Course title

PHYSICS FIRST 1-2

Pre-requisite

Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in Algebra I

Course description

This course seeks to familiarize students with the basic laws and forces that govern all physical events in the world around them. This course uses class and laboratory experience to aid discovery; inspire curiosity; and aid understanding of the basic principles of physics. Students will use inductive and deductive reasoning along with cause and effect relationships to solve problems. This course involves mathematics at the algebra level; using calculators and graphing work. Students in this course will gain experience learning and following a scientific method that will provide a way of thinking that will be useful in almost all future studies. Emphasis is placed on conceptual physics: study of forces; laws of motion; energy; and simple machine function. 

School Country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Tolleson

School Address

9801 West Van Buren Street

School zip code

85353

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

08/5/2019

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

• LPHY
• Physics

Approved date

03/2/2020

Deferred Reason

Requesting additional information to review as Lab Science:

Please provide syllabus for course and include labs completed. 

Online / Virtual

No