Smith AP Physics B

Class Resources:

Class Moodle page 
We'll be using this resource from time to time, in order to complete online lessons and quizzes, and also to submit some papers.  (Login required.)

Class Tutorial Podcasts: Link to Mr. Smith's Physics Blog site  or  Link to iTunes store

General Class Information 

Course Syllabus 

Physics Links:

Giancoli Physics Online  
The companion website to our class textbook.  You can access applications and practice problems for each chapter.

HyperPhysics
An exploration environment to help explain concepts in physics which employs concept maps and other linking strategies to facilitate smooth navigations.

PhET: Physics Education Technology 
Website from U.C. - Boulder, with a wide variety of fun, interactive physics simulations.  We use these simulations in many in-class activities.

Class Calendar:

Date	Semester 2 Class Activities and Assignments
Tue, Jan 5	- Lesson: Basic Intro to Electric Forces (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Lab: Investigating Static Electricity  - HW: Read Sec 16.1-16.4, Problems Pg. 465 #1-3, 6, 8
Wed, Jan 6	- Lesson: More Coulomb's Law Probs (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 16 Problems #12-14a, 16a, 21a, 22
Thu, Jan 7	- Lesson: One More Coulomb's Law Prob (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Work time for finishing Ch 16 Pt 1 HW & finishing Lab  - HW: Finish Ch 16 HW Pt 1 (due tomorrow)            Prepare for tomorrow's Ch 16 Quiz
Fri, Jan 8	- Ch 16 HW Pt 1 is due  - Ch 16 Quiz  - Virtual Lab: Investigating Electric Field  - HW: Finish Lab & Submit via Moodle by Monday
Mon, Jan 11	- Lesson: Intro to Electric Field (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 16 Probs #23-28, 31-33, 38, 40, 41a
Tue, Jan 12	- Van de Graaff demos  - Lesson: One More E-Field Problem (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Ch 16 HW Pt 2 (due Thurs, 10 minutes tomorrow in class)
Wed, Jan 13	- Lesson: Intro to Electric Potential (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )   - Work time for finishing Ch 16 Problems  - HW: Finish Ch 16 Pt 2 Problems, due tomorrow           Ch 17 Problems #1-4
Thu, Jan 14	- Ch 16 Pt 2 HW is due  - Lesson: More Electric Potential (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )   - HW: Attempt remainder of Ch 17 Pt 1 Problems, due Tuesday
Fri, Jan 15	- Lesson: Conductors in Elec. Equil. (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Ch 17 Pt 1 Problems, due Tuesday
Mon, Jan 18	No School
Tue, Jan 19	- Ch 17 Pt 1 HW is due  - Lesson: Intro to Capacitors (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 17 Problems #31, 32, 34-37, 39-41
Wed, Jan 20	- Lesson: One Last Day of Capacitance (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Work time  - HW: Finish Ch 17 Pt 2 Problems (due tomorrow)
Thu, Jan 21	- Ch 17 Pt 2 HW is due  - Review for tomorrow's Test (Click here for Study Guide , & here for M.C. answers )
Fri, Jan 22	- Unit 8 Test: Electrostatics
Mon, Jan 25	- Mini-Lesson: Intro to Electric Current (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Lab: Investigating the Voltage and Current Relationship  - HW: Ch 18 Problems #1-2
Tue, Jan 26	- Lesson: Ohm's Law and Resistivity (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 18 Problems #4-8, 12-16, 21, 22  (Omit #17-18!)           Begin Virtual Lab , due Friday
Wed, Jan 27	- Lesson: Electric Power & Energy (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Rest of Ch 18 Problems, due Friday            Virtual Lab , due Friday
Thu, Jan 28	- Work day for HW problems, Lab, and Test Corrections  - HW: Finish Ch 18 Problems, due tomorrow           Finish Virtual Lab , due tomorrow
Fri, Jan 29	- Ch 18 HW is due  - Ch 18 Quiz: V, I, R, & P  - Lesson: Simple, Series, and Parallel Circuits (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 19 HW #5-7, 9, 13, 18           (Use Ex. #8 from recorded in-class board notes -link above- for extra help.)
Mon, Feb 1	- One More Parallel Circuit Example Problem  - Lesson: Batteries and emf  (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Activity: Lighting Bulbs in Simple, Series, and Parallel Circuits  - HW: Ch 19 HW #1-4
Tue, Feb 2	- Lesson: Complex Combinations of Resistors (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Rest of Ch 19 Problems Except #35-39, 52           Prepare for Tomorrow's Series/Parallel Quiz
Wed, Feb 3	- Quiz: Series and Parallel Circuits  - Work Time
Thu, Feb 4	- Lesson: Combinations of Capacitors (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Ch 19 Problems, due Monday
Fri, Feb 5	- Work Day for finishing HW problems and beginning to review for Monday's test  - HW: Finish Ch 19 Problems, due Monday           Study for Test (Click here for Study Guide , and here for MC Answers )
Mon, Feb 8	- Ch 19 HW due  - Unit 9 Test: Electricity & Circuits   - Read HowStuffWorks.com Magnet Article for tomorrow
Tue, Feb 9	- Lesson: Magnetic Forces on Wires (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Work Time for Test Corrections  - HW: Ch 20 Problems #1-5 ,8
Wed, Feb 10	- Lesson: Magnetic Forces on Charges (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Rest of Ch 20 (Pt 1) Problems, due with Ch 20 Pt 2 problems later
Thu, Feb 11	- Work Day for HW, Test Corrections, Prep for Quiz, Extra Credit Assignment    (There's a little extra credit assignment on Moodle , regarding Particle Accelerators.)  - HW: Prepare for tomorrow's Magnetic Forces Quiz
Fri, Feb 12	- Quiz: Magnetic Forces  - Lesson: Wires as Sources of B-Field (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 20 Problems (Pt 2) #26-27, 32-34, 37           (Extra Credit on Moodle is due by Tues night at midnight)
Mon, Feb 15	No School
Tue, Feb 16	- Lesson: More Wires Making B-Field (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Rest of Ch 20 Problems (Pt 2), but omit #47-50
Wed, Feb 17	- Visit from Mrs. Thurnau to explain AP Exam info  - Virtual Lab: Induced Current  - HW: Finish Ch 20 Problems, due tomorrow           Prepare for tomorrow's Magnetic Field due to Currents Quiz
Thu, Feb 18	- Quiz: Magnetic Field due to Currents  - Lesson: Faraday's Law of Induction (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 21 Problems #1, 4-7, 13-14, 17-18a, 19
Fri, Feb 19	- Faraday's Law Example Problems (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - Lesson: Lenz's Law (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Rest of Ch 21 Problems (Omit #10, 16), due Thurs
Mon, Feb 22	- Video on Electromagnetic Induction  - Work time for HW  - Use iTunes podcasts to help on HW and Review    Mag Dir Review (iTunes) and Motional emf (iTunes)
Tue, Feb 23	- Work time for HW and begin Test Review (Click here for Test Review Packet )
Wed, Feb 24	- Review for tomorrow's Unit 10 Test!  - HW: Finish all Ch 21 Problems, due tomorrow           Study, study, study!  (Click here for M.C. Test Review Answers )
Thu, Feb 25	- Ch 21 HW is due  - Unit 10 Test: Magnetism
Fri, Feb 26	- Work time for Test Corrections & Ch 22 Startup Assignment  - HW: Finish Ch 22 Startup Assignment           Prepare for Ch 22 Startup Quiz on Monday (w/notes)
Mon, Mar 1	- Quiz: Ch 22 Startup  - Lesson: Intro to Reflection (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 23 Problems #1, 3            Virtual Lab: Investigating Curved Mirrors
Tue, Mar 2	- Lesson: Curved Mirrors (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Remainder of Ch 23 Problems Pt 1, due Thurs           Finish Virtual Lab: Investigating Curved Mirrors, due tomorrow
Wed, Mar 3	- Lesson: Curved Mirror Ray Diagrams (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Ch 23 Problems Pt 1, due tomorrow
Thu, Mar 4	- Ch 23 HW Pt 1 is due  - Lesson: Refraction (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Ch 23 Probs Pt 2 #23-24, 26-28, 30, 36-37
Fri, Mar 5	No School
Mon, Mar 8	- Lab: Light Wave Refraction  - HW: Continue work on Ch 23 Probs Pt 2
Tue, Mar 9	- Lesson: Lens Formulas & Diagrams (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Remainder of Ch 23 Pt 2 Problems are assigned, all due Monday
Wed, Mar 10	No Class (modified CSAP schedule)
Thu, Mar 11	No Class (modified CSAP schedule)
Fri, Mar 12	- Mini-Lab: Lenses & Real Images  - Lesson: Diffraction & Young's 2-Slit (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Ch 23 Probs Pt 2, due Monday           Ch 24 Probs #1-5, 8, 11, 12
Mon, Mar 15	- Ch 23 HW Pt 2 is due  - Lesson: Single Slit & Grating Problems (Click here for In-class Notes from Board )  - HW: Finish Ch 24 Problems, due Thurs (Omit #39, 41-45)
Tue, Mar 16	- Lab: Diffraction of Hydrogen  - HW: Finish Ch 24 Problems, due Thurs
Wed, Mar 17	- Test Review day!
Thu, Mar 18	- Ch 24 HW Probs due  - Unit 11 Test: Light & Optics
Fri, Mar 19	- Reminder about E.C. assignment (info at top of left column on this page)  - Quick Lesson & Video on 3D Movies/Glasses  - Work time for Test Corrections and E.C. assignment
Mon, Mar 22	No School
Tue, Mar 23	No School
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Fri, Mar 26	No School
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Thu, May 20	Graduation
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