2/3/14, Monday
Post date: Feb 04, 2014 3:52:58 PM
Learning targets
Students should understand the concept of potential energy, so they can:
(29) Write an expression for the force exerted by an ideal spring and for the potential energy of a stretched or compressed spring.
(30) Calculate the potential energy of one or more objects in a uniform gravitational field.
Students should understand the concepts of mechanical energy and of total energy, so they can:
(31) Describe and identify situations in which mechanical energy is converted to other forms of energy.
Activities
Plan for the next 2 weeks
We need to speed up the pace of this part of the class (review from physics) in order to get to all topics on the AP test. For the next two weeks, you'll have an assessment due every day with around 5 learning targets on it. Learning targets will only be assessed once for everyone. Additional assessments of individual learning targets are available for students for learning targets they struggle with the first time.
Please check out the spreadsheet of learning target resources. This has suggested reading, practice problems, and video tutorials for our learning targets. I'm adding resources at a rapid pace right now, so check back often. This should be part of your usual AP Physics activity, not just an extra resource if you have trouble learning something.
We will finish "Newtonian Mechanics" on Friday, February 14 and have our exam for that unit (questions taken from old AP exams) on Monday, February 17.
Work time - assessment 7
Instruction
Springs (force, potential energy)
Gravitational potential energy
Types of energy, conservation of energy