Note: Academic Knowledge and Skills are attached at the bottom of the page.
Semester 1
Topics Approx. Time *Chapter(s) AKS
Nature of Sci. /Math Skills year round n/a 1-8
1-D Kinematics 3 weeks 2 9
2-D Kinematics 3.5 weeks 3 8, 10
Dynamics: Forces and Newton 3.5 weeks 4, 5, 6 11, 12
Universal Gravitation 1 week 12, 13 13
Circular and Rotational Motion 1.5 weeks 9, 11, 14 14, 18
Momentum and Impulse 2 weeks 7 16
Energy, Work, and Power 2 weeks 8 14, 15
Semester 2
Topics Approx. Time *Chapter(s) AKS
Nature of Science/Math Skills year round 1-8
Static Electricity 1.5 weeks 32, 33 19, 20
Current Electricity 3 weeks 34, 35 21
Electromagnetism/Magnetism 2 weeks 36, 37 22
Waves/Simple Harmonic Motion 2.5 weeks 25 23
Sound 1.5 weeks 26 24
Light/Optics 3 weeks 27-31 25
Nuclear Physics 1.5 weeks 39, 40 26
Thermodynamics 1 week 22-24 17
*Chapters relate to the blue textbook, Conceptual Physics, Paul G. Hewitt, $55.97