Thermonuclear Art courtesy NASA
Physics II
Physics II is designed to help students understand and appreciate how a few basic concepts derived through experiments can account for a wide variety of phenomena, many of which are intriguing in their own right.
Therefore, the course is centered on these big concepts and on experiments in which students make measurements associated with these concepts. Experiments are a central part of the course. They serve as the justification for the concepts we need. Students often use computers both to make measurements in experiments and to analyze data with spreadsheets like Excel and Numbers.
Physics II serves as excellent preparation for any college science courses students may need to take. Finally, nature is beautiful in ways we may never have noticed, and Physics II seeks to make its beauty apparent, at least within the scope of the course.
- Waves can account for sound, light, and optics.
- Atoms and electric fields can account for all kinds of matter as well as electricity, electric circuits, and nuclear fission.
- Magnetism explains how motors and charge card magnetic strips work and so on.
Therefore, the course is centered on these big concepts and on experiments in which students make measurements associated with these concepts. Experiments are a central part of the course. They serve as the justification for the concepts we need. Students often use computers both to make measurements in experiments and to analyze data with spreadsheets like Excel and Numbers.
Physics II serves as excellent preparation for any college science courses students may need to take. Finally, nature is beautiful in ways we may never have noticed, and Physics II seeks to make its beauty apparent, at least within the scope of the course.
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