KINEMATICS IN ONE-DIMENSION
FIRST DAY
A good Math Overview can be given to the students as a weekend
assignment. Items that are important to include:
- Scientific Notation and Significant Figures
- Basic Trigonometric Functions (SOH CAH TOA)
- Graphing Practice: straight line (direct variation), hyperbola
(inverse variation), and half-parabolas (square variation)
- SI units and most common Prefixes
- Unit Conversion
PROBLEM SOLVING
Sets of interactive problems with immediate feedback.
ESTIMATED TIME: 2 WEEKS
Reading Assignment:
Giancoli's 5/6e: Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7 and 2.8
Walker 2e: Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7
Homework:
Giancoli's 5e, Ch. 2: 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 26, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 49, 51,
52, 53, 56
Giancoli's 6e, Ch. 2: 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 27, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 47,
50, 51, 54
Walker 2e Ch. 2: 15, 18, 21, 25, 33, 37, 38, 53, 55, 65, 75, 77, 83, 91, 92
TEACHING RESOURCES:
- Constant Velocity Tubes
- Acceleration: Galileo’s Experiment
- Air Track: Constant Velocity and Uniform Acceleration Graphs
- Free-Fall with Motion Sensor
- Finding Terminal Velocity using Coffee Filters
LAB 2. Motion in One Dimension
Objective: To analyze the motion of objects moving at constant speed
and at uniform accelerated motion. Data should be collected to produce
a graph of posituion vs time and use the graph to plot a velocity vs time graph for each object.
Equipment: A digital camera to record the motion of objects moving at
constant speed and with uniform acceleration, LoggerPro 3 .6to perform
video analysis.
Type of Lab: Open ended
- Motion in One-Dimension
- Constant Accleration
- Graphical Analysis and Vectors
PROBLEM SOLVING
23 problems with hints and detailed solutions.
Set of 10 interactive problems with immediate feedback.
Set of 3 interactive problems with immediate feedback.
KEY ITEMS:
• Students are often confused by the following terms, be sure to use
various examples to clarify their misconceptions:
- Instantaneous quantities, i.e. velocity, acceleration
- Meaning of positive and negative signs for velocity and acceleration
- Average velocity
• Perform labs and solve problems involving graphical analysis of motion:
- from position-time graphs to velocity-time graphs and viceversa
- meaning of slopes and units
- meaning of area under the curve and units
• Dean Baird's worksheets are very useful for practice:
AP PAST EXAMINATIONS
Kinematics and Dynamics
Multiple-Choice:
84MC5,6,7,8,9,11,51,61,67; 88MC1,4,5,9,18,42,58,62,63; 93MC1,2,3,5,45,
61,61,64,65,66; 98MC7,44,59
Free-Response
82B1,82B2,85B2abc,86B1,87B1,88B1,92B1,95B3abcd,97B2,98B1,98B6,
00B1exc.e(iii),00B2,03B1,03bB1,05B1,05Bb1, 06B2,06Bb1,07B1,07Bb1
