This college-preparatory physics course will give your student a biblically based introduction to Newton’s Laws of Motion and their applications in nature; work, energy, and power; waves, sound, and light; electric fields, circuits, resistance, and current; and magnetism and magnetic fields. This class will have weekly labs and projects that will provide hands-on experience to the topics for better understanding and practice.

Class and Homework Expectations:

Students will have roughly 4-5 hours of homework a week including reading the text, answering textbook questions, completing at home tests, watching supplemental videos, and finishing lab write-ups and projects. There will also be short weekly quizzes for information the students need to memorize as the tests will be at home and open textbook. Students and parents MUST stay up to date with Google Classroom to make sure students are keeping up with the assignments.

Physics is a math-based course that relies on students’ familiarity with algebra and basic trigonometric functions. Students should have successfully completed Algebra 1 and have taken or be concurrently enrolled in Algebra 2.

Required Text:

Discovering Design with Physics textbook by Jay Wile

Materials Required for class

Scientific Calculator

Spiral notebook for taking notes

3-ring binder for keeping papers and handouts organized

Pencils

Google Classroom:

Students will be required to sign into Google Classroom each week to receive homework and communications. Parents have the option to also join Google Classroom to monitor their student’s progress.