Physics - Dynamics for High School and AP Physics 1

This course is one of several Mousseau Physics courses designed for students in high school physics, AP Physics 1, and introductory algebra based college physics. In this course we focus on dynamics, the study of why objects move the way they do. Students will study force, mass, acceleration, Newton's laws, free body diagrams, normal force, friction, tension, weight, inclined planes, connected objects, and circular motion.

The videos and resources use clear lectures, demonstrations, diagrams, and worked out example problems. Students will practice drawing useful free body diagrams, choosing coordinate systems, writing net force equations, and connecting the physical situation to the math. Those habits are the difference between guessing at dynamics problems and solving them with a repeatable process.

This course is a strong fit for students preparing for high school physics tests, AP Physics 1, or introductory college physics. It does not require calculus. The explanations focus on algebra based reasoning, conceptual understanding, and practical problem solving. Students who struggle with force problems often discover that the issue is not the math itself, but the setup.

By the end of the course, students should be more confident identifying forces, explaining Newton's laws, solving multi-force problems, and using dynamics as a foundation for later mechanics topics such as energy, momentum, torque, and rotational motion.

Students can work straight through the course as a full unit or use individual lessons as targeted support alongside a class. The videos are built to be paused, rewound, and practiced with pencil and paper, so the course works well for homework help, test review, exam preparation, or rebuilding a topic that did not fully click the first time.