AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Have you ever wondered how electricity and electromagnetism are used to power the devices and machines you interact with every day? Explore concepts such as electrostatics, conductors, capacitors and dielectrics, electric circuits, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism in AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work and in-class activities to investigate phenomena while using calculus to solve problems.
Unit 8 Electric Charges, Fields, and Gauss’s Law
You’ll begin your study of the electric force with an exploration of electric charges.
Unit 9 Electric Potential
You’ll continue your study by analyzing forms of energy that occur when electric charges interact.
Unit 10 Conductors and Capacitors
You’ll explore how electric charge can move through an object and the factors that affect the way charge moves.
Unit 11 Electric Circuits
You’ll build on your knowledge of electrical components to investigate the nature of electric circuits and explore current, resistance, and power.
Unit 12 Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetism
You’ll begin your exploration of magnetism by learning how magnetic fields are generated, how they behave, and how they relate to electricity.
Unit 13 Electromagnetic Induction
You’ll build on what you’ve learned about charges, currents, and electric and magnetic fields to explore electromagnetic forces and their properties.