AP Physics 1 curriculum

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Use scalar and vector motion quantities, motion graphs, projectile motion, and constant-acceleration models.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Solve a two-dimensional motion problem with separate x/y models and a graph-based check.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Translate among words, diagrams, graphs, and equations.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Draw free-body diagrams and apply Newton's laws to systems, friction, springs, circular motion, and gravitation.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Build a force model for an accelerating system and explain every force, sign, and constraint.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Choose system boundaries deliberately.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Use work, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservation, nonconservative work, and power.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Solve one problem by energy and one by forces, then compare why each method works.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Read force-position and energy bar charts.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Use impulse, momentum, conservation, collisions, and center of mass.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Analyze a collision scenario with a before/after momentum table and impulse argument.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Interpret force-time graphs and collision evidence.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Use torque, rotational kinematics, rotational inertia, and rotational Newton's second law.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Draw a rotational force diagram and compute net torque with a written sign convention.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Represent rotational systems with clear axes and signs.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Use rotational kinetic energy, rolling, angular momentum, angular impulse, and satellite/orbit reasoning.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Solve a rolling or angular-momentum conservation problem and explain why the system is valid.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Connect linear and angular representations.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Model spring-mass and pendulum oscillations.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Explain a simple harmonic oscillator with energy, force, and graph evidence.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Connect period, frequency, amplitude, energy, and restoring force.

Start with AP Physics 1 and AP/College Physics 1. Take notes until you can explain: Use density, pressure, buoyancy, continuity, and Bernoulli reasoning.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Complete a fluids data task and write one experimental-design paragraph with uncertainty and controls.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Practice AP-style experimental design and mixed free-response tasks.