Warwick School District

Course Description

This advanced course in physics builds upon the topics and models learned in Honors Physics I and introduces more complex physical situations and phenomenon. Students will learn about a variety of topics such as thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, waves, and modern physics. Students should anticipate a significant, yet practical, application of their mathematical abilities. This course is comparable to the second course in an introductory college course sequence in algebra-based physics.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

PA Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice

• Mathematical Practices

• Grade 9-12

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. (9-12.1)
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.(9-12.2)
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. (9-12.3)
• Model with mathematics. (9-12.4)
• Use appropriate tools strategically. (9-12.5)
• Attend to precision.(9-12.6)
• Look for and make use of structure. (9-12.7)
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. (9-12.8)

PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)

• Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

• GRADES 11-12

• Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.-Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; (3.6.11-12.B)
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.(3.6.11-12.C)
• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.(3.6.11-12.E)
• Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of id(3.6.11-12.G)

Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (2023)

• Technology & Engineering

• Grades 9-12

• Analyze and use relevant and appropriate design thinking processes to solve technological and engineering problems.(3.5.9-12.N)
• Apply a broad range of design skills to a design thinking process.(3.5.9-12.P)
• Implement and critique principles, elements, and factors of design.(3.5.9-12.Q)
• Optimize a design by addressing desired qualities within criteria and constraints while considering trade-offs.(3.5.9-12.W)
• Troubleshoot and improve a flawed system embedded within a larger technological, social, or environmental system.(3.5.9-12.MM)

Sci & Tech - Physical Sciences: Chemistry and Physics (2009-2012)

• Sci & Tech - Physics

• PHYSICS

• Differentiate among translational motion, simple harmonic motion, and rotational motion in terms of position, velocity, and acceleration. Use force and mass to explain translational motion or simple harmonic motion of objects. Relate torque and rotational inertia to explain rotational motion.(3.2.P.B1)
• Explain the translation and simple harmonic motion of objects using conservation of energy and conservation of momentum. Describe the rotational motion of objects using the conservation of energy and conservation of angular momentum. Explain how gravitational, electrical, and magnetic forces and torques give rise to rotational motion.(3.2.P.B2)
• Explain how waves transfer energy without transferring matter. Explain how waves carry information from remote sources that can be detected and interpreted. Describe the causes of wave frequency, speed, and wave length.(3.2.P.B5)
• -Compare and contrast scientific theories. -Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe. -Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations. -Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence. -Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models. -Explain the importance of accuracy and precision in making valid measurements. -Examine the status of existing theories. -Evaluate experimental information for relevance and adherence to science processes. -Judge that conclusions are consistent and logical with experimental conditions. -Interpret results of experimental research to predict new information, propose additional investigable questions, or advance a solution. -Communicate and defend a scientific argument.(3.2.P.B7)

Next Generation Science Standards (2014)

• Grades 9-12

• Physical Science(HS.PS)
• Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation(HS.P4)
• Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.(HS.PS.4.1)
• Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.(HS.PS.4.2)
• Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and that for some situations one model is more useful than the other.(HS.PS.4.3)
• Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.(HS.PS.4.4)
• Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy(HS.PS.4.5)

Units

Unit #1 - Thermodynamics

Unit #2 - Electric Force, Field, and Potential

Unit #3 - Electric Circuits

Unit #4 - Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

Unit #5 - Geometric Optics

Unit #6 - Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics

Unit #7 - Modern Physics