MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF MOTION AP PHYSICS

FORCE AND MOTION - PART I
AP PHYSICS ‘C’

TEXTBOOK: Chapter 5, pages 72 - 93.

OBJECTIVES:

State the scientist who developed classical mechanics and discuss the limitations of classical mechanics.
State and understand Newton's three laws of motion.
Predict what will happen to a moving object if the sum of the forces acting on it is zero; if the sum of the forces acting on it is not zero.
Predict how the acceleration of a system will change as the mass of the system or the forces acting on it change.
Qualitatively describe the effects of air resistance on falling bodies.
Describe the force that body B exerts on body A if you know the force that body A exerts on body B.
Solve problems relating to Newton's second law.
Calculate the weight of a body whose mass is given and vice versa.
Solve problems in which the application of Newton’s Laws leads to two or three simultaneous linear equations involving forces or accelerations.
Exhibit proper procedures in solving problems dealing with multiple forces.
Draw a free-body diagram indicating the forces acting on a body when given a force problem.
Calculate the acceleration of a system of connected bodies and determine the tension in a cord connecting two isolated masses.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	DATE
DISCUSS	Newton First Law Problems	October 28
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 5.1 and 5.2, pages 82 - 83 and complete Conceptual Question Sheet - First Law	October 28
EXPERIMENT	The Hanging Weight.	October 29
HOMEWORK	Problem Set # 1 on Newton’s First Law.	October 29
EXPERIMENT	Investigating Force and Motion	November 1
HOMEWORK	Read Section 5.4 - 5.6, pages 75 - 84 and complete Conceptual Question Sheet - Second Law.	November 1
MULTIMEDIA	Inertia	November 2
DEMONSTRATION	Ballistics Car; Moving Car and Bart	November 2
HOMEWORK	Read Sections 5.6 (pages 80 - 94) and complete Problem Set # 2, pages 93 - 94, # 3, 6, 12, 14, 19.	November 2
EXPERIMENT	Investigating Force, Mass, and Acceleration.	November 4
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	Worksheet – Force and Motion	November 4
HOMEWORK	Read Section 5.7, pages 84 - 85 and complete Conceptual Question Sheet - Third Law	November 4
MULTI-MEDIA	Car Crashes	November 5
DEMONSTRATION	Investigating Newton’s Third Law	November 5
HOMEWORK	Read Section 5.8 (pages 85 - 90) and complete Problem Set # 3, pages 95 - 96, # 22, 25, 29, 33, 37.	November 5
COMPUTER ACTIVITY	Free-Body Diagrams	November 9
DEMONSTRATION	Spool of Thread	November 9
HOMEWORK	Complete Problem Set # 4, pages 96 - 97, # 43, 45, 47, 49, 52, 55.	November 9
TEST	Forces and Motion - Part I	November 16