Introductory (Honors) Physics

This course is intended to help high-school juniors and seniors develop their scientific literacy in Physics and to help them improve their physical and quantitative reasoning skills through a variety of learning activities. Emphasis is placed on investigating physical phenomena through hands-on minds-on experimenting, exploring key concepts, and solving problems via algebraic and graphical means.

Course Introduction and Preliminary Syllabus

Introductory (Honors) Physics [2017-18]

Helpful Guides and Worksheets

Guidelines for Documenting Problems and Activities

Worksheets for Documenting Activities

Standards-based Course Curriculum

Motion (Chapters 1-3) (MA Frameworks Unit 1.1-1.3):

• Unit 1.1-1.3 - Motion.pdf

Forces (Chapters 4-7) (MA Frameworks Unit 1.4-1.8):

• Unit 1.4-1.8 - Forces.pdf

Momentum and Energy (Chapters 9-11) (MA Frameworks Unit 2.0):

• Unit 2 - Momentum and Energy.pdf

Exemplary Papers and Presentations by Physics Students

Physics of the Violin (Ali Steer, 2012)

• Violin - Ali Steer 2012.pdf

• Physics of the Violin (Paper) - Ali Steer.pdf

The Birth of Worlds: An Investigation of Star Formation (Sayles Kasten, 2014)

• • StarFormation2014-SuperFinal.doc

The Physics of the Roman Ballista (Oliver Herman, 2014)

• • The Physics of the Roman Ballista.docx