Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism homeschool curriculum.
Your student applies calculus to electric fields, circuits, magnetism, and induction.
A personalized lesson from the course
Electricity and magnetism become a coherent system when fields, potentials, charges, currents, and changing flux are connected rather than memorized separately.
- Lesson
- Fields Explain What Wires Cannot
- Goal
- Model an electric or magnetic system from first principles and explain where ideal assumptions fail in a measured device.
How a lesson works
An 11-minute reading
This example lesson comes from the unit on electric and magnetic fields, circuits, and calculus. It moves from “Potential is not the field” to “Real devices expose the idealization” and builds to one idea: a field model lets us explain influence across space before a particle or circuit element responds.
Help inside the reading
Your child can highlight any line of “Fields Explain What Wires Cannot” and ask our Always-On Mentor about it or ask for a visual, and it offers help on its own whenever they seem stuck.
A check halfway through
Your child answers “Why can a field model explain a circuit behavior that a wire diagram alone cannot?” before reading on, and the Reading Check at the end asks new questions.
A project your child hands in
Design and test a low-voltage electric or magnetic system, model it from first principles, and explain the idealization gap.
- Task
- Connect the field or circuit model to measured behavior and identify the next effect to investigate
- Hand in
- Electricity-and-magnetism report with model, measurements, and idealization audit
From investigation to evidence
Students use calculus and diagrams to study fields, circuits, magnetism, and induction. Prior mechanics and concurrent calculus are important for this course. Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism runs through 22 units and 66 skills, starting with electrostatics; conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics; and electric circuits.
- Supervised field and circuit investigations
- Integral and differential field models
- Corrected experimental and quantitative responses
Units and skills
Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism22 units · 66 skills
Electrostatics3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Electrostatics
- Apply mathematical routines to Electrostatics
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Electrostatics
Conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics
- Apply mathematical routines to Conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics
Electric circuits3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Electric circuits
- Apply mathematical routines to Electric circuits
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Electric circuits
Magnetic fields3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Magnetic fields
- Apply mathematical routines to Magnetic fields
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Magnetic fields
Electromagnetism3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Electromagnetism
- Apply mathematical routines to Electromagnetism
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Electromagnetism
Maxwell relationships3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Maxwell relationships
- Apply mathematical routines to Maxwell relationships
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Maxwell relationships
Calculus-based field modeling3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Calculus-based field modeling
- Apply mathematical routines to Calculus-based field modeling
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Calculus-based field modeling
Differential and integral representations3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Differential and integral representations
- Apply mathematical routines to Differential and integral representations
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Differential and integral representations
Experimental design3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Experimental design
- Apply mathematical routines to Experimental design
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Experimental design
Data and uncertainty3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Data and uncertainty
- Apply mathematical routines to Data and uncertainty
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Data and uncertainty
Scientific argumentation3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Scientific argumentation
- Apply mathematical routines to Scientific argumentation
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Scientific argumentation
Cumulative electromagnetism investigation3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Cumulative electromagnetism investigation
- Apply mathematical routines to Cumulative electromagnetism investigation
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Cumulative electromagnetism investigation
Safe experimental practice3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Safe experimental practice
- Apply mathematical routines to Safe experimental practice
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Safe experimental practice
Inquiry design and variable control3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Inquiry design and variable control
- Apply mathematical routines to Inquiry design and variable control
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Inquiry design and variable control
Raw data, uncertainty, and error3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Raw data, uncertainty, and error
- Apply mathematical routines to Raw data, uncertainty, and error
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Raw data, uncertainty, and error
Laboratory notebook and scientific communication3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Laboratory notebook and scientific communication
- Apply mathematical routines to Laboratory notebook and scientific communication
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Laboratory notebook and scientific communication
Multiple quantitative representations3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Multiple quantitative representations
- Apply mathematical routines to Multiple quantitative representations
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Multiple quantitative representations
Graph construction and interpretation3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Graph construction and interpretation
- Apply mathematical routines to Graph construction and interpretation
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Graph construction and interpretation
Written mathematical justification3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Written mathematical justification
- Apply mathematical routines to Written mathematical justification
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Written mathematical justification
Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism cumulative assessment3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism cumulative assessment
- Apply mathematical routines to Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism cumulative assessment
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism cumulative assessment
Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exam-mode practice3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exam-mode practice
- Apply mathematical routines to Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exam-mode practice
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exam-mode practice
Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism reflection and transfer3 skills
- Create and connect physical representations of Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism reflection and transfer
- Apply mathematical routines to Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism reflection and transfer
- Design an investigation or construct a scientific argument about Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism reflection and transfer
Questions parents ask
How does Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism prepare my student for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism?
- Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism follows the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism framework unit by unit, as its skill tree shows. Your teen explains and applies the ideas in written responses and projects, so the work shows which skills are secure and which need more practice.
How does a homeschooler register for an AP exam?
- An AP coordinator at an AP-authorized local school arranges registration. Use College Board’s homeschool exam guidance to find a host school. That school sets its deadlines and outside-student policies; its coordinator orders the exam, collects fees, and tells your child where and when to test.
Which course title goes on a homeschool transcript?
- Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, not AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism. The AP designation requires College Board Course Audit authorization of the course, which framework alignment does not give. We generate the transcript with that title, ready for you to sign as homeschool administrator.
How can AP scores earn college credit?
- Colleges award credit under their own AP score policies. College Board reports scores on a 1–5 scale, separately from our coursework grades; check the college’s required score and whether it grants credit, placement, or both.
Who arranges the labs and equipment?
- We provide the lab sequence, instructions, and analysis questions, grade each investigation report as soon as it is submitted, and keep it with the course record. Your family supplies the equipment, a safe workspace, and an adult present for hands-on work.
Advanced Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, with the teaching and records handled
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