Advanced Physics: Electricity & Magnetism One Semester (Offered Second Semester) Prerequisites: Honors Physics or Classical Mechanics with concurrent Calculus AND Science Department recommendation This course will introduce and elaborate on concepts in electricity and magnetism. Students will collaboratively explore concepts such as Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’ Law, electric potential and electric potential energy, capacitance, combination circuits, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism through inquiry-based investigation and problem-solving. Students will apply their knowledge in the lab with a significant amount of electronics. This course will require significant use of trigonometry, complex algebraic problem solving techniques, computational coding, and differential and integral calculus. The course content will promote growth of science skills in modeling, collaborating, investigating, coding, technical reporting, and engineering solutions.
Computer Science One Semester (Offered Second Semester) Prerequisites: Math 2
Computer science is a broad category of computing applications. The topics of study will include the internet, digital information exchange, programming, big data, and application development. The course content will promote growth of science skills in modeling, collaborating, investigating, coding, technical reporting, and engineering solutions. Students will build an understanding and an appreciation of how computer science is applied to shape their world. Students will explore positive and negative effects of technology use and big data applications to build a well-rounded understanding of how technology affects individuals, relationships and society. Students will learn Javascript and Python programming languages. Students will work in teams to design, develop and publish meaningful coding projects and applications. This course is intended for students who wish to explore the field of computer science and develop refined computer programming skills. Previous coding experience is not required. Advanced Physics: Calculus Based Mechanics One Semester (Offered First Semester) Prerequisites: Honors Physics or Classical Mechanics with concurrent Calculus AND Science Department recommendation Calculus Based Mechanics more fully develops the concepts covered in Classical Mechanics and the first semester of Honors Physics. The pace is fast, and the use of calculus is integral. Through collaborative lab and problem-solving, and computational coding, students explore the mechanics concepts of one and two-dimensional motion, Newton’s laws of motion, mechanical energy, momentum, rotational motion, rotational kinematics, simple harmonic motion, and gravitation. The course content will promote growth of science skills in modeling, collaborating, investigating, coding, technical reporting, and engineering solutions.
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