PHYSICS
- Forces and Motion
Phy.1.1.1 — Analyze motion graphically and numerically using vectors, graphs and calculations.
Phy.1.1.2 — Analyze motion in one dimension using time, distance, and displacement, velocity and acceleration.
Phy.1.1.3 — Analyze motion in two dimensions using angle of trajectory, time, distance, displacement, velocity and acceleration.
Phy.1.2 — Analyze systems of forces and their interaction with matter.
Phy.1.2.1 — Analyze forces and systems of forces graphically and numerically using vectors, graphs and calculations.
• Physics of Walking
Phy.1.2.2 — Analyze systems of forces in one dimension and two dimensions using free body diagrams.
• Physics of Walking
Phy.1.2.3 — Explain forces using Newton’s laws of motion as well as the universal law of gravitation.
Phy.1.2.4 — Explain the effects of forces (including weight, normal, tension and friction) on objects.
• Physics of Walking
Phy.1.2.5 — Analyze basic forces related to rotation in a circular path (centripetal force).
Phy.1.3 — Analyze the motion of objects based on the principles of conservation of momentum, conservation of energy and impulse.
Phy.1.3.1 — Analyze the motion of objects in completely elastic and completely inelastic collisions by using the principles of conservation of momentum and conservation of energy.
Phy.1.3.2 — Analyze the motion of objects based on the relationship between momentum and impulse.
- Energy: Conservation and Transfer
Phy.2.1 — Understand the concepts of work, energy and power, as well as the relationship among them.
Phy.2.1.1 — Interpret data on work and energy presented graphically and numerically.
Phy.2.1.2 — Compare the concepts of potential and kinetic energy and conservation of total mechanical energy in the description of the motion of objects.
Phy.2.1.3 — Explain the relationship among work, power and energy.
Phy.2.2 — Analyze the behavior of waves.
Phy.2.2.1 — Analyze how energy is transmitted through waves, using the fundamental characteristics of waves: wavelength, period, frequency, amplitude and wave velocity.
Phy.2.2.2 — Analyze wave behaviors in terms of transmission, reflection, refraction and interference.
Phy.2.2.3 — Compare mechanical and electromagnetic waves in terms of wave characteristics and behavior (specifically sound and light).
Phy.2.3 — Analyze the nature of moving charges and electric circuits.
Phy.2.3.1 — Explain Ohm’s law in relation to electric circuits.
Phy.2.3.2 — Differentiate the behavior of moving charges in conductors and insulators.
Phy.2.3.3 — Compare the general characteristics of AC and DC systems without calculations.
Phy.2.3.4 — Analyze electric systems in terms of their energy and power.
Phy.2.3.5 — Analyze systems with multiple potential differences and resistors connected in series and parallel circuits, both conceptually and mathematically, in terms of voltage, current and resistance. - Interactions of Energy and Matter
Phy.3.1 — Explain charges and electrostatic systems.
Phy.3.1.1 — Explain qualitatively the fundamental properties of the interactions of charged objects.
Phy.3.1.2 — Explain the geometries and magnitudes of electric fields.
Phy.3.1.3 — Explain how Coulomb’s law relates to the electrostatic interactions among charged objects.
Phy.3.1.4 — Explain the mechanisms for producing electrostatic charges including charging by friction, conduction and induction.
Phy.3.1.5 — Explain how differences in electrostatic potentials relate to the potential energy of charged objects.
Phy.3.2 — Explain the concept of magnetism.
Phy.3.2.1 — Explain the relationship between magnetic domains and magnetism.
Phy.3.2.2 — Explain how electric currents produce various magnetic fields.
Phy.3.2.3 — Explain how transformers and power distributions are applications of electromagnetism.
