Weeks of November 25 and December 2, 2019

We are now entering the second half of second quarter, as the interim was Friday the 22nd. Exams are coming up on us fast, so you might want to use a little time over Thanksgiving break to brush up on past topics. Exams take place December 18-20.

This assignment blog covers two weeks because of the amazing Thanksgiving vacation we’re about to have. Enjoy your time off! 🙂

These Weeks in AP Physics
For Monday 11/25 do pages 62-64 in the new workbook. We will cover circular motion and do additional workbook pages, tremendously great problems, and a SUPER fun lab. After that we’ll take a spin into the topic of rotational motion and torque. We’ll follow the usual routine with that. Scavenger hunt! There is an Easter egg relevant to our current topic somewhere on my website. See if you can find it!

These Weeks in Physics
On Monday 11/25 we will take a big quiz over goal set 1, so be sure to prepare well for that. This quiz will be worth twice the points of a normal quiz. Goal set 2 is due on Monday for 3rd period, and we will take a quiz over it on Tuesday. Eleventh period will take the goal set 2 quiz after break. (Remember we missed Friday’s class due to the pep rally.) We will also do a lab on friction. When announced please take notes on video 3 from unit 3. We will go over it in class and will complete assignment 3, goal set 3, and take a quiz.

Meet the Balloonatics! This is the team of people who engineer the balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and believe it or not, they use PHYSICS…some of the same physics we’ve been learning, in fact! Here’s a short video from Science Friday that shows you how it’s done! Below the video I’ve included the science of cranberries, which I think is really cool. The science of CRANBERRIES! I don’t know about you, but I LOVE to make homemade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. Did you know that cranberries are grown in BOGS? They’re grown on vines like strawberries, but they thrive if those vines are planted in wetlands. That’s cool. Also, 60% of our cranberries come from Wisconsin, while 25% come from Massachusetts, and if you have the chance to head out to those states, you can go to a cranberry farm (like we go to blueberry, raspberry, and strawberry farms here.) Here’s a little more information and an awesome picture!

Week of November 18, 2019

This Week in AP Physics
For Monday please do workbook pages 137-143 and page 150. For Tuesday please do pages 151-152 and 155-156. For Wednesday please do pages 153-154, and we may or may not do pages 161-163, so stay tuned on those last ones. This week we will complete a small set of tremendously great problems and will do our final lab for the momentum unit. Expect a test Thursday. Next up: circular and rotational motion.

This Week in Physics
For Monday please take notes on
video two from unit 3. As announced in your class period there will be a quiz over learning goals set 1. This week we will cover friction with assignment 2 and possibly a lab (more likely for third period based on when double period labs fall. Eleventh will possibly do the lab next week.)

Week of November 11, 2019

This Week in AP Physics
We will continue to explore the topics related to
momentum in unit five. For Monday please complete the first packet of tremendously great problems. Beginning on Monday we will cover the conservation of momentum in closed systems through notes, another experiment, and more tremendously great problems and workbook pages. By the end of the week we will start looking at the role of energy in collisions, which is the last phase of this unit. Expect a unit test during the week of November 18. Test corrections for the unit four test are due by Thursday at 3:00, and your impulse-momentum theorem lab report is due by the start of class on Thursday. (Your revenge will be my burial in grading.) Be sure to use the Lab Report Writing Guide and Lab Report Rubric to guide your writing.

This Week in Physics
Please read the assignments for your class period. We may not get to all of this during this week, but it will be fun to try!
3rd period: Your human cannonball lab is due on Monday. We will continue to debrief
video one from unit three and will begin assignment 1 in class followed by a quiz over goal set one as announced. By the date assigned in class, please take notes on video two from unit three covering friction. We will complete an experiment and assignment 2 in class.
11th period: On Monday we will complete the human cannonball experiment and will likely work on that during class on Tuesday, as well. On Tuesday and Wednesday we will continue to debrief
video one from unit three and will complete assignment 1 in class followed by a quiz over goal set one as announced. By the date assigned in class, please take notes on video two from unit three covering friction. We will complete an experiment and assignment 2 in class.

Week of November 4, 2019

This Week in AP Physics
We will continue to explore
unit five on momentum. We will complete three experiments and will continue our routine of tremendously great problems, workbook, and AP Classroom resources. I’d like to share a few new resources for you, some of which you’ve seen already.
Flipping Physics is a fantastic resource of AP Physics videos.
Bozeman Science has a deep library of videos, as well.
OpenStax has a quality, free online AP Physics textbook (that your teacher helped edit!)

This Week in Physics
On Monday you will take your
unit two test over two-dimensional motion. For Tuesday (11th period) or Wednesday (3rd period) please take notes over the first video from unit three. We will go over these videos, do enrichment, and complete assignment 1 together in class. When announced, please take notes over video two from unit three.