1. Mr. Phillip Lanman planman@bedford.k12.va.us
AP Night AP Physics 1 & 2
Mr. Phillip Lanman

2. Welcome to AP Physics 1

3. What I’ve Done…
Graduated High School in Va Beach
Grades 6-12 in Va Schools
Wrestled HS and 1 Yr College
USAFA
Pilot-KC-135A/R and B-1B
30 yrs in the AF as a pilot/diplomat
Last of 5 college age children will graduate this weekend!

4. Where I’ve Lived…
Pilot training in Mississippi
Lived in CA, KS, ND, SD, NE, ID, VA, China, VA
VA—Alexandria, Woodbridge, Va Beach, Lynchburg

5. Adult
Child

6. Cambodia
Qatar
Bahrain
Oman
Near the North Pole

7. Great to Have You—Hope You Enjoy a Challenge
Math—important you have good math skills
Best if you have had pre-calculus—you can make it without it but it makes some of the Newtonian stuff difficult to manage
Reasonable homework but still have homework
Test Corrections
NMSI Curve
Quizzes and Tests in every block

8. The AP Program… Enables students to pursue college level studies
Is modeled on a comparable college course
Ensures college/university level faculty play a key role content
Provides an end of course, college level assessment (AP Physics Exam)
Is a gateway to success in college

9. AP Physics 1—The Course…
Kinematics—how things move on surfaces and in the air
Dynamics—Newton’s Laws—how forces and masses interact
Circular Motion and the Universal Law of Gravitation
Simple Harmonic Motion (Pendulums and Springs)
Impulse, linear momentum and conservation of linear momentum
Work, Energy and conservation of energy
Rotational motion: torque, rotational kinematics and energy, rotational dynamics and conservation of angular momentum
Electrostatics—electric charge and force
DC Circuits (resistors only in series and parallel)
Waves and sound

10. AP Physics 2—The Course…
Fluid Mechanics—buoyancy, fluid flow, pressure in fluids
Thermodynamics—Laws of Thermodynamics, PV=nRT, graphing, heat engines, entropy
Optics—geometric and wave nature of light
Electricity and Magnetism—Static charges and fields, electric potential, currents, DC circuits with capacitors, magnetism and induction
Modern Physics—Quantum, atomic and nuclear physics

11. Labs…
Based on AP College Board Written INQUIRY Labs

12. Expectations… Read Textbook Assignments—Giancoli Seventh Edition
On Line Homework—Mastering Physics
Problems and worksheets from the Textbook
In Class Lecture
In Class Supervised Problem Solving
Practice Problems from AP Multiple Choice and Free Response
Guarantee My Best Effort—fourth year teaching AP Physics 1, second year teaching AP Physics 2

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15. We Will Have a Great Year Learning How the Physical World Works!