Physics Semester A
Important Forms Resources
Unit 1: Kinematics
Unit 2: Dynamics
Unit 3: Energy Transformations
SEMESTER 1 PROJECTS:
Unit 1: Kinematics
- Evaluating Scientific Design
- Speed and Velocity
- Acceleration
- Lab: Motion with Constant Acceleration
- PROJECT: Scientific Argument on Lab: Motion with Constant Acceleration
- Vectors
- Projectile Motion
- Project: Argumentation Driven Inquiry: Projectile Motion-Part 1 Experimental Design
Unit 2: Dynamics
- Introduction to Forces
- Newton's First and Third Laws
- Newton's Second Law
- Lab: Newton's Second Law
- PROJECT: Scientific Argument on Newton's 2nd Law
- Universal Law of Gravitation
- Circular Motion
- Centripetal Acceleration
Unit 3: Energy Transformations
- Work and Power
- Potential Energy
- Kinetic Energy
- Lab: Kinetic Energy
- Energy Transformations
- Conservation of Energy
- Impulse and Momentum
- Project: Egg Drop
- Conservation of Momentum
- Lab: Conservation of Linear Momentum
SEMESTER 1 PROJECTS:
Physics Semester B
Important Forms
Resources
Unit 1: Nuclear Energy
Unit 2: Waves
Unit 3: Electricity and Magnetism
SEMESTER 2 PROJECTS:
Resources
Unit 1: Nuclear Energy
- Radioactivity
- Video: Is Radiation Dangerous?
- Video: 3 Types of Radiation
- Project: Comparing and Contrasting Alpha-Beta-Gamma Decay
- You will develop and argument to support your claim to answer the question: Which form of radioactive decay is most dangerous?
- Lab: Half-Life Model
- Fission and Fusion
Unit 2: Waves
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Introduction to Waves
- Wave Properties
- Wave Interactions
- Diffraction
- Lab: Waves and Diffraction
- PROJECT: Scientific Argument DIFFRACTION
- Sound Waves
- Properties of Sound Waves
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Reflection and Refraction
- Lenses
- Mirrors
Unit 3: Electricity and Magnetism
- Electrostatics
- Coulomb's Law
- Electric Fields
- Electric Potential Difference
- Ohm's Law
- Electric Circuits
- Lab: Ohms Law
- PROJECT: Scientific Argument - Ohm's Law
- Magnets and Magnetism
- Magnetic Field and Force
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Lab: Electromagnetic Induction
- PROJECT: Scientific Argument - Electromagnetic Induction
- Applications of Electromagnetic Induction
SEMESTER 2 PROJECTS: