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Physics CP and Physics Honors: Physics is concerned with the relationship between matter and energy. The major divisions of the
course are mechanics, waves, sound, light, electricity and magnetism. The Honors syllabus is more in-depth, covered at a faster pace,
and requires completion of a science fair project. Most college bound students, especially those who plan to major in science and
engineering, should include physics in their course of study.
Prerequisites: Chemistry CP or Honors, concurrent enrollment in Probability/Statistics or Pre-Calculus
Grade Level: 11th and 12th
Unit of Study
Key Topics
Physics Toolkit
SI, units,
conversions,
significant digits,
scientific method,
precision/accuracy,
measurements,
graphing
1.1,
1.2,1.3,1.4,
1.5,1.6,1.7,
1.9, 1.10
Scientific
notation
(scinotat,
scinot, scienot)
Conversions
(dimanal)
Measurement
(gds11)
Motion
Motion diagrams,
vectors/scalars,
displacement,
position/time
graphs, velocity
Velocity/time
graphs,
acceleration,
acceleration due to
2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Velocity
(gas11)
Chapter 2
CBL Data Match, Ball
Race Lab, Direction
of acceleration, reflex
time
2.2, 2.3
Position,
velocity,
acceleration
(kinem1)
Chapter 3
Ball Race Lab,
Uniform Velocity vs.
Acceleration,
Direction of
Acceleration
Honors
Topics
SC State
Standards
Novanet
Topic (ID #)
Textbook
Chapter/
Supplementary
Materials
Chapter 1
Activities/Resources
Labs on falling
objects, mass of
pennies, law of
cosines
gravity
acceleration, reflex
time, acceleration and
speed of falling object
labs, PASCO Free Fall
Newton’s 3rd Law
Demo., Michelin tire
Lab, terminal velocity
activity, pulling forces
activity, PASCO
Newton’s 2nd Law
Equilibrant forces lab,
inclined plane lab,
PASCO Inclined Plane
Air Track
Forces in 1-D
Forces, Newton’s
Laws, weight,
inertia, four basic
forces
Drag force,
terminal
velocity
2.4, 2.7, 8.1
Forces in 2-D
Vector addition
(right triangle),
friction,
equilibrium,
inclined planes
Projectile motion
(horizontal launch,
angle launch),
uniform circular
motion, centripetal
acceleration,
Kepler’s Laws,
Universal
Gravitation,
weightlessness,
inertial and
gravitational mass,
Einstein’s Theory
of gravity
Angular
displacement,
Vector
addition (nonright
triangles)
2.1, 2.8
Chapter 5
Relative
velocity
2.5, 2.6
Chapter 6
Packard Acceleration
Lab, Range of
Projectile Lab,
Softball throw Lab,
Centripetal Force Lab
Period and
velocity of
orbiting
satellite
2.2, 2.4
Chapter 7
Pendulum, PASCO
Pendulum
Moment of
inertia
2.9, 2.10
Chapter 8
Mobile Lab
Forces in 2-D
Gravitation
Rotational
Motion
Inertia
(pacer13)
Chapter 4
Momentum
Energy, Work
and Simple
Machines
Waves
Sound
Light
velocity, and
acceleration;
torque, center of
mass, centrifugal
force, Coriolis
force
Impulse,
momentum,
angular
momentum,
collisions in 1-D,
recoil,
conservation of
momentum
Energy, work,
power, simple
machines,
efficiency
Periodic motion,
pendulums,
resonance, wave
properties,
superposition,
reflection and
refraction
Sound waves,
Doppler effect
Light rays,
illumination, light
properties, speed
Collisions in
2-D
3.5, 3.6
Chapter 9
Compound
machines
3.1, 3.2, 3.3,
10.2
Chapter 10
3.4, 5.1, 5.2,
5.3
Chapter 14
Pendulum Lab, Slinky
Lab, Ripple tank
demo., PASCO
Pendulum, PASCO
Waves
6.1, 6.2, 6.3,
6.4, 6.5, 6.6,
6.7, 6.8, 6.9
5.3, 5.4, 5.6,
7.1, 7.2, 7.3,
7.6, 7.7, 7.8,
Chapter 15
Palm Pipes Lab,
PASCO Resonance
Chapter 16
Spectrum tubes demo,
Illumination lab,
colors lab, shift effect
Resonance in
air columns
Photoelectric
effect
Color (gds14a)
Cart Momentum
Activity, Conservation
of Momentum Lab,
Velocity of Softball
Lab, PASCO
Collision, PASCO
Conservation of
Momentum
Work, Power, and
Efficiency of Stairs
Reflection
Refraction
Static
Electricity
Electric Fields
Current
Electricity
of light,
diffraction, color,
polarization,
interference,
Doppler effect
Plane mirrors, law
of reflection,
concave/convex
mirrors,
magnification
Snell’s Law,
dispersion of light,
convex/concave
lenses, human eye,
optics, fiber optics
Electric charge,
conductors and
insulators, forces
on charged bodies,
Coulomb’s law in
1-D
Electric field
strength, electric
potential/voltage,
sharing charge,
capacitors
Electric current,
circuits, resistance,
Ohm’s Law,
schematic
7.9
demo., PASCO
Inverse square law,
PASCO Polarization
5.5
Reflection
(shp142)
Chapter 17
Plane mirrors lab,
PASCO Optics
Total internal
reflection
5.5, 7.4, 7.5,
7.10
Chapter 18
Eye model demo.,
index of refraction lab,
lenses lab
Coulomb’s
Law in 2-D
4.1
Refraction
(shp142)
Fiber optics
(gas14b)
Optics/lenses
(gds14b, ipc2)
Static
electricity
(gds15)
Chapter 20
Electroscope demo.
Millikan’s Oil
Drop
Experiment
4.2
Electric Fields
(elecfund1)
Chapter 21
Waste heat
4.3, 4.5, 4.7,
4.11
Electric current Chapter 22
(gas15, cha38)
Electric Circuit Set
Labs, PASCO Ohm’s
Law
diagrams, power,
kilowatt-hour
Series and
Series circuits,
Parallel Circuits parallel circuits,
fuses and circuit
breakers,
ammeters,
voltmeters
Magnetic Fields Magnet properties,
magnetic fields,
electromagnetism,
hand rules,
speakers,
galvanometers,
Electromagnetic Electromagnetic
Induction
induction,
electromotive
force, generators,
alternating current,
transformers
Complex
circuits
4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
4.8
Forces on
charged
particles
4.9
Lenz’s Law,
self
inductance
1.8, 4.6, 4.9,
4.10
Circuits
(elecfund2,
elecfund3,
gpelec1,
gpelec2,
cha100)
Magnetism
(elecfund4,
elecfund5)
Chapter 23
Electric Circuit Set
Labs, PASCO
Circuits
Chapter 24
Electromagnet demo.,
PASCO Magnetism
Chapter 25
PASCO Induction,
PASCO Transformers
Suggested Resources:
Name of Textbook: Physics: Principles and Problems, copyright 2009, McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
South Carolina Standards: https://www.ed.sc.gov/apps/cso/standards/supdocs_hs.cfm?#area_P