A/B/C Block Schedule
Marc Reif
The APC Exams are Monday, May 3, 2021.
For 2020-2021 The students in AP Physics C have about half had AP Physics 1, about half have not. Most (I think) are enrolled in AP Calculus AB or BC.
Instruction begins on Friday, 13 August 2020 Our school is on A/B/C block. Each class meets two 82-minute sessions (A/B) and one 42-minute session (C) every week.
We have about 160 meetings before the AP Exam. There are about 34 A/B meetings and 13 C meetings in the first semester and 31 A/B meetings in the second semester and 12 C meetings before the APC Exams. That is 6380 minutes or 106 hours or 4.4 complete days of instruction.
So, first semester 47 actual class meetings and second semester 43 actual class meetings. 90 days of instruction before the exam.
Text Randall Knight, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, A Strategic Approach, 4ed
| Unit 01 – Tools Text Chapter 3 (vectors) | Vectors (including unit vectors), Graphical Analysis, Measurement and uncertainty, Scientific method, Calculus concepts and elementary methods. | <2 weeks 4 meetings 13 August to 25 August (optional unit) |
| Unit 02 -1d Kinematics Chapters 1 and 2 | Constant Velocity Model, Constant Acceleration Model, Constant Jerk model, elementary calculus | ~2 weeks (including test) 6 meetings August 26 – Sep 11 |
| Unit 03 – 2d Kinematics Text Chapters 3 and 4 | Projectile Motion, Uniform circular motion and Nonuniform rotational kinematics | ~2 weeks 6 meetings (including test) Sep 14- Sep 29 |
| Unit 04 – 1d Force Text Chapter 5-6 | The Force Model | >2 weeks 8 meetings (including test) 30 Sept -16 Oct |
| Unit 05 – 2d Forces, Circular Motion Text Chapter 7-8 | Applications of the force model, systems of objects, vectors (ramps, etc.), circular motion | >2 weeks ~6 meetings 19 Oct – 3 November |
| Unit 06 – Momentum Chapter 9 | Momentum Transfer Model and Impulse | >2 weeks 8 meetings 4 Nov – 20 Nov This unit probably won’t require this much time, but this takes us up to Winter Break. Could stretch out earlier unit or could start energy earlier. |
| Unit 07 – Energy Chapter 10-11 | Energy Transfer Model, power, potential energy functions | 2 weeks ~6 meetings (some Chap 10 energy concepts on semester exam) 30 Nov to 14 Dec |
| Semester | ||
| Unit 07 – Work Chapter 11 | Additional applications in work and energy | ~2 weeks 6 meetings 6 Jan to 20 Jan |
| Unit 08 – Rotation Chapter 12 | Rotational Models | ~3 weeks ~10 meetings 21 Jan to 12 Feb |
| Unit 09 – Gravitation Chapter 13 | Gravitational Potential and Energy, elliptical orbits, | > 2 weeks ~8 meetings 16 Feb – 5 March |
| Unit 10 – Oscillation Chapter 14 | Simple Harmonic Motion, Pendulums (simple and physical) | 2 weeks 6 meetings 8 March – 19 March |
| REVIEW – additional depth on Calculus topics | >1 month 14 meetings for review 29 March to 30 April |
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Hi Marc. This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. Do you have a similar pacing guide you use for AP1?
Yes, although I need to revise it against our new schedule fir next year. I will try to post it soon.
Just published AP1 Pacing Guide (and it’s already wrong, due to Covid-19).
Thanks, Marc! It looks great.