AP Physics Summer Work Packet
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Summer Review Packet AP Physics 1 Objective: Welcome to the exciting and challenging world of AP Physics. The goal of this packet is to allow you to review and strengthen your knowledge and skills in basic science and math practices. The information presented here represents a starting point for AP Physics 1 students. The review packet covers a basic math review, units and unit conversions, and graphical analysis techniques. We will have a quiz over this information and the work from the introduction on the Mastering Physics Website during the week of August 30 to September 3. Please e-mail me at [email protected] for information on how to register for Mastering Physics• AP Physics 1 is equivalent to a one semester college course in algebra-based Classical Mechanics. In addition to the chance to earn college credit, the course is designed to prepare you for further work in AP science or college physics. The course has been rewritten to include less material with more laboratory emphasis. You will study prepare for and study Mechanics in depth (Chapters 1-10 in our Knight, College Physics, a Strategic Approach, 4e) and simple harmonic motion. AP Physics 1 is algebra-based, and builds a solid conceptual and analytical physics foundation. This year, in AP Physics 1 we will study: • Kinematics: The study of how objects move. • Dynamics: Newton's Laws. • Circular motion and gravitation • Simple harmonic motion • Conservations Laws: energy and linear momentum • Rotational kinematics • Rotational dynamics and conservation of angular momentum You must be fully committed to the course. Most students will need to invest an average of one hour each day outside of class working on physics. Many students taking AP Physics, accustomed to earning "A's" find they are challenged just to earn a "B." AP Physics 1 is a rewarding course, and will prepare you well for college. Please commit to not dropping the course unless you are failing. I will not attempt to thin the course at the beginning of the year but you must prepare over the summer so we can move at a pace that allows us to complete the required material with time to review for the exam in the first weeks of May. I recommend working through this packet with NO assistance to see where you stand regarding the material. After you work through it once, you are encouraged to seek assistance to review/re-learn. There are a lot of great resources on line to help you. Here are some recommended resources you may use in addition to the resources on Mastering Physics. (And I am sure you will find some of your own to share with the group.) • APlus Physics http://www.aplusphysics.com/ • MIT Open Courseware https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/ • Learn AP Physics http://www.learnapphysics.com/apphysics1and2/index.html • Hippo Campus Physics https://hippocampus.org/HippoCampus/Physics • Physics Classroom: physicsclassroom.com This packet is not required but we will take a quiz over the material during the 1st week. Please bring your completed packet, a three-ringed binder, and composition book on the first day of class. Also, you should acquire your own calculator. At a minimum, you should have a scientific calculator. A basic graphing calculator is recommended, but not absolutely required. I will share examples from any sections as requested in a group folder on your google drive. Please use only my [email protected] e-mail address to contact me over the summer. We are looking forward to a great year in AP Physics 1 I y x y x y x Your calculator must be· in degree mode! Show all your work. 1. 8 = 55° and c = 32 m, solve fora and b 2. 8 = 45° and a = 15 mis, solve forband c. 3. b= 17,8 m and 8 = 65°, solve for a.and c. 4. b = 15 mm and c = 32 mm, solve for a and 8 6. T.he radius of a circle is 5.5 cm, a. What is the circumfen)ncein meters? b. What is its area in square meters? 7, What is the areaunder thecurve below? Show your work and include the appropriate units. .