AP® Physics 2: Challenging Concepts

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Free Online Course: AP® Physics 2: Challenging Concepts provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 9 weeks long, 2-4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. AP® Physics 2: Challenging Concepts is taught by Larry Cain, Peggy Bertrand and Robert Morse.

Overview
  • This course covers 9 challenging topics in AP® Physics 2. 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 2 exam.

    Topics include:

    1. Electrostatic Fields
    2. Gravitational and Electric Potentials
    3. Electromagnetic Induction
    4. Capacitance
    5. Thermodynamics
    6. Pressure, Force & Flow in Fluids
    7. Mirrors & Lenses
    8. Diffraction & Interference
    9. Atomic Transitions

    * 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 2 curricula (based on College Board data from 2011–2013 AP® Physics B exams).

Syllabus
  • Electrostatic Fields Robert Morse
    AP Physics Instructor St. Albans School
    Washington, DC Gravitational and Electric Potentials Marc Reif
    AP Physics Instructor Fayetteville High School
    Fayetteville, AR Electromagnetic Induction Deborah Roudebush
    AP Physics Instructor Oakton High School
    Fairfax, VA Capacitance Deborah Ormond
    Rebecca Howell
    Michelle Strand
    AP Physics Instructors Randolph School
    Huntsville, AL
    Lambert High School
    Suwannee, GA
    West Fargo High School
    West Fargo, ND Thermodynamics James Lincoln
    AP Physics Instructor Tarbut V'Torah High School
    Irvine, CA Pressure, Force and Flow in Fluids Gardner Friedlander
    AP Physics Instructor University School of Milwaukee
    Milwaukee, WI Mirrors and Lenses Angela Jensvold
    Rebecca Howell
    Michelle Strand
    AP Physics Instructors Diamond Bar High School
    Diamond Bar, CA
    Lambert High School
    Suwannee, GA
    West Fargo High School
    West Fargo, ND Diffraction and Interference Rebecca Howell
    ad Davis
    AP Physics Instructor Lambert High School
    Suwannee, GA
    Centennial High School
    Roswell, GA Atomic Transitions Deborah Ormond
    AP Physics Instructor Randolph School
    Huntsville, AL 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