{"id":764,"date":"2025-10-15T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=764"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:49:08","slug":"ap-physics-2-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/ap-physics-2-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Physics 2 Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>AP\u00a0Physics\u00a02<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Course<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Expand your understanding of physics as you explore topics such as fluids; thermodynamics; electric force, field, and potential; electric circuits; magnetism and electromagnetic induction; geometric and physical optics; and quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics.\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0do hands-on and inquiry-based in-class activities and 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 second-semester introductory college course in algebra-based physics.<\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Prerequisites<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You should have completed AP Physics 1 or a comparable introductory physics course and should have taken or be concurrently taking pre-calculus 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: Fluids: Pressure and Forces<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0learn about the characteristics of fluids and how a fluid\u2019s internal structure and interactions define these characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 2: Thermodynamics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0study heat, temperature, and thermal energy in contexts such as heat engines, heat pumps, and refrigerators.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0begin your study of electromagnetism by getting familiar with fundamental concepts such as electric charge and electric forces.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 4: Electric Circuits<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0continue to examine the behavior of charged particles to learn about the components of a circuit, the path that an\u00a0electric current travel\u00a0on.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0build on your knowledge of electrostatic forces and fields to explore the relationships between moving electric charges\u2014electric currents\u2014and the magnetic forces and fields they generate.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0be introduced to the\u00a0different ways\u00a0of thinking about and modeling electromagnetic waves, or light.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0be introduced to the concepts of modern physics and learn how these new models can resolve the conflicts and questions that Newtonian physics could not answer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP\u00a0Physics\u00a02 &nbsp; About the Course &nbsp; Expand your understanding of physics as you explore topics such as fluids; thermodynamics; electric force, field, and potential; electric circuits; magnetism and electromagnetic induction; geometric and physical optics; and quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics.\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0do hands-on and inquiry-based in-class activities and laboratory work to investigate phenomena. 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