The focus of this course is Newtonian mechanics. In this course are the keys to understand how and why matter interacts the way it does. Included in the curriculum are descriptions of how and why things move, and the energy objects carry, store, and transform. Calculus is introduced and used both in the development and application of the physics concepts. Furthermore, laboratory activities are an integral part of that development.
Strong emphasis is placed on solving a variety of challenging problems.
There is emphasis on analysis in the laboratory as well. Methods of calculus are used whenever appropriate in formulating solutions to problems. The subject matter of AP Physics 3-4 is principally mechanics, electricity and magnetism, as well as limited topics in waves and modern physics. None Oceanography 1-2 will cover the basic physical, geological, chemical, and biological aspects of oceanography. The major topics will include geomorphology of the ocean floor, marine sediments, oceanographic instrumentation, chemistry of sea water, the heat balance in the ocean, sea level changes, surface currents, deep water circulation, tides, beach and coastal processes, life in the sea, food cycles, deep scattering layers, fouling and boring mechanisms, and dangerous marine animals.