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Extreme
Physics.
Extreme Sports Tycoon is designed to be used in support of learning
first year AP - level Physics. The game is intended to help players develop
intuitive understandings of Physics concepts, and provide an inroads for
helping them accessing and understandings the formulas behind introductory
Physics concepts. The following areas of AP Physics are included in Extreme
Sports Tycoon.
A. Kinematics
(including vectors, vector algebra, components of vectors, coordinate
systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration)
1. Motion
in one dimension
2. Motion
in two dimensions including projectile motion
B. Newton's
laws of motion (including friction and centripetal force)
1. Dynamics
of a single particle (second law)
C. Circular
motion and rotation
1. Uniform
circular motion
D. Oscillations
and gravitation Mass on a spring
These are
core areas of most any AP-level Physics course.

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