Course Description
AP Physics 1 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course that explores topics such as Newtonian mechanics (including rotational motion); work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound; and introductory simple circuits.
This course is the first in the two-course AP Physics sequence and provides students with a foundational understanding of principles equivalent to a first-semester introductory algebra-based physics course.
What You’ll Learn From This Course
Through hands-on laboratory work, students develop an facility with descriptive and experimental analysis, measurement, data collection, and data analysis. The course promotes enduring conceptual understandings and focuses on developing science practices like modeling, planning and conducting data collection, applying mathematics, and communicating findings.
Students cultivate their understanding of physics through inquiry-based explorations as they engage with the seven science practices articulated in the AP Science Curricular Requirements.
The course prepares students to take the AP Physics 1 exam, with qualifying scores potentially earning credit and/or placement out of an introductory algebra-based college physics course. It meets the physics requirements for many life science and pre-med programs.
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