Course Description:

Students may take Honors Physics as a first or second year course. It is expected that students taking this course will have strong algebra skills. After successful completion of this course, students can look forward to taking AP Physics C for their next school year after teacher recommendation (Must be registered for Calculus).

The goal of honors physics is to provide students with an experience equivalent to an introductory college level physics course without calculus. This course requires serious commitment on the student’s part. The class will be conducted primarily through applied Algebra II, Algebra I and Geometry skills to solve real world scenarios. Each topic will be supported by demonstration and inquiry based laboratory experiments with class discussion.

We will also complete a major project for the second semester. This project will be a working motor after covering electromagnetic. Students should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to working on problem sets, writing lab reports, and working on projects outside of class.

Course Objectives:

· Provide students with a college level physics experience.

· Develop and reinforce strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.

· Develop and reinforce a collaborative problem solving approach.

· Develop and reinforce laboratory skills including: questioning, developing an experimental procedure, observing, data collection, and data analysis, including graphical analysis.

· Develop and reinforce appropriate laboratory safety skills.

· Develop an understanding of how we experience physics in our everyday lives and of how physics is applied in the “real world”.

· Most of all this course will enhance logical thinking skills useful in on subjects.