COURSE ID: ED3017 A

ED Physics A

Current 2024-25
Start Date: August 26, 2024
End Date: May 30, 2025
District: Park County School District #1
Grade Levels: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Course Type: Hathaway Scholarship Eligible
Provider: Park 1 Virtual Academy

This full-year course acquaints students with topics in classical and modern physics. The course emphasizes conceptual understanding of basic physics principles, including Newtonian mechanics, energy, thermodynamics, waves, electricity, magnetism, and nuclear and modern physics. Throughout the course, students solve mathematical problems, reason abstractly, and learn to think critically about the physical world. The course also includes interactive virtual labs and hands-on lab options, in which students ask questions and create hypotheses.