Teacher: Ben Barris E-mail: bbarris@beevilleisd.net Room: 310 School Phone: (361) 362-6000 Tutorials: from about 3:45 4:30 (If I m not in Rm 310, check the AP office) Dear Student and Parents, Student, I am pleased to have you in my class and I am looking forward to working with you throughout this year. Parents, if you wish to visit me, please contact me by e-mail or by contacting the front office. I am always happy to discuss ways to help your child succeed. is a very challenging course. It covers Physics at a level equivalent to an underclass Physics course at any major university, except that it does not use calculus and it moves FAST. You will need to apply a lot more effort than you did in Pre-AP classes to pass. You will be expected to prepare and study as college students. You will need to manage your schedule and work on homework well before it is due. You will not be able to complete them if you start the evening before they are due. You will most likely need to discuss a number of the homework problems with me in class to complete the assignments. There will be some online questions that will count as daily work grades. You will be expected to take the College Board test at the end of the year and we will have to move very fast to cover all the material so you can pass this exam. Grading Policy. Grades are calculated based upon the following scale: 40% Tests 60% Homework, classwork, labs Tests will be announced in advance. Expect at two or three per grading period. Doing Physics problems is critical! Homework and labs are extremely important for AP Physics 1. Doing homework problems will allow you to master the concepts. The primary textbook is Physics, by Giancoli. We may use other texts as a supplement. It is critical that you complete all the work yourself. I don t mind you discussing homework problems and how to work them or even sharing what you got as a final answer, but DO NOT copy someone s work or give someone your work to copy. If it becomes apparent that you are copying another student s work, I will give both students a 0. You cannot learn physics if you do not work the problems on your own. If you need help, come to tutorials or ask me in class. Labs will be done in lab groups. Labs in AP Phyiscs 1 will often be designed by you and you will write up the lab in a composition book. We will discuss the lab together as a class and I will answer questions before starting the lab. There will be questions on the AP Physics exam on how to do labs, so your writeup should be complete. In accordance with school policy, late work is not accepted in AP classes. If you miss the due date, you will get a 0 and you will not be able to make it up and there will not be substitute or makeup assignments. If you are going to be absent, you should turn in the work early.
Classroom Management Plan. You are responsible for all subject matter covered in any reading assignment regardless of whether we explicitly cover the material in class or not. If you are absent, you must make up all missed assignments, labs, or tests. It is your responsibility to get with me to get all missed assignments and schedule any make-up tests. Appropriate Behaviors Come with a positive, winning attitude Together we can succeed!!! Be proud of your school and don t tolerate others destroying or trashing your school or school equipment Treat me and your classmates with respect, including their property Complete your assignments Bring all required supplies, notebooks, assignments and books to class Follow all instructions by the teacher Comply with all school rules in the Student/Parent Handbook Consequences of Inappropriate Behavior (not necessarily in order) Glaring look Verbal warning from the Teacher and/or other students Teacher/Student conference Phone call/e-mail to parent Teacher/Student/Parent conference Discipline referral Supplies and Materials 1. 1.5 binder (3-hole punch). It will be reviewed for a grade every grading period. 2. Composition notebook for your labs 3. Notebook paper with holes punched to fit your binder 4. Two sharpened pencils with erasers for every class 5. A watch is not required, but is helpful for monitoring your time on the timed tests. Please review this Classroom Management Plan. Then sign and return the Acknowledgement Sheet. This is our agreement on how the class will operate. By signing it, you are agreeing to abide by this plan, to follow all school and class rules, and to attend mandatory tutorials if you do not turn in your homework on time and complete. If you or your parent/guardian has any questions, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Benjamin J. Barris AP Physics Teacher
Acknowledgement Sheet Instructions: Detach, sign and return ONLY this page Student Name: Period: (Please Print) We have read and do acknowledge the receipt from Mr. Barris of the Grading Policy and Classroom Management Plan for. I agree to abide by the Classroom Management Plan, all school and class rules. Student Signature Date Parent Signature Date Parent/Guardian contact information: Phone: (cell) (home) (e-mail) What is the best time to contact you? How would you prefer to be contacted?
The schedule is planned to get you ready to take the exam on May 7, 2019. This is what you can expect: Aug 20 24: Welcome, Safety, What is Physics?, Summer Assignment, Google Classroom, Graphing Motion Aug 27 Aug 31: notes on displacement, velocity, and acceleration, graphs, Reading Graphs Lab, slopes of graphs, slopes of d-t graphs, slopes of v-t graphs, Sep 4-7: data analysis and curve fitting, Areas under graphs, Rabbit Problem, motion detectors, Graphing Motion Lab Sep 10 14: Accelerated Motion Lab, Graphing Motion Homework, Graphing Motion Exam Sep 18 21: Intro to Kinematics, Moving Man Problems, Day 2 Kinematic Problems, Significant Digits Sep 24 28: Photogate Lab, problems with falling objects, rotational motion, rotational motion Problems Oct 1 5: Kinematics in One Dimension Exam, Intro to Motion in 2 Dimensions, vectors and Scalars, trigonometry review, trigonometry problems Oct 8 12: Marble in Cup Project, motion in two dimensions practice problems Oct 14 19: Motion in 1 and 2 dimension practice, Kinematics in 1 and 2 Dimensions Exam Oct 22-26: Free-Body diagrams, Newton s Laws Practice Problems, Friction Problems Oct 30 Nov 2: Friction Lab, Pulley Problems, Pulley Lab, Friction and Pulley Problems Nov 5 9: Friction and Pulley Problems, Newton s Laws Part 1 Exam, Centripetal Force, Centripetal Force Lab Nov 12 16: Forces at an Angle, Force Table Lab, Forces at an Angle Problems, Forces at an Angle Quiz Nov 26 30: Ramp Forces, Ramp Forces Problems, Ramp Forces Quiz, Forces at an Angle and Ramp Forces Quiz Dec 3 7: Torque Notes, Torque Lab, Torque Problems, Torque Quiz Dec 10-14: Newton s Laws Part 2 Exam, Intro to Energy, Energy Skate Park computer lab Dec 17 20: Semester Exams
Jan 8 11: Work Energy Application Problems, Spring Lab, Spring Problems Jan 14-18: Work-Energy Exam, Intro to Momentum, Collisions and Momentum, Momentum Intro Problems Jan 22 25: Momentum In Class Problems, Momentum Lab, Momentum Homework Problems, Momentum in 2 Dimensions Jan 28 Feb 1: Momentum in 2 Dimensions, Momentum Exam, Intro to Gravity, Gravity Problems, Gravity Problems 2, Newton and the Apple Feb 5 8: Intro to Electrostatics, Electrostatic Problems, Gravity and Electrostatics Exam Feb 11-15: Intro to Waves, Wave Problems, General Wave Problems, Snakey Spring Lab, Sound Notes Feb 18-22: Harmonics, Overtones, Doppler Effect, Speed of Waves Lab, Sound Exam Feb 25 Mar 1: Intro to Electricity, Ohm s Law, Resistors in Series, Resistors in Parallel, Electric Power Mar 4 7: Capacitors, Capacitors in Series, Capacitors in Parallel, Kirchoff s Rules Mar 19 22: Circuit design, Electric Circuits Exam Mar 25 29: Intro to Simple Harmonic Motion, Mass Spring Systems, Pendulums Apr 2 5: Simple Harmonic Motion Exam Apr 8 12: Review for AP Exam Apr 15 19: Review for AP Exam Apr 22 26: Review for AP Exam Apr 29 May 1: Review for AP Exam May 6-10: Review, AP Exam, Egg Drop Project May 13 17: Kinetic Theory of Thermodynamics, Egg Drop Project May 20 23: Semester Exam or Thermodynamics