1. New Material, but also builds on AP Physics 1

2. Various things to chat about
Topics for AP Physics 2
Some class details
Getting help
Taking the AP Physics 1 and/or 2 tests
Watt about AP Physics C?
After the AP tests….
Various things to chat about

3. AP Physics 2 Topics Electricity
More about Circuits: Series and Parallel
Calculating Voltages and Currents for circuits
More about Electric Fields that surround charges
Capacitors & Electric Fields
Capacitors in circuits with resistors
AP Physics 2 Topics

4. AP Physics 2 topics Magnetism (Electro-Magnetism)
What are magnets & magnetic properties
Electric fields vs. magnetic fields
Interactions between Elec and Mag fields
Magnetic Forces
How do we “make” electricity
Electricity and Magnetism messing with each other, it’s all about MOTION
AP Physics 2 topics

5. AP Physics 2 topics Waves and Optics
Mostly about light (or electromagnetic waves)
How light behaves like a wave
Optics: Bending (refraction) of light or reflecting light
How lenses and mirrors are used to make / alter images
Magnification, image formation,
How do contact lenses & glasses work?
AP Physics 2 topics

6. AP Physics 2 topics Fluid Mechanics
Why did your aluminum “boat” hold pennies?
Does aluminum float?
Buoyancy and why things float (or not)
Moving fluids, how do metal airplanes fly?
Most importantly, why do frisbees fly ?
AP Physics 2 topics

7. AP Physics 2 topics Thermal Physics Some review from chemistry
How heat is used as a source of energy
Expansion of materials when heated
AP Physics 2 topics

8. AP Physics 2 topics Modern Physics
A little bit about quantum physics ideas
Photo-electric effect, energy is quantized
Watt does E = mc2 mean?
AP Physics 2 topics

9. AP Physics 2: review and the AP test
Reviewing for AP 1 and AP 2 test
Planning on reviewing in class
Good idea to get a review book like Princeton or Barron’s
May also hold a couple of weekend practice sessions
We will look at how the test is formatted, etc.
AP Physics 2: review and the AP test

10. After the AP tests Projects, etc. Bridge with popsicle sticks
Research / connections project (you choose the topics and investigate, demonstrating the physics involved)
Likely another engineering / design, build project
After the AP tests

11. Class covers two main topics: mechanics and electro-magnetism (in more depth)
Higher level math (calculus)
Good for those students going into engineering, physics or other physical science
AP Physics C next year?

12. Started At CCA in 2006/2007 school year (3rd year since birth of CCA)
Was a mechanical engineer for 17 years before “becoming a teacher”
I’m a gaucho (UCSB) and cardinal (or tree, Stanford) grad
Met my wife Joanne at Torrey Pines High School in 10th grade. She is owner of Solana Beach Physical Therapy.
Daughter is a teacher in Bay Area (UC Davis, Berkeley), and son is a CCA graduate, class of 2010, now in medical school in Philadelphia.
Played on Stanford’s Ultimate frisbee team (made it to the national semi-finals)
About me