414F Foundations of Physics CP

 Gr 9 & 10 |Two Year Course | 6 Class Credits |1 Lab Credit | Year-Long | 6x per Cycle

This two-year course is designed to give students an opportunity to develop prerequisite skills in order to build a working knowledge of physics. The course will focus on teaching students fundamental physics topics including motion and forces, momentum and energy, heat and heat transfer, static and current electricity, electromagnetism, sound and light waves.  A highly supportive, differentiated, co-teaching model will be used to ensure that each student has the opportunity to build their understanding of the physics concepts. The curriculum will be primarily aligned to the Massachusetts Physics Framework, and students enrolled in this course will also prepare for the Introductory Physics MCAS.

Essential Skills in the Foundations of Physics Classroom

SKILL 1: Investigating Practices

Students will be able to solve problems mathematically using relevant physics content in familiar contexts with appropriate scaffolding and support.

Students will be able to use proportional reasoning to solve problems using relevant physics content in familiar contexts with appropriate scaffolding and support.

SKILL 2: Sensemaking Practices

Students will be able to analyze and interpret data using relevant physics content in familiar contexts with appropriate scaffolding and support.

Students will be able to construct an explanation for a scientific phenomenon using relevant physics content in familiar contexts with appropriate scaffolding and support.