Course Description:
This course uses hands-on application, advanced math, and complex problem-solving skills to explain and interpret the physical world around us. This class offers frequent opportunities for lab design and exploration of materials in a way that is student led for deeper understanding of concepts. Students in this class must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in calculus. Students who have taken AP Chemistry already have an understanding of the science concepts that help conceptualize physics. AP Physics C is equivalent to the foundational physics course for any math or science major. Many students who enjoy this course study engineering in college.
Prerequisite:
Teacher recommendation from a Honors/Regular Algebra I, a Honors/AP Chemistry, or a Honors/Regular Geometry teacher is recommended. Students should have completed Geometry and be concurrently taking Algebra II or an equivalent course. Although the Physics 1 course includes basic use of trigonometric functions, this understanding can be gained either in the concurrent math course or in the AP Physics 1 course itself.
Relevant Careers:
Relevant careers include:
- Business analyst.
- Data analyst.
- Engineer.
- Patent attorney.
- Physicist.
- Physics researcher.
- Physics teacher or professor.
- Programmer.