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{{Advanced Placement}}
'''Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1''', along with [[AP Physics 2]], are year long [[Advanced Placement|AP]] courses designed by the [[College Board]] to replace [[AP Physics B]] in the 2014 - 2015 school year. The courses were formed through collaboration between current Advanced Placement teachers and The College Board, with the guidance of the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] and the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>[http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/math-and-science/physics AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 | Advances in AP]</ref> Similar to [[AP Physics C]] the course is said to cover the material of a first [[semester]] [[university]] [[undergraduate]] [[physics]] course offered at a typical American university,<ref>[http://jacobsphysics.blogspot.com/2011/07/ap-physics-1-and-2-redesign-as-it.html Jacobs Physics: AP Physics 1 and 2 Redesign (as it stands now) and Honors Physics I]</ref> but with an algebra based curriculum as opposed to the [[AP Physics C]] calculus based curriculum.

==History==
The first AP Physics 1 classes are planned to begin in the fall of the 2014-2015 school year, with the first AP exams administered in May 2015. As of August 2013 AP summer institutes, the College Board [[professional development]] course for Advanced Placement and [[Pre-Advanced Placement Program|Pre-AP]] teachers,<ref>[http://professionals.collegeboard.com/prof-dev/workshops/summer-institutes AP and Pre-AP Summer Institutes]</ref> will dedicate 20% of the total to preparing AP Physics B educators for the new AP physics course. Face to face workshops sponsored by the College Board will begin to focus 20% their content on the new course as soon as September 2013. In February 2014 the official course description and sample curriculum resources will be posted to the College Board website, with 2 practice exams being posted the next month. As of September 2014 face to face workshops will be dedicated solely to AP Physics 1 & AP Physics 2. The full course will be taught starting in 2014, and the exam will be given 2015.

==Curriculum==
The College Board has released a "Curriculum Framework" which includes the 7 principles on which the new AP Physics courses will be based as well as smaller "Enduring Understanding" concepts:<ref>[http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/2012advances/11b_4615_AP_Physics_CF_WEB_120910.pdf AP Physics 1: Algebra-based and AP Physics 2: Algebra-based Curriculum Framework 2014–2015]</ref>

==="7 big ideas" in the curriculum framework===
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!scope="col" | Big Idea
!scope="col" | Enduring Understanding
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|rowspan = "5" | Objects and [[system]]s have properties such as [[mass]] and [[Electric charge|charge]]. Systems may have internal structure.
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|The internal structure of a system determines many properties of the system
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|[[Electric charge]] is a property of an object or system that affects its [[interactions]] with other objects or systems containing charge.
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|Electric charge is a property of an object or system that affects its interactions with other objects or systems containing charge.
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|Materials have many [[macroscopic]] properties that result from the arrangement and interactions of the [[atoms]] and [[molecules]] that make up the material
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|rowspan = "3" | [[Field (physics)|Fields]] existing in space can be used to explain interactions
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|A field associates a value of some [[Physical property|physical]] quantity with every point in space. Field models are useful for describing interactions that occur at a distance (long–range forces) as well as a variety of other physical phenomena
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|A [[gravitational]] field is caused by an object with mass
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| rowspan = "8" |The interactions of an object with other objects can be described by forces.
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|All forces share certain common characteristics when considered by [[Observer (physics)|observers]] in [[inertial reference frames]]
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|Classically, the [[acceleration]] of an object interacting with other objects can be predicted by using <math> \vec a = \frac{\sum \vec F}{m}</math>
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|At the macroscopic level, forces can be categorized as either long–range (action–at–a–distance) forces or contact forces.
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|A force exerted on an object can change the [[momentum]] of the object.
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| A force exerted on an object can change the [[kinetic energy]] of the object.
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|A force exerted on an object can cause a [[torque]] on that object.
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|Certain types of forces are considered fundamental.
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| rowspan = "5" | Interactions between systems can result in changes in those systems.
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|The acceleration of the [[center of mass]] of a system is related to the net [[force]] exerted on the system, where <math> \vec a = \frac{\sum \vec F}{m}</math>
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|Interactions with other objects or systems can change the total [[linear momentum]] of a system.
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|Interactions with other objects or systems can change the total [[energy]] of a system.
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|A net [[torque]] exerted on a system by other objects or systems will change the [[angular momentum]] of the system.
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| rowspan = "6" | Changes that occur as a result of interactions are constrained by [[conservation laws]].
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|Certain quantities are conserved, in the sense that the changes of those quantities in a given system are always equal to the
transfer of that quantity to or from the system by all possible interactions with other systems.
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|The [[energy]] of a system is conserved
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|The [[electric charge]] of a system is conserved.
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|The [[linear momentum]] of a system is conserved.
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|The [[angular momentum]] of a system is conserved
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| rowspan = "3" | [[Waves]] can transfer [[energy]] and [[momentum]] from one location to another without the permanent transfer of [[mass]] and serve as a [[mathematical model]] for the description of other phenomena
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|A wave is a traveling disturbance that transfers energy and momentum.
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|A [[periodic wave]] is one that repeats as a [[function (mathematics)|function]] of both [[time]] and position and can be described by its [[amplitude]], [[frequency]],
[[wavelength]], [[speed]], and [[energy]]
|}
- College Board, Curriculum Framework

==References==
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