Course Syllabus for AP Mechanics 2024-2025

Text: Fundamentals of Physics; Halliday and Resnick, 11th ed.

Dr. Lawlis, instructor

Date	Course Material	Homework Assignment	Reading
8/26
8/27
8/28	Welcome Day	Scoring rubric and rules	Ch 1: 1–8
8/29	No class
8/30	Measurement	HW#1	Ch 2: 13–17
9/2	Labor Day		No school
9/3	Measurement	HW#2	Ch 2: 18–22
9/4	Motion Along a Straight Line	HW#3
9/5	No class		Ch 2: 23–26
9/6	Motion Along a Straight Line
9/9	Lab 1: Clepsydra Lab
9/10	Motion Along a Straight Line	HW#4	Ch 2: 27–30
9/11	Motion Along a Straight Line	HW#5
9/12	No class
9/13	TBA		Red, White and Gold Day
9/16	Motion Along a Straight Line	HW#6
9/17	Motion Along a Straight Line
9/18	Motion Along a Straight Line
9/19	No class	Review for test
9/20	Chapter 1 & 2 Test		Ch 3: 40–45
9/23	Vectors		Ch 3: 46–49
9/24	Vectors	HW#7	Ch 3: 50–51
9/25	Vectors
9/26	No class
9/27	Lab 2: Fluid resistance
9/30	Vectors	HW#8	Ch 4: 62–66
10/1	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions		Ch 4: 67–69
10/2	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions	HW#9	Ch 4: 70–75
10/3	Rosh Hashanah		No school
10/4	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
10/7	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions	HW#10
10/8	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions		Ch 4: 76–79
10/9	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions	HW#11	Ch 4: 80–81
10/10	No class
10/11	Lab 3: Graphical Analysis of Vectors	HW#12
10/14	Fall break		No school
10/15	Fall break		No school
10/16	PSAT Day		No class
10/17	No class
10/18	Motion in Two and Three Dimensions	Review for test
10/21	Chapter 3 & 4 Test		Ch 5: 94–98
10/22	Force and Motion I		Ch 5: 99–101
10/23	Force and Motion I	HW#13	Ch 5: 102–105
10/24	No class
10/25	Conference Day		No school
10/28	Force and Motion I	HW#14	Ch 5: 106–109
10/29	Lab 4: Projectile Motion
10/30	Force and Motion I	HW#15	Ch 5: 110–113
10/31	No class
11/1	Force and Motion I		Ch 6: 124–129
11/4	Force and Motion II		Ch 6: 130–132
11/5	Force and Motion II	HW#16	Ch 6: 133–138
11/6	Force and Motion II	HW#17
11/7	No class
11/8	Force and Motion II
11/11	Force and Motion II	HW#18
11/12	Force and Motion II	Review for test
11/13	Chapter 5 & 6 Test
11/14	No class		Ch 7: 149–154
11/15	Kinetic Energy and Work		Ch 7: 155–158
11/18	Kinetic Energy and Work	HW#19	Ch 7: 159–161
11/19	Kinetic Energy and Work	HW#20	Ch 7: 162–165
11/20	Lab 5: Atwood's Machine		Ch 7: 166–168
11/21	No class
11/22	Kinetic Energy and Work	HW#21
11/25	Kinetic Energy and Work		Ch 8: 177–183
11/26	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
------------ Thanksgiving Break ------------
12/2	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	HW#22	Ch 8: 184–186
12/3	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy		Ch 8: 187–190
12/4	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	HW#23	Ch 8: 191–194
12/5	No class		Ch 8: 195–199
12/6	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
12/9	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	HW#24
12/10	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	Review for test
12/11	Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
12/12	No class
12/13	Chapter 7 & 8 Test		Ch 9: 214–219
12/16	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum		Ch 9: 220–223
12/17	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum		Ch 9: 224–229
12/18	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum	HW#25	Ch 9: 214–219
12/19	No class		Ch 9: 220–223
12/20	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
------------ Winter Holiday ------------
1/6	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum	HW#26	Ch 9: 230–232
1/7	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum		Ch 9: 233–236
1/8	Lab 6: Inclined Ramps		Ch 9: 237–240
1/9	No class
1/10	Review Day
1/13	Review Day
1/14	US Exams
1/15	US Exams
1/16	US Exams
1/17	US Exams		Semester Ends
Semester 2
1/20	Martin Luther King Day		No school
1/21	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum	HW#27
1/22	Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
1/23	No class	Review for test
1/24	Chapter 9 Test		Ch 10: 257–263
1/27	Rotation		Ch 10: 264–267
1/28	Rotation		Ch 10: 268–271
1/29	Rotation	HW#28	Ch 10: 272–277
1/30	No class
1/31	Mid Year Conference		No classes
2/3	Rotation
2/4	Rotation	HW#29
2/5	Lab 7: Ant lab
2/6	No class		Ch 10: 278–281
2/7	Rotation	HW#30
2/10	Rotation		Ch 10: 282–284
2/11	Rotation
2/12	Chapter 10 Test		Ch 11: 295–297
2/13	No class
2/14	Conservation of Angular Momentum		Ch 11: 298–301
2/17	Mid-Winter Break		No school
2/18	Mid-Winter Break		No school
2/19	Lab 8: Spin Rate and Lift/Drag Coefficient of a Golf Ball		Ch 11: 302–304
2/20	No class		Ch 11: 305–309
2/21	Conservation of Angular Momentum		Ch 11: 310–312
2/24	Conservation of Angular Momentum	HW#31	Ch 11: 313–316
2/25	Conservation of Angular Momentum
2/26	Conservation of Angular Momentum	HW#32	Ch 11: 317–318
2/27	No class
2/28	Conservation of Angular Momentum
3/3	Conservation of Angular Momentum	HW#33
3/4	Conservation of Angular Momentum	Review for test
3/5	Conservation of Angular Momentum
3/6	No class
3/7	Chapter 11 Test
------------ Spring Break------------
3/17	Gravitation		Ch 13: 354–358
3/18	Gravitation	HW#34	Ch 13: 359–363
3/19	Lab 9: Moment of Inertia of the Earth		Ch 13: 364–367
3/20	No class
3/21	Gravitation		Ch 13: 368–370
3/24	Gravitation		Ch 13: 371–373
3/25	Gravitation	HW#35	Ch 13: 374–376
3/26	Gravitation
3/27	No class
3/28	Gravitation	HW#36
3/31	Gravitation
4/1	Gravitation	Review for test
4/2	Chapter 13 Test
4/3	No class
4/4	Oscillations		Ch 15: 413–418
4/7	Oscillations		Ch 15: 419–421
4/8	Oscillations	HW#37	Ch 15: 422–424
4/9	Oscillations		Ch 15: 425–429
4/10	No class
4/11	Oscillations	HW#38	Ch 15: 430–434
4/14	Oscillations
4/15	Oscillations	HW#39
4/16	Lab 10: Oscillations lab
4/17	No class
4/18	Easter break		No school
4/21	Easter break		No school
4/22	Faculty PD Day		No school
4/23	AP Review
4/24	No class
4/25	AP Review
4/28	AP Review
4/29	AP Review
4/30	AP Review
5/1	No class
5/2	AP Review
5/5	AP Review
5/6	AP Review
5/7	AP Review
5/8	No class
5/9	AP Review
5/12	AP Review
5/13	AP Review
5/14	AP Physics exam
5/15	No class
5/16	TBA
5/19	TBA
5/20	TBA
5/21	TBA
5/22	No class
5/23	TBA
5/26	Memorial day		No school
5/27	TBA
5/28	TBA
5/29	No class
5/30	US Exams
6/2	US Exams
6/3	US Exams
6/4	US Exams		Semester Ends
6/5	Faculty meetings		No school
6/6	Faculty meetings		No school