Course title

Pre-requisite

Course description

This lab-oriented science course offers an overview of physics and chemistry. Emphasis will be placed on developing conceptual understandings of the following topics: Motion; Forces and Momentum; Work; Energy Storage and Transfer; Physical; Chemical; Electrical; and Magnetic Properties of Matter and Atomic and Nuclear Processes.

Tentative Fundamentals of Physical Science Syllabus
1st Semester

Dates: Units: Labs: Text
Chapter AZ State Standards
7/23 – 8/3 Unit 1: Scientific Method; Measurements and Units
• Formulating Hypotheses
• Conducting Experiments • Introduction to Lab Safety
• Introduction to Lab Equipment
• Scientific Method 1 S 1
C 1
C 2

8/6 – 8/17 Unit 2: Motion
• Constant Velocity
• Constant Acceleration • How to Write a Lab Report

• Motion and Graphical Analysis 2 S 1
C 3
C 4

S 5
C 2
PO 1
PO 2
8/20 – 8/31 Unit 3: Newton’s Laws
• 1st Law
• 2nd Law
• 3rd Law • Forces and Vectors 3 S 5
C 2
PO 3
PO 4

9/4 – 9/27 Unit 4: Momentum and Energy
• Work
• Work-Energy Theorem
• Kinetic energy
• Potential energy
• Power • Work; Energy and Simple Machines 4 S 5
C 2
PO 13
PO 14

S 5
C 3
PO 1
PO 2
PO 3
1st Semester Midterm
10/17 – 10/31 Unit 5: Gravity
• Universal Law of Gravitation
• Relationship between F; v and r • Gravity and Circular Motion
5 S 5
C 2
PO 8
PO 11
11/1 – 11/16 Unit 6: Heat
• Heat vs. Temperature
• Phase Changes
• Thermodynamics • Calorimetry 6 S 5
C 3
PO 5
PO 6
PO 7
11/19 – 12/19 Unit 7: Electricity and Magnetism
• Relationship between V; I and R • Basic Electrical Circuits 7 S 5
C 2
PO 12
1st Semester Final Exam
“Benchmark”
2nd Semester

Dates: Units: Labs: Text
Chapter AZ State Standards
1/8 – 1/25 Unit 8: Waves – Sound and Light
• Transverse vs. Longitudinal Waves
• Sound 8 S 5
C 5
PO 3
1/28 – 2/8 Unit 9: The Atom
• Early Models
• Atomic Spectra • Thickness of a Thin Layer 9 S 5
C 1
PO 6
PO 7

2/11 – 2/22 Unit 10: Nuclear Physics
• Radioactivity
• Fusion
• Fission • Nuclear Half Life 10 S 5
C 3
PO 1
2/25 – 3/7 Unit 11: Investigating Matter
• Physical Properties
• Chemical Properties
• Endothermic vs. Exothermic
• Mass and change
• Mass and volume 11 S 5
C 1
PO 1
PO 2
2nd Semester Midterm
3/26 – 4/12 Unit 12: The Nature of Chemical Bonds
• Ionic
• Covalent • Paper Chromatography 12 S 5
C 1
PO 3
PO 4
4/15 – 4/30 Unit 13: Chemical Reactions
• Acids
• Bases
• pH • Acids and Bases 13 S 5
C 4
PO 1
PO 2
5/1 – 5/24 Unit 14: Organic Chemistry
• Sugars
• Starches
• Solutions • Chemical Reactions and Organic Chemistry
14 S 5
C 4
PO 4
PO 9
PO 12
2nd Semester Final Exam
“Benchmark”

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Approved

Approved competency code

• LINT
• Integrated science

Approved date

Online / Virtual