This course is designed to use mathematics in the description and analysis of basic physics ideas. Reasoning skills are extended through the interpretation of lab data and problems relating to the concepts. This course is more appropriate for students considering careers in science and engineering. Full year previous concurrent enrollment in honors level math. In this course the student is challenged to reason and discover the underlying laws and theories that form the basis of modern physics.
Problem solving skills require a strong math background.
This course will prepare the students to take the physics C AP test in May which is required. It parallels a college calculus physics course by covering mechanics in the first semester and electricity and magnetism in the second semester. The major focus is on problem solving, but labs will be used. I CP Students will learn to explain the movements of celestial objects through use of the planetarium. Early astronomers, the tools of astronomy and space exploration, forces and motion, rocketry and the formation of moons and planets will be the major topics of discussion.