This is a list of topics that are included in high school physics curricula or textbooks.
Mathematical Background
- SI Units
- Scalar (physics)
- Euclidean vector
- Motion graphs and derivatives
- Pythagorean theorem
- Trigonometry
Motion and forces
Linear motion
- Linear motion
- Displacement
- Speed
- Velocity
- Acceleration
- Center of mass
- Mass
- Momentum
- Newton's laws of motion
- Work (physics)
- Free body diagram
Rotational motion
- Angular momentum (Introduction)
- Angular velocity
- Centrifugal force
- Centripetal force
- Circular motion
- Tangential velocity
- Torque
Conservation of energy and momentum
- Energy
- Conservation of energy
- Elastic collision
- Inelastic collision
- Inertia
- Moment of inertia
- Momentum
- Kinetic energy
- Potential energy
- Rotational energy
Electricity and magnetism
- Ampère's circuital law
- Capacitor
- Coulomb's law
- Diode
- Direct current
- Electric charge
- Electric current
- Alternating current
- Electric field
- Electric potential energy
- Electron
- Faraday's law of induction
- Ion
- Inductor
- Joule heating
- Lenz's law
- Magnetic field
- Ohm's law
- Resistor
- Transistor
- Transformer
- Voltage
Heat
- Entropy
- First law of thermodynamics
- Heat
- Heat transfer
- Second law of thermodynamics
- Temperature
- Thermal energy
- Thermodynamic cycle
- Volume (thermodynamics)
- Work (thermodynamics)
Waves
- Wave
- Longitudinal wave
- Transverse waves
- Transverse wave
- Standing Waves
- Wavelength
- Frequency
- Light
- Light ray
- Speed of light
- Sound
- Speed of sound
- Radio waves
- Harmonic oscillator
- Hooke's law
- Reflection
- Refraction
- Snell's law
- Refractive index
- Total internal reflection
- Diffraction
- Interference (wave propagation)
- Polarization (waves)
- Vibrating string
- Doppler effect
Gravity
See also
References
Further reading
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993). Benchmarks for science literacy. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195089868.
- Bruton, Sheila; Ong, Faye (2000). Science content standards for California public schools : kindergarten through grade twelve (PDF). Sacramento, Calif.: Dept. of Education. ISBN 978-0-8011-1496-0. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- Eisenkraft, Arthur (2010). Active physics : a project-based inquiry approach (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: It's About Time. ISBN 978-1607200000.
- Faughn, Serway (2002). Holt physics. Austin, Tex.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-0030565441.
- Giancoli, Douglas C. (2004). Physics : principles with applications (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0130606204.
- Haber-Schaim, Uri; Dodge, John H.; Gardner, Robert; Shore, Edward A.; Walter, Felicie (1991). PSSC physics (7th ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0840360250.
- Hewitt, Paul G. (2002). Conceptual physics : practicing physics (9th ed.). San Francisco ; Montreal: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780321052025.
- National Research Council (1999). National Science Education Standards : observe, interact, change, learn (6. printing. ed.). Washington, DC: National Academy Press. ISBN 978-0-309-05326-6.
- Tesfaye, Casey Langer; White, Susan (September 2010). "High school physics textbooks" (PDF). Reports on high school physics. American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- Zitzewitz, Paul W. (2005). Physics: principles and problems. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0078458132.