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| Cycle Number | Unit of Study / Notes |
Textbook Reading (Serway/Vuille College Physics)
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| 1 |
1-D Kinematics; Describing Motion in 1-D |
Read Chapter 2 in the Textbook pages 31-53 |
| 2 (AP only) |
2-D Kinematics
|
Read Chapter 3 pages 59-73 |
| 3 , 4 |
Dynamics ap-phys1_dynamics-2-d_2017-08-01.pdf
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Read Chapter 4 pages 80-111 |
| 5 |
UCM ap-phys1_ap1-circular-motion-presentation_2017-08-17.pdf
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Read Chapter 7.4-7.5 only pages 201-206 |
| 6 |
Universal Gravitation : ap-phys1_ap1-gravitation-presentation_2017-08-17.pdf
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Read Chapter 7.4-7.5 only pages 201-206 |
| 7, 8 |
Work and Energy I:
Work and Energy II: ap-phys1_work-and-energy-presentation_AP_Physics.pdf |
Read Chapter 5 pages 121- 151 |
| 9, 10 |
Impulse Momentum Theorem and Conservation of Momentum
|
Read Chapter 6 pages 161 - 178 |
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11
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Simple Harmonic Motion
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Read Chapter 13 pages 423 - 437 |
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12
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Waves and Sound
waves-presentation_2017-08-28.pdf sound-waves-presentation_2017-08-28.pdf
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Read Chapter 13 pages 440 - 448 and Chapter 14 pages 457 - 485 |
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13, 14
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Electric Force and Fields |
Read Chapter 15 p. 495-507 |
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15,16
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Electric Circuits: DC and RC circuits |
Read Chp 16-18 p. 541-609 |
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17,18 (AP only)
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Rotational Motion and Rotational Dynamics/Equilbrium |
Read chapter 7-8 p. 190-249 |