Lockport Township High School District 205 2021-2022 Course Catalog

PHYSICS 1 - ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) SC1531
Length of Course: One Year (Lab Science)
Credit:
1.0 Credit
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Prerequisite:
Chemistry, Chemistry Honors or DC recommendation/approval and concurrent enrollment in Integrated Math 3 or Integrated Math 3 Honors
State Code:
03161A000
Course Description: AP Physics 1 is an algebra based, inquiry based, first year Physics course. The course is aligned with College Board curriculum and Next Generation standards. The
course emphasizes enduring, conceptual understanding of foundational physics principles. It will use inquiry based learning techniques of essential concepts, and require students to explain
causal relationships in physics. Students will also be expected to apply and justify mathematical routines, design experiments, analyze data, and make connections across multiple topics
within course. The topics will include properties of mass and charge, field interactions, interactions of objects described by forces and conservation laws, and wave motion. In the spring,
students may elect to take the Advanced Placement Physics 1 exam for college credit.
PHYSICS 2 - ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) SC1534
Length of Course:
One Year (Lab Science)
Credit:
1.0 Credit
Grade Placement: 12
Prerequisite:
Physics, AP Physics 1 or DC recommendation/approval
State Code:
03161A000
Course Description: The AP Physics 2 course is a second year, algebra-based physics course that is appropriate for those students continuing in the medical field, engineering, or physical
sciences. It will use inquiry based learning techniques of essential concepts, and require the students to explain causal relationships in physics in mathematical terms, model systems
mathematically, and continue with problem-solving techniques started in their first-year course. Students will also be expected to design experiments, analyze data, and make connections
across multiple topics within course. It continues exploration into forces and momentum started in a first-year physics course. These explorations take place while looking at the specific
topics of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, special relativity, and nuclear physics. In the spring, students may elect to take the Advanced Placement Physics
2 exam for college credit.
PHYSICS C - ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) - SC1537
Length of Course:
One Year (Lab Science)
Credit:
1.0 Credit
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Prerequisites:
Physics, AP Physics 1, with concurrent enrollment in Calculus or DC recommendation
State Code:
03156A000
Course Description: The AP Physics C course ordinarily forms the first part of the college sequence that serves as the foundation in physics for students majoring in the physical sciences
or engineering. The sequence in normally parallel to students taking the mathematics course: Calculus. Students who have not taken Calculus will have to learn some of the skills used in
Calculus such as differentiation and integration on their own. Strong emphasis is placed on solving a variety of challenging problems, some requiring calculus. The subject matter of the
course is primarily mechanics, electricity, and magnetism. The primary emphasis of the course will be to prepare students for the Advanced Placement (AP) exam.
PHYSICS - CONCEPTUAL - SC1528
Length of Course:
One Year (Lab Science)
Credit:
1.0 Credit
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Prerequisite:
Chemistry, Conceptual Chemistry or DC recommendation/approval
State Code:
03161A000
Course Description: The conceptual physics course emphasizes the conceptual understanding of the physical universe. The course will explain the basic principles of physics but use less
mathematical problem solving than the conventional physics course. Much of the student learning will take place with laboratory experimentation. Demonstrations will be used extensively
to develop a better understanding of the principles. Concepts discussed in the course will include mechanics, waves, light, optics, electricity, magnetism, relativity, and energy. The course
will be able to provide a general understanding of many topics in physics.
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