Target Schedule: 10/18/14-11/6/14
Grade/Course:
Assessment: 11/6/14
Title of the Unit of Study:
Grade 11/12- AP 1 Physics
21st Century Theme:
Unit #4: Newton’s laws
UNIT #4: The Laws of Motion- Newton’s Laws
What does it take to make an object move
CCSS Science and Technical Standards Reading:
RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important
distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. (HS-PS2-1),(HS-PS2-6)
RST.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g.,
quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. (HS-PS2-1)
CCSS Science and Technical Standards Writing:
WHST.11-12.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific
procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. (HS-PS2-6)
WHST.11-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a selfgenerated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple
sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. (HS-PS2-3),(HS-PS2-5)
WHST.11-12.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced
searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and
audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation. (HS-PS2-5)
WHST.11-12.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (HS-PS21),(HS-PS2
NGSS/Content Standards:
PS2.A: Forces and Motion
PS2.A: Forces and Motion
 Pushes and pulls can have different strengths and directions. (K-PS2-1),(K-PS2-2)
 Pushing or pulling on an object can change the speed or direction of its motion and can start or stop it. (KPS2-1),(K-PS2-2)
PS2.B: Types of Interactions
 When objects touch or collide, they push on one another and can change motion. (K-PS2-1)
 Newton’s second law accurately predicts changes in the motion of macroscopic objects. (HS-PS2-1)
Concepts and Skills:
1. Bodies move under the action of forces
2. Forces are caused by the interaction between two bodies
3. The relationship between forces and motion is encapsulated in Newton’s three laws of motion
4. Draw a free body diagram and find the resultant force on a mass,
5. Solve motion problems for a range of physical conditions such as an inclined plane , three body problem,
elevator problem, pulley system etc
Essential Question(s):
1. What are the 3 laws of Motion and how does Newton’s laws explain the motion of a body?
2. What are the four types of forces?
3. How do you use a free body diagram to solve dynamics problems
Higher Order Thinking Questions:
1. If action reaction forces are always equal and opposite, how can a cart move when the force applied by the horse
is exactly balanced by the cart?
2. When does each of Newton’s law apply to a body in motion?
3. What is an inertial frame and what happens to Newton’s laws in an accelerating frame of reference?
Learning Outcomes/Content Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Define vectors and calculate the sum or difference of two vectors.
2. Define the vector components of a vector
3. Solve problems involving 2 D motion of a projectile
Academic Vocabulary:
- force
- action and reaction forces
- equilibrium
Content Specific
Vocabulary:
- mass and inertia
- friction, normal force
Sentence Frames:
Target Schedule: 10/18/14-11/6/14
- inclined plane
- Tension
- field forces
Unit #4: Newton’s laws
Assessment: 11/6/14
- Relative Velocity
- Free Body Diagram
- strong, weak, electrostatic and
gravitational forces
Labs/Demonstrations/Activities:
1. Force simulation and lab
2. Newton’s 2nd law inquiry lab
3. Demonstration of Newton’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws using mass on string, tablecloth/glass, air carts and slap
Resources:
Web quiz: http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/giancoli/chapter4/deluxe.html
Simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-1d
Video :
https://ia600407.us.archive.org/17/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_03/Container.html
https://ia902305.us.archive.org/11/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_04/Container.html
https://ia600508.us.archive.org/20/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_05/Container.html
https://ia600504.us.archive.org/17/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_06/Container.html
Serway Faughn Vuille: College Physics Textbook Chapter 4
End of Unit Assessment:
Homework: see AP UNIT #4 READING / ASSIGNMENT SHEET on Haiku – see below
Lab Report: Unit #4 Lab Report – Evaluate parameters that affect the motion of a cart and develop a model
that relates the relationship between the main factors in support of Newton’s 2nd law of motion
Quiz: Illuminated multiple choice summative assessment to test understanding terms such as interia, mass, free
body diagrams and solving motion problems for standard configurations
HAIKU PAGE 4:
AP1 - Unit #4: FORCES & MOTION (SFV: Chapter 4)
Topic
Reading
1. Forces/Force Diag.
2. Newton 1st Law
nd
3. Newton 2 Law
4. Newton 3rd Law
5. Applications
6. Friction 1
7. Lab: 2nd Law
8. Review Unit 4
9. Unit 4 Review
Homework
SFV p107 Summary
SFV p(81-83)
SFV p(83-84)
SFV p108: 1-10
SFV p(84-90)
SFV p(90-92)
SFV p(92-100)
SFV p(100-106)
Mid Term Test
SFV p107 Summary
UNIT 4 Quiz
Free Response Practice #1 & #2
SFV p109: 1,3,5,7,9
SFV p109: 11,13,15,17
SFV p110: 19-25 odd
SFV p112: 35-43 odd
Unit 5 Lab Report
SFV p114 : 53,55,59,75,77
10. Test Unit 4
Video Lectures:
SFV p108: 11-20
Free Response Questions
WEB QUIZ4
HW & Lab Due
https://ia600407.us.archive.org/17/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_03/Container.html
https://ia902305.us.archive.org/11/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_04/Container.html
https://ia600508.us.archive.org/20/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_05/Container.html
https://ia600504.us.archive.org/17/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_06/Container.html
WEB QUIZ4:
http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/giancoli/chapter4/deluxe.html
In Class Work
Unit 2 Warm Ups
Max Score
10
Score
Target Schedule: 10/18/14-11/6/14
Unit 2 Lecture Notes
Class Participation
Unit #4: Newton’s laws
10
10
Assessment: 11/6/14