2021 Winter – Exam Prep Course for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

This course is designed to help the students that are currently taking the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism class at school to prepare for the test on May 3, 2021.

In this course, you will explore concepts such as electrostatics, conductors, capacitors and dielectrics, electric circuits, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work and in-class activities to investigate phenomena and use calculus to solve problems.

Key focus areas:

• Interpreting and describing visual representations of physical situations
• Coming up with a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test it
• Creating graphs and diagrams to represent data and physical situations
• Analyzing data shown in a graph
• Determining the relationship between physical qualities
• Solving physics problems using mathematical relationships
• Developing and supporting a scientific claim with evidence

Outline of class topics:

Lesson 1 – 3:
Unit 1: Electrostatics (26%–34% of multiple-choice score)

Lesson 4:
Unit 2: Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics (14%–17% of multiple-choice score)

Lesson 5 – 6:
Unit 3: Electric Circuits (17%–23% of multiple-choice score)

Lesson 7-8:
Unit 4: Magnetic Fields (17%–23% of multiple-choice score)

Lesson 9 – 10:
Unit 5: Electromagnetism (14%–20% of multiple-choice score)

Lesson 11- 12:
Test Review