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Circuits Mistake Game Review Activity
By FizziksGuy In Electricity
Students are presented with a number of problems and solutions that have subtle mistakes. It is their job to find the mistake, fix it, and present their solution to the class.
Designed as a pre-exam review activity.
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SimuLAB: Magnetic Flux Simulation Lab
By FizziksGuy In Induction
A Magnetic Flux simulation lab from Frank McCulley.
http://www.tandftechnology.com/Physics/Programs/Labs/MagneticFlux/index.html
Student Directions: https://sites.google.com/site/mcculleyapphysics1/home/energy/magnetic-flux-lab
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Most Missed Questions of 2014 Review and Answers
By FizziksGuy In Exam Prep
From my review quizzes, which spanned almost 300 of the 966 MC questions since 2002. (I had many versions. I don't make the kids do 300 questions!) I compiled a list of the 40 most missed questions (by my students anyway) in order.
https://app.box.com/s/xddw0txo451ajjwkfgbz
I also made a youtube video explaining how I think about each question with a little review snuck in.
http://youtu.be/MeOpoRtHkLo
The most missed topics by my students were
Longitudinal Waves
Vector Addition.
Min and Max values of Vector Addition
Equilibrant
Energy Problems with Internal Energy
Diffraction (slit size/wavelength relationship)
Momentum/Inelastic Collisions
Displacement from Area of VT
Estimation (of Weight Force)
Thanks to Dan Hosey for creating this.
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LAB: Popper Lab
By FizziksGuy In Kinematics
Write up for an open-ended "popper" lab in which students use their kinematic equations to determine the launch velocity of a popper toy.
Popper toys can be found in a variety of places such as Amazon, CVS and Wal-Mart, as well as Oriental Trading.
CVS Spring Toys item number is SKU# 439412, bar code 50428 06656, "Spring Up & Catch Game", $2.99 each or 2/$5
Walmart item number is #ES-41035, 6 to a package for $2.98, called the "Sport Pop-Up Game", bar code 79940 41035
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- kinematics
- free fall
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SimuLAB: Projectile Motion (Excel)
By FizziksGuy In Kinematics
Projectile motion simulation lab activity using an Excel spreadsheet. Students input angle, launch speed and can trace path of projectile, view velocity vector, etc.
Thanks to Ed Pogozelski (SUNY Geneseo) and Dan Baker (U of Rochester) for their assistance in creating this activity.
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- projectile motion
- projectiles
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Fundamentals of LaTeX for High School Students
By FizziksGuy In Books
LaTeX is a commonly used science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) typesetting program. It is designed to allow writers to focus on content while producing high quality output. Unlike Microsoft Word or Apple Pages, however, it is not a what-you-see is what you get (WYSIWYG) interface, and therefore has a steeper learning curve than some of the more commonly available writing tools. The program is available on a wide variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac OSX, Unix, Linux, and even iOS. For the purposes of getting started, we'll assume you will be using a web-based implementation of LaTeX.
Advantages of LaTeX are a clean, crisp output while allowing the writer to focus on writing and content as opposed to appearance of the final document. Students are highly encouraged to focus on writing the entire document first, then coming back later to tweak the stylization and appearance of their final product.
First invented by Don Knuth in 1970, LaTeX was designed as a tool to help publish a computer programming book. Since then, however, it has been built into a wide number of systems and applications, some free, some commercial, and has been expanded with a wide variety of packages which extend the functionality of the typesetting system.
This guide is intended to provide you a starting reference. Although it looks complex and does involve a bit of a learning curve, once you gain a bit of experience you'll find you can write high quality technical documents very quickly. Please note that there are tons of additional commands and capabilities built into LaTeX that are extremely accessible with just a bit of Google-Fu.
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Breakdown of Regents Questions
By FizziksGuy In Exam Prep
A breakdown of the Regents Physics questions from the APlusPhysics.com worksheets, courtesy of Ken Levy of Calhoun High School in N. Merrick, NY. Insightful for determine what topics and types of questions are emphasized compared to others. Thanks Ken!
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The AP Physics C Companion - Mechanics
By FizziksGuy In Books
The AP* Physics C Companion - Mechanics is an easy-to-read companion to the AP Physics C: Mechanics curriculum, featuring 350 sample problems with fully worked-out solutions. The AP Physics C Companion: Mechanics covers all major topics of the AP Physics C Mechanics course, including fundamentals of calculus, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, momentum, rotation, oscillations, and gravity.
The AP Physics C Companion is not a textbook replacement nor is it a strict test-prep guide. It is a short, sweet roadmap to calculus-based physics courses such as AP Physics C: Mechanics and University Physics I, invaluable not just during test prep time, but throughout the entire course. The book lays out basic physics principles as quickly and clearly as possible, then demonstrates their application with hundreds of example problems solved in detail.
Written by a physics teacher, The AP Physics C Companion correlates directly with the APlusPhysics.com website, where you will find free video mini-lessonsexplaining fundamental concepts, detailed study guides, a question and answer discussion board, and most importantly, a meeting place where you can interact with other students from around the world.
This is a license for a digital download of the PDF version for use by one person only on up to five electronic devices. This document may not be printed, edited, re-distributed, re-sold, or licensed to any other user. Once the file has been downloaded no refunds will be given.
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- ap physics c
- mechanics
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SimuLAB: Coulomb's Law APlusPhysics Simulation
By FizziksGuy In Electricity
Lab handout to accompany the APlusPhysics Coulomb's Law mini-lab simulation activity.
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- coulombs law
- electrostatic force
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SimuLAB: Universal Gravitation APlusPhysics Simulation
By FizziksGuy In UCM & Gravity
Interactive simulation to explore the basic relationships in Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation using Geogebra.
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- gravity
- universal gravitation
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SimuLAB: Motion in a Circle
By FizziksGuy In UCM & Gravity
Interactive simulation lab activity where students explore quantities describing circular motion.
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- uniform circular motion
- rotation
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