Unit III - AP Physics 1

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Lesson - Newton's Three Laws
Inertia Demonstrations
Lesson - Introduce the five major forces and freebody diagrams
Lesson - Forces Acting at Angles
Worksheet - Calculating Components of Forces
Lab - Addition of Forces (spring scales)
Lab Discussion - Forces in Static Equilibrium
Lesson - Static Equilibrium
Lab - Static Equilibrium Lab
Lab Discussion Weights in Static Equilibrium
Worksheet - Ropes and Pulley's in Static Equilibrium
Lab - Hooke's Law (spring constant and combinations of springs)
Lesson - Elastic Potential Energy (conservative forces)
Lesson - Properties of Friction - kinetic and static
Lab - an example of dynamic equilibrium - Falling Coffee Filters
Lab Discussion - Terminal Velocity
Worksheet - Distinquishing 2nd Law and 3rd Law forces
Worksheets - Freebody diagrams #1, #2, #3
Lesson - Systems of Bodies
Lab - Atwood machine with two moving masses using massless, frictionless pulley
Lab - Systems of bodies involving falling mass with massless, frictionless pulley, sliding block experiencing kinetic friction
Lesson - Work-Energy Theorem (positive vs negative work)
Lab - Incline plane with photogates and frictionless pulley
Lesson - Work (area under Force vs Displacement graph) and Power
Re-examination of Atwood machine using energy principles