AP Physics C: Mechanics
Get ready to dive deep into the forces that make the world turn in AP Physics C: Mechanics. You’ll take a spin through kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, and power, systems of particles and linear momentum, circular motion and rotation, and oscillations and gravitation and find out why the universe works the way it does. This is a single semester course.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
- Calculus (Required)
- Introductory Physics course (Recommended)
- Chemistry (Recommended)
- Calculus may be taken concurrently but it is not recommended.
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ONE-SEMESTER COURSE
Unit 1: Kinematics
- Motion in One Dimension
- Motion in Two Dimensions
Unit 2: Newton's Laws of Motion
- Newton's First Law
- Newton's Second Law
- Newton's Third Law
- Applications of Newton's Laws
Unit 3: Work, Energy, Power
- Work and Work-Energy Theorem
- Conservative Forces and Potential Energy
- Conservation of Energy
- Power
Unit 4: Linear Momentum
- Center of Mass
- Impulse and Momentum
- Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions
Unit 5: Circular and Rotational Motion
- Uniform Circular Motion
- Angular Momentum
- Torque and Rotational Statics
- Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Mass on a Spring
- Pendulum and Other Oscillations
- Newton's Law of Gravity
- Orbits of Planets and Satellites