Science 8

Physical Science

Course Number: 4125

Prerequisite: None 

Recommended Next Course:  Environmental Science

Physical Science is the study of matter and the characteristics of energy. Areas of study include atomic structure, the organization and use of the periodic table, physical and chemical changes, forms of energy and energy transformations, heat and heat transfer, sound and light and their technical applications, principles and applications of work, force, and motion, magnetism, and principles of electricity.

The Physical Science course continues to focus on student growth in understanding the nature of science by defining the idea that explanations of nature are developed and tested using observation, experimentation models, evidence, and systematic processes.

The nature of science includes the concepts that scientific explanations are based on logical thinking, are subject to rules of evidence, are open to rational critique, and are subject to refinement and change with the addition of new scientific evidence.