The course is designed to give a thorough understanding of the concepts of physics and how physics affects our lives. Algebra I and Geometry should enroll in Conceptual Physics. Conceptual physics is designed for students to learn the physics concepts that they observe in the everyday world. It places greater emphasis on the qualitative aspects rather than the quantitative. Laboratory work to spark interest and illicit questions is an important part of the course.
Conceptual physics stresses exploration, discussion, and pratical applications.
Some of the topics covered in conceptual physics are motion, gravity, heat, sound, light, relativity, electricity, magnetism, and nuclear physics. The emphasis will be practical applications of physics' principles using a technologically based laboratory. I and provides students an interdisciplinary approach to learning science. Significant class time is devoted to using computers to apply the physics principles that have been learned.