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General Class Information

Course Description:
  • Honors Physics I: This course places emphasis on problem solving aspects of classical Newtonian mechanics, which includes rectilinear and curvilinear motion. Heat, waves, sound, light, and optical concepts are also studied in depth. Labs are conducted throughout the year to supplement the course work. Book used: Modern Physics By: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston (1992)

Course Goals
  1. The student will appreciate the beauty in the simplicity of physics. A few basic relationships are needed to describe a seemingly complex physical world.
  2. The student will understand the relationship of physics concepts to his/her everyday life.
  3. The student will understand the effect physics and technology have on society.
  4. The stundet will increase his/her awareness of career opportunities in physics and in the sciences.
  5. The student will increase his/her use f the scientific process skills such as observing, classifying, inferring, and controlling variables.
  6. The student will be able to interpret simple graphs and recognize the mathmatical relationship between the variables described in the graph.
  7. The student will improve in his/her ability to write a report of laboratory work.
  8. The student will increase his/her higher order thinking skills and problem solving skills.
  9. The student will increase in his/her ability to solve mathmatical/physics problems utilizing problem solving skills.
  10. The student will develop an understanding of the relationships between displacement, velocity, and acceleration.
  11. The student wil develop an understanding of circular motion and rotational mechanics, how it is similar to and dissimilar to motion in a straight line.
  12. The student will develop an understanding of the relationships between force and motion.
  13. The student will develop an understanding of the relationship between work and energy.
  14. The student will appreciate the importance of energy transformations in all parts of our world.
  15. The student will develop a basic understanding of simple harmonic motion, wave motion, and sound.
  16. The student will gain an understanding of reflection, refraction, and diffraction of light.
  17. The student will develop a basic understanding of the fundamentals of electricity and magnetism.
  18. The student will realize that the physical laws that describe the motion of macroscopic objects and electricity are the same.
  19. The student will gain an understanding of basic atomic and nuclear concepts.

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