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December 24, 2017
AP Physics C Syllabus (Excerpt from AP College Board)
AP Physics C syllabus covers content equivalent to a first-year college physics. The first part of the course covers concepts in mechanics and designed to prepare students for the AP® Physics C: Mechanics Exam given in May. This course follows the syllabus for that examination, and students passing the exam may receive college credit. The course requires and employs a basic understanding of calculus (differentiation and integration) and requires a prior course, Honors Physics. The prerequisite calculus course may be taken concurrently. SAMVID classes meet once a week per calendar and will discuss topics to supplement materials covered in the school and help in preparing ahead.
- Week 1
Introduction
Units and Measurements - Weeks 2 and 3
Kinematics in 1D
Kinematics in 2D
Force–Displacement graph and determine work. - Weeks 4 and 5
Mechanics and Newton’s Laws of Motion
Atwood’s machines and applications of Newton’s laws.
Motion on inclined planes - Weeks 6 and 7
Work and Energy
Conservation of Energy
Transfer of potential to kinetic energy and projectile motion
Hooke’s law and work done against and by spring - Weeks 8 and 9
Momentum and Collisions
Systems of Particles - Weeks 10, 11, and 12
Rotational Kinematics, Rotational Dynamics, and Circular Motion
Moment of Inertia and applications using pulley
Conservation of angular momentum - Weeks 13 and 14
Simple Harmonic Motion
spring–mass system and oscillations. - Weeks 15 and 16
Gravitation
A simple pendulum.
Keppler's Laws - Weeks 17 and 18
Review for final exams
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