music: Here and Here and Here and Here and Here and Here!!! Which is your fav? Wanta make your own, I'll link to it.

EN Quiz on Forces

two-body problems video video video Atwood's video

Vectors

Home study: What are vecotors video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: vector components video1 video2 Giancolli pgs. 89-95 Knight pgs.

Home study: 2-D Force Problem video video video <-- Make a tree map of these three videos.

 

Projectiles

Home study: Horizontal projection video Giancolli pgs. 58-65 Knight pgs.84-88

Home study: Angled launch video Giancolli pgs. 58-65 Knight pgs. 84-88

WRAP PROJECTILES UP video

monkey and hunter here shoot and drop here Hewitt Demo here

QUIZ

EXAM practice here

Work and Energy

Home study: work / power video video video Giancolli pgs. 146-150 Knight pgs. 290-297

Home study: Forms of Energy video K video U video Giancolli pgs. 150-153 Knight pgs. 298 -306

Home study: spring Energy video Giancolli pgs. 311-312 Knight pgs. 303

Home study: Conservation of Energy video Giancolli pgs. 158-165 Knight pgs. 307-309

Open system with work video video2

Skate Park Phet wkst Phet website

Essential Knowledge Quiz here

mixed review solutions here

TEST

Momentum

Momentum EN Quiz

Car Crash Video wkst

Home study: p=mv and conservation video video examples video video Giancolli pgs. 180-187 Knight pgs. 260-269

Elastic and Inelastic collisions be able to explain the differences video

Home study: Impulse video Giancolli pgs. 180-187 Knight pgs. 261-266

Home study: video elastic and inelastic collisions Giancolli pgs. 187-190 Knight pgs. 274-275

Fyenman on conservation laws

TEST

Circular Mo/ Gravity/ SHM

Home study: SHM Spring video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: SHM Pend video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: SHM graph video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

What is gravity? video and Are Astronauts weighless video

TEST

 

Rotation

Home study: rotational Velocity and Radius video video2 video3 Giancolli pgs. 209-214 Knight pgs. 201-203

Home study: torque: video video2 Giancolli pgs. 217-219 Knight pgs. 204-211

Home study: rotational momentem video Giancolli pgs. 228-230 Knight pgs. 276-280

Gyroscopic Precession video

Home study: rotational energy: video Giancolli pgs. 225-227 Knight pgs. 300-301

bullet block video - you must watch all three!! link from one video to the next

Essential Knowledge Quiz

Waves

Home study: wave definitions video Giancolli pgs. 326-330 Knight pgs. 447-483

Home study: reflection/interferance/standing wave video video2 Giancolli pgs.330-333 Knight pgs.507-511

Home study: Sound video Giancolli pgs.347-353 Knight pgs.487

Home study: Resonance video Giancolli pgs. 334, 354-355 Knight pgs.516

Home study: Doppler video Giancolli pgs. 365 Knight pgs. 495

Home study: Beats video Giancolli pgs. 362 Knight pgs.

Watch this video then write a clear coherent paragraph that describes how the sound is made and why there are different tones produced.

Bill Nye on waves - a fun waste of time

TEST

Electrostatics

Home study: Millikan's Oil Drop Exp. video

Home Study: Charge

Home study: Coulomb's Law and Coulmb's Law2 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

TEST

 

DC Circuits

En Quiz

Home study: Ohms law and Resistivity video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: Resistors in Series video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: Resistors in Parallel video Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: Light bulb bright ness video video2 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: combo video1 video2 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

Home study: Kirchhoff Laws video1 video2 video 3 Giancolli pgs. Knight pgs.

!!!!!AP PHYSICS 1 TEST IS ON THURSDAY MAY 11, 2023!!!

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