AP Physics
with Ms. Scurti
Course Description:
AP Physics 1 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course. Students cultivate their understanding of physics through inquiry-based investigations as they explore these topics: kinematics, dynamics, circular motion and gravitation, energy, momentum, simple harmonic motion, torque and rotational motion, electric charge and electric force, DC circuits, and mechanical waves and sound.
Requirements:
Students should have completed Geometry and be concurrently taking Algebra II or an equivalent course. Although the Physics 1 course includes basic use of trigonometric functions, this understanding can be gained in the AP Physics 1 course itself.
This course requires that twenty-five percent of instructional time will be spent in hands-on laboratory work, with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations that provide students with opportunities to demonstrate the foundational physics principles and apply the science practices. Inquiry-based laboratory experiences provide opportunities for students to engage in the seven science practices as they design plans for experiments, make predictions, collect and analyze data, apply mathematical routines, develop explanations, and communicate about their work.
AP Physics 1 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course. Students cultivate their understanding of physics through inquiry-based investigations as they explore these topics: kinematics, dynamics, circular motion and gravitation, energy, momentum, simple harmonic motion, torque and rotational motion, electric charge and electric force, DC circuits, and mechanical waves and sound.
Requirements:
Students should have completed Geometry and be concurrently taking Algebra II or an equivalent course. Although the Physics 1 course includes basic use of trigonometric functions, this understanding can be gained in the AP Physics 1 course itself.
This course requires that twenty-five percent of instructional time will be spent in hands-on laboratory work, with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations that provide students with opportunities to demonstrate the foundational physics principles and apply the science practices. Inquiry-based laboratory experiences provide opportunities for students to engage in the seven science practices as they design plans for experiments, make predictions, collect and analyze data, apply mathematical routines, develop explanations, and communicate about their work.
Collegeboard's AP Classroom
1) Student Instructions: Go to https://myap.collegeboard.org/ and enter the code:
- There are practice problems and videos for helping you pass the exam.
2) Students can work through this workbook
- Check the CollegeBoard website (link above). Try the problems first, and then check your answer. Try to figure out what you did wrong and fix it.
- THIS WORKBOOK IS OPTIONAL.
Other Resources
- 5 Steps to a 5 by Greg Jacobs is the best review book. Make sure to get the AP Physics 1 book (NOT B or C).
- Edx has complete physics courses with free text and practice problems.
- The Physics Classroom has interactive simulations, great explanations with pictures, and practice problems with answers.
- 50 ways students are staying focused at home
- Hyperphysics
- Stick Man Physics
ap physics assignments, projects, & assessments
EQUATION SHEET
- Unit 0 Review
- Safety
- Notes
- Practice
- Safety Test Review
- Safety Test
- Safety Contract
- Science and Basic Graphing
- Notes: Intro to Physics
- Types of Graphs
- Notes Scientific Notation Review
- Scientific Notation on a Calculator
- Significant Digits
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Notes: Intro to Physics
- Metric System
- Metric Help Sheet
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Unit Conversions & Density
- Notes
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 0 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 0 TEST
- Density Lab Report
- Instructions
- Lab Report Format Grading Sheet
- Example Lab Report
- QUIZ
- Safety
- Unit 1 Kinematics:
- Vectors
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Position
- Notes
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Velocity
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Gravitational Field and Acceleration Due to Gravity [UNIT 2]
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Graphs of Motion
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Projectile Motion
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 1 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 1 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- Vectors
- Unit 2 Dynamics
- Fundamental Forces
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Newton's First Law
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Newton's Second Law
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Newton's Third Law & Free Body Diagrams
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- The Gravitational Field (Universal Gravitation)
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Applications of Newton's Second Law (Friction, Tension, Hooke's Law)
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 2 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 2 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- Fundamental Forces
- Unit 4 Energy
- 4.1 Work
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- 4.2 Types of Energy
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- 5.3 Energy Conservation (Standard PS3-1)
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- 5.4 Power
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- 4.5 Systems
- Notes
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 4 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 4 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- 4.1 Work
- Unit 5 Momentum:
- Momentum & Impulse
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Changes in Momentum
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Open and Closed Systems in Momentum
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Conservation of Linear Momentum
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 5 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 5 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- Momentum & Impulse
- Unit 6 Simple Harmonic Motion:
- Period of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Energy of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 6 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST 6 Review Game
- UNIT 6 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- Period of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator
- Unit 3 Circular Motion & Gravity:
- Vector Fields
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Gravitational and Electric Forces
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Inertial vs Gravitational Mass (UNIT 2)
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Centripetal Acceleration and Force
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 3 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 3 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- Vector Fields
- Unit 7 Torque and Rotational Motion:
- Rotational Kinematics
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Torque and Angular Acceleration
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Angular Momentum and Torque
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Conservation of Angular Momentum
- Notes
- Lab Activity
- Practice Problems
- More Info (optional):
- Assessments:
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- MCQ-A, MCQ-B
- FRQ's
- QUIZ
- Practice Quiz Problems
- Quiz Review Game
- UNIT 7 QUIZ
- TEST
- Practice Quiz Problems
- TEST Review Game
- UNIT 7 TEST
- AP Classroom Progress Checks:
- Rotational Kinematics