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Physics 1,2 (P) (6311, 6312) | |||
| Grade Range: | |
| 9–12 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Integrated Math I A-B or equivalent | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| Science | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| d - Laboratory Science | |
| Notes: | |
Please only use for remediation purposes for classes of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Online Course Equivalent: EDG PHYSICS UNV 1,2 (P) 6255,6256 | |
| Course Description: | |
Please only use for remediation purposes for classes of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. This two-semester, algebra-based physics course is designed to provide an introductory experience with the processes of investigating the physical world and the understandings derived from that process. The emphasis is on developing a qualitative conceptual understanding of general principals and models and on the nature of inquiry. This course concentrates on conceptual development and provides an enriching laboratory experience; it can be taken by students in grades 9 and 10 as a first course in physics that prepares them for the more mathematically rigorous Advanced Placement physics courses. The core content addressed in this course includes the topics of motion and forces, the conservation of energy and momentum, heat and thermodynamics, waves and electric and magnetic phenomena. Students also engage in studying the physics of space while using the science and engineering practices. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 9326 - Physics | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. Supplemental Resources Science Safety Handbook for California Public Schools, California Department of Education, 2014. | |