The heavily computational AP Physics B course served as the College Board's algebra-based offering for four decades.
In its first five years, AP Physics 1 covered forces and motion, conservation laws, waves, and electricity.
For AP Physics 1, this added fluids to the list of topics covered on the exam, now the last unit of the curriculum.
The College Board published a curriculum framework that includes eight big ideas on which AP Physics 1 is based.
Multiple Choice and Free Response Sections of the AP Physics 1 exam are also assessed on scientific practices.