AP Physics B
AP Physics B
| AP Physics B is a non-calculus survey course covering five general areas: Newtonian mechanics, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, waves and optics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Students will gain an understanding of physics’ core principles and then apply them to problem-solving exercises. They’ll learn how to measure the mass of a planet without weighing it, find out how electricity makes a motor turn, and learn how opticians know how to shape the lenses for glasses. The equivalent of an introductory college-level course, AP Physics B prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in science and engineering. |
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The content aligns to the scope and sequence specified by the College Board and to widely used textbooks.
Prerequisites: Algebra II, Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry
Recommended Grades: For qualified AP students
Length: Two semesters
Unit 1: Welcome to Physics
Lesson 1: Why Study Physics?
Practice: Math and Science Pretest
An AP physics course is extremely challenging and requires a strong background in math and science. This Assessment will help you assess your math and science skills.
Duration: 2hr 30min
Study: Welcome to Physics
Learn what physics is, and see what you'll learn in this course.
Duration: 0hr 20min
Discuss: Why Study Physics?
Introduce yourself to other students and discuss why you're taking this course.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Math Tools
Discuss: Systems of Measurement
Should the United States convert to the metric system? What are the elements of an ideal system of measurement?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Math Tools
Refresh your memory and practice with units of measurement, significant figures, and unit conversion.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Problem Solving
Learn a strategy for solving problems that can help you throughout the course.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Problem Solving and Unit Conversion
Use what you've learned about problem solving and unit conversion.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about problem solving and unit conversion.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you know about problem solving and unit conversion as you answer computer-scored questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 21 points
Practice: Problem Solving
Practice using problem-solving techniques on dimensional analysis, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What is Interesting? What is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Welcome to Physics
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Test (TS): Welcome to Physics
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Welcome to Physics
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 20 points
Unit 2: Kinematics: Describing Motion
Lesson 1: Motion in One Dimension
Study: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
Take a detailed look at the basics of how scientists describe motion in one dimension.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Kinematic Equations
Learn about and derive equations that describe motion in one dimension under uniform acceleration.
Duration: 1hr
Lab: Gravitational Free Fall
Calculate the acceleration of gravity on earth, or the rate at which objects near sea level accelerate under the influence of earth's gravity.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Study: Gravitational Free Fall
Learn how gravity accelerates objects and how to apply kinematic equations to gravitational free fall.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Acceleration and Free Fall
Practice using kinematic equations to solve problems involving acceleration (including free fall).
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer computer-scored true-false questions about motion in one dimension.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored numerical questions about motion in one dimension.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 2: Motion in Two Dimensions
Discuss: Drawing Toy
Discuss how a drawing device uses two components (up-down and side-to-side) to create any kind of motion in two dimensions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Motion in Two Dimensions, Graphical Method for Vector Addition
Learn the basics of how to describe motion in two dimensions (up-down and side-to-side), and learn how to visualize vector addition.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Study: Vector Addition: Analytical Method
Learn the details of how to use the analytical or component method to add vectors.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Vector Addition
Practice what you've learned and solve vector addition problems.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Study: Projectile Motion
Learn the formulas for describing projectile motion.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Projectile Motion
Practice what you've learned and solve projectile motion problems.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer computer-scored true-false questions that require you to apply what you know about motion in two dimensions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions that require you to apply what you're learned about motion in two dimensions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Motion in One and Two Dimensions
Practice what you've learned about kinematics, and send your work to your online instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What is Interesting? What is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Kinematics: Describing Motion
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Test (TS): Kinematics: Describing Motion
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Kinematics: Describing Motion
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 33 points
Unit 3: Dynamics, Kinetic Energy, and Work
Lesson 1: Newton: Three Laws of Motion
Study: Forces
Prepare to use Newton's three laws by learning to do calculations with forces and force vectors.
Duration: 0hr 45min
Study: Newton: Laws
Take a detailed look at Newton's first law, also known as the "law of inertia."
Duration: 1hr 30min
Lab: Inclined Plane
Use an interactive simulation to see how Newton's laws apply to a simple situation where a box slides on a sloping surface without friction.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Study: Atwood Machine
Use an interactive simulation to see how Newton's laws apply to objects on pulleys.
Duration: 0hr 40min
Practice: Newton: Three Laws
Practice what you've learned and solve problems using Newton's three laws of motion.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on Newton's laws of motion.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Newton: Three Laws
Practice with problems that review Newton's three laws.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 2: Kinetic Energy and Work
Study: Kinetic Energy, Work, and Force
Learn about these three concepts and how they're related. Use an interactive simulation to see how force relates to work and do some example problems.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Force and Work
Practice using what you've learned about force and work.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Work Energy Theorem, Total Mechanical Energy, and Efficiency
Explore the work energy theorem, total mechanical energy, efficiency, and nonconservative forces.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Work Energy Theorem, Total Mechanical Energy, and Efficiency
Practice using what you've learned to solve problems related to work and energy.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on kinetic energy and work.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 3: Momentum and Collisions
Discuss: Collisions and Momentum
Discuss the physics behind why automobiles can be dangerous and how the most common safety features work.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Momentum
Explore momentum and conservation of momentum.
Duration: 0hr 40min
Study: Impulse and Collisions
Explore changes to momentum brought about by collisions and impulses.
Duration: 1hr
Lab: Air Track
Experiment with elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Practice: Momentum, Impulse, and Elastic Collisions
Practice using what you know about momentum, impulse, and elastic collisions.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on what this lesson covered.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Collisions
Practice what you've learned about momentum and collisions, and send your work to your online instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What is Interesting? What is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Dynamics, Kinetic Energy, and Work
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Test (TS): Dynamics, Kinetic Energy, and Work
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Dynamics, Kinetic Energy, and Work
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 31 points
Unit 4: Circular Motion, Gravitation, and Rotation
Lesson 1: Circular Motion
Study: Circular Motion
Explore basics of circular motion, such as angular velocity and centripetal acceleration.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Centripetal or Centrifugal?
Help your fellow students remember the difference between centripetal and centrifugal by posting examples of each, and posting tips on how to keep the two words straight.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Circular Motion
Practice using what you've learned about circular motion and angular acceleration.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about circular motion.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions about circular motion.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 2: Gravitation and Planetary Orbits
Study: Gravitation and Planetary Orbits
Explore how Newton's law of gravitation changed our view of the universe.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Gravitation and Orbits
Practice working problems dealing with gravitation and orbits.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 4 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on circular motion and gravitation.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 18 points
Lesson 3: Rotational Statics
Study: Rotational Statics
Explore the basic concepts of rotational statics, such as torque and rotational equilibrium.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Rotational Statics
Practice using what you've learned by solving rotational statics problems.
Duration: 0hr 40min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Lab: Statics-Beam
Use an interactive simulation to see how rotational forces act on a beam.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on rotational statics.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Circular Motion and Rotational Statics
Practice using what you've learned by solving rotational statics and circular motion problems.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Fluids
Study: Fluids at Rest
Explore the basic concepts of fluids at rest, including hydrostatic pressure and buoyancy.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fluids at Rest
Practice using what you've learned by solving problems involving fluids at rest.
Duration: 1hr
Lab: Archimedes, Water Pressure & Bernoulli Effect
Use an interactive simulation that lets you find the density of materials based on their buoyancy.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Study: Fluids in Motion
Explore the basic concepts of fluids in motion, including fluid flow continuity and Bernoulli's equation.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Practice: Fluids in Motion
Practice using what you've learned by solving problems involving fluids in motion.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fluids
Practice using what you've learned by solving problems involving all aspects of fluids.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 5: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What is Interesting? What is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Circular Motion, Gravitation, and Rotation
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Test (TS): Circular Motion, Gravitation, and Rotation
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 6: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Circular Motion, Gravitation, and Rotation
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 27 points
Unit 5: Vibration, Waves, and Sound
Lesson 1: Oscillation (Vibration) and Simple Harmonic Motion
Study: Simple Harmonic Motion
Explore the basics of simple back-and-forth motion.
Duration: 1hr
Lab: Mass on a Spring
Explore simple harmonic motion with simulations of a mass on a spring.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Study: Pendulums Kinematics and Coupled Oscillator
Explore the theory behind a simple pendulum and a more complicated situation: two oscillating masses coupled together.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Oscillation
Practice doing calculations with what you've learned.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer computer-scored true-false questions on SHM.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on oscillation.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 2: Waves
Discuss: What Is a Wave?
What is a wave, really, and why do waves appear in so many different contexts?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Properties of Waves
Learn about principles of wave motion that apply to nearly any medium, from water to guitar strings. Use an interactive simulation to explore interference patterns.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Waves
Practice applying what you've learned by solving problems related to waves.
Duration: 0hr 40min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on waves.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Waves
Practice applying what you've learned.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 20 points
Lesson 3: Sound
Study: What Is Sound?
Using what you know about waves, explore the basics of the nature of sound.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Discuss: Sounds and Components
Recall an interesting sound you've heard, and discuss the components that might make the wave form.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Basics of Sound
Apply what you've learned and solve some practice problems.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Study: Interference
Learn how different sounds interact.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Interference
Practice using what you've learned about interference.
Duration: 0hr 40min
Study: Doppler Effect
Learn the details of why a train's horn drops in pitch as it goes past.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Study: Tones and Pipes
Explore the physics of musical notes.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Doppler Effect and Tones
Practice what you've learned about the Doppler effect and tones by applying your skills to solve problems.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Doppler Effect and Pipes
Practice applying what you've learned.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 20 points
Lab: Sound Waves and Resonance
Explore the relationship between wavelength and resonant frequencies using a "closed pipe" and several tuning forks.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on sound.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What is Interesting? What is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Vibration, Waves, and Sound
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Test (TS): Vibration, Waves, and Sound
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Vibration, Waves, and Sound
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 31 points
Unit 6: Temperature, Heat, and Thermodynamics
Lesson 1: Temperature, the Ideal Gas Law, and Kinetic Theory
Study: Temperature
Review the basic concepts of temperature: what it is and how it's measured.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Study: Kelvin Scale and the Ideal Gas Law
Learn about how changes in temperature, pressure, and volume are related in an ideal gas. Learn how the these factors are related to kinetic energy.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Ideal Gas Law
Practice doing calculations with temperature, kinetic theory, and the ideal gas law.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions on temperature and the ideal gas law.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Ideal Gas Law
Do calculations using what you've learned about temperature, kinetic theory, and the ideal gas law.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 2: Heat and Phases of Matter
Study: Heat Basics
Explore the basics of heat. Concepts include units for measuring heat, mechanical equivalent of heat, calorimetry, heat of combustion, and specific heat.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Temperature and Heat
Discuss the difference between temperature and heat.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Heat Basics
Practice what you've learned about heat.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Study: Phases of Matter
Explore how heat is transferred as matter changes from liquid to a solid to a gas.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Phases of Matter
Practice using what you've learned about phases of matter.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Lab: Phases of Matter
Using a simulated burner and container, chart the temperature of a sample as it melts and then boils.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Quiz: True-False
Use what you've learned by answering computer-scored true-false questions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer computer-scored questions about heat.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 3: Thermodynamics
Discuss: Whipped Cream
Using what you know about the ideal gas law, discuss what would happen to a can of whipped cream under different circumstances.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: The First Law of Thermodynamics
Learn about the first law of thermodynamics and four types of thermodynamic processes.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: The First Law of Thermodynamics
Practice problems on one of the fundamental laws of nature - the first law of thermodynamics.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Study: Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Learn about entropy and the second law of thermodynamics.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Thermodynamics in Life
Help your classmates remember the laws of thermodynamics by coming up with examples of how the laws apply to common situations.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Entropy and the Second Law
Practice problems on the direction the universe is headed - the direction of increased entropy.
Duration: 0hr 50min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Lab: Kinetic Theory
Use an interactive applet to explore how temperature, pressure, and volume are related in gasses.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 25 points
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions to check your understanding of basic thermodynamics.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Practice doing calculations using what you know about thermodynamics.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Thermodynamics
Practice doing calculations using what you know about thermodynamics.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What is Interesting? What is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Temperature, Heat, and Thermodynamics
Review your studies of basic physics in preparation for the test.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Temperature, Heat, and Thermodynamics
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 28 points
Unit 7: Review and Exam
Lesson 1: AP Physics B
Review: AP Physics B
Do a structured review of everything you learned in this semester.
Duration: 5hr
Exam: AP Physics B
Take a 110-minute test.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 200 points
Unit 8: Electrostatics
Lesson 1: Coulomb: Law of Electrostatic Forces
Discuss: Best of the Past and Hope for the Future
What was the most interesting/useful topic you studied last semester? What are you really looking forward to in second semester and why?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Coulomb: Law of Electrostatic Forces
Begin your study of electricity with the fundamentals of electric charge and Coulomb's law.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Coulomb: Using the Electrostatics Law
Practice using Coulomb's law with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about electrostatics.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about electrostatics and Coulomb's law when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Coulomb: Using the Electrostatics Law
Practice answering questions on electrostatics and Coulomb's law, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 2: Electric Fields and Potential
Study: Electric Fields
Study Gauss's law and the effects of electric fields on charges.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Electric Fields
Practice what you've learned about electric fields with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Potential
Explore the concept of electric potential, including the origin of the Volt.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about your potential with potential.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Practice: Electric Fields and Potential
Practice answering questions on electric fields and potential, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Capacitance
Practice: Potential and Capacitance
Practice working with capacitors by solving problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Capacitance
Study the ability of a conductor to hold electric charge.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions that test your capacitance capacity.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about capacitance when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What Is Interesting? What Is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Electrostatics
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr
Test (TS): Electrostatics
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Electrostatics
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 27 points
Unit 9: Electric Current
Lesson 1: Ohm: Law of Electric Current and Resistance
Study: Ohm: Law of Electric Current and Resistance
Explore the flow of electrical charges (current) and a law that lets you analyze resistance to flow (Ohm's law).
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Ohm: Applying the Law
Practice using Ohm's law with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer "current" true-false questions about Ohm's law.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about current and Ohm's law when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lesson 2: Introduction to Circuits and Circuits With Resistors
Discuss: No Resistance to Resistance
Where is resistance useful? Where would it be great if there were no resistance?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Equivalent Resistance and Simple Circuits
Practice analyzing resistor circuits with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Introduction to Circuits and Circuits With Resistors
Study the basic elements and structure of electric circuits.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions to test your resistance to circuits.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Practice: Circuits With Resistors
Practice analyzing circuits with resistors, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Circuits With Capacitors
Study: Circuits With Capacitors
Explore the use of capacitors in basic circuits.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Capacitors in Parallel and Series and RC Circuits
Practice analyzing capacitance and RC circuits with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about circuits with capacitors when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Capacitance Circuits and RC Circuits
Practice analyzing circuits with capacitors, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Kirchoff: Circuit Rules
Study: Kirchoff: Circuit Rules
Study the rules that let you quickly analyze circuits: Kirchhoff's Rules.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about Kirchhoff's Rules.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Practice: Applying Circuit Rules
Practice applying Kirchhoff's Rules with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Circuit Design Analogies
If you were to explain circuit elements to a fifth grade class or to someone with little science background, what good analogy can you come up with for how current flows through resistors, capacitors, and so on?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Lab: Circuit Design, Electric Current and Resistors in Circuits
Use resistors and capacitors to create and analyze electric circuits.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 5: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What Is Interesting? What Is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Electric Current
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr
Test (TS): Electric Current
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 6: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Electric Current
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 22 points
Unit 10: Magnetostatics
Lesson 1: Introduction to Magnetic Fields
Practice: Forces in Magnetic Fields
Practice finding the forces due to magnetic fields with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Introduction to Magnetic Fields
Study the basics of magnetic fields.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about the basics of magnetic fields.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about magnetic fields when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Lorentz Force in Magnetic Fields
Practice answering questions about magnetic fields, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 2: Applied Magnetic Fields
Discuss: The Symmetry of Nature
Think of a common device that uses the relationship between electricity and magnetism to help mankind, and explain how it works.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Applied Magnetic Fields
Explore the forces and torques caused by magnetic fields.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Magnetic Fields
Practice answering questions on magnetic fields, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lab: Electric and Magnetic Fields
Analyze the connection between electric and magnetic fields.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Electromagnetic Induction
Study: Electromagnetic Induction
Study magnetic flux and how magnetic fields can induce electric current.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Induce some answers to true-false questions about magnetic induction.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Practice: Induced emf
Solve problems from Schaum's Outlines about induced electromotive force (emf).
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about induction when you deductively answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Electromagnetic Induction and Magnetic Flux
Practice answering questions on induction and flux, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What Is Interesting? What Is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Magnetostatics
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr
Test (TS): Magnetostatics
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Magnetostatics
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 26 points
Unit 11: Electromagnetic Waves and Light
Lesson 1: Introduction to EM Waves and Light
Study: Introduction to EM Waves and Light
Study the fundamental properties of electromagnetic waves.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer these true-false questions and you may see the light (the electromagnetic version).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about electromagnetic waves when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Discuss: A New Theory of Light
If you were alive in 1700, what would be your theory of light?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Lab: Polarization
Study the electromagnetic nature of light through the phenomenon of polarization.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 2: Mirrors
Practice: Reflection of Light
Solve problems from Schaum's Outlines about reflection and mirrors.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Mirrors
Explore the different images that are formed from different types of mirrors, and begin to use ray-tracing diagrams.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: Check-Up
Reflect on what you've learned about electromagnetic waves when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Mirrors
Create real (and perhaps virtual) answers to questions, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Lenses
Study: Lenses
See how the refraction of light is applied in different types of thin lenses.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Lab: Refraction and Optics
Study the effects of refraction on light as it travels through lenses.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Quiz: True-False
Answer some convex and concave true-false questions about lenses.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Practice: Thin Lenses
Practice using the lens equation and ray tracing with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: Check-Up
Focus on what you've learned about lenses when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Lenses
Create real (and perhaps virtual) answers to questions, and send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Optical Instruments
Study: Optical Instruments
Study common optical instruments, such as the human eye.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Optical Instruments
Practice using the basic principles of lenses on common optical instruments with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about optical instruments when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Discuss: Voluntary Refractive Eye Surgery
Voluntary refractive eye surgery: Would you do it?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 5: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What Is Interesting? What Is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Electromagnetic Waves and Light
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr
Test (TS): Electromagnetic Waves and Light
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 6: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Electromagnetic Waves and Light
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 28 points
Unit 12: Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
Lesson 1: Interference
Study: Interference
Explore the consequence of light waves interfering, both constructively and destructively.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Interference
Practice analyzing interference of light waves with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Lesson 2: Diffraction
Study: Diffraction
Study the principles of single-slit diffraction and diffraction gratings.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Lab: One and Two Slit Interference and Diffraction
Analyze the effects of light waves on each other as they pass through single and double slits.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer some true-false questions about diffraction.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Quiz: Math Exercise
Check your knowledge of diffraction (with a little interference review as well) using what you've been learning in this lesson.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Practice: Interference and Diffraction
Make sure you know how light bends by answering questions on interference and diffraction, and then send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What Is Interesting? What Is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr
Test (TS): Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 18 points
Unit 13: Quantum Theory and Nuclear Physics
Lesson 1: Relativity and the Origins of Quantum Theory
Study: Relativity
Explore the concept that was discovered in the early twentieth century, but is still fundamentally important today—Relativity.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Relativity
Practice using the equations associated with special relativity with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Origins of Quantum Theory
Study the basics of the theory that uses packets (quanta) of energy as demonstrated by the photoelectric effect.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: C Is a Variable
If it were found that the speed of light is not a constant, how would that affect (if at all) the state of modern physics?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Quiz: True-False
Put yourself in Einstein's shoes and answer true-false questions about Quantum Theory and Relativity.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 8 points
Lab: Photoelectric Effect
Study the effects of the photoelectric effect for different materials.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 2: Atomic Structure: The Bohr Model
Study: Atomic Structure: The Bohr Model
Study Niels Bohr's model of the atom and applications such as the laser.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: True-False
Answer true-false questions about a topic that is not Bohr-ing.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: Check-Up
Apply what you've learned about the atom when you answer computer-scored numerical questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 24 points
Lab: The Bohr Atom
Analyze the electron orbit of the hydrogen atom using Bohr's model.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 3: Applied Nuclear Physics: Fission and Fusion
Practice: Applied Nuclear Physics
Practice calculating the energy and radiation effects of fission and fusion with problems from Schaum's Outlines.
Duration: 1hr
Study: Fission and Fusion
Explore sources of immense power—nuclear fission, and more immense power—nuclear fusion.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fundamentals
Get tips and advice on important concepts and skills.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Lab: Nuclear Reactions
Observe and analyze nuclear decay and chain reactions.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 25 points
Discuss: Cold Fusion
A few years ago a miraculous "discovery" offered the possibility of fusion reactions at room temperature. Is that possible?
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Applied Nuclear Physics
Analyze fission and fusion by answering questions, and then send your work to your instructor.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 25 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Discuss: What Is Interesting? What Is Confusing?
Discuss what you've learned (or didn't learn!).
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Review: Quantum Theory and Nuclear Physics
Prepare for the test by reviewing what you've covered.
Duration: 3hr
Test (TS): Quantum Theory and Nuclear Physics
Take a 50-minute test.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Quantum Theory and Nuclear Physics
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 31 points
Unit 14: Review and Exam
Lesson 1: AP Physics B
Review: AP Physics B
Do a structured review of everything you learned this semester.
Duration: 3hr
Discuss: Studying for the AP Exam
Discuss study tips and strategies for taking the Final Exam.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: AP Exam Practice: Multiple Choice
Complete a practice exam of multiple-choice questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: AP Exam Practice: Free Response
Complete a practice exam of free-response questions.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Lesson 2: Final Course Exam
Final Exam: AP Physics B
Take the final test for Physics.
Duration: 3hr Scoring: 300 points
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