2024 - 2025 MCPS High School Course Bulletin

SCI2072A/SCI2072B AP Physics 1A

0.5 credit per semester

This NGSS aligned course is for students with an interest in the physical sciences and builds on concepts covered in Physics with greater detail in content and laboratory investigations. Students explore Newtonian mechanics, including rotational dynamics and angular momentum; work, energy, and power; and mechanical waves and sound. Electric circuits will be introduced. This course is approved for NGSS high school graduation credit.

Geometry
Algebra 2
9 - 10 - 11 - 12
No repeats for credit

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