Students will investigate and understand that extremely large and extremely small quantities are not necessarily described by the same laws as those studied in Newtonian physics.

Key concepts include:

• The special and general theory of relativity.

Students will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that there are relationships among force, mass, and acceleration.

Key laws include:

• Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Students will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that there are relationships between position and time.

Key topics include:

• Displacement, velocity, and uniform acceleration.
• Linear motion.
• Projectile motion.

Students will:

• Investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that conservation laws govern all interactions. Key ideas include:
  • Mechanical energy is conserved unless work is done on, by, or within the system.
• Investigate and understand that extremely large and extremely small quantities are not necessarily described by the same laws as those studied in Newtonian physics. Topics, such as these listed, may be included:
  • Nuclear physics.

Students will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that

• There are relationships among force, mass, and acceleration. Key laws include:
  • Newton’s Laws of Motion.
• Conservation laws govern all interactions. Key ideas include:
  • Momentum is conserved unless an impulse acts on the system.

Students will investigate and understand that, through mathematical and experimental processes, that:

• There are relationships between position and time. Key topics include:
  • Uniform circular motion.
• There are relationships among force, mass, and acceleration. Key laws include:
  • Newton’s Laws of Motion.
  • Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation.
• Fields provide a unifying description of force at a distance. Key ideas include:
  • Gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces can be described using the field concept.
  • Field strength diminishes with increased distance from the source.

Students will:

• Investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that
  • Conservation laws govern all interactions. Key ideas include:
    • Mechanical energy is conserved unless work is done one, by, or within the system.
  • Fields provide a unifying description of force at a distance. Key ideas include:
    • Gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces can be described using the field concept.
  • Electrical circuits are a system used to transfer energy. Key ideas include:
    • Circuit components have different functions within the system.
    • Ohm’s law relates voltage, current, and resistance.
    • Different types of circuits have different characteristics and are used for different purposes.
    • Electrical power is related to the elements in a circuit 8.e electrical circuits have everyday applications.
• Investigate and understand that extremely large and extremely small quantities are not described by the same laws as those studied in Newtonian physics. Topics, such as these listed, may be included:
  • Superconductivity.

Students will:

• Investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that
  • Waves transmit energy and move in predictable patterns. Key ideas include:
    • Waves have specific characteristics.
    • Wave interactions are part of everyday experiences.
    • Light and sound transmit energy as waves.
  • Optical systems form a variety of images. Key ideas include:
    • The laws of reflection and refraction describe light behavior.
    • Ray diagrams model light as it travels through different media.
• Investigate and understand that extremely large and extremely small quantities are not necessarily described by the same laws as those studied in Newtonian physics. Topics, such as these listed, may be included:
  • Wave/particle duality.
  • Quantum mechanics and uncertainty.
  • Relativity.

Students will:

• Investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that conservation laws govern all interactions. Key ideas include:
  • Mechanical energy is conserved unless work is done on, by, or within the system.
• Investigate and understand that extremely large and extremely small quantities are not necessarily described by the same laws as those studied in Newtonian physics. Topics, such as these listed, may be included:
  • Wave/particle duality.
  • Quantum mechanics and uncertainty.
  • Relativity.
  • Nuclear physics.
  • Solid state physics.
  • Nanotechnology.
  • Superconductivity.
  • The standard model.
  • Dark matter and dark energy.