Physics: 

This course is designed as a college-prep physics course. The emphasis is conceptual but mathematics is used to support the concepts throughout the course. Laboratory investigations and demonstrations accompany all topics. Three “Olympic” events are included each quarter.

The topics included in the first and second quarters are: nature of physics, discovery of physical laws, velocity, acceleration, vector systems, forces, Newton’s laws, projectiles, circular motion, conservation of momentum and energy, work, and power.

The third quarter includes studies of static electricity, electrical fields, electrical circuits, magnetic fields, motors and generators. 

The fourth quarter includes harmonic motion, waves and the properties of reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, resonance and the Doppler effect. Sound, music, light, mirrors, lenses, polarization are the vehicles through which understanding of these properties is achieved.