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"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it." — Albert Einstein
AP Physics C (2°) 4th Quarter 2005-06
Most recent update May 14, 2006 9:22 PM
Schedule
Attention all AP Physics students: enter the PhysicsBowl 2006 competition, which will amount to you taking a 45-minute multiple choice exam administered here at school in the first week of April. If you are interested in being a part of this competition, email me. I'm hoping to get about 10 of you -- the test is on all aspects of physics, so if you prepared for the AP-B exam last year or the SAT II exam in Physics last year, you really should compete!
SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 29th, 10 AM to 1 PM: MANDATORY PRACTICE AP EXAM at SCHOOL
Coming up: We still have 18% of the material for the year to cover -- we'll accomplish this in the month of March.
- Magnetostatics (10%) including forces on moving charges in magnetic fields; forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields; fields of long current-carrying wires; Biot-Savart and Ampere's Law
- Electromagnetism (8%) including electromagnetic induction (Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law), inductance (and LR and LC circuits) and Maxwell's Equations
- Week of Tuesday, March 14th: Begin Magnetostatics (short week)
- Day 1
- Based on the class performance last quarter, I've decided to collect homework again for the month of March.
- Introduction to magnets and magnetism; diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials
- Demo: some magnets
- Right-hand rule // Lorentz force law for magnetic fields // cross products
- Ampere's Law -- the magnetic version of Gauss' Law
- Magnetic field around a straight wire (good to put to memory)
- the permeability of free space
- speed of light as related to permittivity and permeability of free space
- Reading HW: Begin Hecht Chapter 19 -- finish by Tuesday of next week
- HW: begin the Ch 19 reading handout (due Day 3)
- Day 2
- Homework Questions
- Using the Biot-Savart law to calculate the magnetic field of a single wire -- comparison to Ampere's Law
- Reading HW: Hecht Chapter 19 -- finish by Tuesday of next week
- HW: continue the Ch 19 reading handout (due Day 3)
- Day 3
- Reading handout due at start of class
- Video: Mechanical Universe episode: magnetism
- Magnetic Field of a Loop (check out this link ... it goes through the integral I did in class in a very nice way -- I made a small mistake when getting dBx from dB, so be sure to correct your notes according to this site.)
- Reading HW: Finish Hecht Chapter 19 by Tuesday of next week
- HW: do Chapter 19 Problems 5, 35, 36 & 37 and check out the site link above HW Packet A
- Day 1
- Week of Monday, March 20th: Magnetostatics
- Day 1
- Homework Questions
- Demo: "sparky" the transformer: 120 V / 1 V
- Example problems using Ampere's Law (Hecht Ch 19 # 41)
- Superposition of magnetic fields
- Current density
- Work example problems in class
- Demo: magnet and wire kicking demo
- Reading HW: Hecht Chapter 19 -- finish tonight
- HW: Ch 19 Problem #s 61, 67, 71, 89, 90, 91 HW Packet B (due Day 4)
- Day 2
- HW Packet A due
- In-class work: begin sample quiz from two years ago
- HW: finish up today's quiz, due tomorrow and check out the photo Jordan took of the board a few days ago
- Thursday morning: one member of your Science Faire group needs to meet me in the Old Gym before school to set up the project
- Day 3
- Sample quiz due
- In-class project: Work on Science Faire signs, presentations, learning to use the equipment, etc.
- In-class work: Hecht Chapter 19 # 49 (Biot-Savart) and # 46 (Ampere's Law)
- HW: finish in-class work above and prepare for exam on Day 4
- Thursday morning: one member of your Science Faire group needs to meet me in the Old Gym before school to set up the project
- Thursday: Science Faire 4th and 5th periods!
- Day 4
- HW Packet B due
- Magnetostatics Exam: Biot-Savart, Ampere's Law, Magnetic Fields, Lorentz Force Law
- Reading HW: Read Chapter 20 through and including Section 20.3
- HW: write a sheet of notes for your reading assignment; you can use this sheet of notes for a reading quiz on Day 1 of next week
- Day 1
- Week of Monday, March 27th: Magnetic Induction: induced and motional
- Day 1
[BJP out today]
- Short Reading Quiz for Ch 20 through 20.3
- Work on HW in class
- Reading HW: continue reading Ch 20, finish by Day 1 of next week
- HW: Ch 20 DQ # 14; MC #s 1, 4, 5, 6 HW Packet C
- Day 2
- Introduction to induction: the symmetry between electric and magnetic fields
- Magnetic flux defined
- Induced emf as the time rate of change of flux
- Demo: induction, magnets and coil
- Sweeping a rod through a magnetic field - motional emf
- Introduction to solenoids
- Reading HW: continue reading Ch 20, finish by Day 1 of next week
- HW: Ch 20 MC #s 2, 3, 13, 15; P #14 HW Packet C
- Day 3
- PhysicsBowl participants! Check out this site that has all the past exams.
- Lab: magnetic induction
- Reading HW: continue reading Ch 20, finish by Day 1 of next week
- HW: Ch 20 P #s 17, 22, 42 HW Packet C
- Day 4
- [BJP out today] Begin work on practice quiz from last year
- Reading HW: continue reading Ch 20, finish by Day 1 of next week
- HW: continue work on practice exam / prepare for exam on Day 1 of next week HW Packet C
- Day 1
[BJP out today]
- Week of Monday, April 3rd: Self-induction, inductors in circuits
- Day 1
- Magnetic Induction exam
- Reading HW: please be sure to read the section in chapter 20 on self-inductance
- Day 2
- HW Packet C due
- Self-inductance conceptually
- Inductance of a long narrow coil
- "back-emf"
- HW: Ch 20 MC #s 14, 16, 17, 20; Problem #s 70, 71 HW Packet D
- Day 3
- More practice with self-inductance
- RL & LC circuits
- Special topic: RLC circuits as models of kinematic behavior
- HW: Ch 20 Problem #s 75, 82, 85, 94, 100 HW Packet D
- Day 4
- Energy storage in E and B fields (as related to capacitors and inductors)
- Maxwell's equations (last new topic!)
- HW: Ch 20 Problem #s 111, 112, 114, 115 HW Packet D
- Day 1
- Week of Monday, April 10th: Exam Review Begins (short week)
- Day 1
- AP Physics C practice exam (MC)
- Hand out study guides WOAH -- Please do not write in these books, we'll re-use them next year
- Reading HW: Examples 8.12 and 19.7 in study guide
- HW: continue work on magnetic induction lab from two weeks ago
- Day 2
- HW Packet D due!
- AP Physics C practice exam (FR)
- Reading HW: Examples 6.15 and 14.3 in study guide
- HW: continue work on magnetic induction lab from two weeks ago
- Day 3
- Finish magnetic induction lab from two weeks ago: write up and turn in at end of class
- EASTER BREAK HOMEWORK: Work Supplemental Test 1 (p. 665) from your study guide; do both the multiple choice and free response then self-grade it using the answer key that follows.
- Day 1
.....EASTER BREAK!.....
- Week of Monday, April 24th: Exam Review
(NOTE: Final Exam on Saturday, April 29th, 10 AM to 1 PM)
- Day 1
- Mechanics Review 1
- Reading HW: mechanics chapter of your choice from the study guide
- HW: study for final exam on Saturday (you'll need several days to properly prepare, so start early!)
- Day 2
- Rotation, Moment of Inertia, Center of Mass, and Simple Harmonic Motion review
- Reading HW: mechanics chapter of your choice from the study guide
- HW: study for final exam on Saturday (you'll need several days to properly prepare, so start early!)
- Day 3
- E&M Review 1
- Reading HW: E&M chapter of your choice from the study guide
- HW: study for final exam on Saturday (you'll need several days to properly prepare, so start early!)
- Day 4
- E&M Review 2
- Reading HW: E&M chapter of your choice from the study guide
- HW: study for final exam on Saturday (you'll need several days to properly prepare, so start early!)
- Day 1
(NOTE: Final Exam on Saturday, April 29th, 10 AM to 1 PM)
- Week of Monday, May 1st (4 days): Exam practice
- Day 1
- Free response review & grading
- Makeup AP exam for those absent on Saturday (to be continued after school)
- HW: study on your own as needed for AP exam on Monday remember there are PAST TESTS ONLINE
- Day 2
- Free response review & grading
- HW: study on your own as needed for AP exam on Monday remember there are REAL TESTS ONLINE
- Day 3
- Free response review & grading
- HW: study on your own as needed for AP exam on Monday remember there are ACTUAL TESTS ONLINE
- Day 4
- AP Exam hints & tips
- HW: study on your own as needed for AP exam on Monday remember there are JAZZY TESTS ONLINE
- Day 1
- Day 1
- My Koyaanisqatsi DVD is broken! So it's BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL
- AP Physics C exam in the afternoon followed by pizza at Pirro's Pizzeria (32nd & Taraval) -- meet there as soon as possible after the AP exam
- Day 2
- AP Government exam (many students missing)
- I'm going to teach you how to play Go! (We'll use the Kiseido Go Server)
- "If there are sentient beings on other planets, then they play Go." - Emanuel Lasker, Chess Grandmaster
- Day 3
- begin Copenhagen
- Day 4
- PLEASE READ THIS Important information for raising your grade:
- I am no longer interested in the missing work from this semester: its purpose was to prepare you for the AP exam, so working on it now does not serve anybody particularly well.
- Instead, if you would like to raise your grade, I'm going to ask you to be a 'person for others' by performing certain physics-related tasks that will be of benefit to future AP, honors, and regular physics students.
- To raise your grade two grade steps (i.e., from "minus to plus": C- to C+, B- to B+, A- to A+; from "middle to low": F to D, D to C, C to B-, or B to A-; or from "high to middle": C+ to B, B+ to A) you need to do all of the following:
- Select one mechanics exam and one electricity & magnetism that does not have a key, download the .doc file, and make a key. The format must match the existing keys on the website. This must be completed by Day 3 of the last week of school. I will post the list of tests on the whiteboard on the room. When you have chosen two tests, cross them off the list. That way we won't have any duplicate work.
- Have your key checked by at least two other AP physics C students. If there are significant errors in your key when turned in, the work will not be accepted. Notify me by e-mail who your editors will be.
- Spend at least four hours at HW parties in the final week of classes (the week of May 23rd) or during finals week, helping regular and honors physics students.
- Go to the Public Folders for the regular and honors physics students and make a post that advertises when you will be available at the HW parties. Make sure you aren't choosing times that are during finals exams for the juniors. I will check on these public folders.
- To raise your grade one grade step (i.e., from "low to middle": C- to C, B- to B, or A- to A; from "middle to high": C to C+ or B to B+; or from "high to low": from D to C-, C+ to B-, or B+ to A-) you need to do all of the following:
- Select one mechanics exam or one electricity & magnetism that does not have a key, download the .doc file, and make a key. The format must match the existing keys on the website. This must be completed by Day 3 of the last week of school. I will post the list of tests on the whiteboard on the room. When you have chosen two tests, cross them off the list. That way we won't have any duplicate work.
- Have your key checked by at least two other AP physics C students. If there are significant errors in your key when turned in, the work will not be accepted. Notify me by e-mail who your editors will be.
- Spend at least two hours at HW parties in the final week of classes (the week of May 23rd) or during finals week, helping regular and honors physics students.
- Go to the Public Folders for the regular and honors physics students and make a post that advertises when you will be available at the HW parties. Make sure you aren't choosing times that are during finals exams for the juniors. I will check on these public folders.
- finish Copenhagen
- PLEASE READ THIS Important information for raising your grade:
- Week of Monday, May 15th (3 days): Decompression
- Days 1 to 3
- over the course of these three days, we'll watch Donnie Darko (warning: some objectional language & 'party' scenes; also, some very objectional but entertaining physics)
- Week of Monday, May 23rd(3 days): Decompression
- Days 1 to 3
- On Day 1, Claire gets free time. The seniors have to take really hard exams in quantum electrodynamics. Be sure to bring a slide rule. Better not miss class today =)
- Koyaanisqatsi (I had to order another DVD cause its so good)
- "If there are sentient beings on other planets, then they play Go." - Emanuel Lasker, Chess Grandmaster (We'll use the Kiseido Go Server)