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Physics 425 11-12 2 1
Physics is a study of the natural laws and how they affect our lives. The course is designed to meet the requirements of students who expect to enter college, but is also of value to any student who desires to understand how natural laws operate. The year’s work is divided into units on vectors, one dimensional and two-dimensional motion, forces, energy, momentum, and wave phenomena. PASCO science workshop interfacing equipment aids in laboratory experiments. Students will utilize computers to display data, analyze the data, and create graphs.
This class meets for 9 periods per six-day cycle. PREREQUISITE: Student must have all the following:
● Successful completion of Chemistry
● Concurrent enrollment in Algebra 2
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PDLA Physics 2425 11-12 2 1
This full-year course acquaints students with topics in classical and modern physics. The course emphasizes conceptual understanding of basic physics principles, including Newtonian mechanics, energy, thermodynamics, waves, electricity, magnetism, and nuclear and modern physics. Throughout the course, students solve mathematical problems, reason abstractly, and learn to think critically about the physical world. The course also includes interactive virtual labs in which students ask questions and create hypotheses.
AP Physics I - Algebra Based 426 11-12 2 1
AP Physics 1 is a full-year course that is the equivalent of a first-semester introductory college course in algebra-based physics. AP Physics 1 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course. Students cultivate their understanding of physics through inquiry-based investigations as they explore these topics: kinematics, dynamics, circular motion and gravitation, energy, momentum, simple harmonic motion, torque and rotational motion, electric charge and electric force, DC circuits, and mechanical waves and sound. This course requires that twenty-five percent of instructional time will be spent in hands-on laboratory work, with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations that provide students with opportunities to demonstrate the foundational physics principles and apply the science practices. Inquiry-based laboratory experiences support the AP Physics 1 course and AP Course Audit curricular requirements by providing opportunities for students to engage in the seven science practices as they design plans for experiments, make predictions, collect and analyze data, apply mathematical routines, develop explanations, and communicate about their work. Colleges may require students to present their laboratory materials from AP science courses before granting college credit for laboratory work, so students should be encouraged to retain their laboratory notebooks, reports, and other materials. Students should have completed Geometry and be concurrently taking Algebra II or an equivalent course. Although the Physics 1 course includes basic use of trigonometric functions, this understanding can be gained either in the concurrent math course or in the AP Physics 1 course itself.
In order to receive weighted grading credit for the class, students must earn a B or better in the class (click ​here​ for AP policy).
This class meets for 9 periods per six-day cycle.
PREREQUISITE: Student must have all of the following:
● Final grade of B or higher in Honors Chemistry OR Teacher Recommendation
● Concurrent enrollment in Algebra II OR;
● Successful completion of Physics and teacher recommendation
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