Radnor High School - Radnor Township School District



Radnor High School

Course Syllabus

PHYSICS

344

|I. Course Description |

|Physics (344) |

|1.0 Credit; Unweighted |

|Length: Year; Format: Meets Daily |

|Prerequisite(s): Chemistry |

|Co-requisite(s): Algebra 2 |

|Physics is the study of matter and energy and their interactions. The fields of physics covered in the core curriculum include mechanics |

|(motion, forces, energy, and momentum), optics (lenses and mirrors) and electricity (current, voltage, resistance, and circuits). In physics, |

|quantities are measured and mathematical relationships and laws are discovered to better understand the world. All levels of physics are |

|lab-based courses emphasizing the discovery of these laws and relationships. All courses emphasize problem solving and real life applications.|

|II. Materials & Equipment |

|Text: Hewitt: Conceptual Physics (2002) |

|Students are required to have a scientific calculator and a 3-ring binder. |

|III. Course Goals & Objectives |

|Physics 344 is an academic level course which approaches physics on a more conceptual level with less emphasis on mathematical relationships. |

|However, some basic mathematical skills are needed for problem solving and laboratory work. The labs and activities help in the understanding |

|of concepts, enhance basic science skills, and require students to organize and interpret data. |

|IV. Course Topics |

|Introduction to Physics |

|SI Units |

|Unit Analysis |

|Significant Figures and Uncertainty |

|Scientific Notation |

|Error Analysis |

|Common Graphs in Physics |

|Slope |

|Motion in One-Dimension |

|Position-Time Graphs |

|Velocity- Time Graphs |

|Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration |

|Average Velocity |

|Constant Velocity/Constant Acceleration |

|Constant Acceleration Equations |

|Free-Fall |

|Acceleration Due to Gravity |

|Motion and Forces |

|Newton’s Three Laws |

|Inertia |

|Normal Force |

|Weight/Mass |

|Free-Body-Diagrams/Net Force |

|Forces in Two-Dimensions |

|Projectile Motion |

|Work and Energy |

|Work |

|Kinetic Energy |

|Potential Energy |

|Conservation of Energy |

|Power |

|Linear Motion |

|Momentum |

|Impulse |

|Impulse/Change in Momentum |

|Applications of Momentum/Impulse |

|Conservation of Momentum |

|Elastic/Inelastic Collisions |

|Optics |

|Rays/Beams |

|Law of Reflection |

|Ray Tracing |

|Virtual/Real Images |

|Speed of Light/Index of Refractions |

|Refraction |

|Snell’s Law |

|Critical Angle/Total Internal Reflection |

|Applications of Total Internal Reflection |

|Thin Lenses |

|Convex/Concave Lenses |

|Anatomy of the Eye |

|Accommodation / Eye Glasses |

|Defects in Vision |

|Electricity and Magnetism |

|Charge/Law of Charges |

|Electric Charge in Atom |

|Insulators/Conductors |

|Coulomb’s Law |

|Electric Circuit Symbols |

|Electric Current |

|Ohm’s Law |

|Resistors/Resistance |

|Equivalent Resistance |

|Electric Power |

|Voltage/Current/ Resistance in DC Circuits |

|Series/Parallel Circuits |

|Cost of Electricity |

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|V. Assignments & Grading |

|Evaluation is based on class work, homework, tests, quizzes, lab work, activities, projects, and class participation. |

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