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AP Physics B

Syllabus

Course Description

The AP Physics B course is designed to stand in the place of the Physics 101 offered at universities and colleges. The content taught in this course as well as the expectations of this course are the same as those found in colleges across the nation. In May, students are encouraged to take an AP exam to demonstrate their collegiate knowledge of physics. Passing this exam can provide students with 3 hours of college credit in the physics disciplines. Students are also encouraged to submit their lab notebooks from this course to their universities to earn an additional 1 hour of laboratory credit.

Fees

$89- AP Exam (Charged by the College Board)

$15- Lab Fee

E-Mail

ashley.webb@dcsms.org

Website:

Go to: dch.desotocountyschools.org Click on : School Staff on the left pane

Edmodo: AP Physics Group

Textbook:

Giancoli Physics , 5 th

ed.

Solutions Manuals can be found online.

Grading

This course categorizes assignments into three categories: tests, daily, and exams. The following grading scale is applied to these assignments:

Tests: 50%

Daily: 30%

Exams: 20%

The tests for AP Physics B are compiled from a test bank of past AP Physics tests. They are designed to mimic the exam that will be taken in May. As a result, there is a time limit given in each section- multiple choice and free response.

Labs

Inquiry-Based Labs are a key component to AP Physics, and the skills necessary to conduct a lab independently are found on the AP Exam. The AP Board expects students in this course to have completed 12 formal labs and to have 12 formal lab reports by the end of the course. These lab reports have the opportunity to earn students an extra hour of credit in college if they pass the exam. As a result, this course has 15 formal labs built-in to its coursework. Students are required to write 12 formal lab reports based on these 15 labs. However, if a student chooses to write all 15 lab reports, he or she will receive an extra test grade based on their additional work.

Assignments & Make-Up Work

A formal calendar for the course can be found at the end of this syllabus. This calendar includes the topics we will be covering as well as the due dates for assignments. All assignments are due by 3:45 PM on their due date. Standard School Make-Up policies apply. Late work will be accepted up to 2 days past the deadline; however, the assignment’s grade drops a letter grade for each day it is late.

Tutoring

Due to the rigor of this course, I offer my AP students 3 separate opportunities for tutoring throughout the week- in the morning before school, during 4 th lunch, and during 4 th block. During these tutoring sessions, students are encouraged to work on their homework assignments and correct their previous tests. Extra credit is provided to those students who opt to come in and make corrections to their Unit tests.

AP Physics B Tutoring Sessions:

4 th Lunch

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during 4 th

lunch are reserved for AP Physics students as a 25 minute tutoring session.

Before School Starting 7:50 AM – 8:15 AM

Due to various club meetings, my morning tutoring schedule varies from week to week. Below is a calendar of tutoring dates. These dates are open to all of my classes.

January 6-10: M-TR

January 13 – 17: T-TR

January 20 – 24: T-W

January 27 – 31: T- TR

March 3 -7:

March 17- 21:

March 24 – 28:

M-W

M-W

T- TR

March 31 – April 4: M-W

February 3 – 7 : M-W

February 10 – 14: T- TR

February 17 – 21: T-W

February 24 -28: T-TR

April 7 – 11: T- TR

April 14 – 18: M – W

April 28 – May 2: T-W

May 5 – 9: M-TR

4 th Block:

Once a week, my classroom will be open during 4 th

block, my planning period, for AP students only. The day it is open will be announced in class.

AP Physics B Calendar

Unit 1

Kinematics & Newton’s Laws

Unit Homework Free Response Preparation Packet, p. 42 18-19, p. 43 26 -28, p. 44 #44, p. 45 49 & 51, p. 71 #11, p. 72 #21, p. 73 #36, p. 104 6-7 p. 105 #13, p.

1/6

107 34 & 36 p. 109 56 & 58 p. 139 #6 (25 Problems Total)

AP Physics Course Overview

1/7

Homework : (R) Power Point Slides p. 1-11

(Q) Fill in 1-Dimensional Motion Notes

Kinematics Graphs and Equations

Homework: (R) Vectors Power Point Slides

(Q) Vectors Notes

1/8 Vectors & Projectile Motion

1/9

1/10

Vectors & Projectile Motion

Jan. 6 th

- Jan. 22 nd

Homework Quiz:

January 17 th

Giancoli Physics: p. 19-26

Giancoli Physics: p. 26 - 40



1/13 -1/24

Trajectory of a Projectile Lab

Report Due: 1/14/14

Lab Enhancement: Newton’s 1 st Law Lab

Report Due: 1/23/14

1/13

1/14

1/15

1/16

Newton’s Laws of Motion

Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion

Before School,

During Lunch, or

During 4 th Block

Giancoli Physics: p. 77-82, 87-102

Giancoli Physics: p. 77-82, 87-102

1/17

1/21

1/22

Friction Lab

Friction Lab

Report Due: 1/23/14

Newton’s Second Law II

Lab

Report Due: 1/23/14

Homework Quiz

Multiple Choice Test (40 minutes)

Work

FRQ (16 minutes)

Work & Power

Unit 2 Motion

Unit Homework

January 22 nd

–

February 7 th

Homework Quiz:

February 4 th

Test Corrections The Kinematics- Newton’s Law Test

Due by 1/24/14 for Extra Credit Qualifications

1/21 Work


1/22

1/23

1/24

Work-Energy Theorem


Power & Forces

Spring Constant Lab

Giancoli Physics: p. 146-152,156-

163, 169-171

Giancoli Physics: p. 146-152, 156-

163, 169-171


163, 169-171

1/27

1/28

1/30

1/31

2/3

Report Due: 1/29/14

Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Impulse & Momentum

Torque Lab

Report Due: 2/6/2014 ** Must include Excel Analysis**

Torque

Universal Gravitation

Universal Gravitation

2/4

2/5

2/6

2/7

Unit 3

Unit Homework

Homework Quiz

Uniform Circular Motion

Simple Harmonic Motion

Simple Harmonic Motion

Review



Hydrostatic Pressure

Fluids & Thermodyanamics

Test Corrections The Motion Test


Project Hurricane Katrina

2/20/2014

2/7 Hydrostatic Pressure


2/10

2/11

Buoyancy

Buoyancy Lab

Lab Report Due 2/14/2014

Buoyancy & Bournulli’s Equation

The Ideal Gas Equation

2/12

2/13

2/14

Systems

The First Law of Thermodynamics

Gas Processes

Cycles

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Heat Engines

Efficiency Lab





Giancoli Physics: p. 124-128, 133 -

136

Giancoli Physics: p. 124-128, 133 -

136

Giancoli Physics: p. 112-122 p. 309-314


February 7 th

–

February 21 st

Homework Quiz:

February 19th



Giancoli Physics: p. 282-294 p.392-402, 444-450

Giancoli Physics: p. 384-391 p.417-436 p. 444-460


2/18

2/19

2/20

2/21

Unit 4

Thermo Review Day

Homework Quiz

Kinematics & Motion Review Day

Hurricane Katrina Project

Cumulative Multiple Choice Test (45 minutes)

Cumulative FRQ (45 minutes)

Waves & Optics

Unit Homework

Test Corrections The Fluids & Thermo Test


2/24-2/28 Lab Enhancement:

Oscilloscope Lab

2/24


Introduction to Waves and Wave Properties

Sound Waves

2/25

2/26

Standing Waves

Organ Pipe Lab


Diffraction

The Law of Reflection

2/27

2/28

3/3

3/4

3/5

3/6

Plane Mirrors

Spherical Concave Mirrors

Spherical Convex Mirrors

Law of Reflection Lab


Refraction

Total Internal Reflection

Lenses

Refraction Lab I

Homework Quiz

Refraction Lab II


Term 3 Exam

Cumulative MC & FRQ

Unit 5 Electricity & Magnetism

Unit Homework

Test Corrections The Term 3 Exam


3/17 Charge & Polarization

Coulomb’s Law & Electric Fields

3/18

3/19

The Electric Field

Superposition

Shielding, Excess Charges on Conductors, Charging by Induction

February 24 th –

March 6 th

Homework Quiz:

March 5 th


353, 355-369


353, 355-369

Giancoli Physics: p. 723-749 p.683-695



Giancoli Physics: p. 702-714 p.702-714

March 17 th

–

April 9 th

Homework Quiz:

April 3 rd



Giancoli Physics:

3/20

3/21

3/24

3/25

3/26

3/27

3/28

3/31

4/1

4/2

4/3

4/4

4/7

4/8

4/9

Unit 6

Unit Homework

Electric Potential & Potential Energy

Electric Field & Potential Maps Lab

Electric Field & Potential Maps Lab


Energy Conservation in Electric Fields

Potential and Potential Energy of Configurations of Point Charges

Review

Introduction to Current and DC Circuits

Ohm’s Law

Power in Electric Circuits

Equivalent Resistance

Kirchoff’s Rules

Capacitance

DC Circuits Lab


Magnetism: The Final Frontier

Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field

Magnetic Force on Current Carrying Wires

Superposition in Magnetic Fields

Solenoids

Magnetic Flux

Homework Quiz

Magnetic Field Lab


Faraday’s Law of Induction

Motional EMF

Review Day

Cumulative Multiple Choice Test (90 minutes)


Modern Physics: Light as a Particle

Modern Physics

Test Corrections The Electricity & Magnetism Test

4/9

4/10


Modern Physics: Light as a Particle


Atomic Energy Levels

Photoelectric Effect

4/11

4/14

4/15

Nuclear Decay

Nuclear Fusion & Fission

Photoelectric Effect & The Hydrogen Model Lab


Wave-Particle Duality

Homework Quiz p. 492 p. 502-512




572, 575-578


572, 575-578

Giancoli Physics: p. 575-578 p. 513-518


Giancoli Physics: p. 597-604, 610



April 9 th

– April

16 th

Homework Quiz:

April 15 th



853

Giancoli Physics:

Chapters 30-31


4/16

4/17

Review

2009 AP Test- Multiple Choice Section (90 minutes)

2009 AP Test- FRQ Section (90 minutes)

AP Physics B Review

Test Corrections The 2009 AP Test


4/22 Mechanics Review Packet Given

Packet Quiz 4/29/14

4/23

4/24

4/25

4/28

Acceleration Due to Gravity Lab


Force Boards Lab


Collisions Lab


Pendulum Lab


4/29

4/30

5/1

Review Packet Quiz

Packet Q & A

Mechanics FRQ’s

Q& A

Thermo & Optics Review Packet

5/2

5/5

Packet Quiz 5/5/14

Mirror & Lens Lab


Thermo & Optics Packet Quiz

Q&A

5/6

5/7

5/8

5/9

5/12

E&M Review Packet

E & M Review Packet

Thermo, Optics, E&M FRQ’s (45 minutes)

AP Physics B Multiple Choice Test

Review Multiple Choice Test

THE AP Physics B Test 2014 (@ 12:00 PM)

April 22 nd

– May

9 th

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