Cuckoo Content.
Each machine in Cuckoo Time! represents a particular concept or principle covered in the AP Physics course. Cuckoo Time! addresses topics in the first half of the Physics B course, namely, Newtonian Mechanics. The following list outlines this portion of the AP syllabus:

A. Kinematics (including vectors, vector algebra, components of vectors, coordinate systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration)

• Motion in one dimension
• Motion in two dimensions including projectile motion
• Newton's laws of motion (including friction and centripetal force)
• Static equilibrium (first law)
• Dynamics of a single particle (second law)
• Systems of two or more bodies (third law)

C. Work, energy, power

• Work and work-energy theorem
• Conservative forces and potential energy
• Conservation of energy
• Power
  

D. Systems of particles, linear momentum

• Center of mass
• Impulse and momentum
• Conservation of linear momentum, collisions

E. Circular motion and rotation

• Uniform circular motion
• Angular momentum and its conservation
• Point particles
• Extended bodies including rotational inertia
• Torque and rotational statics
• Rotational kinematics and dynamics
  

F. Oscillations and gravitation

• Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and energy relationships)
• Mass on a spring
• Pendulum and other oscillations
• Newton's law of gravity
• Orbits of planets and satellites
• Circular

G. General

• The Seesaw
• The Ramps, Stairs and Ladders
• The Pallets of the anchor escapement
• The Jackscrew elevator
• The Gears
• The Weights, Chains and Pulley
• The Pendulum and Spring.
  
• The Corresponding Newtonian physics covered by the game include:
• Work, Energy, Force
• Kinematics, including Projectile Motion

Newtonian Mechanics Content

• Newton’s Laws of Motion, including Friction and Centripetal Force
• Momentum and Collisions
• Circular Motion and Rotation
• Gravitation
• Oscillation

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