CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL 

Honors Physics

General Course Syllabus

1^st Semester

          a.  Measurement and the Scientific Method

          b.  Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions

          c.   Dynamics

          d.  Gravitation

          e.  Work and Energy

          f.  Momentum

          g.  Rotational Motion

          h.  Harmonic Motion

2^nd Semester

          a.  Vibrations and Waves

          b.  Sound

          c.  Reflection and Refraction of Light

          d.  Diffraction and Color

          e.  Electric Forces and Fields

          f.  Electric Potential

          g.  Direct Current Circuits

          h.  Relativity, Quantum Physics, and Nuclear Physics

Both semesters include a significant laboratory component.  In the second semester students do two engineering design projects based on the Dartmouth Problem Solving Cycle. 

To email me:  ron.curtin@charlottecountryday.org