APC Physics - Mechanics Sachem North High School Syllabus William Holl Overview and Prerequisites: Any student who has successfully completed APB Physics as a junior, and is currently enrolled in either Calculus AB or BC, may register to take APC Physics in their senior year. Extensive use of differentiation and integration is required for this course. The mechanics portion of the course runs for the first two marking periods of the year, roughly from September 1 st until January 31 st (20 weeks). There is one section offered, and the enrolment varies from 12 to 25 students. Almost all of these students will opt to take the APC Physics Mechanics Exam at the end of the year. Textbook: This course utilizes FUNDAMENTAL OF PHYSICS, ninth edition, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker. The test is used for reading assignments, homework assignments and turn in quizzes. Chapters 1 through 16 are covered in the mechanics portion of the course. Please see homework assignment sheet at the end of this document. Schedule: The class meets for seven and a half periods a week. On A days the class has a single 42 minute period, and on B days a double 89 period session. This schedule allows sufficient time for lecture, practice problems, labs and evaluation on each unit. Each chapter will begin with four to five periods of lecture, with homework assignment of 3 to 5 problems due each day. One or more laboratory experiments will be performed as well. Some of the labs are quick discovery experiments, and some require a double period and complete write up. One double period of group practice session is held for each chapter, where the students will master the concepts covered during the lectures. Each chapter will culminate with a 42 minute quiz, and a double period exam is given after every two chapters.
Laboratory Work: Laboratory experiments will conducted in small group settings. Each group will consist of three or four students conducting hands-on experimentation. The lab period will begin with a discussion of the concepts involved and the equipment they will be allowed to use. Labs are roughly divided equally between those in which I will give fairly specific instructions, and those in which the groups will be expected to come up with their own procedures. While many of the labs require students to collect data by hand and construct traditional graphs, some labs involve data is collection using computers and interfaced sensors, such as photo-gates, motion detectors, force sensors, current readers and volt meters. At times computers are used for graphing, as are the students TI-89 calculators. Students will be expect to make observations, collect data, perform appropriate calculations and come up with conclusions. In addition, they are expected to analyze their results to determine what factors might have contributed to errors in their results, and how the experiment might be altered to eliminate these errors. Students will practice guided inquiry during several laboratory periods when they are required to develop and carry out their self-designed experiments. Likewise, almost every experiment will require students to apply their in-class learning and outside research to develop well-thought, extensive conclusions that clearly state the outcomes of the experiment, error percentages, potential sources of error and links to everyday applications. All lab reports are to be written up according to a given format. After grading they are kept on file in the students portfolio. In addition to formal labs, students are often sent to the lab tables to perform quick lab exercises that may contain open ended questions. These are approximately 30 minute procedures where students are asked to determine things like the friction between two surfaces, the resistance of a piece of wire, the net work done on a system by a falling mass, etc. Course Description and Objectives: The goal of this course is to provide the students with the equivalent of a freshman calculus based physics course in mechanics. The various tasks that students will experience in the course requires them to practice guided-inquiry by developing experiments and data taking methods that must be carried out in order to determine and/or solve complex problems and laboratory questions. Students successfully completing this course should have a strong conceptional understanding in physics,
and should be able to apply the concepts they have mastered to solve problems unseen by them before. Students will also be able to work efficiently in the laboratory setting and be able to take and analyze data. They will have been taught with sufficient rigor to excel on the AP Physics C Mechanics exam at a level enabling them to obtain college credit. Guided Inquiry: Throughout the course students will develop their critical thinking skills by utilizing guided inquiry and student centered learning. This is accomplished in several different ways; which include group problem sets, reading passages and a variety of laboratory work. One of the lessons that make use of student centered learning is a reading assignment that deals with RC circuits and their setup, followed by a lab that requires the students to build an RC circuit and observe/record the changes that occur in the voltage and brightness of a small light bulb wired into the circuit. Students will also develop an experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity by varying the length of a simple pendulum. Similarly, students will build egg-droppers at the conclusion of our Impulse/Momentum unit that requires them to make use of their knowledge of impulse to successfully build the most efficient egg dropper possible. Online homework assignments also require the students to perform outside reading and learning in order to correctly solve a variety of higher level physics questions. These homework assignments are done using the website www.webassign.net. Course Grading and Evaluation: Each marking period students will receive grades based on their performance and completion of; Laboratory work... 20 % Homework... 15 % Quizzes... 20 % Practice & Turn in Problems... 10 % Exams... 35 % Single period quizzes will be given at the end of each chapter, and a double period exam at the end of each unit. Final grade for the class will be determined using the formula 40 % 1 st marking period grade, 40 % 2 nd marking period grade and 20 %
final exam grade. Course Outline and Schedule: Unit I - Measurement, Motion Along a Straight Line and Vectors Week - 1 Chapter 1 - Measurement. This chapter will include an introduction to physics. The following topics will be covered: a) International System of Units b) Proper techniques for measuring c) Unit conversions d) Significant figures e) Fundamental and derived quantities f) Mathematical techniques required, including simple differentiation and integration Labs will include (1) Significant Figures and Volume and (2) Density of Various Solids. These labs are designed to introduce the students to the physics laboratory and to allow them to practice taking measurements, and to calculate values to the proper number of significant figures. Lab write up format will also be introduced at this time. One homework assignment (1-1) and one set of practice problems will be completed. A 30 minute quiz will be given at the conclusion of the chapter. Weeks - 2 & 1 st ½ of week 3 Chapter 2 - Motion Along a Straight Line. Topics covered include: a) Motion b) Position and Displacement c) Average Speed and Average Velocity d) Instantaneous Speed and Velocity
e) Acceleration, Average and Instantaneous f) Free Fall and Acceleration Due to Gravity Uses of limits, differentiation and integration will be introduced at this point to solve problems involving nonuniform acceleration. Students will be come proficient in using motion graphs including position-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time plots. Labs performed will be (3) Acceleration of a Lab Cart Using a Recording Timer, (4) Acceleration Due to Gravity Using a Recording Spark Timer and (5) Acceleration Due to Gravity Using a Picket Fence and Photo-Gate. There will be five homework assignments will due and one set of in class practice problems. A full period quiz will be given at the conclusion of the chapter. Weeks - 2 nd ½ of week 3 and week 4 Chapter 3 - Vectors. Topics covered will include: a) Definitions of vectors and scalars b) Adding vectors graphically c) Vector components d) Unit vectors and adding vectors using components e) Multiplying vectors, including dot products and cross products Students will use protractors and rulers to add vectors graphically as well as mathematically. The right hand rule will be introduced for cross products. Labs for this chapter include (6) Breaking Strength of a Piece of String and (7) Using Components to Solve for and Unknown Weight. Four homework assignments and one set of practice problems will be completed. A 40 minute quiz will be given upon completion of this chapter, and a double period exam on Unit I will also be completed. Unit II - Motion in Two and Three Dimensions and Newton s Laws. Weeks - 5 and 1 st ½ of week 6
Chapter 4 - Motion in two and Three Dimensions. Topics to be covered include: a) Position and displacement b) Velocity and average velocity c) Acceleration and average acceleration d) Projectile motion e) Uniform circular motion f) Relative motion in one and two dimensions Lectures and demonstrations will show how the laws determined for one dimensional motion will also hold true for motion in higher dimensions. Labs completed will be (8) Determine the Muzzle Velocity of an Air-Soft Gun, (9) Calculating the landing position of a crossbow dart fired from the top of a table ant a non zero angle from the horizontal. There will be six homework assignments for this chapter as well as one set of group practice problems. A single period quiz will be given at the end of the chapter. Weeks - 2 nd ½ of week 6 and week 7 Chapter 5 - Force and Motion, Part I This chapter will include Newton s Three Laws of Motions. Each of the laws will be discussed with examples and demonstrations included. The definition of mass will be introduced as well as specific forces such as weight, normal forces and tensions. Applications in this chapter will not include friction but will involve single bodies, multiple bodies, hills and centripetal force. Labs for chapter 5 are (10) Newton s Second Law and an Accelerating Lab Cart. (11) Force and An Accelerating Bicycle and (12) The Atwood s Machine. Six homework assignments and one set of practice problems will be completed. A single period quiz will be given at the end of week 7. Week - 8
Chapter 6 - Force and Motion II This chapter will revisit Newton s Laws of Motion but problems will include frictional forces. This will include both static and kinetic friction as well as air resistance. Both linear and circular motion problems will be included. Labs include (13) Coefficient of Friction Between a Wooden Block and an Oak Board and (14) Friction Needed to Keep a Mass From Sliding off of a Turn Table. Five homework assignments, one practice set and a quiz will be given. Unit II will culminate in a double period exam at the end of week 8. Unit III - Work and Energy Week- 9 Chapter 7 - Work and Kinetic Energy Topics covered in this chapter include: a) Kinetic energy b) Work done by a constant force c) Work - Kinetic energy theorem d) Work done by weight e) Work done by a variable force f) Three dimensional analysis of work g) Work done by a spring h) Springs in parallel and series i) Power Applications in this chapter will utilize concepts of calculus, including integration for work done by variable forces. Labs include (15) Work done by a falling mass accelerating a lab cart and (16) Hooke s Law This chapter includes four homework assignments, one set of group practice problems and a single period quiz.
Week - 10 Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy In this chapter lectures will discuss different forms of stored energy as well as the concept of conservation of energy. Problems will include energy conversions between gravitational potential, elastic potential, kinetic and other forms such as heat. The individual topics covered in this chapter will be: a) Gravitational potential energy b) Work done by and against gravity c) Conservative and non-conservative forces d) Conservation of mechanical energy e) The potential energy curve f) Work done by friction Lab for chapter 8 will be (17) Conservation of Energy and a Mass Oscillating on a Vertical Spring. Assignments for this chapter include five homeworks, one group practice set and a full period quiz. A major, double period exam will be given at the end of Unit III on energy. Unit IV - Impulse, Momentum and Conservation of Momentum Week - 11 Chapter 9 - System of Particles This portion of the class will introduce the concept of center of mass. Students will find the center of mass of a system of particles, and use integration to find the center of mass of rigid bodies. They will observe that the center of mass of a system moves as if it is a particle. Other topics covered in this chapter will include: a)newton s Laws and center of mass b)linear momentum in one dimension c)linear momentum of a system of particles
d)impulse and change in momentum e)conservation of momentum during explosions Two homework assignments and a 30 minute quiz will be given for this chapter. Labs include (18) Conservation of Momentum in and Explosion. Week - 12 Chapter 10 - Collisions Conservation of momentum in one and two dimensions will be discussed in this chapter. Problems involving both elastic and inelastic collisions will be solved. The lab experiment for this chapter will be (19) Totally Inelastic Collision Between Two lab Carts. Four homework assignments are completed for this chapter, and a double period exam on chapters 9 and 10 will be given at the end of week 12. Unit V - Torque, Rotational Dynamics and Angular Momentum Weeks 13 and 14 Chapter 11 - Rotation Topics covered in this chapter include: a) Comparisons of translation and rotation b) Rotational Variables c) Angular position, displacement, velocity and acceleration (both average and instantaneous) d) Rotation as a vector quantity e) Rotational kinetic energy f) Rotational Inertia
g) Torque and rotational form on Newton s Second Law h) Work and rotational kinetic energy Calculus techniques will again be used when appropriate. Integration will be used to determine rotational inertia of various geometric shapes, and work done by a non-constant torque. Labs for this chapter include (20) Moment of Inertia of a Compound Disk and (21) Torque and Rotational Acceleration. Chapter 11 will include five homework assignments, one set of practice problems and a single period quiz. Week 15 Chapter 12 - Rolling, Torque and Angular Momentum This chapter will focus on the dynamics of a rolling object. Students will analyze various shapes rolling down a hill to determine the velocity at the bottom. Problems will be approached using both conservation of energy, and rotational dynamics. Angular momentum of both a system of particles and rigid bodies will be examined, and conservation of angular momentum presented. Lab - (22) Conservation of Angular Momentum and a Rotating Student. Four homework assignments will be given along with one group problem set and a single period quiz. Double period Unit V exam will be given upon the completion of chapter 12. Unit VI - Final Topics Week 16 Chapter 13 - Equilibrium Situations involving static equilibrium will be presented. Conditions for equilibrium including ΣF in any direction chosen must equal zero, and Στ about any point must equal zero will be discussed. Two homework problem sheets and one 30 minute quiz will be given for this
chapter. Week 17 Chapter 14 - Gravitation Topics for this chapter include: a)newton s Law of Universal Gravitation b)gravitation and the Principle of Superposition c)gravitation near the Earth s surface d)gravitation inside the Earth e)gravitational potential energy as we move away from the Earth f)acceleration due to gravity and free-fall acceleration g)satellite motion No labs will be completed during this chapter. Four homework assignments will be given, one set of practice problems and a single period quiz. Week 18 and 1 st ½ of week 19 Chapter 16 - Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion Definitions of terms used in oscillation will be presented. Conditions necessary for simple harmonic motion will be determined. Topics for this chapter include: a) Period, frequency and angular frequency b) Velocity of SHM c) Acceleration during SHM d) Location formulas and starting phase angle e) Energy and the SHM oscillator f) The simple pendulum g) The physical pendulum h) Torsional oscillators Labs for this chapter include (23) The Simple Harmonic Oscillator and (24) Using a Pendulum to Determine the acceleration Due to Gravity
Addition work will be three homework assignments, one set of practice problems and a single period quiz. Unit VI will be completed with a double period exam covering chapters 13, 14 and 16. Week - 2 nd ½ of week 19 and week 20 Review topics from mechanics and final exam. Final exam consists of a single period of 30 multiple choice questions and a double period of 10 problems. End of Semester APC PHYSICS Chapter 1 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS - SHEET 1 Mr. Holl 1 1 1:1 1:6 1, 3, 6, 13, 20, 22, 32, 36 Chapter 2 2 1 2:1 2:4 3, 6 1, 4, 7, 9 2 2 2:5 2:9 10, 11, 12 11, 12, 13, 14 2 3 16,19, 20, 23 2 4 28, 29, 32, 37 2 5 18, 50, 62, 74
Chapter 3 3 1 3:1 3:4 4, 5 3, 5, 15, 17 3 2 3:5 3:7 8, 13 21, 23, 27, 29, 30 3 3 41, 43, 45, 58 3 4 6, 12, 44, 50, 52, 53 Chapter 4 4 1 4:1 4:4 6, 7 1, 3, 6, 7 4 2 4:5 4:9 15 8, 9, 11, 17 4 3 23, 25, 27, 37, 41 4 4 59, 63, 66, 69 4 5 74, 77, 80, 83, 85 4 6 14, 20, 30, 48, 64, 70 Chapter 5 5 1 5:1 5:5 1, 3 2, 5, 7, 8 5 2 5:6 5:8 4, 10, 23 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 5 3 23, 30, 31, 36, 38 5 4 39, 42, 49, 52, 57 5 5 61, 63, 65, 67, 73 5 6 6, 22, 24, 72, 74 Chapter 6
6 1 6:1 6:3 1, 2 6 2 6,13 6 3 6 4 3, 4, 7, 8 11, 13, 15, 18, 19 21, 23, 31, 33, 35 51, 55, 57, 65, 66 6 5 17, 24, 30, 50, 56 Chapter 7 7 1 7:1 7:3 1, 2, 3 3, 7, 9, 11 7 2 7, 9 13, 16, 17, 21 7 3 25, 27, 28, 29, 31 7 4 36, 37, 42, 44, 46 Chapter 8 8 1 8:1 8:3 3, 5, 8 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 8 2 8:4 8:7 12, 16, 20 11, 13, 17, 23, 30 8 3 26, 27, 31, 42, 43, 8 4 50, 54, 57, 69, 74 8 5 25, 29, 34, 81, 82 Chapter 9
9 1 9:1 9:4 3, 5, 8, 10, 15 9 2 9:5 9:6 10, 17, 30, 37, 40 Chapter 10 10 1 10:1 10:3 1, 5 5, 7, 11, 19, 21 10 2 10:4 10:5 11, 13, 14 3, 15, 26, 31, 33, 35 10 3 43, 45, 47, 50, 55 10 4 57, 58, 62, 67, 70 Chapter 11 11 1 11:1 11:5 2, 6 6, 9, 16 11 2 11:6 11:10 20, 23, 26, 36 11 3 45, 52, 63, 65 11 4 75, 76, 83 11 5 10, 17, 32, 34, 67 Chapter 12 12 1 12:1 12:4 1, 4 1, 6, 15 12 2 12:5 12:10 8, 9 17, 22, 27, 33 12 3 39, 43, 51, 58 12 4 14, 29, 44, 62, 70 Chapter 13
13 1 13:1 13:3 Homework Sheet #1 13 2 13:4 13:5 Homework Sheet #2 Chapter 14 14 1 14:1 14:5 1, 3, 9, 13 14 2 14:6 14:9 15, 18, 24 14 3 28, 38, 44, 56 14 4 17, 21, 30, 64, 77 Chapter 16 16 1 16:1 16:5 1, 2, 4 1, 3, 9, 13 16 2 16:7 16:8 10, 12 25, 35, 52 16 3 14, 36, 49, 51, 54
APC Physics - Electricity and Magnetism Sachem North High School Syllabus - David MacDonell Overview and Prerequisites: Any student who has successfully completed APB Physics as a junior, has taken AP Physics C Mechanics during the fall semester, and is currently enroled in either Calculus AB or BC, may register to take APC Physics E & M in the spring semester of their senior year. Extensive use of differentiation and integration is required for this course. The electricity and magnetism course runs during the last two marking periods of the year, roughly from February 1 st until June 15 th (18 weeks). There is one section offered, and the enrolment varies from 12 to 25 students. Almost all of these students will opt to take the APC PhysicsElectricity and Magnetism Exam at the end of the year. Textbook: This course utilizes FUNDAMENTAL OF PHYSICS, fifth edition, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker. The test is used for reading assignments, homework assignments and turn in quizzes. Chapters 1 through 16 are covered in the mechanics portion of the course. Please see homework assignment sheet at the end of this document. The final homework assignment of each chapter is turned in to be graded. The homework assignment sheet for E & M is found in appendix 1 at the end of this document. Schedule: The class meets for seven and a half periods a week. On A days the class has a single 42 minute period, and on B days a double 89 minute period session. This schedule allows sufficient time for lecture, practice problems, labs and evaluation on each unit. Each chapter will begin with four to five periods of lecture, with homework assignment of 3 to 5 problems due each day. One or more laboratory experiments will be performed as well. Some of the labs are quick discovery experiments, and some require a double period and complete write up. One double period of group practice session is held for each chapter, where the students will master the concepts covered during the lectures. Each chapter will culminate with
a 42 minute quiz, and a double period exam is given after every two chapters. Laboratory Work: Laboratory experiments will conducted in small group settings. Each group will consist of three or four students conducting hands-on experimentation. The lab period will begin with a discussion of the concepts involved and the equipment they will be allowed to use. Labs are roughly divided equally between those in which I will give fairly specific instructions, and those in which the groups will be expected to come up with their own procedures. While many of the labs require students to collect data by hand and construct traditional graphs, some labs involve data is collection using computers and interfaced sensors, such as photo-gates, motion detectors, force sensors, current readers and volt meters. At times computers are used for graphing, as are the students TI-89 calculators. Students will be expect to make observations, collect data, perform appropriate calculations and come up with conclusions. In addition, they are expected to analyze their results to determine what factors might have contributed to errors in their results, and how the experiment might be altered to eliminate these errors. All lab reports are to be written up according to a given format. After grading they are kept on file in the students portfolio. In addition to formal labs, students are often sent to the lab tables to perform quick lab exercises. These are approximately 30 minute procedures where students are asked to determine things like the friction between two surfaces, the resistance of a piece of wire, the net work done on a system by a falling mass, etc. A sample E & M lab is found in appendix 2. Course Description and Objectives: The goal of this course is to provide the students with the equivalent of a second semester freshman calculus based physics course in electricity and magnetism. Students successfully completing this course should have a strong conceptional understanding in physics, and should be able to apply the concepts they have mastered to solve problems unseen by them before. They will have been taught with sufficient rigor to excel on the AP Physics C E & M exam at a level enabling them to obtain college credit.
Course Grading and Evaluation: Each marking period students will receive grades based on their performance and completion of; Laboratory work... 20 % Homework... 15 % Quizzes... 20 % Practice & Turn in Problems... 10 % Exams... 35 % Single period quizzes will be given at the end of each chapter, and a double period exam at the end of each unit. Final grade for the class will be determined using the formula 40 % 3 rd marking period grade, 40 % 4 th marking period grade and 20 % final exam grade. A sample practice set is shown in appendix 3, a sample single period quiz is found in appendix 4 and a sample unit exam is shown in appendix 5 at the end of this document. Course Outline and Schedule: Unit I - Electrostatics Week - 1 and 1 st ½ of week 2 Chapter 22 - Electric Charge. This chapter will include an introduction to electricity and the electrical nature of matter. Topics to be covered in this introductory chapter include: a) Electric charge b) Conductors and insulators c) Coulomb s Law d) Superposition and electric force e) Electric force between non point charges f) Conservation of charge g) Grounding
Demonstrations of electrical force, insulators and conductors and moving charges will be performed during lectures. The electroscope will be used extensively to show electrostatic concepts. Calculus will be used to determine the amount of electric force generated between non-point charges. Labs will include (1) How to charge electroscope with both positive and negative charge (by contact and induction) and (2) Using Coulomb s Law to determine he number of excess electrons placed on a balloon. The chapter will include two homework assignments, one set ofpractice problems and a single period quiz. Week - 2 nd half of week 2 and week 3 Chapter 23 - Electric Fields. This chapter will take a closer look at electric charges to determine how electrostatic force between objects can be explained. Field theory will be introduced and topics covered will include: h) The electric field i) Electric field lines j) Electric field due to a point charge k) Superposition and electric fields l) Electric fields due to a dipole m) Electric field created by a line of charges n) Electric field created by a charged ring o) Electric field created by a charged disk p) electric field between parallel charged plates Again, calculus will be used to derive formulas in many of these situations. Electric field inside a wire, lab (3) will be completed during this chapter. The chapter will include five homework assignments, one group practice set and a single period quiz. Unit one will culminate with a double period exam on chapters 22 and 23.
Unit II - Gauss Law, Electrical Potential and Capacitors Weeks - 4 and 5 Chapter 24 - Gauss Law. The relationship between flux and charge is explored in chapter 24. Topics covered include: q) Flux r) Flux of an electric field s) Gauss Law t) Gauss Law and Coulombs Law u) Charged isolated conductors v) Applications of Gauss Law i) Cylindrical symmetry b)planer symmetry c)spherical symmetry Gauss Law will be used to derive equations to determine electrical field intensity in many different situations. Four homework assignments, one problem set and a single period quiz will be included in this chapter. Week - 6 an 1 st ½ of week 7 Chapter 25 - Electrical Potential Similarities between electrical fields and gravitational fields will be discussed. Concepts of potential energy due to location in a field, work done moving an object between points in a field and work done by a field will be covered. Topics for this chapter include: w) Electrical potential energy x) Electrical potential y) Equipotential surface z) Calculating potential from field aa) Potential due to a point charge
bb) Work done moving a charge between points of different potential cc) Potential and potential energy due to a croup of charges dd) Potential near a dipole ee) Potential due to a continuous line of charges ff) Potential due to a ring of charges gg) Potential created by a charged disk hh) Calculating field from potential ii) Potential of a charged isolated conductor jj) Potential of a uniformly charged nonconductor Calculus will again be used when appropriate to derive formulas involved in the major concepts for this chapter. Four homeworks, one practice set and a single period quiz will be assigned for this chapter. Week - 2 nd ½ of week 7 and week 8 Chapter 26 - Capacitors. Lectures will include the concept of storing charge and energy using a capacitor, construction of capacitors and uses of capacitors. Topics covered include: b)uses of capacitors c)capacitance d)determining capacitance e)parallel plate capacitors f)cylindrical capacitors g)spherical capacitors and isolated spheres h)capacitors in series and parallel i)stored energy in an electric field j)dielectrics with capacitors and Coulomb s Law Labs for this chapter are (4) Potential Difference, Capacitance and stored Charge and (5) Capacitors in Series and Parallel. The chapter includes four homework assignments, one set of practice problems and a single period quiz. Unit II will be completed with a double period major exam. Unit III - Current, resistance and Circuits Week - 9
Chapter 27 - Current and Resistance. IN Unit III topics will move from static charges to moving charges. Concepts covered in chapter 27 will include: kk) Moving charges and electric current ll) Current density mm) Resistance and resistivity nn) Ohm s Law oo) Power and energy in and electric circuit pp) Semiconductors and superconductors Labs for this chapter include (6) Ohm s Law, (7) Resistance of a wire. Chapter 27 includes two homework assignments, a short practice set and a 30 minute quiz. Weeks - 10 and 11 Chapter 28 - Circuits This section of the course will deal mainly with DC circuits, although so discussion of AC circuits will occur. The topics covered in this chapter include: b)work, energy and EMF c)current in a single loop circuit d)terminal voltage and internal resistance e)potential differences f)multi-loop circuits g)ammeters, voltmeters and galvanometers h)rc circuits Several labs will be completed including (8) Internal resistance of a battery, (9) Series and Parallel circuits, (10) Temperature and Resistance (11) Combined Circuits. Two sets of group practice problems will be given during this chapter along with four homework assignments. A single period quiz will be given at the end of the chapter.
A major double period exam will be given on Unit III at the end of chapter 28. Unit IV - Magnetism Week s - 12 and 1 st ½ of week 13 Chapter 29 - Magnetic Fields This chapter will introduce the concepts of magnets, magnetism and magnetic fields. The lecture topics include: qq) rr) ss) tt) uu) vv) ww) xx) yy) zz) Permanent magnets Magnetic fields and field lines Flux density Crossed fields and the discovery of the electron The Hall Effect Charged particles in a magnetic field Particle accelerators Magnetic force on a current bearing wire Torque and a current carrying loop Magnetic dipoles The Lab for this chapter is (12) Mapping the magnetic field around solid magnets. Three homework assignments, one set of practice problems and a single period quiz will be given during this chapter. Weeks - 2 nd ½ of week 13 and week 14 Chapter 30 - Magnetic Fields Due to Current In this chapter electromagnetism will be introduced. Topics covered include: b)magnetic field due to a current c)law of Biot - Savart d)field near a straight wire e)field due to a current in a circular arc f)force between parallel current bearing wires g)the rail gun
h)ampere s Law i)solenoids and Toroids Labs include (13) Magnetic field near a straight wire and (14) Mapping the magnetic field around a solenoid and (15) Strength of a solenoid. Three homework assignment will accompany this chapter, along with one prace problem set and a single period quiz. Weeks 15 & 16 Chapter 31 - Induction and Inductance The ideas of Michael Faraday and electromagnetic induction will be the topic of the initial lectures on this chapter. From that point the discussions will move to Lenz s Laws, energy and RL circuits. Topics covered will indlude: aaa) Faraday s Law bbb) Lenz s Law ccc) Induction and energy transfer ddd) Induced electric fields eee) Inductors and inductance fff) Self-Induction ggg) The RL circuit hhh) Energy stored in a magnetic field iii) Energy density of a magnetic field Lab (16) electromagnetic Induction will be competed during this chapter, as well a two sets of group problems, six homework assignments and a single period quiz. Unit IV will end with a major double period exam on Magentism. Weeks 17 & 18 Review of topics covered in electricity and magnetism and Final Exam.
APC PHYSICS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS E & M Mr. Mac Chapter 22
22 1 22:1 22:6 2, 3, 7, 11 4, 8, 10, 12, 16 22 2 20, 24, 27, 33 Chapter 23 23 1 23:1 23:4 1, 4, 5 1, 3, 19, 21 23 2 23:4 23:9 13, 15, 16, 24 23 3 30, 32, 33 23 4 7, 8 38, 40, 50 23 5 20, 25, 42, 46, 57 Chapter 24 24 1 24:1 24:5 1, 3 3, 6, 9 24 2 24:6 24:11 17, 22, 24 24 3 7 34, 35, 54 24 4 2, 10, 18, 25, 53 Chapter 25 25 1 25:1 25:5 1, 6, 7, 12 25 2 25:6 25:11 15, 20, 25, 36 25 3 37, 44, 53, 56 25 4 10, 16, 31, 35, 61 Chapter 26 26 1 26:1 26:4 2, 3, 5, 10 26 2 26:5 26:7 15, 23, 29, 30
26 3 32, 39, 43, 56, 61 26 4 6, 17, 34, 49, 63 Chapter 27 27 1 27:1 27:7 3, 8, 10, 13 27 2 18, 22, 30, 50 Chapter 28 28 1 28:1 28:5 2, 5, 11, 14 28 2 28:6 28:8 16, 25, 30, 32 28 3 39, 42, 66, 71 28 4 6, 33, 38, 43, 76 Chapter 29 29 1 29:1 29:4 3, 5, 6, 15 29 2 29:5 29:9 19, 25, 45, 47 29 3 2, 23, 49 (46 & 62 Bonus!) Chapter 30 30 1 30:1 30:4 3, 7, 11, 28 30 2 30:5 30:7 42, 46, 55, 64 30 3 2, 32, 49 (44 & 70 Bonus!) Chapter 31 31 1 31:1 31:5 1, 5, 10, 11 31 2 22, 25, 27, 33
31 3 31:6 31:10 36, 38, 39 31 4 47, 50, 53 31 5 63, 65, 68, 70 31 6 18, 20, 60, 71 (21 & 77 Bonus!)