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Gr 9 | |6 Class Credits |1 Lab Credit | Year-Long |6x per Cycle
Gr 9 | |6 Class Credits |1 Lab Credit | Year-Long |6x per Cycle
Physics at the Advanced College Prep level provides students with a comprehensive overview of the major topics in physics including motion and forces, momentum and energy, heat and heat transfer, static and current electricity, electromagnetism, sound and light waves. Emphasis will be placed on observing these concepts in everyday life in order to collect and analyze evidence to discover and understand the patterns that emerge. Students will engage in numerous investigations and lab activities in order to construct their own understanding of the material. Refinement of problem-solving, scientific writing, and science inquiry skills will be at the heart of this course. One of the primary goals of the course is to help students apply their understanding to solve problems. This is a challenging course that is suitable for those students who are proficient in reading, writing, math, and data analysis. This course prepares students for the Introductory Physics MCAS.
Essential Skills in the Physics ACP Classroom
Essential Skills in the Physics ACP Classroom
SKILL 1: Investigating Practices
Students will be able to solve problems mathematically using relevant physics content in familiar contexts.
Students will be able to use proportional reasoning to solve problems using relevant physics content in familiar contexts.
SKILL 2: Sensemaking Practices
Students will be able to analyze and interpret data using relevant physics content in familiar contexts.
Students will be able to construct an explanation for a scientific phenomenon using relevant physics content in familiar contexts.
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