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=440 Honors Physics Course Information=

Here is a copy of the course syllabus:

//Holt Physics// by Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn
 * Course Textbook**



//From the course bulletin//: This course is designed for students wishing to take a high-school level introductory physics course appropriate for students who may be considering a career in the sciences, engineering, or medicine. Its aims are to provide a strong conceptual foundation while simultaneously developing students’ problem-solving skills through the use of lectures, demonstrations, laboratory work, conceptual questions, assigned problem sets, and practical projects. Topics of the course include: Significant figures & error analysis, linear and rotational motion, forces, energy and related concepts, heat & thermodynamics, waves & sound, optics, and an introduction to electricity and magnetism, including an introduction to electric circuits.

//A note from Mr. Almeida:// The difficulty of the honors physics courses at LHS are designed to be close to that of an AP class, although moving at a slower pace. Mathematically, the demands of an AP class is no more rigorous than is required of an honors class. Please understand that this course is intended to be closer to it's AP counterpart than to conceptual physics. If you find yourself having trouble with trouble with the mathematical techniques employed in solving the physics problems in class, please __see me__ so that we may try get you caught up.

We will cover as much of the following material as possible in roughly the following order.

**Unit One**
00 Introductory Topics 01 One-Dimensional Kinematics 02 Vectors and Projectile Motion 03 Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion

Unit Two
04 Work and Energy 05 Momentum 06 Rotational Kinematics & Gravitation 07 Rotational Dynamics

Unit Three
08 Fluid Mechanics 09 Heat 10 Thermodynamics

Unit Four
11 Vibrations and Waves 12 Sound 13 Light and Reflection 14 Refraction 15 Interference and Diffraction

Unit Five
16 Electric Forces and Fields 17 Electrical Energy and Capacitance 18 Current and Resistance 19 Circuits

Unit Six
20 Magnetism 21 Induction and Alternating Current

Unit Seven
22 Atomic Physics 23 Modern Electronics 24 Subatomic Physics