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):
Forces (Chapters 4-7) (MA Frameworks Unit 1.4-1.8):
Momentum and Energy (Chapters 9-11) (MA Frameworks Unit 2.0):
Exemplary Papers and Presentations by Physics Students
Physics of the Violin (Ali Steer, 2012)
The Birth of Worlds: An Investigation of Star Formation (Sayles Kasten, 2014)
The Physics of the Roman Ballista (Oliver Herman, 2014)