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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