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Welcome

AP Physics

Mrs. Kelleher

Room 811

Come in and find a seat. Four people to a table. Try to sit with people you will work well with and be able to get together with after class as a study group.

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Objectives

Course overview and introduction

Safety and rules

Timed Quiz/Distribute textbooks

Introduce electricity explorations

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Warm-up

Two balls with equal and opposite charges are hung from strings 1 m apart. The force on the balls is:

a. Attractiveb. Repulsivec. Zerod. Not enough information

If I double the distance between them, what will happen to the size of the Electric force?

a. It stays the sameb. It doublesc. It is halfd. It quadruplese. It is one-fourth

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Course Papers

Course Guidelines and Grading Policy Safety Rules for Physics Student Guidelines for Technology Use Signature Page

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Course Overview

AP Physics B Supplies needed Pacing & commitment Large volume of material Study group / lab group AP test schedule and expectations

Monday, May 14th!!!!

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Safety & Technology Use

AP Physics Blog- http://blogs.carrollk12.org/hlkelle/

Common sense

Review standards

Sign acknowledgement. Also parents. Return tomorrow.

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Emergencies

Fire Snow Days

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More Papers

Table of Information for AP Exam AP Physics B Equations for AP Exam

Can only be used on the Free-Response section of the exam

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Texts

Take very good care of them

You do not have to bring them to class each day

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CASTLE

Capacitor Aided System for Teaching and Learning Electricity

Forget everything you know or THINK you know about electricity.

Starts from the most basic concepts and builds a sound model.

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Section 1

Requirements for the bulbs to light? Do the bulbs light simultaneously? Is there something happening in the

wires? How can you recognize a conductor? What is the path of conduction in a light

bulb? Preview to right-hand rule Exercise 1.11 – Lighting bulb with one wire

and one battery

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Closure

Check Your Understanding: Explain why the light bulb must be connected at 2

points in order to light. Homework:

Signed acknowledgment Read and take notes on Ch. 18 1st Homework set due on Monday, 2/6 Quiz on Chapters 18&19 on Tuesday, 2/7