AP® Physics 1: Challenging Concepts

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Free Online Course: AP® Physics 1: Challenging Concepts provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 weeks long, 2-4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. AP® Physics 1: Challenging Concepts is taught by Peggy Bertrand, Robert Morse and Larry Cain.

Overview
  • This course covers 8 different challenging topics in AP® Physics 1. Well-respected AP instructors from around the USA will lead you through video, assessment questions, and interactive activities.

    Each module breaks these tricky topics into bite-sized pieces - with short instructional videos, on-screen simulations, interactive graphs, and practice problems written by many of the same people who write and grade your AP® Physics 1 & 2 exams.

    Topics include:

    1. Acceleration
    2. Force Diagrams
    3. Free Fall and Projectile Motion
    4. Momentum
    5. Rotational Motion
    6. Angular Momentum
    7. Standing Waves
    8. Conservation of Charge & Energy in Circuits

    * Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, these offerings. Stand-alone units cover the most challenging concepts in the newly redesigned AP® Physics 1 curricula (based on College Board data from 2011–2013 AP® Physics B exams).

Syllabus
  • Acceleration Dolores Gende
    AP Physics Instructor Pine Crest School
    Fort Lauderdale, FL Force Diagrams Peggy Bertrand
    AP Physics Instructor Oak Ridge High School
    Oak Ridge, TN Free Fall and Projectile Motion Robert Morse
    AP Physics Instructor St. Albans School
    Washington, DC Momentum Terri McMurray
    AP Physics Instructor Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools
    Winston-Salem, NC Rotational Motion Connie Wells
    AP Physics Instructor Pembroke High School
    Kansas City, MO Angular Momentum Paul Lulai
    AP Physics Instructor St. Anthony Village Senior High School
    Minneapolis, MN Standing Waves Jeff Funkhouser
    AP Physics Instructor Greenhill School
    Addison, TX Conservation of Charge and Energy in Circuits Angela Jensvold Diamond Bar High School
    Diamond Bar, CA End of Course Assessment James VanderWeide
    AP Physics Instructor Hudsonville High School
    Hudsonville, MI Full-Course Reviewer (all topics) Dolores Gende
    AP Physics Instructor Pine Crest School
    Fort Lauderdale, FL