AP® Physics B - Syllabus #1



AP® Physics B - Syllabus

Text: Physics, Walker, James S; 4th Ed. San Francisco: Addison Wesley

About the AP Physics B Course:

(Lecture-Discussion 4 hours/week; Lab 1 hour/week)

Advance Placement Physics B is an algebra-based course in general Physics. Its syllabus is designed by the College Board. It is equivalent to an introductory algebra-based university level physics course. This course will be a full year course. The emphasis is on understanding the concepts and skills and using the concepts and formulae to solve problems. Laboratory work will be an integral part of this course.

Evaluation: Tests 40%

Homework 20%

Lab 20%

Mid-Term Exam 10%

Final Exam 10%

Calendar:

Aug 23 – Sept 3

Introduction

Kinematics

(Walker chapters 1-4)

Units and Dimensions

Scalars and Vectors

Motion in one Dimension

Projectile Motion [C1]

Sept 7 – Sept 24

Newton’s Laws of Motion:

(Walker chapters 5-6)

Friction

Inclined Plane

Weight and Weightlessness [C1]

Sept 27 – Oct 7

Work, Energy, and Power

(Walker chapters 7-8)

Conservation of Energy

Conservation of Mechanical Energy [C1]

Oct 8 – Oct 15

Systems of Particles

Linear Momentum

(Walker chapter 9)

Impulse-Momentum Theorem

Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum [C1]

Oct 18 – 26

Circular Motion and Rotation

(Walker chapter 10-11)

Uniform Circular Motion

Torque and Rotational statics

Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics

Angular Momentum and its Conservation [C1]

Oct 27 – Nov 12

Oscillations and Gravitation

(Walker chapter 12 – 13)

Simple Harmonic Motion

Mass on a Spring

Pendulum and Other Oscillations

Newton’s Law of Gravitation

Circular Orbits [C1]

Nov 15 – 24

Fluid Mechanics

(Walker chapter 15)

Hydrostatics

Fluid Pressure

Pascal’s Principle

Archimedes Principle [C2]

Nov 29- Dec 1

Temperature and Heat

(Walker chapter 16)

Heat

Temperature

Thermal Expansion

Heat Transfer [C2]

Dec 2 - 17

Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics

(Walker chapter 17-18)

Ideal Gas Laws and PV diagrams

Kinetic Theory and rms speed of gas molecules

Reversible Thermodynamic Processes

Heat Engines and the Carnot Cycle

First law of Thermodynamics

Second Law of Thermodynamics

Entropy [C2]

Jan 3 – 11

Electrostatics

(Walker chapter 19)

Coulomb’s Law

Electric Field

Motion of Charged Particle in Electric Field

Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential [C3]

Jan 12 – 19

Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics

(Walker chapter 20)

Electrostatics with Conductors

Capacitors

Dielectrics [C3]

Jan 20 - Feb 3

Electric Circuits

(Walker chapter 21)

Current, Resistance, Power

Steady State DC Circuits

Capacitors in Circuits [C3]

Feb 4 - 11

Magnetic Fields

(Walker chapter 22)

Forces on Moving Charges in Magnetic Fields

Forces on Current Carrying Wire

Fields of Current Carrying Wires in Magnetic Fields

Biot-Savart Law and Ampere’s Law [C3]

Feb 14 – 23

Electromagnetism

(Walker chapter 23-24)

Electromagnetic Induction

Inductance

Maxwell’s Equations [C3]

Feb 24 – Mar 4

Maxwell’s Equations

Wave Motion

(Walker chapter 14, 25)

Traveling Waves

Properties of Sound

Standing Wave and Beats

Doppler Effect [C4]

Mar 7 - 23

Geometric Optics

(Walker chapter 26)

Reflection and Refraction

Mirrors

Lenses [C4]

Mar 24 – Apr 1

Physical Optics

(Walker chapter 27-28)

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Snell’s Law

Total Internal Reflection

Image Formation by Plane and Spherical Mirrors

Image Formation by Lenses

Image Formation by a Two-Lens System

Interference and Diffraction [C4]

Apr 5 - 15

Atomic Physics and Quantum Effects

(Walker chapter 30-31)

Photoelectric Effect

Energy and Linear Momentum of Photon

Energy Levels in an Atom

DeBroglie Hypothesis: Davisson-Germer experiment

Compton Effect [C5]

Apr 18 - 21

Nuclear Physics

(Walker chapter 32)

Nuclear Reactions

Mass-Energy Equivalence [C5]

April 25 – 29 Review of the Fall Semester material

May 2 - 6 Review of the Spring Semester material

AP Exams

C1 - Course Requirement 1: The course provides instruction in each of the five content areas outlined in the Course Description: Newtonian Mechanics.

C2 - Course Requirement 2: The course provides instruction in each of the five content areas outlined in the Course Description: Fluid mechanics and Thermal Physics.

C3 - Course Requirement 3: The course provides instruction in each of the five content areas outlined in the Course Description: Electricity and Magnetism.

C4 - Course Requirement 4: The course provides instruction in each of the five content areas outlined in the Course Description: Waves and Optics.

C5 - Course Requirement 5: The course provides instruction in each of the five content areas outlined in the Course Description: Atomic and Nuclear Physics

C6 - Course Requirement 6: The course utilizes guided inquiry and student-centered learning to foster the development of critical thinking skills

C7 - Course Requirement 7: The course includes a laboratory component comparable to college-level physics laboratories, with a minimum of 12 student-conducted laboratory investigations representing a variety of topics covered in the course. A hands-on laboratory component is required. Each student should complete a lab notebook or portfolio of lab reports. Note: Online course providers utilizing virtual labs (simulations rather than hands-on) should submit their laboratory materials for the audit. If these lab materials are determined to develop the skills and learning objectives of hands-on labs, then courses which use these labs may receive authorization to use the "AP" designation. Online science courses authorized to use the "AP" designation will be posted on the AP Central Web site.

**Laboratory: All lab experiments are “hands-on” activities. Students will be required to keep a lab notebook containing all of their lab reports. [C6] [C7]

Fall Laboratory Inquiries:

1. Rebound height

2. Indirect measurement of inaccessible heights and distances

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

4. Prediction and reproduction of kinematics graphs with motion detector

5. Determination of acceleration due to gravity

6. Projectile Motion – Relationship between θ and Range

7. Elastic Force in Rubber Bands – Nonlinear spring

8. Inclined Plane – Coefficient of friction

9. Uniform Circular Motion – Relationships between Fc and r

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

11. Conservation of Linear Momentum – Air Track

12. Spring-Mass System – Force sensor

13. Simple Pendulum

14. Density Using Archimedes Principle

15. Dependence of Cooling Rate on Surface/Volume Ratio

Spring Laboratory Inquiries:

1. Electrostatics – Ordering the given materials in the order of their electronegativity

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

3. Mapping Electric Field II: 3-D Landscape

4. Ohm’s Law and Internal Resistance

5. Resistors in Series and Parallel

6. Standing Waves on a String

7. Standing Waves for sound in a pipe

8. Verification of the Laws of Reflection and Refraction

9. Image formation by Spherical Mirrors and Lenses

10. Young’s Double-Slit Experiment

11. Single Slit Diffraction and Diameter of Hair

12. Photoelectric Effect

Laboratory Notebook Format

Problem/Question

Hypothesis

Experimental Procedure

Data/Observations (in the form of a data table, graph and/or equation)

Calculations

Conclusion and error analysis [C6]

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