AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism curriculum

Start with AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use Coulomb's law, superposition, electric fields, flux, symmetry, and Gauss's 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: Choose a Gaussian surface or direct-integration method for several charge distributions and justify the choice.

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: Calculate fields for point charges and continuous distributions.

Start with AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Connect electric potential, field, work, and energy.

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 electrostatic problem by potential and one by field, then explain where each method is cleaner.

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: Calculate potential for point charges, uniform fields, and continuous distributions.

Start with AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Analyze electrostatic equilibrium, shielding, capacitance, dielectrics, and stored energy.

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: Model a capacitor network and predict how energy, charge, and voltage change under one physical modification.

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: Use series, parallel, and geometry-based capacitor models.

Start with AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use current density, resistance, power, Kirchhoff rules, and RC transients.

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 an RC circuit over time and identify measurable evidence that would validate the model.

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 circuit diagrams, differential equations, graphs, and measurements.

Start with AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use magnetic force, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, and field superposition.

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: Determine a magnetic field or force using symmetry and a right-hand-rule diagram, then check the limiting case.

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: Analyze particle motion and forces on current-carrying conductors.

Start with AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use Faraday's law, Lenz's law, inductance, LR circuits, and magnetic energy.

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 an induction scenario from flux through current response, then write a laboratory method that tests the prediction.

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: Combine derivation, experimental design, and mixed-field reasoning under AP timing.