Physics

080120 CP Physics - Grades 10, 11, 12 (NCAA) 

1 credit

This course is recommended to any student planning to attend college. In this course, students will gain a background in motion, forces, circular motion, gravitation, energy, momentum, wave behavior, and electricity. A major emphasis of the course is to help students improve their problem-solving skills. Laboratory activities are designed to develop skills in obtaining, analyzing, and interpreting data. Evaluations in the course are made based on tests, quizzes, homework, and laboratory activities.

PREREQUISITE: Geometry

080190 Honors Physics - Grades 10, 11, 12 (NCAA)

1 credit (weighted)

This course is designed to provide motivated students with a background in physics and is recommended to any student planning to attend college. This course includes both conceptual and mathematical approaches to the study of the nature of the physical universe. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, circular motion, gravitation, energy, and momentum. The pace will be faster than the CP Physics course, students will be required to solve more complex problems, and topics/concepts will go into greater depth. Laboratory activities are designed to develop skills in obtaining, analyzing, and interpreting data. Evaluations in the course are made based on tests, quizzes, homework, and laboratory activities. 

PREREQUISITE: Precalculus

080031/080032 AP Physics (C) Mechanics: Calculus Based - Grades 11, 12 (NCAA)

1.5 credits (weighted)

Advanced Placement Physics is a rigorous college level course. This course provides a systematic introduction to the main principles of mechanical physics and emphasizes the development of conceptual understanding and problem-solving ability using trigonometry and calculus. The course is broken into 9 units: Kinematics, Dynamics, Uniform Circular Motion and Universal Gravitation, Conservation of Energy, Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics and Simple Harmonic Motion. This course also includes a laboratory component that involves challenge labs, confirmation labs, CERs, and standard scientific lab investigation. In addition to taking the AP Physics exam in May, students also can earn college credit via dual enrollment.through Harrisburg University's College in the High School Classroom. 

PREREQUISITE: Honors Pre-Calculus