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Welcome to Calabasas High School's Physics Site. Please look here for any general information that might be useful for all the physics courses offered at CHS, or if you are looking for specific information about a specific course look to that course's specific webpage.
Physics is the ultimate science; all our understanding about the universe, our planet, its ecosystems, and the complex organisms and their complex chemical processes we coexist with starts with the study of physics. We will discover the processes of various topics to begin to understand the foundation of science.
About Me
About Me
I graduated from Boston University with a major in Science Education and a minor in Physics. But as the Physics Program Coordinator pointed out, I might have overachieved. I strongly believe that my job is to teach the child, and the physics is the avenue I took to reach that goal. I recently was awarded the Roberta Consani Distinguished Member Award for my work with our Educators Association.
In my free time, I love to follow the Boston Red Sox and any other Boston sports team, play trivia and softball, and travel around the country and globe with my wife. Some of our favorite spots have been Hawai'i's Volcano National Park, Florence, and London; anywhere we can get out and explore is on our list!
About Our School
About Our School
I work at Calabasas High School. The focus over the past few years has been an emphasis on the whole child, which we have called Student 360.
Providing students with an opportunity to develop themselves in a 21st century setting, while giving the spaces to fail and learn how to deal with the stress that comes with the pressures of desired success in an academic setting.
Students are not only given a rigorous set of academic courses to chose from, but also the freedom to join any number of clubs and extra-curricular activities and the convenience of developing skills in a number of career tracks.
Classes I teach
Classes I teach
I currently teach 3 classes at Calabasas.
This is a college level course designed for high school that is calculus-based. We will take an in-depth look at Newtonian Mechanics and how we can understand the world around us with near-perfect precision. Topics of focus include forces, motion, energy, and momentum through the lens of rockets and roller coasters. This course is designed to help prepare students for the annual Advance Placement Physics C: Mechanics test from College Board.
Physics is the study of galaxies billions of light years away and millions of light years wide, particles smaller than the tip of a pin, and everything in between. Physicists study energy, forces, and matter, their interactions, and the way they make up our universe. It is the basis of all science. This is an introductory physics course for students who are interested in understanding and applying algebra they may be learning concurrently or may have learned in previous years. Topics focus on motion, forces, energy, electricity, and light. Math is integral part of Physics, but this class uses a light touch, and sticks to 3-variable algebra.
Honors Physics covers the same material as Physics in the Universe, with some use of pre-calculus math, like trigonometric functions, but mainly sticks to algebra-based math applications. Physicists study energy, forces, and matter, their interactions, and the way they make up our universe. It is the basis of all science. In this course we will strive to understand the fundamentals of the fundamental science. Topics include Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, Light and Sound.
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