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New Release: The AP Physics C Companion: Mechanics

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The AP Physics C Companion is an easy-to-read companion to the AP Physics C: Mechanics curriculum, featuring 350 worked-out problems with full 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.

Written by a physics teacher, the AP Physics C Companion is integrated with the APlusPhysics.com website, which includes online question and answer forums, videos, animations, and study guides to help you master the essentials concepts of physics.

This is not a textbook replacement nor is it a strict test-prep guide. It is a roadmap to calculus-based physics courses such as AP Physics C: Mechanics and University Physics I, targeted for use 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.

*AP and Advanced Placement Program are registered trademarks of the College Board, which does not sponsor or endorse this product.

Momentum and Impulse Independent Learning Unit

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AP-C Independent Unit: Momentum and Impulse

 

As AP-C students in a college course, you have the skills and ability to work and learn independently.  Toward that end, starting today we will engage in our first independent work unit, tying up our Momentum and Energy units.  Between now and Thursday, Nov. 8, you are to:

  1. Read textbook sections 8.1-8.6.
  2. Watch Walter Lewin MIT OpenCourseWare Videos #15-17 from course 8.01 Mechanics.
  3. Watch all APlusPhysics AP-C videos in the “Linear Momentum” section.
  4. Complete the attached Conservation of Momentum Worksheet.
  5. Complete the Impulse-Momentum Lab Activity.
  6. Complete the WebAssign homework assignment and turn in all work.
  7. Complete the C_Energy_Momentum Practice WS (answers available upon completion).
  8. Complete the six-question Free Response packet and achieve a score of 100% (answers available to check your work).
  9. Catch up on your APlusPhysics blog posts (target is one per week), comment on at least one other blog post per week, and rate at least three blog posts.

 

You may work alone or in groups, and the order and scheduling of your activities is completely up to you.  At the beginning of class on Friday, Nov. 9, prior to taking the exam, you are to place your work for items #4-8, all stapled together with your name, into the INBOX.

 

 

I will be available for guidance if you get stuck, but will recommend you utilize the available resources (including each other) to help you independently first.  These resources include, but are not limited to:

  • Textbook sections 8.1-8.6
  • APlusPhysics AP-C Physics Videos (available from APlusPhysics.com or YouTube)
  • Physics Podcasts / Videos: MIT’s OpenCourseWare Physics (Walter Lewin) available on iTunes, YouTube, and other online locations.
  • Physics Videos: LearnAPPhysics.com
  • Physics Forums HW Help: http://www.aplusphysics.com/forums

Momentum Independent Study Unit

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As AP-C students in a college course, you have the skills and ability to work and learn independently. Toward that end, starting today we will engage in our first independent work unit, tying up our Momentum and Energy units. Between now and Thursday, Nov. 18, you are to:

  1. Complete the C_Energy_Momentum Practice WS and achieve a score of 100%.
  2. Complete the Impulse-Momentum Lab Activity
  3. Complete the four-question Free Response packet and achieve a score of 100%.
  4. Submit at least one APlusPhysics blog post. Comment on the post of at least one other blogger, and rate at least 3 blog posts.

You may work alone or in groups, and the order and scheduling of your activities is completely up to you. At the beginning of class on Friday, Nov. 18, prior to taking the exam, you are to place your papers for items #1,#2, and #3, all stapled together with your name, into the INBOX.

I will be available for guidance if you get stuck, but will recommend you utilize the available resources to help you independently first. These resources include, but are not limited to:

  1. Textbook Sections 8.1-8.6
  2. Physics Forums HW Help: http://www.aplusphysics.com/forums
  3. Physics Videos: LearnAPPhysics.com
  4. Physics Podcasts: MIT’s OpenCourseWare Physics (Walter Lewin) on iTunes

 

BLOG POST

Find and post an image, video, news/science story from a newspaper, podcast, youtube, etc. which illustrates the week’s topic, “Impulse and Momentum.” Include a paragraph which summarizes the connection to material we’ve been covering in class, or raises interesting questions relevant to the class. Previewing your entry prior to submission will allow you to check that your link works.

Why the blog assignment? From a former physics student:

“it’s a great way to connect with the physics community. The way that physics bloggers have been able to share news, advice, and commentary has already changed how this generation of physicists approach their craft. On a personal level, blogging has been a tool to help me codify my thoughts. Many of my physics-related posts were exercises in how to present topics effectively and later made their way into my presentations and write-ups. Once in a while someone will comment on something they think is neat, and that always makes me happy.”