Advanced Placement Department

Prerequisite(s): Advanced Algebra/Trigonometry, Chemistry

Fee(s): AP exam 
*Dual credit course 
*May be taken concurrently with AP Biology or AP Chemistry 

You’ll be shocked at how much you misunderstand about the physical world around you! You’ll never again throw a ball or jump into a pool or ride a bike without both griping about and praising what you learned in AP Physics. The course outline includes eight units defined by the College Board. 

• Explore the way things move, what happens when you’re pushed or pulled, why walking on wet tile can be treacherous, and how playing pool is the same as bungee jumping 
• Experience science. You’ll do labs and projects that bring new concepts to life 
• You will study these main topics: Motion and Forces, Gravity, Energy, Momentum, Harmonic Motion, and Rotational Motion 
• If you are curious about medicine, architecture, engineering, computer science, or the fundamentals of God’s physical creation then you should take AP Physics 1 
• AP Physics is NOT math intensive. If you know the basics of right-triangles, linear graphing, and solving simple simultaneous equations, you have all the math skills you need