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 and forces

Linear motion

• Acceleration
• Center of mass
• Force
• Mass
• Momentum
• Newton's laws of motion
• Speed
• Velocity
• Work (physics)

Rotational motion

• Angular momentum (Introduction)
• Angular velocity
• Centripetal force
• Circular motion
• 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

See also

• Outline of physics
• Physics education