AP PHYSICS B
2009-2010 Syllabus
Mallard Creek High School
Mr. Charles Tuttle
“Class of X”
Semester 1 - Classical Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, and Thermodynamics
Unit I: Introductory Operations
Chapters 1 & 3
4 days
A.
Content
1.
1.1-1.7 Measurement and Units, Graphing Skills and Proportionalities
2.
1.8-1.9 Trigonometry for Physics, Problem-Solving Strategies
3.
3.1-3.2 Vectors & Scalars, Properties Of Vectors
4.
3.3 Components of a Vector
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Measurement of Circles (summer assignment)
2.
Lab: The Bouncing Ball (135-180 minutes)
3.
Lab: The Recoiling Cart (180 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 1 & Chapter 3.1-3.3
2.
Complete “Trigonometry for Physics” packet and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 19-20
# 3, 5, 11, 12, 32, 33
b.
p. 20
# 37-40
c.
p. 69
# 2, 5-8
d.
pp. 69-70
# 9, 11-13, 15
Unit II: Kinematics
Chapter 2
12 days
A.
Content
1.
2.1-2.2 Displacement, Average Velocity
2.
2.4, 2.3 Acceleration, Instantaneous Velocity
3.
2.5-2.6 Motion Diagrams, One-Dimensional Motion with Constant
Acceleration
4.
2.7 Freely Falling Bodies
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Roll Little Buggy Roll (135 minutes)
2.
Practicum: Buggy Lab
3.
Activity: Displacement Plots with motion detector
4.
Lab: The Inclination of the “Velocitation”… (135 minutes)
5.
Activity: Roller Ball Applet
6.
Lab: Free-Fall Acceleration (135 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 2
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 1
4.
Problems:
a.
p. 47
#1-4
b.
c.
d.
e.
p. 47
p. 48
pp. 48-49
p. 49
# 5 – 8, 13
# 16 – 18, 21-22
# 24 – 25, 27, 31
# 37 - 40
Unit II: Kinematics
Chapter 3
A.
Content
1.
3.4 Velocity and Acceleration in Two Dimensions
2.
3.5 Projectile Motion
3.
3.6 Relative Velocity
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: The Cliff of Doom (135 minutes)
2.
Practicum: Cliff of Doom
3.
Activity: Potato Gun Madness or Tuber Cannon Insanity
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 3
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 2
4.
Problems:
a.
p. 70
# 17 – 19, 21 -22
b.
pp. 70-71
# 25 - 28
5 days
Unit III: Newton’s Laws
Chapter 4
12 days
A.
Content
1.
4.1 Intro to Classical Mechanics
2.
4.2-4.3 Concept of Force, Newton’s First Law
3.
4.5 Newton’s Third Law
4.
4.4 , 4.6 Newton’s Second Law, Applications of Newton’s Laws
5.
4.7 Forces of Friction
B.
Activities
1.
Activity: The Kick Disc (Newton’s 1st Law)
2.
Lab: Gravitational Force (90 minutes)
3.
Activity: The Normal Force
4.
Activity: Touchy-Touchy (Newton’s 3rd Law)
5.
Lab: Atwood Modified! (Newton’s 2nd Law) (135 minutes)
6.
Lab: Friction, Friction, bo-briction (135 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 4
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 3
4.
Problems:
a.
p. 99
#2–6
b.
pp. 99 - 100 # 15 - 19
c.
pp. 100 - 101 # 21 - 24
d.
pp. 101
#28, 30, 34, 36 - 37
e.
p. 102
# 38, 40, 42, 44
f.
pp. 102-103 #48, 53, 56, 58-59
Unit IV: Circular Motion and Gravitation
Chapter 7
6 days
A.
Content
1.
7.1 Angular Velocity
2.
7.5-7.6 Centripetal Acceleration, Centripetal Force
1.
7.8 Newton’s Law of Gravitation
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Centripetal Acceleration - Centripetal Force (180 minutes)
2.
Activity: I am Bat, man!
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 7
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 200 - 201 # 23-26
b.
p.201
# 30-32,35,37
d.
p. 202
# 41-43, 45
Unit V: Equilibrium
Chapter 8
3 days
A.
Content
1.
8.1-8.3 Torque, Second Condition, Examples of Objects in Equilibrium
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Torques and Rotational Equilibrium of a Rigid Body (90 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 8
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 4
4.
Problems:
a.
pp. 234 - 236 # 1,4-5, 7-8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 22
Oct. 31, END OF 1ST QUARTER
Unit VI: Momentum and Collisions
Chapter 6
7 days
A.
Content
1.
6.5 Center of Gravity and the Center of Mass
2.
6.1 Momentum and Impulse
3.
6.2 Conservation of Momentum
4.
6.3-6.4 Collisions
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Cart Collisions (135 minutes)
2.
Lab: Two-Dimensional Collisions (135 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 6
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 5
4.
Problems:
a.
pp. 163 - 164 # 2, 4, 6, 10, 12
b.
pp. 164 -165 # 15, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 34
c.
pp. 166 - 168 # 41, 42, 44, 50, 54, 58,62,66,67,70
Unit VII: Work and Energy
Chapter 5
10 days
A.
Content
1.
5.2-5.4 Work, Work and Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy
2.
5.5-5.6 Conservative and Non-conservative Forces, Conservation of
Mechanical
Energy
3.
5.7 Non-Conservative Force and Work Energy Theorem
4.
5.8 Power
5.
5.9-5.10 Conservation of Energy, Work Done by a Variable Force
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Work and Energy on an Inclined Plane (90 minutes)
2.
Lab: Hooke’s Law (135 minutes)
3.
Activity: Energy in a Spring – Eggstreme Bungee
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 5
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 6
4.
Problems:
a.
p. 135
# 2, 5 – 8
b.
p. 135
#12, 14, 16, 19
c.
p. 136
# 22, 24, 28, 30, 33
d.
p. 137
# 35, 37, 41, 44
e.
p. 137
#45-46, 48, 50, 52
f.
p. 138
#55-57
Unit VIII: Thermodynamics
Chapters 11-13
11 days
A.
Content
1.
12.1-12.2 Heat as a Form of Energy, Specific Heat
2.
12.5-12.7, 11.3 Conduction, Convection, Radiation; Thermal Expansion
1.
11.4-11.6 Ideal Gases, Avagadro’s Number, Kinetic Theory of Gases
2.
13.1-13.5 Into, Internal Energy, Work, Heat, First Law of Thermo
3.
13.6-13.8 Isothermal Expansion, Heat Engines, Gasoline Engines
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Mechanical Equivalence of Heat (135 minutes)
2.
Lab: Specific Heat (90 minutes)
3.
Lab: Ideal Gas Laws (90 minutes)
4.
Activity: Cold Soft Drinks and Making Ice Cream
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 13
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
p. 364
# 2-12 even
b.
pp. 337-338 # 11, 13-15
c.
pp. 338-339 # 27-29, 39
d.
pp. 396-397 # 1, 4, 6, 8
e.
pp.397-398 # 11,15, 18, 25, 28, 30
Unit IX: Fluid Mechanics
Chapters 9 & 10
6 days
A.
Content
1.
9.4-9.6 Density and Pressure, Variation of Pressure with Depth, Pressure
Measurements
2.
9.7 Buoyant Forces and Archimedes’ Principle
3.
10.1-10.2 Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Fluid Dynamics
B.
Activities
4.
Activity: How Dense Are You?
5.
Activity: The Imploding Can
6.
Lab: Under Pressure and the Buoyant Force (90 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapters 9&10
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 7
4.
Problems:
a.
pp. 234-236 # 1,4-5, 7-8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 22
b.
pp. 297-298 #1-19 odd
Unit X: Electric Forces and Fields
Chapter 16
5 days
A.
Content
1.
Electric Charges, Charges and Conduction, Coulomb’s Law
2.
Electric Field, Electric Field Lines, Conductors in Electrostatic
Equilibrium
3.
Electric Flux, Gauss’ Law
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Mapping an Electric Field (90 minutes)
2.
Activity: Coulomb’s Law and Van de Graff
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 16
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 529 - 531 # 8, 10 - 14, 19, 21, 23, 37, 39 - 41
b.
pp. 532 - 533 # 60 - 64, 67
Unit XI: Capacitance
Chapter 17
3 days
A.
Content
1.
Potential Difference - Electric Potential, Potentials - Charged Conductor
Equipotential Lines
2.
Capacitance, Combination of Capacitors, Stored Energy
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Capacitance (90 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 17
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 563 - 565 # 3, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 20, 22,
23,29,31,35
b.
pp. 565 - 568 # 37, 39, 44, 45, 49,53,58,65-
67,76,77
Chapter 18 & 19
Unit XII: Current and Resistance
12 days
A.
Content
1.
Electric Current, Drift Velocity, Ohm’s Law, Resistivity - Resistance
2.
Temperature/Resistance, Electric Energy/Power
3.
Electromotive Force, Resistors in Series, Resistors in Parallel
4.
Kirchhoff’s Rules, RC Circuits
5.
Measurements of Resistance
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Circuits Lab – qualitative (180 minutes)
2.
Lab: Ohm’s Law and Resistivity (135 minutes)
3.
Lab: Resistance in Light Bulbs (90 minutes)
4.
Lab: Circuits Lab with Resistors- quantitative (90 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 18 & 19
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 8
4.
Problems:
a.
pp. 585 - 587 #6,10,13,16,18,20,29,37,39,43,48,49
b.
pp. 615 - 621 # 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 22-27,
37, 53, 57, 60, 62, 64
Unit XIII: Magnets
Chapter 20
5 days
A.
Content
1.
Magnets, magnetic Fields
2.
Magnetic Field on a Current-Carrying Conductor, Torque on a Current
Loop
3.
Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field, Ampere’s Law
4.
Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors, Current Loop,
Solenoid
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Measuring Magnetic Fields (45 minutes)
2.
Lab: Magnetic Fields and Forces Around Current-Carrying Wire (90
minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 20
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 653 - 659 #1 - 5, 7, 13, 15, 25, 34, 35, 45, 46,
48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57
EOC/Exams January 20-22
January 22, END OF 2ND QUARTER
Unit XIV: Vibrations and Waves
Chapter 14
A.
Content
1.
Hooke’s Law, Elastic Potential Energy, Velocity - Position
2.
SHMotion with Uniform Circular Motion, Pendulum Motion
3 days
3.
B.
C.
Wave Motion, types of Waves, Frequency, Amplitude, Wavelength,
Velocity of Waves on a String
4.
Superposition and interference of Waves, Reflection of Waves
Activities
1.
Lab: Simple Harmonic Motion (90 minutes)
2.
Activity: Superposition of waves (30 minutes)
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 14
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 449 - 451 # 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17, 21, 23, 27
b.
pp. 451 - 454 # 41, 43, 45, 49, 58, 65, 71, 78
Unit XV: Sound
Chapter 15
3 days
A.
Content
1.
Characteristics of Sound Waves, Speed of Sound, Intensity of Sound
2.
Doppler Effect, Standing Waves
3.
Standing Waves in Air Columns, Beats
B.
Activities
1.
Activity: Nature of Sound (45 minutes)
2.
Lab: Speed of Sound (90 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 15
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 9
4.
Problems:
a.
pp. 489 - 490 # 1, 5, 9, 10, 13, 17 - 19
b.
pp. 490 -491 # 21, 22, 25 - 28, 40, 42
c.
pp. 491 - 493 # 48, 49, 51, 52, 64, 66, 73
Unit XVI: Reflection & Refraction
Chapter 24
4 days
A.
Content
1.
Electromagnetic Waves - Maxwell, Hertz, Properties of EM Waves
2.
Electromagnetic Spectrum
3.
Nature of Light, Speed of Light, Reflection & Refraction
4.
Law of Refraction, Snell’s Law, Dispersion and Prisms, Internal
Reflection
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Reflection (90 minutes)
2.
Lab: Refraction (90 minutes)
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 24
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 774 - 777 # 9, 11, 14 - 16, 21, 24, 27, 37, 39,
42, 51, 53, 55
Unit XVII: Mirrors & Lenses
Chapter 25
4 days
A.
Content
1.
Plane Mirrors, Spherical Mirrors, Sign Conventions for Mirrors,
Ray Diagrams for Mirrors
2.
Images Formed by Refraction, thin Lenses, Sign Conventions for Thin
Lenses, Ray Diagrams for Lenses
3.
Multiple Lens Systems
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Lenses Lab part 1
2.
Lab: Lenses Lab part 2
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 25
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Problems:
a.
pp. 805–808 #5,7,15,17,19,25,36,39,41,46,49,59,65
Unit XVIII: Wave Optics
Chapter 26
3 days
A.
Content
1.
Interference, Young’s Double-Slit interference, Interference in Thin Films
2.
Diffraction, Single-Slit Diffraction, Polarization of Light Waves
B.
Activities
1.
Lab: Diffraction Grating Measurement of the Wavelength of Light
C.
Assignments
1.
Read and prepare Cornell notes on Chapter 26
2.
Complete Laboratory reports and “E”ssignments
3.
Study for Test 10
4.
Problems:
a.
pp. 834 - 836 # 1, 2, 6, 9, 16, 39, 41, 43, 51, 52, 56,
65, 66
Unit XIX: Atomic Physics - Nuclear Physics
Due
A.
Content
1.
Blackbody Radiation and Planck’s Hypothesis; Photoelectric Effect
2.
X-rays, Compton Scattering, Photons and Electromagnetic Waves, The
Wave Properties of Particles
3.
Properties of Nuclei, Nuclear Models, radioactivity, Decay Process
4.
Nuclear Reactions
B.
Assignments
1.
Problems:
a.
pp. 977 - 978 # 11, 16, 22, 23, 38, 39
b.
pp. 1035 - 1038 # 1, 4, 14, 15, 28, 30, 36 - 39, 50,
51, 54, 55, 66