A.P. Physics
AP Physics Curriculum
- Working out path to a solution of a problem
- Dimensional analysis and use of units
- Velocity and accerleration
- Free fall
- Analysis of vectors
- Projectile motion
- Forces and Newton’s 3 law of motion
- Static and dynamic equilibrium
- Free body diagrams
- Friction
- Momentum collision
- Work, KE, elastic PE, IIooke’s law, Conservation of energy, Power
- Torque , rotational motion
- Centripetal force, circular motion
- Newton’s law of gravity, orbiting bodies, Kepler’s law
- Simple harmonic motion
- Thermal physics, gas laws, kinetic theory
- Heat and temperature, conservation of energy
- Fluid mechanics, buoyancy
- Pascal’s law, bernoulli’s principle
- Electrostatics
- Capacitors in series, parallel and combinations
- Ohm’s law, series, parallel and combination circuits
- Magnetism
- Electromagnetism
- Induction, motors, generators
- Wave energy, wave forms
- Sound
- Light
- Reflection, plane and curved mirrors, ray diagrams
- Refraction, lenses, ray diagrams
- Dispersion
- Diffraction, spectra
- Polarization
- Photoelectric effect
- Atomic structure
- Wave-particle dualism
- Nuclear properties
- Fission, fusion