Laboratory activities are an integral part of each unit, and not stand alone exercises. Many of the every day events we observe can be better understood by mathematical analysis and physics provides the tools to do this. Topics studied include force, work acceleration, velocity, kinetic energy, electricity, sound and light. Colleges for nearly all-technical degrees require physics. Thus physical science can really involve scientific knowledge of anything found in the universe.
Physical science is divided into two main branches.
Physics the study of the properties and changes of matter and energy, and Chemistry, the study of different substances and the reactions through which they are changed. Each involves scientific knowledge of a particular area. In your study of physical science you will learn facts and methods that are useful in gaining scientific knowledge of these interesting areas. The basic purpose of the course seeks to give all students a beginning knowledge of physical science and to offer insight into the means by which scientific knowledge is acquired. The theme of the course is the development of evidence for an atomic model of matter.