This year-long course provides an accelerated coverage of all topics required for the AP Physics 2 Exam: thermodynamics, fluids, waves, optics, special relativity, modern atomic physics, electricity, and magnetism. AP Physics 2 is for students who have already studied mechanics and are ready to follow up with additional topics. The course is algebra-based; no calculus is used.
Target Exams
Target Grades
9-12
Who Should Take This Course
Course Prerequisites:
- F=ma Advanced*
- or 1st-year high school physics course
- or AP Physics 1
- or AP Physics C Mechanics
(* Indicates an Alphastar Academy course)
Textbook
There is a required textbook for the course:
Students are also recommended to get:
Additional optional homework problems will be assigned from The Princeton Review.
Exam Weeks
Practice Exams will be given/solved.
Homework
There are weekly homework sets.
Resources
Lecture notes and problem solutions will be available on the learning management system (LMS).
Curriculum
AP Physics 2 is a year-long course with the first half in the fall and the second half in the spring. The course is not offered as a summer camp.
| Weeks | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ch. 12: Temperature & Heat | Ch. 19: Electric Potential |
| 2 | Ch. 13: Heat Transfer | Ch. 19: Electric Potential |
| 3 | Ch. 14: Kinetic Theory of Gases | Ch. 20: DC Circuits |
| 4 | Ch. 15: Thermal Physics | Ch. 21: Magnetic Fields |
| 5 | Ch. 11: Fluids | Exam Week |
| 6 | Exam Week | Ch. 22: Induction |
| 7 | Ch. 16-17: Waves; Superposition | Ch. 23: AC Circuits |
| 8 | Ch. 27: Wave Nature of Light | Ch. 24: EM Waves |
| 9 | Ch. 28: Special Relativity | Ch. 26: Optics (Lenses) |
| 10 | Ch. 29-30: Modern Atomic Physics | Ch. 25: Optics (Mirrors) |
| 11 | Ch. 31-32: Nuclear Physics | Review |
| 12 | Exam Week | Exam Week |
