Physics

This course takes an algebra and calculus-based approach to investigate and model connections between concepts, equations, and graphs. Through classroom discussions and collaborative work, students learn about mechanics, gravitation, electricity, magnetism, waves, and harmonic oscillations. They design, build, and debug their own experiments and lab apparatuses. They analyze their data using statistical methods and report their findings via journal-formatted printouts, poster boards, and slideshow presentations.

This analysis of results and conclusion were used to do a lab in our kinematics unit which focused on determining how the angle of descent affects the acceleration of the object. This is one of a number of lab reports that we have done throughout the year which combine with lectures and practice problems to deepen our understanding of the concepts.

This is a multi-step physics problem on kinematics which we worked on in small groups to solve. We first solved the problem for a particular case, but then we combined computer science and physics to test different values to determine the optimal angle for this scenario. This combined a lot of the topics we had been learning in physics and also incorporated aspects of our work in computer science.