AP Physics Syllabus



AP Physics Syllabus/ LongRange Plans

DCS 2008-2009 School Year Mr. J Szeryk.

Overview of Course. The AP Physics B course is taught as a second year course, following a first year of general high school Physics. The students are all 11th or 12th graders

Scheduling: The AP Physics B class meets every day for 85 minutes. On average, one period every 2 weeks is a lab period. After the AP exam in May the class becomes strictly a laboratory class, with an emphasis on longer, inquiry based labs. The AP Physics B class is a second year course, following on a first year high school Physics course.

Text: Giancoli 5th Edition, 1998, Prentice Hall

Workbook: Physics B 2005, Peoples Publishing Group

Procedures: The class is taught with a mixture instructional strategies, but with less lecture than the traditional format and more problem solving. Students have required reading and note taking from the textbook with a mini-lecture on the topic in class, followed by a large number of problem solving exercises. Problems are taken from the text, the workbook, and past AP papers. Students are expected to annote their solutions so that it is clear that they understand the concepts. Approximately 20% of the homework is graded. Tests and quizzes are given as appropriate, usually with questions taken from past AP exams.

Concept Delivery

The table shows the coverage of the textbook by section with approximate duration

(original table taken from Dolores Gende’s website )

|CHAPTER/TOPIC |CHAPTER UNIT |EXAMPLES FROM TEXT |

|1. MEASUREMENTS |1-4 and 1-5 |  |

|(1 week) | | |

|2. KINEMATICS: ONE DIMENSION |2-1 through 2-8 |ALL EXAMPLES |

|(2 weeks) | | |

|3. KINEMATICS: TWO DIM. VECTORS |3-1 through 3-6 and 3-8 |ALL EXAMPLES |

|(1 week) | | |

|4. MOTION AND FORCE |4-1 through 4-8 |ALL EXAMPLES |

|(2 weeks) | | |

|5. CIRCULAR MOTION & GRAVITATION |5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8 and 5-10 |1 - 9 and 11-15 |

|(1 week) | | |

|6. WORK & ENERGY |6-1 through 6-10 |ALL EXAMPLES |

|(1 week) | | |

|7. LINEAR MOMENTUM |7-1 through 7-8 |1 - 8 |

|(1 week) | | |

|8. ROTATIONAL MOTION |8-4 |8, 9 and 10 |

|(1 week) | | |

|9. EQUILIBRIUM |9-1 through 9-3 |1 - 8 |

|(1 week) | | |

|10. FLUIDS |10-1 through 10-8 |1 - 12 |

|(2 weeks) | | |

|11. VIBRATIONS & WAVES |11-1, 11-2, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 11-11 |1 - 5; 8 - 11; 13 and 14 |

|(2 weeks) |through 11-13 | |

|12. SOUND |12-5, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9 |2, 6 - 14 |

|(1 week) | | |

|13. TEMPERATURE & KINETIC THEORY |13-3, 13-4, 13-7 through 13-11 |3 - 6 and 10 - 17 |

|(1 week) | | |

|14. HEAT |14-1 through 14-6 |1 - 10 |

|(1 week) | | |

|15. THERMODYNAMICS |15-1, 15-2, 15-4, 15-5, 15-6 |1 - 6 and 8 - 11 |

|(1 week) | | |

|16. ELECTRIC CHARGE & ELECTRIC FIELD |16-1 through 16-9 |1 - 8 |

|(1 week) | | |

|17. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL & CAPACITORS |17-1 through 17-5 and 17-7 through 17-9 |1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 |

|(1 week) | | |

|18. ELECTRIC CURRENTS |18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-6 and 18-7 |1 - 4 and 7 - 10 |

|(1 week) | | |

|19. DC CIRCUITS |19-1 through 19-6 |1 - 9 |

|(1 week) | | |

|20. MAGNETISM |20-1 through 20-6 |1 - 7 |

|(1 week) | | |

|21. ELECTROMAGNETISM |21-1, 21-4 and 21-7 |1 - 5 and 9 - 10 |

|22. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES |22-5 and 22-6 |1, 2 |

|23. LIGHT: GEOMETRIC OPTICS |23-1 through 23-10 |1 - 15 |

|(1week) | | |

|24. THE WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT |24-1, 24-3, 24-5, 24-6 and 24-8 |1 - 8 |

|(1 week) | | |

|27. QUANTUM THEORY |27-1, 27-3, 27-6, 27-8, 27-10 (theory only) |3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13 |

|(1 week) | | |

|30. NUCLEAR PHYSICS |30-2 through 30-6 and 30-8 (theory only) |2, 3 and 4 |

|(1 week) | | |

|31. NUCLEAR ENERGY |31-2 and 31-3 |Theory only |

|(1 week) | | |

Laboratory Work

The laboratory program is based on the recommended experiments from the AP Chemistry Course Description. All labs are performed by the students in groups of two to four students in the lab. Prior to the AP Exam in May, most of the labs are conducted in a single 50 minutes class period.

The following labs will be full labs with write-ups (formal lab write-up in addition to work done in the lab notebook). Each lab will take one to two class periods to complete (50 minute periods). They are required to turn in lab reports to be graded.

Labs

1. Measurements of lengths with calipers. Significant Digits

2. Areas, Volumes, and densities of given solids and liquids

3. Prediction and reproduction of kinematics graphs with motion detector

4. Determination of acceleration due to gravity

5. Projectile Motion – Relationship between θ and Range

6. Elastic Force in Rubber Bands – Nonlinear spring

7. Inclined Plane – Coefficient of friction

8. Uniform Circular Motion – Relationships between Fc and r

9. Conservation of Mechanical Energy Spring-mass system – Air Track

10. Conservation of Linear Momentum – Air Track

11. Spring-Mass System – Force sensor

12. Simple Pendulum

13. Density Using Archimedes Principle

14. Dependence of Cooling Rate on Surface/Volume Ratio

15. Electrostatics – Ordering the given materials in the order of their electro negativity

16. Mapping Electric Fields I: Plotting equipotential and field lines

18. Ohm’s Law and Internal Resistance: Using Circuits to verify Ohm’s Law.

19. Resistors in Series and Parallel: Circuits

20. Standing Waves on a String

21. Standing Waves for sound in a pipe

22. Verification of the Laws of Reflection and Refraction

23. Image formation by Spherical Mirrors and Lenses

24. Young’s Double-Slit Experiment Determining the wavelength of a laser using double-slit.

25. Single Slit Diffraction

26. Photoelectric Effect

In each laboratory experiment, students will physically manipulate equipment and materials in order to make relevant observations and collect data; use the collected data to form conclusions and verify hypotheses; and communicate and compare results and procedures.

Course Evaluation:

Quarter Grade: Semester Grade:

Tests 50% Each Quarter 20%

Quizzes and Assignment 30% Final Exam 20%

Labs 20%

Late and Make-up Policies:

Late: Simple Assignments (problems from the book)

No credit for late assignment.

Labs and Projects:

90% credit if 1 day late; 75% if 2 days late,

50% credit if 3 days late; no credit after 3 days late.

Make-up: Lab, quizzes, and tests must be made-up.

All of these will be made up outside of regular classroom times-either at lunch

or after school.

Academic Honesty: Students are expected to complete their own assignments. If two students hand in the same work they will both be given a grade of zero on the assignment. During laboratory experiments students may have the same lab data, but the write-up or the labs needs to be done alone.

Calculators will be checked before quizzes. If any illegal programs or data is found in the memory of the calculator the student will take a zero for the test.

Any cheating on a quiz, test or an exam will result in a grade of zero on the assignment.

Classroom/Lab Behaviour: Students are expected to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner in the classroom. All school rules will be followed in the classroom. During lab activities it is critical that the students listen and follow directions. Dangerous or malicious actions by a student in the lab will not be tolerated due to safety issues.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns either by phone at the school or via email at jszeryk@

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