AP Physics C: Mechanics curriculum

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use derivatives and integrals to connect position, velocity, and acceleration in one and two dimensions.

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: Derive a motion relationship, solve it in two representations, and check units and limiting behavior.

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 motion from functions, graphs, vectors, and data.

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Apply Newton's laws to particles, systems, center of mass, 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: Solve a multi-object dynamics problem from a free-body diagram and defend every force and sign.

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 coordinates and system boundaries that expose constraints.

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Derive work-energy relationships from force and displacement.

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 variable-force system by integration and compare the result to an energy diagram.

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 potential-energy functions, conservation, and power with calculus.

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use impulse as a force-time integral and conserve momentum for valid systems.

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 collision analysis with system choice, impulse evidence, conservation equations, and a reasonableness 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: Analyze center of mass and one- and two-dimensional collisions.

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use torque, rotational kinematics, moment of 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: Model a rigid body's rotation with an axis choice, torque diagram, integral or theorem, and signed conclusion.

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: Derive moments of inertia and handle static or dynamic rotation.

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Use rotational kinetic energy, rolling, angular momentum, angular impulse, and orbital ideas.

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 problem and identify exactly why the chosen conservation law applies.

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 translational and rotational conservation laws.

Start with AP Physics C: Mechanics and College Physics for AP Courses 2e. Take notes until you can explain: Model spring, simple-pendulum, and physical-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: Analyze oscillator data, derive a period relationship, and write an experimental procedure with uncertainty 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: Use differential equations, energy, approximation, data, and experimental design.