Course

The skills measured include both differential and integral calculus and build upon the AP Physics C: Mechanics course by providing instruction in each of the following five content areas: electrostatics, conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics; electric circuits; magnetic fields; and electromagnetism. Students establish lines of evidence and use them to develop and refine testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena. Focusing on these disciplinary practices and experimental skills enables teachers to use the principles of scientific inquiry to promote a more engaging and rigorous experience for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism students. Such practices or skills require students to design experiments; observe and measure natural phenomena; organize, display, and critically analyze data; analyze sources of error and determine uncertainties in measurement; draw inferences from observations and data; and communicate results, including suggested ways to improve experiments and proposed questions for further study A minimum of 20 percent of instructional time is devoted to hands-on and inquiry-based laboratory investigations.