Physics is the study of how the world moves, changes, and powers our everyday lives, from the way students commute to school to how music travels through headphones and phones stay charged.

 

In this course, students explore motion through speed, velocity, and acceleration by analyzing cars, athletes, and public transportation; investigate forces and motion through pushes, pulls, and collisions they see in sports and daily life; and study energy and momentum through skateboarding, biking, and amusement rides.

 

Students then connect science to sound, light, and communication through waves, explore real-world power systems through electricity and magnetism, and examine both the promise and responsibility of nuclear energy in medicine, energy production, and society.

 

Each unit centers real-world experiences, community applications, and problem-solving to help students see physics as something they actively live, not just something they memorize.