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Physics Academic Library

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Physics Online

Physics is intended to expose students to the design and order in the world that God has created. In preceding years, students should have developed a basic understanding of the macroscopic and microscopic world of forces, motion, waves, light, and electricity. The physics course will expand upon that prior knowledge & further develop both.

​The curriculum will also seek to teach the symbolic and mathematical world of formulas and symbols used in physics. The major concepts covered are kinematics, forces and motion, work and energy, sound and light waves, electricity and magnetism, and nuclear physics.

HIGHSCHOOL-B

​Students at this level should show development in their ability and understanding of scientific inquiry. The units contain experiments and projects that seek to develop a deeper conceptual meaning for the student and actively engage the student. The continued exposure of science concepts and scientific inquiry will serve to improve the student’s skill and understanding. Physics should be preceded by Algebra I and II courses and Geometry.

Labs For The Home Teacher

Home Teacher Labs

Labs for the Homeschool Plus program are those contained in the Ignitia Online Curriculum. No expensive equipment is required with only several requiring the purchase of small items or household items to conduct the experiments.

It is always advisable to be familiar with your surroundings and wear protective equipment when conducting any experiment.  Never allow yourself to be distracted when completing an experiment.

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Physics Online

UNIT 1 – KINEMATICS

  1. Course Overview
  2. Introduction to the Language of Physics
  3. Quiz 1: Measurements
  4. Scalars and Vectors
  5. Quiz 2: Scalars and Vectors
  6. Speed and Velocity
  7. Tutorial for Making a Scatter Plot Using an Electronic Spreadsheet Program 
  8. Acceleration and Acceleration Due to Gravity
  9. Quiz 4: Acceleration and Acceleration Due to Gravity
  10. Vectors
  11. Projectiles
  12. Quiz 5: Review
  13. Review Game
  14. Test
  15. Alternate Test
  16. Reference

UNIT 2 – DYNAMICS

  1. Newton’s First and Second Laws
  2. Report: Isaac Newton
  3. Quiz 1
  4. Project Ignitia Virtual Lab – Newton’s Laws
  5. Gravity
  6. Quiz 2
  7. Uniform Circular Motion
  8. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab: Circular Motion
  9. Quiz 3
  10. Newton’s Third Law and Conservation of Momentum
  11. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab – Conservation of Momentum
  12. Quiz 4
  13. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
  14. Report: Solar System 
  15. Quiz 5
  16. Review Game
  17. Test
  18. Alternate Test
  19. Reference

UNIT 3 – WORK AND ENERGY

  1. Work, Kinetic, and Potential Energy
  2. Report:  Nuclear Energy
  3. Quiz 1
  4. Conservation of Energy
  5. Power and Efficiency
  6. Project: Ignitia Virtual Labs – Simple Machines
  7. Quiz 2
  8. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab – Projectiles
  9. Heat Energy
  10. Latent Heat
  11. Laws of Thermodynamics
  12. Quiz 3
  13. Review Game
  14. Test
  15. Alternate Test
  16. Reference

UNIT 4 – INTRODUCTION TO WAVES

  1. Characteristics of Waves
  2. Quiz 1
  3. Wave Phenomena
  4. Experiment: Smart Science Lab
  5. Quiz 2
  6. Sound Waves
  7. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab – Sound 
  8. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab – Doppler Effect  
  9. Quiz 3
  10. Review Game
  11. Test
  12. Alternate Test
  13. Reference

UNIT 5 – LIGHT

  1. Speed of Light: Historical Calculations
  2. Properties of Light
  3. Quiz 1
  4. Mirrors
  5. Lenses
  6. Quiz 2
  7. Light Phenomena and Models of Light
  8. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab – Light
  9. Quiz 3
  10. Review Game
  11. Test
  12. Alternate Test
  13. Reference

UNIT 6 – SEMESTER REVIEW AND EXAM

  1. Review
  2. Exam
  3. Alternate Exam—Form A
  4. Alternate Exam—Form B

UNIT 7 – STATIC ELECTRICITY

  1. Electric Charges
  2. Coulomb’s Law
  3. The Transfer of Charges
  4. Quiz 1
  5. Electric Fields
  6. Quiz 2
  7. Electric Potential
  8. Potential and Energy
  9. Quiz 3
  10. Review Game
  11. Test
  12. Alternate Test
  13. Reference

UNIT 8 – ELECTRIC CURRENTS

  1. Sources of EMF
  2. Project: Research and Report
  3. Fluid Flow
  4. Quiz 1
  5. Resistance
  6. Quiz 2
  7. Ohm’s Law
  8. Circuits
  9. Project: Ignitia Virtual Lab – Circuits
  10. Quiz 3​
  11. Review Game
  12. Test
  13. Alternate Test
  14. Reference

UNIT 9 – MAGNETISM

  1. Fields and Forces
  2. Forces
  3. Quiz 1
  4. Electromagnetism
  5. Experiment: Ignitia Magnetic Fields
  6. Electromagnetic Induction
  7. Quiz 2
  8. Electron Beams
  9. Quiz 3
  10. Review Game
  11. Test
  12. Alternate Test
  13. Reference

UNIT 10 – ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

  1. Quantum Theory
  2. X-Rays, Matter Waves, and the Uncertainty Principle
  3. Quiz 1
  4. Early Atomic Models
  5. Report: Early Atomic Physics
  6. Bohr Model
  7. Nuclear Theory
  8. Quiz 2
  9. Nuclear Reactions
  10. Fusion and Applications of Nuclear Energy
  11. Quiz 3
  12. Review Game
  13. Test
  14. Alternate Test
  15. Reference

UNIT 11 – REVIEW

  1. Mechanics
  2. Dynamics
  3. Energy
  4. Quiz 1
  5. Wave Motion
  6. Light and Sound
  7. Quiz 2
  8. Electricity and Magnetism
  9. Fields and Forces
  10. Circuits
  11. Quiz 3
  12. Modern Physics
  13. The Bohr Atom
  14. Duality
  15. Nuclear Energy
  16. Quiz 4
  17. ​Review Game
  18. Test
  19. Alternate Test
  20. Reference

UNIT 12- SEMESTER REVIEW AND EXAM

  1. Review
  2. Exam
  3. Alternate Exam—Form A
  4. Alternate Exam—Form B

UNIT 13 – FINAL EXAM

  1. Exam
  2. Alternate Exam—Form A
  3. Alternate Exam—Form B