North Brunswick Township High School
AP Physics C 2015 - 2016
Teacher: Mrs. Barrett
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Phone: (732) 289 – 3700 x4082
COURSE DESCRIPTION
AP Physics C is a second-year physics course taken to prepare students for both the AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exams in May. The course is designed as an equivalent to a first-year college physics class. It utilizes a basic understanding of differential and integral calculus. Students who have not already taken an introductory calculus course should be concurrently enrolled while taking AP Physics C. You should have also completed a prerequisite physics class comparable to Honors Physics.
TEXTBOOK AND SUPPLIES LIST
We will use the following textbook for this course:
Halliday, David, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker. Fundamentals of Physics. 10th ed New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
Supplemental Materials: PSI AP Physics C SMART Notebooks, homework, classwork and assessments found at https://njctl.org/courses/science/ap-physics-c/#
You will need the following supplies in order to have a successful school year:
· 2 – inch Binder: All students will need a binder containing all handouts; Dividers optional
· 1-subject spiral notebook: For your homework assignments
· Bound Composition Book: For maintaining a student lab notebook
· Pen and Pencil: These will not be supplied for you
· Graphing Calculator: must be on the College Board list of approved calculators
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Your grade for each marking period will be based on the following:
Lecture 80%
Assessments: Quizzes & Tests 60%
Homework 20%
Laboratory 20%
Lab Participation & Notebook 15%
Formal Lab Write-Ups & Presentations 5%
Each marking period will comprise 22% of your overall grade. The final exam accounts for the remaining 12% of the grade for this course. Additionally, please be aware of the school’s policy on AP Course weighting in your student handbook.
COURSE WORK
Lecture (80%)
Literacy Based Guided Notes
Because this course is designed as a second year physics course, students will be responsible for guiding and directing their learning with help from the teacher. Prior to the start of each new chapter students will be required to write notes that correspond to the upcoming chapter(s) in the textbook. The first night’s homework assignment will be to read the chapter(s) and complete their notes and any sample problems as directed. A short SMART Response multiple choice quiz will be given prior to the start of the chapter to assess student understanding at the beginning of each new unit. This will serve to maximize time in lecture to ask questions, think critically and solve problems together.
SMART Notebook Lecture with embedded SMART Response Formative Assessment
After students demonstrate readiness based on pre-reading there will be a short review/introductory lecture using SMART Notebook. In this lecture some concepts may be retaught or a practice problem might be demonstrated. Embedded in the SMART Notebook are frequent, scaffolded, formative assessment questions. These questions allow students to guide their own learning and develop their own problem solving skills. Students will work in small groups to solve problems and enter their answers into their SMART Responders. Immediate whole-group data will foster class discussion as students collaborate together to solve problems. These formative assessment questions will drive the pacing of the course. SMART Notebooks and SMART Response questions are modified from materials posted at www.njctl.org.
Homework Problems Sets & Homework Quizzes
Homework Problem Sets will be given out at the beginning of each chapter. Homework is modified from problems sets posted at www.njctl.org and the course textbook. Homework will be assigned from the problem set each night and a text or e-mail reminder will be sent out through the app Remind. Homework is due on the day of a unit test. A homework quiz will be given approximately every two weeks. This allows students time to ask questions on any homework problems before being assessed on it.
Assessments
At the end of each unit of study a unit assessment will be given. These assessments are modeled after the AP Physics C exam. This will prepare you for not only the format of the questions that will appear on the exam but also for the types of questions and the language used in asking those questions. Unit assessments will often (always) include questions from previous units so that we are continually building on previous knowledge.
Lab (20%)
Lab Experiments and Lab Notebook
Students will be conducting a full-scale lab approximately once a week to comprise 20% of time spent in class. The lab notebook is the essence of the laboratory experience. In it students demonstrate their understanding of the science process; that is, there ability to design, carry out and evaluate a scientific problem or idea. Labs will always occur on Day 1 of the rotational schedule when our class will meet for a double period. Lab notebooks will be collected and graded on the day of the lab (for pre-lab completion) and twice each marking period (for completion of the lab). Students must maintain and keep their lab notebooks as they may be required to present their notebooks as proof of having done these labs when they seek credit for the course in college.
Lab Report and/or Presentation
Each marking period students will be asked to write one formal lab report or give one formal lab presentation. This will serve to prepare students for the technical writing, data analysis and presentation of findings that will be expected in a college level course. These reports and presentations should also be kept by students as a portfolio of the work completed during this course to present to their colleges for credit.
COURSE OUTLINE
Unit / Topics / Chapter(s)Unit 1 / Vectors; Introduction to Lab
Lab 1: Forces and Vectors Round Robin / 3
Unit 2 / Kinematics in 1-Dimension
Lab 2: Modern Galileo Experiment / 2
Unit 3 / Kinematics in 2- and 3-Dimensions
Lab 3: Projectile Motion Lab / 4
Unit 4 / Force and Motion
Lab 4: Coefficient of Friction
Lab 5: Drag Force of Coffee Filters / 5 & 6
Unit 5 / Work and Energy
Lab 6: Energy Conservation Round Robin / 7 & 8
Unit 6 / Momentum
Lab 7a: Collisions of Carts
Lab 7b: 2-D Collisions / 9
Unit 7 / Rotational Physics
Lab 8: Rotational Inertia of a Mounted Wheel / 10 & 11
Unit 8 / Gravitation and Circular Motion
Lab 9: Conical Pendulum / 13
Unit 9 / Oscillations
Lab 10: Round Robin of Predictions & Measurements / 15
Unit 10 / Electric Charge and Field
Lab 11: Electric Field Mapping / 21 & 22
Unit 11 / Gauss’ Law
Lab 12: Virtual Potential and Fields Lab (phet) / 23
Unit 12 / Electric Potential & Capacitance
Lab 13: RC Circuits Lab / 24 & 25
Unit 13 / Current & Circuits
Lab 14: Ohm’s Law Lab
Lab 15: Internal Resistance of a Battery / 26 & 27
Unit 14 / Magnetic Force & Field / 28
Unit 15 / Magnetic Field Due to Electric Current
Lab 16: Electric Field from a Current Round Robin / 29
Unit 16 / Electromagnetic Induction
Lab 17: Faraday’s Law Lab / 30
Unit 17 / Inductance & Maxwell’s Equations
Lab 18: RL Circuits Lab / 30 & 32
Unit 18 / Alternating Current / 31
CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS
· Be on time and prepared to work –
o Be prepared each day bringing all of the necessary supplies (pen, pencil, notebook, homework, assignments etc.) and a willingness to learn.
o Class will start on time; tardiness is unacceptable and will take away from your learning as well as your class grade. Students will be subject to a disciplinary referral for 4 lates to class as per student handbook.
· Be attentive and respectful –
o Of the teacher, the material being taught, fellow students, the classroom environment, and especially yourself.
· Be responsible –
o Ask permission to leave the room in emergency situations only – take care of personal business before/after class
o Complete all assignments on time and take responsibility for your own learning
o Display appropriate conduct both in the classroom and the hallways
o Maintain academic integrity by handing in your own work and refraining from cheating on exams and quizzes.
· Be a problem solver, not a problem –
o Think critically each day; avoid conflict by working cooperatively with your peers and the teacher.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
We will be learning new material each day so students are expected to come to class every day.
You are responsible for promptly making up missed assignments after returning to school.
· If you are absent the day before an assessment, be prepared to take it the day it is given.
· If you are absent from school the day of an assessment, you will be required to take the assessment the day you return. Plan ahead to take the exam.
· You are responsible for scheduling a make-up time for any laboratory activities missed during your absence.
· If you are absent from class and do not provide an excuse note upon returning to class, you will be marked as cutting and therefore unable to make up any work missed. Absences may be excused with a valid doctor’s note, or note from school nurse/office.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Knowledge is too precious to steal. Make sure everything that you turn in to me is your own work even if it is a “group” assignment. Students caught cheating or plagiarizing will receive no credit (This means a ZERO) for that assignment and will not be allowed to make up the credit for that assignment. Additionally, please be aware of the school’s policy on cheating and plagiarism in your student handbook.