Physics - Kinematics 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 kinematics, the language of motion. Students will study position, displacement, distance, velocity, speed, acceleration, motion graphs, free fall, vectors, projectiles, and two-dimensional motion.

The videos and resources use clear lectures, demonstrations, diagrams, and worked out example problems. Students will practice translating between words, graphs, equations, and physical motion. That skill matters because kinematics is often the first major unit in physics, and it becomes the foundation for later topics such as forces, energy, momentum, circular motion, and rotation.

This course is especially useful for students who want more than formula memorization. We focus on what the variables mean, how to choose the right equation, how signs and directions work, and how to check whether an answer makes physical sense. The course does not require calculus, but calculus based students can still use it to strengthen their motion fundamentals.

By the end of the course, students should be more confident reading motion graphs, solving one-dimensional and two-dimensional motion problems, explaining projectile motion, and approaching new kinematics questions in a structured way.

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.