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What is Physics?
Physics is the study of the natural world and the rules that govern the interactions that take place in it. It is one of the oldest if not the oldest academic disciplines, since people have always been curious about how the world works. As a result of trying to figure out how the world works, much of mathematics has been created or used. The study of Physics has also lead to much of the technology that we use today.
Physics can form an important part of study for the fields of engineering, math, science, and medicine and the reasoning skills it helps develop are useful everywhere.
What will this course be like?
AP Physics B is designed to represent a rigorous introductory college level survey course in Physics. Normally, the material covered in this course would take 2 full semesters in college and involve 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory each week.
Since this is designed to represent a college course, you will be expected to take responsibility for your own learning. You will be required to read your textbook and access other resources. You will get much more out of this course if you do this because you won't just be relying on your teacher, but getting information from multiple sources.
In early May, the College Board administers the AP Exam. A score of a 3 (out of 5) will count for College credit for a first semester Calculus course at most colleges and universities.
Course Content and Approximate Pacing
Semester 1:
Measurement, Uncertainty, Units, Kinematics, Vectors (3.5 weeks)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Dynamics, Newton's Laws, Uniform Circular Motion, Gravity, Energy (5 weeks)
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Linear Momentum, Collisions, Angular Momentum, Statics (4 weeks)
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Fluids, Vibrations and Waves, Sound (3.5 weeks)
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Semester 2:
Thermodynamics (2.5 weeks)
Chapter13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Electricity (4.5 weeks)
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Magnetism (3 weeks)
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Geometric and Wave Optics(3 weeks)
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Quantum Mechanics, Radiation, Nuclear Physics(2 weeks)
Chapter 26 (Mass energy equivalence)
Chapter 27
Chapter 30
AP Review (1 week)
Additional Topics and Projects(4 weeks)