Steve Consevage PhD, Physics

Courses

What I teach

Physics and the mathematics it runs on. A sampling is included below. If a course isn't listed, ask — the boundary is roughly, "anything a student might encounter in high school, need as a prerequisite for a STEM bachelor's degree, or encounter as a physics undergraduate."

Advanced Placement

AP Physics C

Half 1 - Mechanics: kinematics, Newton's laws, work and energy, momentum, rotation, oscillations, gravitation. Half 2 - Electricity & Magnetism: electrostatics, conductors and capacitors, circuits, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction.

Advanced Placement

AP Physics 1

Algebra-based mechanics: kinematics, forces, work and energy, momentum, torque and rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, and fluids.

Advanced Placement

AP Calculus AB & BC

Limits and continuity, derivatives and their applications, integration, differential equations. BC adds parametric and polar functions, vector-valued functions, and infinite series.

Undergraduate

Calculus-based physics

The standard two-semester sequence: mechanics, then electricity and magnetism, with waves, optics and thermodynamics as the course includes them.

Undergraduate

Calculus II & III

Techniques of integration, sequences and series, vectors and vector geometry, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals.

Undergraduate

Differential equations

First-order equations, second-order linear equations, systems, Laplace transforms, and series solutions.

Upper level

Classical mechanics

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, central-force motion, rigid body dynamics, coupled oscillators, non-inertial frames.

Upper level

Electromagnetism

Electrostatics, boundary-value problems, dielectrics, magnetostatics, induction, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic waves.

Also

Physics for homeschool

A full year of high school physics — mechanics, waves and sound, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics.

A note on test prep

I don't teach SAT or ACT strategy, and I don't drill AP multiple choice for its own sake. Students I work with tend to do well on those exams, but as a consequence of understanding the material rather than as the goal of the sessions.

If timing strategy and question triage are what you actually need, there are good test-prep tutors in the area and I'm glad to point you toward one.