Syllabus – AP Physics B

Please refer back to this syllabus on-line at members.tripod.com/gregyoung0.  Any changes made in the syllabus will be marked in BLUE.

Mechanics (35 % of exam):  (Beginning of school to Winter Break)

  1. Kinematics (including vectors, vector algebra, components of vectors, coordinate systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration)   (2.1-2.5 and 3.1-3.4)

 Booknotes: 9/17       HW#1:  9/17        HW#2:  9/23     On-line Quiz:  9/20    ClassQuiz:  9/27

    1. Motion in one dimension (2.1-2.5)
    2. Motion in two dimensions including projectile motion (3.1-3.4)

 

  1. Newton's laws of motion (including friction and centripetal force) (4.1-4.6)

 Booknotes: 9/30    HW#1:  9/30        HW#2:  10/7     On-line Quiz:  10/4    ClassQuiz:  10/11

    1. Static equilibrium (first law)  (4.1-4.2)
    2. Dynamics of a single particle (second law) (4.3)
    3. Systems of two or more bodies (third law) (4.4-4.6)

 

  1. Work, energy, power (5.1-5.6) 

Booknotes: 10/14    HW#1:  10/14    HW#2:  10/21    On-line Quiz:  10/18    ClassQuiz:  10/25

    1. Work and work-energy theorem (5.1-5.3)
    2. Conservative forces and potential energy (5.4)
    3. Conservation of energy (5.5)
    4. Power (5.6)

 

  1. Systems of particles, linear momentum (6.1-6.4) 

Booknotes: 10/28    HW#1:  10/28    HW#2:  11/4    On-line Quiz:  11/1    ClassQuiz:  11/8

    1. Impulse and momentum  (6.1-6.2)
    2. Conservation of linear momentum, collisions (6.3-6.4)

 

  1. Circular motion and rotation  (7.1-7.3 and 8.1-8.2) 

Booknotes: 11/12    HW#1:  11/12    HW#2:  11/18    On-line Quiz:  11/15    ClassQuiz:  11/22

    1. Uniform circular motion (7.1-7.3)
    2. Torque and rotational statics (8.1-8.2) (no dynamics on AP B exam)

 

  1. Oscillations and gravitation (7.5-7.6 and 13.1-13.2) 

Booknotes: 11/25    HW#1:  11/25    HW#2:  12/9    On-line Quiz:  12/6    ClassQuiz:  12/13

    1. Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and energy relationships) (13.1-13.2)
    2. Mass on a spring (13.1-13.2)
    3. Pendulum and other oscillations  (13.1-13.2)
    4. Newton's law of gravity (7.5)
    5. Orbits of planets and satellites (7.6)
      1. Circular (7.6)

 

Fluid Mechanics (7.5% of exam)  - (This will be right before winter break)

A.     Fluid Mechanics (9.2-9.4)  NO QUIZ FOR THIS SECTION.  ONLY 1 HW.

Booknotes: 12/16      HW#1:  12/16

                     1.  Hydrostatic pressure  (9.2)

                     2.  Buoyancy  (9.3)

                     3.  Fluid flow continuity  (9.4)

                     4.  Bernoulli’s equation (9.4)

Electricity and Magnetism  (25% of exam)  (After winter break until Spring Break)

A.  Electrostatics (15.1-15.4 and 16.1)

Booknotes: 1/6    HW#1:  1/10    HW#2:  1/13    On-line Quiz:  1/10    ClassQuiz:  1/17

Please note that only booknotes are due after winter break.  The 1st HW will be due that Friday.  Enjoy your break!

1.    Charge, field, and potential (15.1-15.2 and 16.1)

2.    Coulomb's law and field and potential of point charges (15.3)

3.    Fields and potentials of other charge distributions (15.4)

       a.  Planar

 

B.   Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics (15.5 and 16.1-16.5)

Booknotes: 1/21    HW#1:  1/21    HW#2:  1/27    On-line Quiz:  1/24    ClassQuiz:  Final Day

1.    Electrostatics with conductors (15.5 and 16.1-16.2)

2.    Capacitors (16.3 and 16.5)

            a.  Parallel Plate (16.5)    

 

END OF FIRST SEMESTER

 

C1.  Electric circuits (17.1-17.4)  ONLY 1 HW

Booknotes: 2/3    HW#1:  2/10    On-line Quiz:  2/7    ClassQuiz:  2/13

1.    Current, resistance, power (17.1-17.4)

 

                   C2:  Electric Circuits Continued (chapter 18)  ONLY 1 HW

Booknotes: 2/18    HW#1:  2/24     On-line Quiz:  2/21    ClassQuiz:  2/28

1.    Steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors only (18.1)

2.    Capacitors in circuits (18.3)

a.       Steady state (18.3)

                                 3.    Kirchhoff’s Rules (but no multiloop circuit questions)  (18.2)

 

D.   Magnetostatics (19.1-19.3 and 19.4-19.5)

Booknotes: 3/3    HW#1:  3/3    HW#2:  3/10    On-line Quiz:  3/7    ClassQuiz:  3/14

1.    Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields (19.1-19.3)

2.    Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields (19.4-19.5)

3.     Fields of long current-carrying wires (19.5)

 

E.   Electromagnetism (19.6-19.7 and 20.1-20.3)  ONLY 1 HW

Booknotes: 3/17    HW#1:  3/24    On-line Quiz:  3/21    ClassQuiz:  3/28

       1.     Electromagnetic induction (including Faraday's law and Lenz's law)   

              (19.6 & 20.3) and 19.7 Earth’s Magnetic Field

 

Waves and Optics  (15% of exam)  (Spring Break until exam)

      A.  Wave motion (including sound) ONLY 1 HW.  Mini quizzes after each cycle will add up to a total of 600 points(13.3-13.5, 14.2, 14.4 and 14.5)

Booknotes: 4/11    HW#1:  4/11   (notice the date is the Friday before Break)

1.    Properties of traveling waves (speed in Media) (13.3-13.4, 14.2 and 14.4)

2.     Properties of standing waves (Fundamentals and Harmonics) (13.5)

3.     Doppler effect (14.5)

4.     Superposition (13.4)

 

 

 

      B.  Geometric optics (22.1-22.5 and 23.1-23.4) ONLY 1 HW.  NO QUIZ

Booknotes: 4/21    HW#1:  4/21

1.     Reflection and refraction  (22.1-22.5)

2.     Mirrors (23.1-23.2)

3.     Lenses (23.3-23.4)

 

      C.  Physical optics (24.1-24.5 and 20.4) ONLY 1 HW.  NO QUIZ

Booknotes: 4/28    HW#1:  4/28   

1.     Interference and diffraction (Polorized Light – just the basics) (24.1-24.4)

2.     Dispersion of light and the electromagnetic spectrum (24.5 and 20.4)

 

Thermal Physics (7.5% of exam)  (This will be done after school/Saturday sessions just prior to the exam)  NO QUIZ FOR THESE TWO SECTIONS

Homework #1 (200 points):  TBA – After we decide on after school/Saturday session

A.  Temperature and heat (10.1-10.2 and 10.4 and 11.1-11.4)

1.    Mechanical equivalent of heat (10.1-10.2  Temp/Heat & 11.1)

2.    Specific and latent heat (including calorimetry) (11.2-11.3)

3.       Heat transfer and thermal expansion  (10.4 Thermal Ex. & 11.4 Heat trans.)

B.  Kinetic theory and thermodynamics  (10.3 and 10.5 and 12.1-12.5)

1.     Ideal gases (10.3)

a.       Kinetic model  (10.5)

b.       Ideal gas law (10.3)

2.    Laws of thermodynamics (12.1-12.5)

c.       First law (including processes on pV diagrams) (12.1-12.2)

d.       Second law (including heat engines and Carnot Cycle) (12.3-12.5)

 

Atomic and Nuclear Physics  (10% of exam) (This will be done after school/Saturday sessions just prior to the exam)  NO QUIZ FOR THESE TWO SECTIONS

Homework #1 (200 points):  TBA – After we decide on after school/Saturday session

       A.  Atomic physics and quantum effects (27.2-27.4, 28.1-28.2)

            1.     Photons and the photoelectric effect (27.2-27.3)

            2.     Atomic Energy Levels (27.4)

            3.     Wave-particle duality (28.1-28.2)

       B.  Nuclear physics (30.1-30.4)

1.     Nuclear reactions (including conservation of mass number and charge, and mass-energy equivalence) (30.1-30.4)