PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. The learner will collect and interpret data utilizing various sources and techniques.

2. The learner will use various laboratory equipment and tools to record necessary measurements to enhance their study of physics.

3. The learner will test various properties of matter to gain an understanding of their properties to assist them in the classification of matter.

4. The learner will conduct experimentation to demonstrate Bernoulli's principle in action (e.g. use in flight, curving of a baseball, effect on two vehicles passing each other with a constricted space between them, using air to rotate a ball and tilting it off the vertical) and share a demonstration and results with others.

5. Given three different containers (consisting of different materials and constructed differently), the learner will predict and carry out experimentation to determine the most effective container to stop heat transfer to the surroundings.

6. The learner will design an electrical circuit using both series and parallel components, build the circuit, and report where or how it could be used in a real world situation.

7. Given the appropriate equipment, the learner will demonstrate the transfer of energy from one system to another through vibrations or waves.

8. The learner will compare the transmission of sound from a source to a receiver with that of light and report differences and similarities that exist according to recorded data.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

The learner will:

A. BASIC IDEAS OF PHYSICS

1. describe and apply the scientific method in problem solving.

2. differentiate between the use of the terms, science and technology.

3. define physics

4. describe and utilize Newton's Laws of Motion in various situations.

 

B. MEASUREMENT OF MATTER & ITS PROPERTIES

1. define mass

2. describe the principle of balance and center of mass/gravity.

3. engage in the measurement of mass with various instruments.

4. determine the uncertainty of various measuring devices.

5. describe operational definitions of physical quantities.

6. define volume.

7. observe mass and volume before and after changes.

8. differentiate between mass and volume.

 

C. PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES

1. use proportional reasoning to describe matter.

2. describe density

3. determine the properties of substances which effect sinking and floating.

4. explain Archimedes principle and buoyancy.

5. use reasoning by analogy to describe pure substances.

 

D. SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATIONS

1. represent relationships by graphing.

2. write correct mathematical expressions to define relationships.

3. explain what is meant by the term equal.

 

E. HOMOGENOUS SOLUTIONS

1. explain the factors which affect the rate of dissolving.

2. describe concentration.

3. manipulate solutions.

4. use mathematical analogies to describe solutions.

5. define and determine solubility.

6. explain proportions within solutions.

7. experiment with mixtures of liquids.

8. compare various solvents.

9. describe solutions of gases.

10. describe Bernoulli's principle as it pertains to gases and liquids.

 

F. HEAT TRANSFER

1. compare and contrast temperature and heat.

2. compare and contrast specific heat and heat capacity.

3. determine heat associated with phase changes.

4. define conduction, convection and radiation.

5. describe thermal conductivity.

 

G. STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CHARGES

1. describe and calculate electrical forces.

2. define electrical charges.

3. compare and contrast conductors and insulators.

4. explain the concept of an electrical field.

 

H. ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

1. define resistor.

2. describe series and parallel circuits.

3. represent Kirchhoff's Laws experimentally.

4. describe the concept of voltage.

5. describe combined circuits.

6. determine Ohm's Law.

7. describe potential and potential difference.

8. define energy and power.

 

I. PROPERTIES OF VIBRATIONS & WAVES

1. discover the factors witch affect the period of a pendulum.

2. define a wave as a method of energy transfer.

3. describe wave motion.

4. compare and contrast transverse and longitudinal waves.

5. explain effects of interference between waves.

 

J. PROPERTIES OF SOUND

1. describe the origin of sound.

2. determine the speed of sound as it travels through various media.

3. explain the reflection of sound.

4. define frequency.

5. describe forced vibrations and the effect on the amplitude of sound waves.

6. compare musical sounds with single frequency sound waves.

 

K. PROPERTIES OF LIGHT

1. define and describe electromagnetic waves.

2. compare and contrast transparent versus opaque media.

3. explain vision.

4. describe and explain the reflection and refraction of light.