AP Physics 2 Homepage

by Tony Wayne

Right click the image to download my "Physics Rsource Book" to your computer. This contains most of the problems and activities we will do in class. We will not do all of the problems or activities. But will do a lot of them.

This document can be found in the students Schoology account in the Resources section.

This is not a comprehensive "textbook." It is to serve as resource to help explain some of the main concepts that are covered in a first year physics class. The cool stuff happens in class with demonstrations, explanations, labs, and activities. It can be used as a review or as a primer before class. This resource contains a lot of animations and movies embedded from YouTube. It is meant to be different from a printed textbook. Hopefully more engaging.

8 course units are below. (Note: Units 1- 8 were covered in the AP Phyiscs 1 course.

Unit 0 - Skills and Introduction
		Mandatory conversions (Must be able to do without a table or the Internet.) Linearization of Data
Unit 9 - Thermodynamics, ("Thermo")
	Kinetic theory, ideal gas laws, PV diagrams, thermal equilibrium, thermal conductivity, the Laws of Thermodynamics (internal energy, work, and heat), heat engines, and entropy.
Unit - 10 Electric Force, Field, and Potential
	Electric charge and conservation, Coulomb's Law, electric fields, gravitational vs. electromagnetic forces, electric potential, isolines, and capacitors (isolated/non-circuit behavior).
Unit 11 - Electrical Circuits
	Current, resistance, and resistivity; Ohm's Law; Kirchhoff's Loop Rule (conservation of energy) and Junction Rule (conservation of charge); series and parallel resistors; and resistor-capacitor (RC) circuits.
Unit 12 - Electromagnetism and Magnetism, ("E & M")
	Magnetic fields, magnetic forces on moving charges and current-carrying wires, magnetic flux, electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s Law, and Lenz’s Law.
Unit 13 - Geometric Optics
	Reflection and refraction, Snell’s Law, total internal reflection, and image formation using concave/convex mirrors and converging/diverging lenses (including ray diagrams).
Unit 14 - Waves, Sound and Physical Optics
	Wave properties and boundaries, sound waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, interference patterns, diffraction, and thin-film interference.
Unit 15 - Modern Physics
	Photons and the photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality (de Broglie wavelength), electron energy levels and atomic transitions, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, and mass-energy equivalence, (E=mc²).
Final Project
	The teacher will choose one of these class projects. It depends on available resources and class time left after the AP exam. This all changes with the advent of show days and other days taken away from direct instruction. Final Project - GlowScript/VPython (TBA) Final Project - option #2 Air Pressure Powered Paper Rockets
		The information below is for teacher reference. (You can ignore it.)

Scientific Notation
Significant Figures
Mandatory conversions (Must be able to do without a table or the Internet.)
Linearization of Data
Introduction and Review (Kinematics, Projectile Motion, Mechanical Energy Notes.)
Thermodynamics
Electrostatics
Coulomb's Law
Capacitance
Electricity Basics
d.c. Circuit Analysis w/ Kichhoff's Rules
RC Circuits (Part of the Kirchhoff unit)
Electromagnetism
Light Introduction
Geometrical Optics
Waves
Nuclear Physics
Modern Physics
Final Project - GlowScript/VPython
Final Project - option #2 Air Pressure Powered Pper Rockets

by Tony Wayne ...(If you are a teacher, please feel free to use these resources in your teaching.)

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