1. Students will be able to state the definition of the study of physics.

2. Students will be able to state the basic steps in the scientific method.

3. Students will be able to relate the fundamental units of the metric system.

4. Students will be able to do conversions to and from scientific notation.

5. Students will be able to round measurement computations to the correct number of significant figures.

6. Students will be able to recognize graphs depicting direct and inverse proportions.

7. Students will understand the concept of parallax.

8. Students will be able to distinguish between accuracy and precision.

1. Students will be able to interpret distance vs. time graphs and speed vs. time graphs.

2. Students will be able to solve velocity, distance, time problems.

3. Students will be able to distinguish between average and instantaneous velocity.

4. Students will be able to relate what it means to say motion is relative.

5. Students will be able to define acceleration.

6. Students will be able to solve problems involving velocity, displacement and acceleration.

7. Students will be able to distinguish between average and instantaneous acceleration.

8. Students will know that all things accelerate at the same rate due to gravity.

9. Students will be able to relate the key contributions of early scientists to the study of physics.

10. Students will be able to relate the key contributions of Newton, including his 3 Laws of Motion.

11. Students will be able to use Newton’s Laws to solve problems of force, mass and acceleration.

12. Students will be able to distinguish between weight and mass.

13. Students will be able to define friction and solve problems relating to it.

14. Students will be able to explain terminal velocity in free fall.

15. Students will know the difference between scalar and vector quantities.

16. Students will be able to solve vector problems graphically and mathematically.

17. Students will be able to describe projectile motion and solve problems in two dimensions.

18. Students will be able to describe circular motion and solve problems using centripetal force and acceleration.

19. Students will be able to describe simple harmonic motion.

20. Students will be able to use Newton’s Law of Gravitation to solve force problems.

21. Students will be able to use Kepler’s Laws to calculate periods and velocities of orbiting objects.

22. Students will be able to define impulse and momentum

23. Students will be able to state the Law of Conservation of Momentum.

24. Students will be able to solve momentum problems.

1. Students will be able to define work, energy and power.

2. Students will be able to solve work, power and energy problems.

3. Students will be able to define potential and kinetic energy.

4. Students will be able to solve problems involving potential and kinetic energy.

5. Students will be able to state the Law of Conservation of Energy.

1. Students will be able to state the Kinetic Theory of Matter.

2. Students will be able to explain thermal energy by using the kinetic theory.

3. Students will be able to define temperature and the temperature scales.

4. Students will be able to define specific heat, heat of fusion and heat of vaporization.

5. Students will be able to state the 4 Laws of Thermodynamics.

6. Students will be able to define entropy.

7. Students will be able to describe energy transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation.

8. Students will be able to describe the states of matter using the kinetic theory.

9. Students will be able to define pressure.

10. Students will be able to describe the processes of evaporation and condensation.

11. Students will be able to explain expansion using the kinetic theory.

1. Students will be able to describe how waves transfer energy through matter.

2. Students will be able to distinguish between longitudinal and transverse waves.

3. Students will be able to define terms like wavelength, frequency, and period.

4. Students will understand constructive and destructive interference.

5. Students will be able to state the law of reflection.

6. Students will be able to define refraction and diffraction of waves.

1. Students will be able to describe the nature of sound waves.

2. Students will be able to solve problems relating to frequency, wavelength, and velocity of sound.

3. Students will be able to define the Doppler shift and identify some of its applications.

4. Students will relate physical properties of sound waves to perceive pitch and loudness.

5. Students will be able to describe the origin of sound in several types of musical instruments.

6. Students will show an understanding of resonance, standing waves.

1. Students will recognize that light is an electromagnetic wave and its wavelength range.

2. Students will be able to state the speed of light and solve problems involving the speed of light.

3. Students will be able to define luminous intensity, luminous flux and illuminance and solve problems using such.

4. Students will be able to define transparent, translucent, and opaque.

5. Students will be able to describe the formation of color by adding light or subtracting with pigments or dyes.

6. Students will be able to describe interference of light waves.

7. Students will be able to describe polarization of light.

8. Students will be able to state the law of reflection.

9. Students will be able to define refraction and state Snell’s Law.

10. Students will be able to solve problems using Snell’s Law and refraction.

11. Students will be able to describe the images formed by plane and curved mirrors.

12. Students will be able to distinguish between real and virtual images.

13. Students will be able to solve problems regarding image location and size.

14. Students will be able to draw ray and image diagrams.

15. Students will be able to describe images formed by curved lenses.

16. Students will be able to explain the operation of optical instruments.

17. Students will define diffraction and interference of light.

18. Students will be able to calculate the wavelength of light from double slit interference patterns.

19. Students will be able to explain how a diffraction grating works.

1. Students will know the two types of electrical charge.

2. Students will know how to place a charge on an object.

3. Students will know Coulomb’s Law of Electrostatics.

4. Students will be able to solve problems using Coulomb’s Law.

5. Students will be able to describe the forces between charges.

6. Students will be able to define an electric field and how to measure it.

7. Students will be able to solve problems involving fields, forces, and charge.

8. Students will be able to define the electric potential difference in terms of work done in moving a unit test charge.

9. Students will be able to solve problems involving electric potential.

10. Students will be able to describe where a charge resides on a solid and hollow conductors and recognize the relationship between conductor shape and field strength.

11. Students will be able to define capacitance and describe the principle of capacitors.

12. Students will be able to solve capacitor problems.

13. Students will be able to define electric current and the ampere.

14. Students will be able to write Ohm’s Law and use it to solve problems.

15. Students will know where to place ammeters and voltmeters in a circuit.

16. Students will be able to explain how heaters convert electrical energy to thermal energy.

17. Students will be able to describe how citizens use of energy is measured and solve problems involving the use and cost of energy.

18. Students will be able to describe and draw a series and parallel circuit.

19. Students will be able to calculate current, voltage drops and resistance in series and parallel circuits.

20. Students will be able to summarize the properties of magnets and magnetic fields.

21. Students will be able to describe a field around a current carrying wire.

22. Students will be able to define magnetic induction.

23. Students will be able to list the factors that determine the magnitude of the force on a wire and solve problems involving such.

24. Students will be able to explain the design of a galvanometer and an electric motor.

25. Students will be able to list the factors that determine the magnitude of the force on a moving charge in a magnetic field and solve problems involving such.

26. Students will be able to explain how a changing magnetic field produces an electric current.