Offered as needed. A general science course covering matter, laws of motion and force, and machines and mechanics of liquids. Laboratory time is provided to help clarify the principles and procedures covered in class. Offered as needed. Develops strategies for analyzing the motion of objects.
Applications range from the motion of planets to the motion of molecules.
Describes wave motion, electrical forces, magnetic forces, induction, and light waves. Describes reflection and refraction of light, optical instruments, sound, thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics. A descriptive treatment of Earth's coordinate system, observational astronomy, the moon and the planets, evolution of the solar system, and the sun. Lab demonstrations illustrate principles of our solar system. A descriptive treatment of stellar coordinates and sidereal time, the nature of light and the spectroscope, and the birth and death of stars.