AP Physics C

Schedule

AP Physics C,White - A Period, 2023-2024
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
01/14/24 01/15/24 01/16/24 01/17/24 01/18/24 01/19/24 01/20/24

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Semester 2 starts. CLASS: Presentation on Ch 5, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 5.1: Electric Charge; 5.2: Conductors, Insulators, & Charging by Induction; 5.3: Coulomb's Law) CLASS: Presentation on Ch 5, part 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 5.4: The Electric Field; 5.5: Calculating Electric Fields of Charge Distributions CLASS: Lab - Lab-Electric Fields. Write-up due at end of class. CLASS: Presentation on Ch 6, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 6.1 Electric Flux; 6.2: Explaining Gauss's Law; 6.3: Applying Gauss’s Law)


HW: Do Practice Problems 40 (pp40): 5.39, 5.41, 5:45, 5.49. HW: Do pp41 : 5.55, 5.63, 5.65, 5.69, 5.81. Download Lab-Electric Fields HW: Complete Electric Fields Lab HW: Do pp42 : 5.84, 5.94, 5.100, 5.102.
01/21/24 01/22/24 01/23/24 01/24/24 01/25/24 01/26/24 01/27/24

CLASS: 6.3 Gauss's Law (continued) Day 3 - no class CLASS: Presentation on Ch 6, part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 6.4 Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium) CLASS: LAB-Millikan’s Oil Drops CLASS: Review for Test

HW: Do pp43 : 6.20, 6.21, 6.25, 6.30, 6.31, 6.34
HW: Do pp44 : 6.43, 6.44, 6.45, 6.46; Download Lab-Millikan’s Oil Drops HW: Do pp45 : 6.57, 6.60, 6.65, 6.67; Download Practice Test HW: Study for test
01/28/24 01/29/24 01/30/24 01/31/24 02/01/24 02/02/24 02/03/24

CLASS: Test-Ch 5, 6 CLASS: Presentation on Ch 7, parts 1-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 7.1:Electric Potential Energy; 7.2: Electric Potential & Electric Potential Difference; 7.3: Calculations of Electric Potential) Day 3 - no class CLASS: Presentation on Ch 7, part 4 (OpenStax textbook sections 7.4: Determining Field from Potential) CLASS: Presentation on Ch 7, part 5 (OpenStax textbook sections 7.5: Equipotential Surfaces and Conductors)

HW: Relax! HW: Do pp46 : 7.29, 7.31, 7.36, 7.4
HW: Do pp47 : 7.47, 7.49, 7.55, 7.56 HW: Do pp48 : 7.58, 7.60.
02/04/24 02/05/24 02/06/24 02/07/24 02/08/24 02/09/24 02/10/24

CLASS: Presentation on Ch 8, part 1 (OpenStax textbook section 8.1: Capacitors & Capacitance) CLASS: Presentation on Ch 8, part 2-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 8.2: Capacitors in Series & in Parallel; 8.3: Energy Stored in a Capacitor) CLASS: Lab-Electric Potential Day 3 - no class CLASS: Presentation on Ch 8, part 4 (OpenStax textbook sections 8.4: Capacitors with a Dielectric; 8.5: Molecular Model of a Dielectric. Demo: Capacitor Discharge)

HW: Do Practice Problems 49 (pp49) 8.19, 8.25, 8.28 HW: Do pp50 : 8.31, 8.32, 8.38, 8.40, 8.43; Download Lab-Electric Potential HW: Complete lab assignment
HW: Do pp51 : 8.51, 8.52, 8.53, 8.56; Download Practice Test
02/11/24 02/12/24 02/13/24 02/14/24 02/15/24 02/16/24 02/17/24

CLASS: Presentation on Ch 9, parts 1-3 (OpenStax textbook sections 9.1: Electrical Current; 9.2: Model of Conduction in Metals; 9.3: Resistivity & Resistance; 9.4: Ohm’s Law). Demo-Ohm’s Law (Squirt Bottle) CLASS: Lab - Simple Circuits. CLASS: Review for Test CLASS: Test-Ch 7, 8 Professional Growth Day

HW: Do pp52 : 9.23, 9.28, 9.50, 9.51, 9.53 HW: Complete lab if not done in class HW: Study for test HW: Study for test

02/18/24 02/19/24 02/20/24 02/21/24 02/22/24 02/23/24 02/24/24

Presidents’ Day (Holiday) Day 3 - no class CLASS: Go over test CLASS: Presentation on Ch 9, parts 3-4, Ch 10, parts 1-2 (OpenStax textbook sections 9.5: Electrical Energy & Power; 10.1: Electromotive Force; 10.2: Resistors in Series & Parallel) CLASS: Presentation on Ch 10, part 3 (OpenStax textbook sections 10.3: Kirchhoff’s Rules)



HW: Relax. HW: Do pp53 : 9.55, 9.56, 9.58, 9.60, 9.61; Semester 2 Review assignment available HW: Do pp54 : 10.25, 10.26, 10.28. Solve Complex Circuit problem
02/25/24 02/26/24 02/27/24 02/28/24 02/29/24 03/01/24 03/02/24

CLASS: Ditch Day CLASS: Presentation on Ch 10, part 3 continued, part 4: Measuring Instruments (OpenStax textbook sections 10:3; 10.4: Electrical Measuring Instruments). Activity/Demo: Series and Parallel Circuits. Extra Credit due. Day 3 - no class CLASS: Presentation on Ch 10, part 5 (OpenStax textbook sections 10.5: RC Circuits). CLASS: Lab-RC Circuits

HW: Relax! HW: Do pp55 : 10.36, 10.37 a & c, 10.38
HW: Do pp56 : 10.49, 10.50, 10.51; Download Lab-RC Circuits HW: Complete lab
03/03/24 03/04/24 03/05/24 03/06/24 03/07/24 03/08/24 03/09/24

CLASS: Review for Test CLASS: Test-Ch 9, 10 CLASS: Presentation on Ch 11, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 1.1: Magnetism & its Historical Discoveries; 11.2: Magnetic Fields & Lines; 11.3: Motion of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field.) DEMO: Magnetic Force on moving chargeCh 11, parts 1-2 Quarter 3 Ends. Day 3 - no class CLASS: Presentation on Ch 11, parts 3-4. (OpenStax textbook sections 11.4: Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor. 11.5: Force & Torque on a Current Loop); DEMO: Force on current-carrying wire

HW: Review for Test Relax! HW: Do Practice Problems 57 (pp57) 11.15, 11.17, 11.25, 11.28
HW: Do pp58 : 11.33, 11.37, 11.40
03/10/24 03/11/24 03/12/24 03/13/24 03/14/24 03/15/24 03/16/24

CLASS: Presentation on Ch 11, part 5. (OpenStax textbook sections 11.6: The Hall Effect; 11.7: Applications of Magnetic Forces and Fields) CLASS: Presentation on Chapter 12, part 1. (OpenStax textbook sections 12.1: The Biot-Savart Law; 12.2: Magnetic Field Due to a Thin, Straight Wire; 12.3: Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Currents) CLASS: Presentation on Ch 12, part 2. (OpenStax textbook sections 12.4: Magnetic Field of a Current Loop; 12.5: Ampere's Law) CLASS: Lab-Drawing Magnetic Fields Day 3 - no class

HW: 11.49; Download Lab-Drawing Magnetic Fields HW: Do pp59 : 12.16, 12.18, 12.24, 12.31 HW: Do pp60 : 12.35, 12.42 a, b, c, 12.47, 12.48 HW: Complete lab

03/17/24 03/18/24 03/19/24 03/20/24 03/21/24 03/22/24 03/23/24

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03/24/24 03/25/24 03/26/24 03/27/24 03/28/24 03/29/24 03/30/24

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03/31/24 04/01/24 04/02/24 04/03/24 04/04/24 04/05/24 04/06/24

CLASS: Presentation on Ch 12, part 2 (cont’d) (OpenStax textbook sections 12.6: Solenoids & Toroids; 12.7: Magnetism in Matter) CLASS: Presentation on Ch 13, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 13.1: Faraday's Law; 13.2: Lenz’s Law) CLASS: Lab-Faraday’s Law CLASS: Review for Exam CLASS: Test-Ch 11, 12

HW: Do pp61 : 12.49, 12.50 HW: Do Practice Problems 62 (pp62)13.24, 13.27, 13.30, 13.33, 13.36; Download Practice Test HW: Complete Faraday′s Law lab to turn in tomorrow; HW: Review for Exam HW: Relax
04/07/24 04/08/24 04/09/24 04/10/24 04/11/24 04/12/24 04/13/24

Day 3 - no class CLASS: Presentation on Ch 13, parts 3-4. (OpenStax textbook sections 13.3: Motional emf; 13.4: Induced Electric Fields.) CLASS: (OpenStax textbook sections 13.5: Eddy Currents; 13.6: Electrical Generators & Back Emf, 13.7: Applications of Electromagnetic Induction). DEMO-Eddy Currents. CLASS: Begin Chapter 14, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 14.1: Mutual Inductance, 14.2 Self-Inductance and Inductors). CLASS: Prep for Magic Mountain


HW: Do pp63 : 13.37, 13.38, 13,42 HW: Do pp64 : 13.46, 13.47, 13.76, 13.83 HW: Do pp65 : 14.29, 14.35, 14.36, 14.43 HW: Relax!
04/14/24 04/15/24 04/16/24 04/17/24 04/18/24 04/19/24 04/20/24

CLASS: Physics Field Trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain Day 3 - no class CLASS: Begin Chapter 14, parts 1-2. (OpenStax textbook sections 14.1: Mutual Inductance, 14.2 Self-Inductance and Inductors). CLASS: Chapter 14, part 3. (OpenStax textbook section 14.3: Energy in a Magnetic Field, 14.4: RL Circuits CLASS: Finish Ch 14; Review-Magnetism, Electromagnetism

HW: Complete writeup
HW: Do pp65 : 14.29, 14.35, 14.36, 14.43 HW: Do pp66 : 14.47, 14.50 HW: Download Practice Test
04/21/24 04/22/24 04/23/24 04/24/24 04/25/24 04/26/24 04/27/24

CLASS: Mini-test, Ch 13-14. CLASS: Lab Review-Group 3; Review for Exam; Free Response Day 3 - no class CLASS: Lab Review-Group 2; Review for Exam Poly Pet & Hobby Show. CLASS: Review for Exam; Multiple Choice

HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review
HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review
04/28/24 04/29/24 04/30/24 05/01/24 05/02/24 05/03/24 05/04/24

CLASS: Review for Exam; Multiple Choice CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response Day 3 - no class CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response

HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review
HW: Lab-AP Review
05/05/24 05/06/24 05/07/24 05/08/24 05/09/24 05/10/24 05/11/24
AP Week 1 CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response Day 3 - no class

HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review HW: Lab-AP Review

05/12/24 05/13/24 05/14/24 05/15/24 05/16/24 05/17/24 05/18/24
AP Week 2 CLASS: Review for Exam; Free Response AP Physics Exams CLASS: Soldering CLASS: Battlebots? MotoGP? CLASS: Last day of class! Mr. White: “There I was...”

HW: Lab-AP Review
HW: Relax HW: Relax HW: Relax
05/19/24 05/20/24 05/21/24 05/22/24 05/23/24 05/24/24 05/25/24

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05/26/24 05/27/24 05/28/24 05/29/24 05/30/24 05/31/24 06/01/24

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06/02/24 06/03/24 06/04/24 06/05/24 06/06/24 06/07/24 06/08/24

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