AP® Physics 1 Gilmour Academy 2019-2020

E Block (Wednesday)

Course Introduction

AP® Physics 1 is an algebra-based course in general physics that meets for two 75 minute classes (E and F Blocks) for the
entire school year. General physics topics presented during the course closely follow those outlined by the College
Board and also mirrors an introductory level university physics course.

AP® Physics 1 is organized around six big ideas that bring together the fundamental science principles and theories of
general physics. These big ideas are intended to encourage students to think about physics concepts as interconnected
pieces of a puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is how the real world around them actually works. The students will
participate in inquiry-based explorations of these topics to gain a more conceptual understanding of these physics
concepts. Students will spend less of their time in traditional formula-based learning and more of their effort will be
directed to developing critical thinking and reasoning skills.

Textbook: College Physics OpenStax

Senior Contributing Authors
Paul Peter Urone, California State University, Sacramento
Roger Hinrichs, State University of New York, College at Oswego
Contributing Authors
Kim Dirks, University of Auckland
Manjula Sharma, University of Sydney

Additional Course Information

Labs & Classwork

Labs are all “hands-on” and placed throughout the instructional year. Students will spend at least 25% of class time
engaged in hands-on laboratory investigations. [CR5] Labs can be either teacher directed or student directed/open-
ended. During a teacher directed lab ,the students are given instruction on the operation of lab equipment and
guidance in the process of the experiment. Student-directed labs are when the students are given an objective, e.g.
“Determine the acceleration due to gravity on Earth,” and standard materials needed to conduct a lab. Students are
allowed to create their own experimental design and collect data, which can be analyzed through graphical methods.
These inquiry-based investigations or student-directed labs have an extra element added to the lab report. After these
labs, each student group must present their results to the class and defend their results. They will also evaluate one
other group's approach to the problem and offer a critique of their procedures and results. [CR8]

Students work in lab groups, but each student must submit a lab report which is turned in the day after the conclusion
of each activity, then graded and returned. The report must include the following components: [CR7]

• Statement of the problem

• Hypothesis
• Discussion or outline of how the procedure will be carried out
• Data collected from the experiment
• Data analysis
• Conclusion including error analysis
• Peer review (if included in this lab)
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Students are required to keep the reports in an organized lab notebook. This lab notebook will kept by the students for
the entire year and must include the completed lab reports as well as the raw data tables and any notes made during
the execution of the labs done in the course. [CR7]

Equipment
 3-Ring Binder w/ paper
 Ruler and protractor
 Bound notebook for lab
 Scientific Calculator (doesn’t have to graphing or programmable)

Grading

Grades are determined as follows:

 Homework (including Web Assign) 15%*
 Quizzes 15% *
 Multiple Choice Tests 15%
 Free Response Test 15%
 Labs 15%
 Final 25%

* Drop 1 HW and Quiz each semester

Tests are AP Physics type/style problems and scored on the AP Physics Scale

All students are required to take the AP Physics 1 Exam in May 7, 2020; the exam consists of two 90 minute sections:
50 multiple choice, 5 Free Response Questions

Big Ideas for AP® Physics 1

Big Idea 1: Objects and systems have properties such as mass and charge. Systems may have internal structure.

Big Idea 2: Fields existing in space can be used to explain interactions.

Big Idea 3: The interactions of an object with other objects can be described by forces.

Big Idea 4: Interactions between systems can result in changes in those systems.

Big Idea 5: Changes that occur as a result of interactions are constrained by conservation laws.

Big Idea 6: Waves can transfer energy and momentum from one location to another without the permanent transfer of
mass and serve as a mathematical model for the description of other phenomena.

The big ideas for AP® Physics 1 are correlated to the content of the course and to the lab and inquiry-based investigations
done throughout the school year in the following table.
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Curricular Requirements Page(s)

CR1 Students and teachers have access to college-level resources including college-level textbooks and 1
reference materials in print or electronic format.
CR2a The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of kinematics in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2b The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of dynamics in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2c The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of circular motion and gravitation in the context of the big ideas that organize the
curriculum framework.
CR2d The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of simple harmonic motion in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum
framework.
CR2e The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of linear momentum in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2f The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principle of energy in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2g The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of rotational motion in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2h The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of electrostatics in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2i The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of electric circuits in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR2j The course design provides opportunities for students to develop understanding of the foundational 2
principles of mechanical waves in the context of the big ideas that organize the curriculum framework.
CR3 Students have opportunities to apply AP Physics 1 learning objectives connecting across enduring 6
understandings as described in the curriculum framework. These opportunities must occur in addition
to those within laboratory investigations.
CR4 The course provides students with opportunities to apply their knowledge of physics principles to real 6
world questions or scenarios (including societal issues or technological innovations) to help them
become scientifically literate citizens.
CR5 Students are provided with the opportunity to spend a minimum of 25 percent of instructional time 5
engaging in hands-on laboratory work with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations.
CR6a The laboratory work used throughout the course includes investigations that support the foundational 3, 4, 5
AP Physics 1 principles.
CR6b The laboratory work used throughout the course includes guided-inquiry laboratory investigations 3, 4, 5
allowing students to apply all seven science practices.
CR7 The course provides opportunities for students to develop their communication skills by recording 5, 6
evidence of their research of literature or scientific investigations through verbal, written, and graphic
presentations.
CR8 The course provides opportunities for students to develop written and oral scientific argumentation 5
skills.
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Outline of AP® Physics 1 Principles and Correlation to Big Ideas (BI):

AP Physics 1 Big Ideas Semester 1 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6

Kinematics [CR2a]
Chap 1: Vectors and Mathematical Concepts X
Chap 2: One Dimensional Kinematics X X
Chap 3: Two Dimensional Motion and Projectile Motion X X
Dynamics of Force and Motion [CR2b]
Chap 4 & 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion & Applications X X X X
Chap 6: Circular Motion, Rotation, and Gravity X X X X
Universal Law of Gravitation [CR2c]
Chap 4 & 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion X X X X
Chap 6: Circular Motion, Rotation, and Gravity X X X X
Simple Pendulum and Mass-Spring Systems [CR2d]
Chap 4: Newton’s Laws of Motion X X X
Chap 8, 1: Oscillations & Simple Harmonic Motion X X
Impulse, Linear Momentum, and Conservation of Linear Momentum [CR2e]
Chap 9: Impulse, Momentum, and Collisions X X X
Work, Energy, and Conservation of Energy [CR2f]
Chap 10, 11: Work, Energy, and Power X X X
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AP Physics 1 Big Ideas Semester 2 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6

Rotational Kinematics and Conservation of Angular Momentum [CR2g]
Chap 6,7 : Rotational Kinematics & Rotational Energy X X X
Chap 6,7: Torque & Rotational Dynamics X X X
Electrostatics [CR2h]
Chap 18: Conservation of Electric Charge, Electric Forces & Fields X X X
Chap 19: Electrostatics, Conductors, Capacitors X
Simple DC Circuits [CR2i]
Chap 20: Electric circuits, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws X X
Waves and Sound
Chap 14, 15, 16: Mechanical Waves and Sound [CR2j] X
Chap 16: The Principle of Linear Superposition and Interference Phenomena X
AP Test Review for the time remaining until the AP Test.
Time after AP Test will be spent on Relativity, Astronomy, and other topics.
Outline of AP® Physics 1 Labs and investigations with Correlation to Big Ideas (BI):

Physics Principles and AP® Science Practices BI BI BI BI BI BI

[CR6a] [CR6b] 1 2 3 4 5 6
Kinematics

1. Car Velocity Lab: students determine the velocity and acceleration of a toy car.
X X
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2
2. Reaction Time: students figure out a method to determine their reaction time.
Guided-Inquiry Investigation X X
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2
3. Projectile Motion 1: students determine the landing location of a ball launched
horizontally from a table. X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 5.1, 6.1
4. Projectile Motion 2: students have to shoot a ball through a hoop placed at a
particular location when launched at an angle. X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 5.1, 6.1
Dynamics of Force and Motion

5. Force Table and Vectors: students determine missing forces to produce translational
equilibrium. X X X X
1.4,2.1,2.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2
6. Atwood’s Machine: students determine the formula for the acceleration of a simple
Atwood’s machine. X X X X
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2
7. Inclined Planes Forces and Friction: students determine what effect an incline has
on the value of friction and determine coefficients of friction for various objects.
X X X X
Guided-Inquiry Investigation
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.2
Universal Law of Gravitation

8. Galileo Ramps: students use ramps at different angles to determine what happens to
the acceleration. X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2
9. Kepler Exoplanet Data: students determine Kepler’s laws by analyzing actual data.
Inquiry Investigation X X X X
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.2

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[CR6a] [CR6b] 1 2 3 4 5 6
Simple Pendulum and Mass-Spring Systems

10. Hooke’s Law: students determine a) the relationship between distance stretched
and force; and b) the factors affect the frequency of a mass-spring oscillation. 1.1, X X
1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2, 7.2
11. Pendulum Properties: students determine what factors affect the period of a
pendulum.
X X
Guided-Inquiry Investigation
1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2
Impulse, Momentum, and Conservation of Momentum

12. Momentum and Collisions: students determine momentum before and after in
different types of collisions. X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2
13. Car Crash Physics: students design a car that will safely protect an egg in a crash.
Open-Inquiry Investigation X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2
Work, Energy, and Conservation of Energy

14. Ballistics Pendulum: students determine the initial speed of a “bullet.”

Guided-Inquiry Investigation X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2
15. Energy to Work Lab: students determine how work changes energy.
X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2
Rotational Kinematics and Conservation of
Angular Momentum
16. Torque Lab: students determine factors that affect the rotational motion of an
object. X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2
17. Rolling Cylinders: students determine how the type of cylinder rolled affects time
of roll. X X X
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2
18. Flying Pigs and Centripetal Force: students determine the factors that affect
centripetal force.
X X X
Guided-Inquiry Investigation
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2

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[CR6a] [CR6b]
Electrostatics

19. Coulomb’s Law: students determine the

relationship between force, charge and
distance between charges.
X X X
Guided-Inquiry Investigation
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2,
7.2
Simple DC Circuits

20. Electric Circuit Lab: students determine

voltage and current relationships in simple
circuit orientations (series and parallel).
X X
Open-Inquiry Investigation
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2,
7.2
Waves and Sound

21. Resonance Apparatus Lab: students determine

the speed of sound by using resonance in a
tube.
X
Guided-Inquiry Investigation
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2,
7.2
22. Beats and Standing Waves: students
determine how beats and standing waves are
X
produced.
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.2