AP Physics Lesson Plans

AP Physics 1

Objective:

Thermodynamics

Monday, March 18:

Lecture/Notes: Thermal conductivity, heat transfer, gas laws
Guided practice problems

Tuesday, March 19:

Independent practice problems – Ch.16: 1, 10, 17, 21, 22, 27, 28, 35, 36
Students will work together and help each other
All solutions will be discussed and all questions answered

Wednesday, March 20:

Independent practice problems – Ch. 17: 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 59, 60, 70, 71
Students will work together and help each other
All solutions will be discussed and all questions answered.

Thursday, March 21:

Lecture/Discuss: The laws of thermodynamics and types of processes
Guided practice problems

Friday, March 22

Independent practice problems on thermodynamics laws from Ch. 18
Students will work together and help each other
All solutions will be discussed and all questions answered.

AP Physics 1 Week 7

Objective:

III.D: Magnetism

III.E: Electromagnetism

Fluid Mechanics

Monday, February 20:

Staff Development

Tuesday, February 19:

Students will compete a practice set of questions and problems on magnetism. They will work together and help each other.
The solutions will be provided and all questions answered.

Wednesday, February 20:

Test on Magnetism

Thursday, February 21:

Lecture/Discuss: states of matter, density, hydrostatic pressure, pascal’s principle
View video of high ocean pressure crushing a diving helmet
Guided practice problems
Independent practice: Ch. 15 problems 6,9,11,15,17,18, and 19 (to complete for homework)

Friday, February 22:

Check homework and discuss solutions. All student questions will be answered

AP Physics 1 Week 6

Objective:

III.D: Magnetism

III.E: Electromagnetism

Monday, February 11:

Lecture/Discuss: the nature of magnetic fields, forces exerted on moving charges, forces exerted on current-carrying wires, and solenoids.
Students will read Ch. 22 and complete the conceptual questions

Tuesday, February 12:

Students will work independently to complete practice problems on magnetism. Students will help each other.
22 1-27 odd, 31,33,45,49,57, and 59.
Any problems not completed in class will be finished for homework

Wednesday, February 13:

All problem answers will be checked and solutions discussed.
Lecture/Discuss: Electromagnetic induction and Faraday’s law
Students will read Ch. 23 and complete the conceptual questions

Thursday, February 14:

Students will work independently to complete practice problems involving electromagnetic induction and Faraday’s Law. Students will assist each other.
23 1-9 odd, 13,17, 19, 21, and 25

Friday, February 15:

All problem answers will be checked and solutions discussed.
Students will begin a practice that reviews magnetism and electromagnetic induction

AP Physics 1 Week 5

Objective:

III.A1.a-b: Electrostatics and Coulomb’s Law

III.B: Conductors, Capacitors, and Dielectrics

III.C: Electric Currents

III.D: Magnetism

Monday, February 4:

Electricity lab – students will build a mini plasma cutter, a leyden jar (capacitor), and a motor using household items.

Tuesday, February 5:

Finish electricity lab

Wednesday, February 6:

Test - electricity

Thursday, February 7:

MC Math and Science Competition

Friday, February 8:

Test - electricity

AP Physics 1 Week 4

Objective:

III.A1.a-b: Electrostatics and Coulomb’s Law

III.B: Conductors, Capacitors, and Dielectrics

III.C: Electric Currents

III.D: Magnetism

Monday, January 28:

Hw problems will be checked and solutions discussed.
Students will work independently to complete a review of problems and questions to probe understanding of the concepts covered so far.

Tuesday, January 29:

Lecture/Discuss: current electricity, power, voltage, resistance, and circuit arrangements
Building example circuits with play doh. Series and parallel circuits will be constructed to compare what happens to the brightness of LED lights when additional lights are added in both series and parallel circuits.
Guided practice on calculating the voltage drop, power, current, and resistance in a circuit. Also on calculating equivalent resistance in series and parallel circuits.
Independent practice problems.
Teacher will assist students individually and they will work together.

Wednesday, January 30:

Hw will be checked and all answers discussed
Lecture/discuss: resistivity and conductivity and Kirchoff’s rules
Independent practice involving electric current.
The teacher will assist students individually and they will work together.

Thursday, January 31:

Hw problems will be checked and solutions discussed
Students will complete a set of questions and problems to review electric current.
The teacher will assist students individually and they will work together.

Friday, February 1:

Hw problems will be checked and solutions discussed
Test Monday on Electricity
Lecture/Discuss: Magnetic fields

AP Physics 1 Week 3

Objective:

III.A1.a-b: Electrostatics and Coulomb’s Law

III.B2: Capacitors

III.B: Conductors, Capacitors, and Dielectrics

Monday, January 21:

MLK Holiday

Tuesday, January 22:

Hw problems will be checked and all answers discussed
Independent practice using Coulomb’s law, the principle of superposition and the electric field
All solutions will be checked and correct answers discussed
Teacher will assist students individually and they will work together

Wednesday, January 23:

Lecture/Discuss: Electric potential energy and electric potential (including Khan academy videos to reinforce the lecture)
Independent practice on calculating electric potential energy and electric potential
Teacher will assist students individually and they will work together

Thursday, January 24:

Hw problems will be checked and solutions discussed
Lecture/Discuss: Capacitor function and series and parallel capacitors
Independent practice calculating capacitance
Teacher will assist students individually and they will work together

Friday, January 25:

Hw problems will be checked and solutions discussed
Independent practice on all electricity objectives covered so far
Teacher will assist students individually and they will work together

AP Physics 1 Week 2

Objective:

Objective: The student will be able to perform experimental data analysis.

Describe types of measurement errors
Determine and calculate errors, or uncertainties (including significant digits, measurement distribution, mean, standard deviations, precision, standard error, confidence, and percent difference)

I.A1a1: Given a graph of one of the kinematic quantities, position, velocity, or acceleration, as a function of time, they can recognize in what time intervals that the other two are positive, negative, and zero, and can identify a sketch of a graph of each as a function of time.

III.A1.a-b: Electrostatics and Coulomb’s Law

Monday, January 14:

Graph analysis answers will be checked and all correct answers will be explained.
Brief review for test tomorrow on math review, data analysis, and kinematic graph analysis.
Lecture/Discuss: Electric charge, conservation of charge, and detecting charge

Tuesday, January 15:

Students will complete a test on the math review, data analysis, and kinematic graph analysis

Wednesday, January 16:

Lecture/Discuss: Coulomb’s law and calculating the electric force on a point charge
Guided Practice on using Coulomb’s law
Independent practice on using Coulomb’s law

Thursday, January 17:

Lecture/Discuss: Electric fields and drawing field lines
Guided Practice on drawing field lines and determining the direction of electric force

Friday, January 18:

Independent practice on electric charge, conservation of charge, electric force, Coulomb’s law and electric fields. Students will work together and finish for homework.

AP Physics 1 Lesson Plans Week 1 (1-4 to 1-6)

Objective: The student will be able to perform experimental data analysis.

Describe types of measurement errors
Determine and calculate errors, or uncertainties (including significant digits, measurement distribution, mean, standard deviations, precision, standard error, confidence, and percent difference)
Best practices for graphing, data linearization, and linear fits used to determine unknown quantities.

Monday, January 7:

Introduction to AP Physics 1, class expectations and procedures
Review – students will complete a quick review of handling numbers in science: significant digits, scientific notation, solving equations, graphing, and basic trigonometry. Students may work together and the teacher will assist students individually
Go over and correct the math review

Tuesday, January 8:

Lecture/Discuss – Types of measurement errors, significant digits, measurement distribution, mean, standard deviation, precision, standard error, confidence, and percent difference.
Guided practice – students will use a provided set of data to calculate the above quantities. The teacher will assist students individually and students will assist each other.

Wednesday, January 9:

Lecture/Discuss – best practices for graphing, data linearization, and linear fits used to determine unknown quantities
Guided Practice – students will use a provided data set to graph and analyze. The teacher will assist students individually and students will assist each other.

Thursday, January 10:

Students will work independently to perform error/uncertainty calculations and graph analysis.
The students work will be graded and answers discussed.

Friday, January 11:

Students will work independently to complete the calculation of a regular volume using 5 measurements of each dimension with propagation of error throughout the calculation. The teacher will assist students individually.
Students will work independently to cover a review of graph interpretation and answer questions requiring the interpretation of kinematic graphs. The teacher will assist students independently. Students will complete the analysis for homework