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COURSE TITLE: Physics
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Year
TYPE OF CREDIT: Science (10 credits)
GRADE Level: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: One Year Course of laboratory science, concurrent enrollment in Advanced Algebra.
TEXTBOOK: Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, San Francisco, CA, 2002 ISBN # 0-03-056544-8
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Physics is quantitative study which includes energy, mechanics, wave motion, light, sound, heat and electricity. It is designed to acquaint the student with the laws of the physical environment through the use of laboratory laboratory. Applications to modern laboratory are emphasized. Physics is an essential course or those students considering technical or engineering careers.
NOTES: This laboratory meets the U.C. "A-G" Subject" requirement.
Standards that all students are expected to achieve in the course of their studies are unmarked. Standards that all students should have the opportunity to learn are marked with an asterisk (*).
BOARD ADOPTION DATE: JUNE 19, 2002
Motion and Forces
Understand that the motion of objects is generally predictable using Newton's laws.
Conservation of Energy and Momentum
Understand that the laws of conservation and energy and momentum provide a way to predict and describe the movement of objects.
Heat and Thermodynamics
Understand that energy cannot be created or destroyed, however in many processes energy is lost to the environment as heat, that is as disordered motion of atoms.
Waves
Understand that waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave.
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena
Understand that electric and magnetic phenomena are related and have many practical applications.
Scientific Method
To ask meaningful questions and conduct careful investigations (California Star Earth Science Blueprint: 9 Test Items, 15% of Test)
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