AP Physics C

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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