AP Physics 1 Summer Institute
In this week long institute we will be covering all of the essentials needed to teach the AP Physics 1 courses including the Curriculum Frameworks, Course Audits, and Exams. A significant portion of the week will focus on Inquiry Based Learning and establishing an AP Physics experience that maximizes student learning. Numerous practical tips will be provided throughout the week on teaching strategies, demonstrations, audiovisuals, computer-based learning opportunities and teaching resources. Participants will have opportunities throughout the week to ask questions and to share their own strategies and approaches with other participants.
The week will also include content reinforcement. Topics addressed will include selected areas that are especially problematic, as well as any other topics requested by participants. A number of experiments will be discussed, with a selection being conducted throughout the week as time allows.
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 |
| Welcome
Administration Introduction – Course and Exam Description |
Introduction to Audit/Syllabus/Pacing Guides | More AP Classroom | Simple Harmonic Motion |
| Overview of the course
Exam structure / TOI and equations |
FR scoring with rubrics
Reading |
Formative and summative assessments
Philosophy & Practices |
Equity & Access
Growing the program |
| MC Samples, scoring, and strategies | AP Classroom
|
TIPERS
Concept Inventories |
Labs and demos |
| Kinematics, including projectile motion | Energy | Torque | Raffle |
| Dynamics | Circular Motion & Gravity | Rotational Motion | Administration end matters |
| Teaching strategies, Multiple Representations & Inquiry Based Labs | Graphical analysis:
Linearization, etc. |
COM & Momentum | |
| Labs and demos, including video analysis | Labs and demos | Labs and demos |
