Mechanics labs, notes, test prep and other class material.
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Course Information:AP Physics C: Mechanics Course Syllabus (pdf file) (must have Adobe Reader to view)
AP Physics Test/Quiz Correction Guidelines (pdf file)
AP Physics College Board Formula Sheet (pdf file)
Chapters 9 and 10 Homework Solutions (pdf)
Chapters 11 and 12 Homework Solutions (pdf)
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Lab Information:Lab 1:
Introduction to Measurement and Graphing (pdf file)
Guidelines for Making Graphs by Hand (pdf file)
Graphing with Excel - short 2 page instructions (pdf file)
Graphing with Excel - more detailed 16 page handout (pdf file)
AP Physics Cedar Point Physics Day:
AP Lab Packet (pdf)
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Class Notes:All sets of notes are PowerPoint files. If you do not have PowerPoint, Open Office is a free product, similar to Microsoft Office, and includes a program similar to PowerPoint. You can find Open Office here
Also you can download a PowerPoint Viewer from the Microsoft website.
Class Information
Day 1 Information
Chapter 1: Introduction
Introduction to Physics
Vectors in Physics
Chapter 2: One-Dimensional Motion
Introduction to Motion Along a Straight Line
Interpreting Motion, Including Calculus Interpretations
Solving Problems of 1-D Motion With a Constant Acceleration
Chapter 3:
Vectors
Chapter 4
2D and 3D Motion
Chapter 5
Newton's Laws of Motion
Chapter 6
Force of Friction
Parts of HW worked out in class on 2/6 (pdf)
Parts of HW worked out in class on 2/7 (pdf)
Air Resistance Example Problem Solution (pdf)
Air Resistance Example Problem Solution to 2nd Problem (pdf)
Friction and Uniform Circular Motion
Circular Motion Practice Problems (including conical pendulum and car on banked track)
Chapter 7
Work and Kinetic Energy
Chapter 8
Conservative Forces, Potential Energy, Conservation of Energy, and PE Curves
HW Help April 1 (pdf)
HW Help April 2 (pdf)
Conservation Energy Practice Problems (pdf)
Conservation of Energy Take Home Quiz - Due 4/9 (pdf)
Chapter 9
Center of Mass, Linear Momentum, and Conservation of Momentum
Conservation of Momentum Practice Problems (pdf)
Chapter 10
Impulse and Collisions
Ballistic Pendulum Example (pdf)
Chapter 11
Rotational Kinematics
Torque and Rotational Inertia
Rotational Kinetic Energy
Rotational Kinetic Energy Example- #65 from book (pdf)
Chapter 12
Rotation plus Translation, Angular Momentum
Chapter 14
Newton's Law of Gravitation
Satellite Motion and Kepler's Laws
Chapter 16
Oscillations
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Resources:
Elegant Universe Presentation Information:
Project Handout (pdf)
Spam Shooter Guidelines:
Project Handout (pdf)
Online Labs: (you may need to have Macromedia Shockwave or Java Run-Time installed for some of these)
A site with online simulations
List of Virtual Labs for Many Topics
Calculus Information: Calculus lecture notes with many worked examples - By Paul Dawkins (pdf file)
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