List of Physics Concepts in Primary and Secondary Education Curricula

List of Physics Concepts in Primary and Secondary Education Curricula

This is a list of topics that are included in high school physics curricula or textbooks.

MOTION & FORCES
Linear Motion

  • Acceleration
  • Center of mass
  • Force
  • Mass
  • Newton's laws of motion
  • Speed
  • Velocity
  • Work
Rotational Motion

  • Angular momentum
  • Angular velocity
  • Centripetal force
  • Circular motion
  • Introduction to angular momentum
  • Tangential velocity
  • Torque
Conservation of Energy and Momentum

  • Conservation of energy
  • Elastic collision
  • Energy
  • Inelastic collision
  • Inertia
  • Kinetic energy
  • Moment of inertia
  • Momentum
  • Potential energy
  • Rotational energy
Electricity and Magnetism
  • Ampère's circuital law
  • Capacitor
  • Coulomb's law
  • Direct current
  • Electric charge
  • Electric current
  • Electric field
  • Electric potential energy
  • Electron
  • Faraday's law of induction
  • Ion
  • Joule heating
  • Lenz's law
  • Magnetic field
  • Ohm's law
  • Plasma (physics)
  • Resistor
  • Transistor
  • Voltage
Heat

  • Entropy
  • First law of thermodynamics
  • Heat
  • Heat transfer
  • Second law of thermodynamics
  • Temperature
  • Thermal energy
  • Thermodynamic cycle
  • Volume (thermodynamics)
  • Work (thermodynamics)
Waves

  • Diffraction
  • Doppler effect
  • Frequency
  • Harmonic oscillator
  • Hooke's law
  • Interference (wave propagation)
  • Light
  • Longitudinal wave
  • Polarization (waves)
  • Radio waves
  • Reflection
  • Refraction
  • Refractive index
  • Transverse wave
  • Snell's law
  • Sound
  • Vibrating string
  • Wave
  • Wavelength
Gravity

  • Gravitational potential
  • Newton's law of universal gravitation

Math
  • Euclidean vector
  • Motion graphs and derivatives
  • Scalar (physics)
  • Newtonian Mechanics