This course will not count toward the two-year science requirement . This is a yearlong course. This course is a first-year physics course. The course is excellent preparation for, but not equivalent to, the calculus based, university physics course required for engineering, physics or chemistry majors. The entire AP Physics B syllabus is covered and greater emphasis is placed on using mathematics to solve physics problems than in the regular physics course.
Departmental approval is required.
This is a yearlong course. This course will prepare students to use scientific thinking to solve problems. The heart of this course is individual student projects in any scientific or engineering field. Projects may be carried out at school or at home under the guidance of a faculty member in the Hawken Science Department. The course will include some class sessions on the scientific method, including formulating hypotheses in a useful way, experimental design, use of controls, etc.