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Advanced Placement Physics C – Mechanics Textbook PHYSICS for Scientists and Engineers, Raymond Serway and John Jewett, Jr., Brooks/Cole - Thomson, 6th Edition, 2004. General Educational Requirements 1. Each chapter will be accompanied by a homework assignment which must be completed and submitted at the beginning of class on the day of the test. Many of these problems will require the student to develop plans and processes for finding solutions. In most chapters, an open-ended problem will be posed to student groups who will then research, develop, and defend their own solution. In doing so, students will be expected to identify, isolate and manipulate variables in order to test hypotheses and, when appropriate, perform error analysis. 2. Students should have a graphing calculator. 3. Students should purchase a notebook to be used for all lab reports. Labs, in general, will take two or three class periods to complete. Lab reports should include evidence that all procedures were followed and all data was collected. The theory and conclusion sections should be in-depth discussion of why the lab was carried out as indicated, what happened as a result, and why. 4. Students will be required to interpret physical information, use the scientific method to analyze physical phenomenon, use mathematical reasoning to solve problems and analyze physical situations, interpret and communicate observations and experimental results, including an analysis of relative error. Topics Covered A. Calculus Topic 1 Limits Topic 2 Derivatives Topic 3 Integrals Chapter 1 Measurement Section 1 Standards of length, mass, and time. Section 4 Dimensional Analysis Section 5 Unit Conversion Section 6 Order of Magnitude Estimation Lab 1 – Intro to Graphing Students will collect data from several round objects. This data and graph will allow the students to “discover” π. Lab 2 – Measure to graph to Measure Students construct graphs of mass versus area and mass versus length. These graphs will be used to predict the mass of unknown objects. Chapter 2 One Dimensional Motion Section 1-3 Definitions and terms Section 5 Constant Acceleration Section 6 Freely Falling Objects Section 7 Motion Equations/Calculus Chapter 3 Vectors Section 1 Polar and Cartesian Representation Section 2-3 Vectors and Scalars Section 4 Component Resolution/Unit Vector Notation Lab 3 – Vector Trips Each small group of students will be given a map. They will follow a sheet with vectors to arrive at a particular destination. Each group will then create their own “trip” that another group will take. Lab 4 – Force Tables Groups of students will use the force tables to explore vector addition. This inquiry based lab allows students to set their own parameters for the data collected. Chapter 4 Two Dimensional Motion Section 1 Position/Velocity/Acceleration Vectors Section 2 Constant Acceleration Section 3 Projectile Motion Section 4 Uniform Circular Motion Section 5 Tangential/Radial Acceleration Section 6 Relative Velocity/Relative Acceleration Lab51 – Ball Throw Throw a softball at a 30o and a 45o angle enough times to obtain valid average initial speed. Predict the horizontal distance of ball when thrown horizontally with same speed. Chapter 5 Newton’s Laws of Motion Section 1 Force Section 2-3 First Law: Inertia Section 4-5 Second Law: Acceleration Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Third Law: Interaction Applications Friction Lab 6– Inertial Balance Determine vibrational period for different masses. Construct graph to be used to determine unknown masses. Lab 7– F = ma with Carts and Rubber Bands F = ma (with rubber bands) – Determine force constants of rubber bands. Chapter 6 Circular Motion Section 1 Applying Newton’s Laws to Circular Motion Section 2 Non-Uniform Circular Motion Section 3 Accelerated Reference Frames Section 4 Resistive Forces Lab 8 – Friction and Race Car Laps Measure the speed at which a toy remote-controlled car can complete a circle of known radius to determine the coefficient of friction between the tires and the surface. Lab 9 – Circling Planes and Helicopters Measure the radius of flight of toy planes of known mass to determine the centripetal force. Chapter 7 Energy and its Transfer Section 1 Closed/Open Systems Section 2 Work with Constant Force Section 3 Scalar Products Section 4 Work with Varying Force Section 5 Work/Energy Theorem Section 6 Conservation of Energy Section 7 Kinetic Friction Section 8 Power Lab 10 – Bulls Eye Use a ballistic pendulum to determine the kinetic energy of a projectile and predict the impact point for the projectile when launched by the device. Chapter 8 Potential Energy Section 1 PE of a System Section 2 Section 3-4 Section 5 Section 6 Conservation of Mechanical Energy Conservative/Non-conservative Forces Conservative Forces and Potential Energy Equilibrium and Energy Diagrams Lab 11 – Air Track with Spring Record and analyze data made from observations of gliders on an air track. Chapter 9 Linear Momentum and Collisions Section 1 Conservation of Linear Momentum Section 2 Impulse Section 3 One Dimensional Collisions Section 4 Two Dimensional Collisions Section 5 Systems of Particles/Center of Mass Lab 12 – Conservation of Momentum Observe elastic and inelastic collisions between dynamic carts to verify the Law of Conservation of momentum. Lab 13 – Impulse/Momentum Students use force sensors and motion detectors to calculate the change in momentum and the impulse of a collision. Lab 14 – Air Table Collisions Two-dimensional conservation of momentum analysis. Chapter 10 Rotation Section 1-4 Standard Equations and Kinetic Energy Section 5-7 Torque and Newton’s Laws Section 8 Work/Power/Energy Section 9 Rolling Objects Lab 15 – Rotation Device Study the effects of different forces, radii, and masses on rotation. Chapter 11 Angular Momentum Section 1 Vectors Section 2-6 Angular Momentum and Conservation Chapter 12 Static Equilibrium and Elasticity Section 1-3 Conditions/Requirements and Examples of Equilibrium Section 4 Elastic Properties Chapter 13 Universal Gravitation Section 1-3 Newton and Cavendish Section 4 Kepler Section 5 Fields Section 6 Potential Energy Section 7 Orbiting and Energy Lab 16 – Measuring “g” Drop weights from many different heights in football stadium, measuring time to drop. Construct graph, straighten power curve and use slope to find “g.” Chapter 14 Fluid Mechanics Section 1-3 Pascal Section 4-5 Archimedes Section 6 Bernoulli Section 7 Applications Chapter 15 Oscillatory Motion Section 1 -4 Simple Harmonic Motion Section 5 Pendulum Section 6 -7 Damped and forced Oscillations Submitted by: d’Arcy Harder