Physics Courses @ DeKalb High School
Physics
Description: A typical introductory high school physics course. Problem solving, projects and technical writing are important aspects of this course.
Text: Physics:Principles & Problems, 2005 (Glencoe)
Topic Sheets and Homework
| Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
| Waves |
Kinematics |
| Sound |
Dynamics |
| Light |
Momentum |
| Electricity |
Rotational Motion |
| Magnetism |
Energy & Work |
| Programming |
Simple Harmonic Motion |
Honors Physics Description: A more challenging introductory high school physics course. Designed for the student who is interested in a more mathematically rigorous approach to science. The text is a non-calculus based college level text. Problem solving, projects and technical writing are important aspects of this course. The scope and sequence are very similar to that of the Physics A course.
Text: College Physics, Serway/Faughn,7th edition, 2006
Topic Sheets and Homework
| Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
| Waves |
Kinematics |
| Sound |
Dynamics |
| Light |
Momentum |
| Electricity |
Rotional Motion |
| Magnetism |
Work & Energy |
| Programming |
Simple Harmonic Motion |
Physics of Sports & The Arts
Description: A one semester, low math, high tech presentation of selected topics in mechanics and waves. Special emphasis is placed on the application of physical principles to sports, music and photography. Class presentations are an important aspect of this course.
Text: A variety of sources
DHS High Speed Photography Gallery
Projects for the Physics & Honors Physics courses
#1. Catapult
#2. Pasts Bridge
#3. Mouse Trapparatus
#4. Rube Goldberg
Lab Reports
Home-made Musical Instruments
Room Acoustics
Physics Links
Instructor:
Jay Smith