AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based

• Position and Displacement on an Axis
• Average Velocity
• Position-Time Graphs
• Instantaneous Velocity
• Acceleration and Its Sign
• Velocity-Time Graphs
• Translating Between Motion Graphs
• The Constant-Acceleration Equations
• Motion Without the Time
• Free Fall
• Thrown Straight Up
• Vectors and Their Components
• Adding Vectors by Components
• Relative Velocity
• Launched Horizontally
• Launched at an Angle

Covers official topics 1.1–1.5 (scalars and vectors, displacement, velocity and acceleration, representing motion, reference frames, motion in two dimensions).

• Systems and Center of Mass
• Free-Body Diagrams
• Newton's Third Law Pairs
• Equilibrium and the First Law
• Newton's Second Law Along an Axis
• The Normal Force and Apparent Weight
• Forces at Angles
• Inclined Planes
• Newton's Law of Gravitation
• Gravitational Field Strength
• Kinetic Friction
• Static Friction
• Friction on Ramps
• Connected Objects and Tension
• Pulleys and the Atwood Machine
• Spring Forces and Hooke's Law
• Centripetal Acceleration
• Forces in Circular Motion
• Vertical Circles

Covers official topics 2.1–2.9. Banked curves are taught with friction in Mechanics with Calculus (mech.banked-curves).

• Kinetic Energy
• Work by a Constant Force
• Work as Area Under a Force Graph
• The Work-Energy Theorem
• Gravitational Potential Energy of a System
• Elastic Potential Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy Far from Earth
• Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• Energy Bar Charts
• Friction and Thermal Energy
• Power

Covers official topics 3.1–3.5. Translational kinetic energy itself (½mv²) is first taught in Physical Science.

• Linear Momentum
• Impulse and Change in Momentum
• Conservation of Momentum
• Sticking Collisions
• Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
• Explosions and Recoil
• Motion of the Center of Mass

Covers official topics 4.1–4.4.

• Angle, Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration
• Rotational Kinematics
• Linking Linear and Rotational Motion
• Torque
• Rotational Inertia
• Rotational Equilibrium
• Newton's Second Law for Rotation
• Pulleys with Mass

Covers official topics 5.1–5.6. Gap: the parallel-axis theorem is taught only in Mechanics with Calculus (mech.parallel-axis), where it builds on integration; an algebra-only version is not yet written.

• Rotational Kinetic Energy and Work by Torque
• Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
• Conservation of Angular Momentum
• Rolling Without Slipping
• Satellites in Orbit
• Kepler's Second Law: Equal Areas

Covers official topics 6.1–6.6. Torque and work (6.2) is part of phys1.rotational-kinetic-energy, and angular impulse (6.3) part of phys1.angular-momentum. Energy and angular momentum on elliptical orbits are treated in full in Mechanics with Calculus (mech.orbital-energy, mech.kepler-second-from-newton).

• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Period of a Mass on a Spring
• Period of a Pendulum
• Graphs of Simple Harmonic Motion
• Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

Covers official topics 7.1–7.4.

• DensityEarth & Space
• Pressure
• Pressure and Depth
• Pascal's Principle and Hydraulics
• Buoyant Force and Archimedes' Principle
• Flow Rate and Continuity
• Bernoulli's Equation

Covers official topics 8.1–8.4. On this ladder fluids open Physics 2, so a learner preparing for AP Physics 1 takes the Fluids unit of Physics 2 as well; density is taught once, in Earth Science (earthsci.density).