Physics is a course which studies the production, use, and conservation of energy. Course content includes mechanics (velocity, acceleration, work, power, and momentum) in the first semester. Second semester primarily focuses on energy (thermodynamics, sound, light, magnetism, electricity, and nuclear physics); involving the study of mirrors, lenses, and lasers. The course places a strong emphasis on the mathematics of physics. Laboratory experiments in each of the content areas involve data collection and analysis. This course is valuable to students planning to further their studies in any science, health, engineering, electronics, or computer related occupation. It is possible to take either semester without enrolling in the other.

Supply List:

-3 Ring Binder- 4 Dividers
-Loose leaf paper or notebook for notes
-Graph Paper Notebook for lab
-Graphing Calculator Recommended

You Know You’re A Physics Nerd If…

1. You hope a particle accelerator has a gift shop.
2. You understand and laugh at your physics teacher’s jokes, and you mean it.
3. You have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
4. You understand calculus but you can’t remember how to do long division. You’ve actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
5. You frequently whistle the theme song to “MacGyver.”
6. You hesitate to look at something because you don’t want to break down its wave function.
7. You have a pet named after a scientist.
8. The Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the Schrodinger’s Cat experiment.
9. You avoid manual labor because you don’t want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe.
10. You’ll assume that a “horse” is a “sphere” in order to make the math easier.
11. You understood everything on this list and think they are all funny!