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Subject Area
Science – Senior High
Course Name
AP B Physics
Date
5/31/2011
This course is similar to regular Physics; however, content is explored in greater depth and at an accelerated rate. Students are expected to have a solid
understanding of all physical science course concepts before attempting this course. Requirements include higher level of math and problem solving ability,
multistep problem solving, and college level reading ability. Tests are derived from a college physics test bank, and test scores are a higher percentage of the
grade. The standards and benchmarks are from the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Science.
Timeline
(Weeks)
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9
Content
Standards Addressed
Interactions
Among Science,
Technology,
Engineering,
Mathematics, and
Society
1.
Graphing and
Motion
1.
Newton’s Laws,
Forces and
Vectors
2.
Momentum &
Projectiles
Harmonic Motion
(Periodic Motion)
2.
Skills/Benchmarks
Essential Questions
Assessments
Developments in
physics affect society
and societal concerns
affect the field of
physics.
Physical and
mathematical models
are used to describe
physical systems.
Describe changes in society
that have resulted from
significant discoveries and
advances in technology in
physics.
Use significant figures and
an understanding of
accuracy and precision in
scientific measurements to
determine and express the
uncertainty of a result.
How is society affected by
technology and discoveries?
Student response system
questionnaire
Forces and inertia
determine the motion
of objects.
When objects change
their motion or
interact with other
objects in the absence
of frictional forces,
the total amount of
mechanical energy
remains constant.
Use vectors and free-body
diagrams to describe force,
position, velocity and
acceleration of objects in
two-dimensional space.
How are motion, velocity, and
acceleration related, and how
are they graphed?
Apply Newton’s three laws
of motion to calculate and
analyze the effect of forces
and momentum on motion.
Use gravitational force to
explain the motion of
objects near Earth and in the
universe.
Explain and calculate the
work, power, potential
energy and kinetic energy
involved in objects moving
Why in science are we
concerned with significant
figures, accuracy and
precision?
What are Newton’s laws and
how do they apply to how
things move?
What is momentum and how
does it get transferred?
How do things fly through the
air?
How do things move in
repeating motion systems?
How are rotational and linear
motion related and calculated?
Labs
Problems
Fan cart project
Test
For additional information
please see the College Board
approved Advanced
Placement B Physics
Syllabus and the College
board course description.
Willmar Public Schools
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under the influence of
gravity and other
mechanical forces.
Describe and calculate the
change in velocity for
objects when forces are
applied perpendicular to the
direction of motion.
Use conservation of
momentum and
conservation of energy to
analyze an elastic collision
of two solid objects in onedimensional motion.
5
Waves
1.
Sound
Light
2.
Sound waves are
generated from
mechanical
oscillations of objects
and travel through a
medium
Magnetic and electric
fields interact to
produce
electromagnetic
waves.
Analyze the frequency,
period and amplitude of an
oscillatory system.
Describe how vibration of
physical objects sets up
transverse and/or
longitudinal waves in gases,
liquids and solid materials.
Explain how interference,
resonance, refraction and
reflection affect sound
waves.
Describe the Doppler effect
changes that occur in an
observed sound as a result
of the motion of a source of
the sound relative to a
receiver.
Describe the nature of the
magnetic and electric fields
in a propagating
electromagnetic wave.
Explain and calculate how
Demonstrate the relationship
between potential, rotational
kinetic, linear kinetic, and total
energy of a system.
How are frequency, period, and
amplitude used to describe
sound?
What are the different types of
waves and how do they transfer
energy?
How are the different sounds
we hear different?
What is light and how does it
behave in our world?
Quiz
Labs
Problems
Test
For additional information
please see the College Board
approved Advanced
Placement B Physics
Syllabus and the College
board course description.
Willmar Public Schools
Curriculum Map
the speed of light and its
wavelength change when
the medium changes.
Explain the refraction
and/or total internal
reflection of light in
transparent media, such as
lenses and optical fibers.
Use properties of light,
including reflection,
refraction, interference,
Doppler effect and the
photoelectric effect, to
explain phenomena and
describe applications.
Compare the wave model
and particle model in
explaining properties of
light.
Compare the wavelength,
frequency and energy of
waves in different regions of
the electromagnetic
spectrum and describe their
applications.
3
Electricity (Static
& Direct Current)
Magnetism
1.
Electrons respond to
electric fields and
voltages by moving
through electrical
circuits and this
motion generates
magnetic fields.
Explain why currents flow
when free charges are
placed in an electric field,
and how that forms the basis
for electric circuits.
Explain and calculate the
relationship of current,
voltage, resistance and
power in series and parallel
circuits.
Describe how moving
What are the basic principles of
electrical circuits?
What is magnetism and how is
it used in our society?
Labs
Problems
Test
For additional information
please see the College Board
approved Advanced
Placement B Physics
Syllabus and the College
board course description.
Willmar Public Schools
Curriculum Map
electric charges produce
magnetic forces and moving
magnets produce electric
forces.
1
Heat
1.
Heat energy is
transferred between
objects or regions
that are at different
temperatures by the
processes of
convection,
conduction and
radiation.
Use the interplay of electric
and magnetic forces to
explain how motors,
generators, and transformers
work.
Describe and calculate the
quantity of heat transferred
between solids and/or
liquids, using specific heat,
mass and change in
temperature.
How is energy transferred
through heat?
Explain the role of gravity,
pressure and density in the
convection of heat by a
fluid.
Compare the rate at which
objects at different
temperatures will transfer
thermal energy by
electromagnetic radiation.
Content -- big ideas, broad topics, major subcategories and underlying concepts
Standards Addressed -- state and/or local standards
Skills/Benchmarks -- tells what the student will be able to do as a result of instruction
Essential Questions -- what overarching questions will guide instruction and produce higher levels of thinking?
Assessments -- evidence that the student understands the concepts, demonstration of skill
Labs
Problems
Test
For additional information
please see the College Board
approved Advanced
Placement B Physics
Syllabus and the College
board course description.
2007-2008
Advanced Placement B Physics
Course Overview
This course meets 5 days per week with 87 min class periods. The course is 3 terms in length
comprising a total of approximately 135 class periods. It is designed to prepare the student to take the
Advanced Placement B Physics test. The class will cover topics in the 5 major areas of Physics:
Newtonian mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves and
Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. While this course is not calculus-based, the mathematics is
rigorous. Students perform extensive lab work. Each lab is used in an exploratory manner in which this
is the first contact with physics principles the student will have. After each experiment each student
will enter into their lab notebook their understanding of the principles brought forward by each
experiment. The students conclusions and understandings are reviewed in a whole class setting with
the instructor checking on correct conclusions. For each lab students develop a understanding of the
concepts presented in the lab and in writing convey their understanding. The emphasis in this course is
understanding the concepts through hands on experience. Tests given include multiple choice and open
ended problems that are derived from the computer test bank for the text used.
Evaluation
Labs 50%
Homework 5%
Tests 45%
Text used : Physics Second Edition by James S. Walker 2004
Online resources: http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_walker_physics_2
Lab source materials: Physics with Computers by Kenneth Appel, John Gastineau, Clarence Bakken,
David Vernier
Equipment used for labs:
• Apple Macintosh computers
•
Software: Vernier Lab Pro software, Graphical Analysis, Physics with computers, iLife,
Audacity.
•
Probes and computer interface: ultrasonic motion detectors, force probe, accelerometer,
photo-gates, magnetic field sensors, microphones.
•
Other equipment: Pasco carts, tracks, air tracks, optical bench, fan carts, circuit boards,
and mini projectile launchers. Multi-meters and other equipment from various sources.
Subjects/Chapters and labs completed
I. Newtonian Mechanics (47 class periods)
A. Kinematics
Chapters
1 Introduction
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2 One-Dimensional Kinematics
3 Vectors in Physics
4 Two-Dimensional Kinematics
Labs
01 Graph Matching
02 Back and Forth Motion
03 Modern Galileo
04 Determining g on Incline
05 Picket Fence Free Fall
06 Ball Toss
07 Bungee Jump
08 Projectile Motion
Projectile time of flight to determine initial velocity
Projectile initial velocity using photo-gates
Projectile angle for distance
B. Newton’s laws of motion
C. Work, energy, power
Chapters
5 Newton’s Laws of Motion
6 Applications of Newton’s Laws
7 Work and Kinetic Energy
8 Potential Energy and Conservative Forces
Labs
09 Newton’s Second Law
10 Atwood’s Machine
11 Newton’s Third Law
12 Static Friction
13 Air Resistance
14 Pendulum Periods
15 Simple Harmonic Motion
16 Energy of a Tossed Ball
17 Energy in SHM
18 Work and Energy
Fan Cart time to distance Project- Within this project students individually modify a fan cart to go a
specified distance in a specified time. Once the cart is released it can not be touched for the duration
of the time trial. The student writes up this lab in a manner as though another individual could follow
their instructions to modify, experiment with pre time trial testing on a short track and then running a
final run on a large track with no previous experience on the track and two chances to complete an
accurate run whose result will determine part of the grade for the write-up of the project.
D. Systems of particles, linear momentum
E. Circular motion and rotation
Chapter
10 Rotational Kinematics and Energy
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11 Rotational and Static Equilibrium
Labs
Momentum and Impulse labs with Air Tracks
Exp. Momentum using Air Tracks
14 Pendulum Periods
15 Simple Harmonic Motion
Exp. Equilibrium lab meter stick
F. Oscillations and gravitation
Chapters
12 Gravity
13 Oscillations about equilibrium
14 Waves and Sound
Labs
Lab Sound wave comparison and analysis
21 Sound Waves and Beats
22 Tones Vowels and Phones
23 Mathematics of Music
24 Speed of Sound
Exp sound manipulation
II. Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics (20 class periods)
A. Fluid Mechanics
B. Temperature and Heat
C. Kinetic theory and thermodynamics
Chapters
15 Fluids
16 Temperature and Heat
17 Phases and Phase Changes
18 The Laws of Thermodynamics
Labs
Heat of Fusion through Vaporization of Water
Lab Specific Heat
Lab Heat Transfer
Lab Linear Expansion
III Electricity and Magnetism (34 class periods)
A. Electrostatics
B. Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics
C. Electric circuits
D. Magnetic Fields
E. Electromagnetism
Chapters
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19 Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields
20 Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy
21 Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits
22 Magnetism
23 Magnetic Flux and Faraday’s law of Induction
Labs
1-8 Electricity labs
1 Open and closed circuits
2 Parallel and Series circuits
3 Ohms law
4 Resistances in Parallel and Series
5 Voltage in Parallel and Series
6 Current in Parallel and Series
7 Kirchoff’s Law
8 Capacitors
27 Capacitors
28 Magnetic Field in a Coil
29 Magnetic Field in Slinky
IV Waves and Optics (20 class periods)
A. Wave motion
B. Physical optics
C. Geometric optics
Chapters
25 electromagnetic Waves
26 Geometrical Optics
27 Optical Instruments
28 Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
Labs
Exp. 1 Color Addition
Exp. 2 Prism
Exp. 3 Reflection-Plane and Curved Mirrors
Exp. 4 Snell’s law
Exp. 5 Total internal reflection
Exp. 6 Refraction - convex and Concave Lenses
Exp. 8 Apparent Depth
Exp. 9 Focal Length of a Thin Lens
Exp. Focal length Concave Mirror
31 Polarization of Light
32 Light and Distance
Large Group Project: Students develop a experiment of their choosing which builds on some principle
of physics. This can be a major modification of a lab conducted in class or a whole self derived
exploratory experiment testing out understanding or occurrences outside of the classroom setting. A
full write up of this experiment, with results, conclusions and understandings is turned in.
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V. Atomic and nuclear Physics (14 class periods)
A. Atomic physics and quantum effects
B. Nuclear physics
Chapters
29 Relativity
30 Quantum Physics
31 Atomic Physics
32 Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation
Labs
Exp. Photoelectric Effect
Exp. Cloud Chamber
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