2018-2019 Course Syllabus
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Course Syllabus for Honors/AP Physics
2018-2019 Honors and AP Physics Syllabus: Homework, Reading Assignments, Discussion Topics, and Labs
Use the Links in the Homework column to find your homework assignment for Monday and Wednesday chat sessions (Friday chats focus on lab work and AP preparation). Homework is due on the date given, unless otherwise stated in the assignment.
| Session | Chat | Homework | Reading | Topic | Lab |
| 1 | Sep 5, 2018 | HW01 | 1: 1-8 | Basic Methods of Observation | |
| 2 | Sep 7, 2018 | Equal Arm Balance/Density | |||
| 3 | Sep 10, 2018 | HW02A | 2: 1-5 | Motion in One Dimension | |
| 4 | Sep 12, 2018 | HW02B | 2: 6-8 | Constant Acceleration | Falling Bodies 1 |
| 5 | Sep 14, 2018 | Falling Bodies 2 | |||
| 6 | Sep 17, 2018 | HW03A | 3: 1-4 | Vectors | |
| 7 | Sep 19, 2018 | HW03B | 3: 5-8 | Motion in Two Dimensions | |
| 8 | Sep 21, 2018 | Projectiles Challenge | |||
| 9 | Sep 24, 2018 | HW04A | 4: 1-4 | Forces: Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws | |
| 10 | Sep 26, 2018 | HW04B | 4: 5-7 | Forces: Newton's Third Law | Force Vectors: Force Table |
| 11 | Sep 28, 2018 | Intertial vs. Gravitational Mass | |||
| 12 | Oct 1, 2018 | HW04C | 4: 8 | Forces: applications | |
| 13 | Oct 3, 2018 | HW05A | 5: 1-3 | Uniform Circular Motion; Gravity | Force Vectors: Inclined Planes #1 (Frictionless) |
| 14 | Oct 5, 2018 | Centripetal Force | |||
| 15 | Oct 8, 2018 | HW05B | 5: 4-7 | Gravitation and Weightlessness | |
| 16 | Oct 10, 2018 | HW05C | 5: 8-10 | Kepler's laws | Pendulum 1 |
| 17 | Oct 12, 2018 | Pendulum 2 | |||
| 18 | Oct 15, 2018 | HW06A | 6: 1-4 | Work and Energy | |
| 19 | Oct 17, 2018 | HW06B | 6: 5-7 | Conservation and Non-Conservative Forces | Inclined Planes and Friction |
| 20 | Oct 19, 2018 | Spring Constant | |||
| 21 | Oct 22, 2018 | HW06C | 6: 8-10 | Conservation of Energy | |
| 22 | Oct 24, 2018 | HW07A | 7: 1-4 | Momentum | Atwook's machine |
| 23 | Oct 26, 2018 | Collision Kinematics 1 | |||
| 24 | Oct 29, 2018 | HW07B | 7: 5-10 | Elastic and Inelastic Collisions | |
| 25 | Oct 31, 2018 | HW08A | 8: 1-3 | Angular Motion and acceleration | Collision Kinematics 2 |
| 26 | Nov 2, 2018 | Torsion Pendulum 1 | |||
| 27 | Nov 5, 2018 | HW08B | 8: 4-6 | Rotational Dynamics | |
| 28 | Nov 7, 2018 | HW08C | 8: 7-9 | Rotational Kinetic energy | Torsion Pendulum 2 |
| 29 | Nov 9, 2018 | Rolling bodies (Galileo exp) | |||
| 30 | Nov 12, 2018 | HW09A | 9: 1-4 | Static Equilibrium | |
| 31 | Nov 14, 2018 | HW09B | 9: 5-7 | Elasticity, Stress, and Strain | Equilibrium |
| 32 | Nov 16, 2018 | Structural Integrity | |||
| 33 | Nov 19, 2018 | Review | Review of Classical Mechanics | ||
| 34 | Nov 21, 2018 | HW10A | 10: 1-7 | Fluid Dynamics | |
| Nov 23, 2018 | THANKSGIVING | ||||
| 35 | Nov 26, 2018 | HW10B | 10: 8-14 | Buoyancy and Viscosity | Bernoulli's Principle |
| 36 | Nov 28, 2018 | HW11A | 11: 1-6 | Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| 37 | Nov 30, 2018 | Spring Oscillation | |||
| 38 | Dec 3, 2018 | HW11B | 11: 7-16 | Wave Motion | |
| 39 | Dec 5, 2018 | HW12A | 12: 1-9 | Sound | Standing Waves |
| 40 | Dec 7, 2018 | Speed of Sound | |||
| 41 | Dec 10, 2018 | HW13A | 13: 1-5 | Thermal Equilibrium | |
| 42 | Dec 12, 2018 | HW13B | 13: 6-13 | Ideal Gas Law | Thermal Expansion |
| 43 | Dec 14, 2018 | Calorimetry | |||
| 44 | Dec 17, 2018 | HW14A | 14: 1-4 | Specific Heat | Gas Volumes |
| 45 | Dec 19, 2018 | HW14B | 14: 5-8 | Heat Transfer | Specific Heat |
| 46 | Dec 21, 2018 | ||||
| Dec 24, 2018 | Christmas | No Class | |||
| Dec 26, 2018 | Christmas | No Class | |||
| Dec 28, 2018 | Christmas | No Class | |||
| Dec 31, 2018 | New Years | No Class | |||
| Jan 2, 2019 | New Years | No Class | |||
| Jan 4, 2019 | New Years | No Class | |||
| 47 | Jan 7, 2019 | HW15A | 15: 1-4 | Laws of Thermodynamics | |
| 48 | Jan 9, 2019 | HW15B | 15: 5-6 | Heat Engines and Work | Adiabatic Changes |
| 49 | Jan 11, 2019 | Joule's Experiment | |||
| 50 | Jan 14, 2019 | HW15C | 15: 7-12 | Entropy | |
| 51 | Jan 16, 2019 | REVIEW | |||
| 52 | Jan 18, 2019 | Statistical Implications | |||
| 53 | Jan 21, 2019 | HW16A | 16: 1-6 | Electrical Charge | |
| 54 | Jan 23, 2019 | HW16B | 16: 7-12 | The Electric Field | Electric Force |
| 55 | Jan 25, 2019 | Electroscope | |||
| 56 | Jan 28, 2019 | HW17A | 17: 1-6 | Electric Potential | |
| 57 | Jan 30, 2019 | HW17B | 17: 7-11 | Electrical Capacitance and Energy | Simple Circuit 1: Series Circuits |
| 58 | Feb 1, 2019 | ||||
| 59 | Feb 4, 2019 | HW18A | 18: 1-6 | Electrical Power and Direct Current | |
| 60 | Feb 6, 2019 | HW18B | 18: 7-10 | Alternating Current | Simple Circuit 2: Parallel Circuits |
| 61 | Feb 8, 2019 | Simple Circuit 3: Kirchhoff's Rules/Electric Circuit 2 | |||
| 62 | Feb 11, 2019 | HW19A | 19: 1-4 | DC Circuits and EMFs | |
| 63 | Feb 13, 2019 | HW19B | 19: 5-8 | RC Circuits | Internal Resistance |
| 64 | Feb 15, 2019 | Circuits with Capacitors | |||
| 65 | Feb 18, 2019 | HW20A | 20: 1-4 | Magnetic Fields | |
| 66 | Feb 20, 2019 | HW20B | 20: 5-12 | Ampere's Law | |
| 67 | Feb 22, 2019 | Map a Magnetic Field | |||
| 68 | Feb 25, 2019 | HW21A | 21: 1-5 | Induction | |
| 69 | Feb 27, 2019 | HW21B | 21: 8-15 | Transformers and LRC Circuits | |
| 70 | Mar 1, 2019 | Electric Motor | |||
| 71 | Mar 4, 2019 | HW22A | 22: 1-7 | Electromagnetic Waves | |
| 72 | Mar 6, 2019 | HW23A | 23: 1-5 | Light and Reflection | |
| 73 | Mar 8, 2019 | Speed of Light | |||
| 74 | Mar 11, 2019 | HW23B | 23: 6-10 | Lenses and Refraction | |
| 75 | Mar 13, 2019 | HW24A | 24: 1-5 | Light: Waves and Particles | Reflection |
| 76 | Mar 15, 2019 | Refraction | |||
| 77 | Mar 18, 2019 | HW24B | 24: 6-12 | Diffraction and Polarization | |
| 78 | Mar 20, 2019 | HW25A | 25: 1-6 | Optical Instruments: Magnification | Young's Experiment |
| 79 | Mar 22, 2019 | Thin Film Interference | |||
| 80 | Mar 25, 2019 | HW25B | 25: 7-12 | Optical Instruments: Resolution | |
| 81 | Mar 27, 2019 | HW26A | 26: 1-5 | Special Relativity | |
| 82 | Mar 29, 2019 | Telescope | |||
| 83 | Apr 1, 2019 | HW26B | 26: 6-11 | Mass and Energy | |
| 84 | Apr 3, 2019 | HW27A | 27: 1-6 | Early Quantum Mechanics | |
| 85 | Apr 5, 2019 | GPS Relativity | |||
| 86 | Apr 8, 2019 | HW27B | 27: 7-13 | Wave-Partical Duality | |
| 87 | Apr 10, 2019 | HW28A | 28: 1-6 | Quantum Mechanics | Blackbody Radiation |
| 88 | Apr 12, 2019 | Spectrometry | |||
| Apr 15, 2019 | Holy Week | No Class | |||
| Apr 17, 2019 | Holy Week | No Class | |||
| Apr 19, 2019 | Holy Week | No Class | |||
| 89 | Apr 22, 2019 | HW28B | 28: 7-12 | Quantum Numbers | Demonstration Lab: Photoelectric effect |
| 90 | Apr 24, 2019 | HW29A | 29: All | Molecules and Solids | |
| 91 | Apr 26, 2019 | Wave Nature of Light | |||
| 92 | Apr 29, 2019 | HW30A | 30: 1-7 | Radioactivity | |
| 93 | May 1, 2019 | HW30B | 30: 8-13 | Decay and half-lives | |
| 94 | May 3, 2019 | CHALLENGE LAB: Geiger Counter | |||
| 95 | May 6, 2019 | HW31A | 31: 1-4 | Nuclear Fission and Fusion | |
| 96 | May 8, 2019 | [AP Physics 1 Exam May 7] | |||
| 97 | May 10, 2019 | [AP Physics 2 Exam May 10] | CHALLENGE LAB: Hadron Collider Data | ||
| 98 | May 13, 2019 | HW31B | 31: 5-9 | Practical uses for Radiation | |
| 99 | May 15, 2019 | HW32A | 32: 1-7 | Elementary Particles | |
| 100 | May 17, 2019 | CHALLENGE LAB: Cloud Chamber | |||
| 101 | May 20, 2019 | HW32B | 32: 8-12 | Strange Particles and Quarks | |
| 102 | May 22, 2019 | HW33A | 33: 1-10 | Astrophysics | |
| 103 | May 24, 2019 | CHALLENGE LAB: Black Body radiation | |||
| May 27, 2019 | Memorial Day Holiday | ||||
| 104 | May 29, 2019 | REVIEW | |||
| 105 | May 31, 2019 | Planning for Summer LAB completions |
You may also want to review the Physics 1 syllabus and Physics 2 syllabus. Each has been certified as AP compliant for 2018-2019 academic year.
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