{"id":760,"date":"2025-10-15T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=760"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:49:44","slug":"ap-physics-1-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/ap-physics-1-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Physics 1 Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>AP Physics 1<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Course<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Learn about the foundational principles of physics as you explore Newtonian mechanics; work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound; and introductory, simple circuits.\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0do hands-on laboratory work to investigate phenomena.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Skills\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0Learn<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interpreting and describing representations and models.<\/li>\n<li>Using mathematics to solve science problems.<\/li>\n<li>Formulating a scientific question or hypothesis.<\/li>\n<li>Designing an experiment to answer a scientific question or to test a hypothesis.<\/li>\n<li>Analyzing data and evaluating evidence.<\/li>\n<li>Working with scientific explanations and theories.<\/li>\n<li>Making connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Equivalency and Prerequisites<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>College Course Equivalent<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A first-semester introductory college course in algebra-based physics.<\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Prerequisites<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You should have completed a geometry course and be concurrently taking Algebra II or an equivalent course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Course Content<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The course content outlined below is organized into commonly taught units of study that\u00a0provide\u00a0one\u00a0possible sequence\u00a0for the course. Your teacher may choose to organize the course content differently based on local priorities and preferences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 1: Kinematics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0be introduced to the study of motion.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 2: Dynamics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0revisit the concepts you worked with in Unit 1 to explore force, which is the interaction of an object with another object.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0build on your understanding of motion and force as you study more complex models of motion, such as the circular path of a satellite orbiting a planet.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 4: Energy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0learn the definitions of and relationships between energy, work, and power.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 5: Momentum<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0explore the relationship between force, time, and momentum and learn to use the law of conservation of momentum to analyze physical situations.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0use the tools, techniques, and models\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0learned in\u00a0previous\u00a0units to analyze a new type of motion: simple harmonic motion.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 7: Torque and Rotational\u00a0Motion<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0explore the motion of an object rotating around an axis and\u00a0you\u2019ll\u00a0study torque, the measure of a force that can cause rotational motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Physics 1 &nbsp; About the Course &nbsp; Learn about the foundational principles of physics as you explore Newtonian mechanics; work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound; and introductory, simple circuits.\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0do hands-on laboratory work to investigate phenomena. Skills\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0Learn &nbsp; Interpreting and describing representations and models. Using mathematics to solve science problems. 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