PH.2: The learner will build an understanding of linear motion.

PH.2.02: Compare and contrast as scalar and vector quantities:

Free-Fall Laboratory

PH.2.02.b: Distance and displacement.

Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics

PH.2.03: Analyze acceleration as rate of change in velocity.

Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Free-Fall Laboratory

PH.2.04: Using graphical and mathematical tools, design and conduct investigations of linear motion and the relationships among:

Fan Cart Physics

PH.2.04.c: Instantaneous velocity

Air Track

PH.2.04.d: Acceleration.

Potential Energy on Shelves

PH.3: The learner will build an understanding of two-dimensional motion including circular motion.

PH.3.04: Evaluate, measure, and analyze circular motion.

Calorimetry Lab

PH.3.05: Analyze and evaluate the nature of centripetal forces.

Calorimetry Lab

PH.3.06: Investigate, evaluate and analyze the relationship among:

Inclined Plane - Simple Machine

PH.3.06.b: Centripetal acceleration.

Ripple Tank

PH.3.06.e: Radius.

Herschel Experiment

PH.4: The learner will develop an understanding of forces and Newton?s Laws of Motion.

PH.4.03: Assess, measure, and calculate the relationship among the force acting on a body, the mass of the body, and the nature of the acceleration produced (Newton's Second Law of Motion).

Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab

PH.4.06: Investigate, measure, and analyze the nature and magnitude of frictional forces.

Advanced Circuits
Circuits

PH.4.07: Assess and calculate the nature and magnitude of gravitational forces (Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation).

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

PH.5: The learner will build an understanding of impulse and momentum.

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

PH.5.03: Analyze the factors required to produce a change in momentum.

Electromagnetic Induction

PH.5.04: Analyze one-dimensional interactions between objects and recognize that the total momentum is conserved in both collision and recoil situations.

Magnetic Induction

PH.6: The learner will develop an understanding of energy as the ability to cause change.

PH.6.01: Investigate and analyze energy storage and transfer mechanisms:

PH.6.01.c: Thermal energy.

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder

PH.6.03: Analyze, evaluate, and measure the transfer of energy by a force.

Element Builder

PH.6.03.a: Work.

Element Builder

PH.6.03.b: Power.

Element Builder

PH.6.04: Design and conduct investigations of:

PH.6.04.a: Mechanical energy.

Element Builder

PH.6.04.b: Power.

Element Builder

PH.7: The learner will develop an understanding of wave motion and the wave nature of sound and light.

PH.7.01: Analyze, investigate, and evaluate the relationship among the characteristics of waves:

Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory

PH.7.02: Describe the behavior of waves in various media.

Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds

PH.7.03: Analyze the behavior of waves at boundaries between media:

Electron Configuration

PH.7.03.b: Refraction, including Snell?s Law.

Ionic Bonds

PH.7.04: Analyze the relationship between the phenomena of interference and the principle of superposition.

Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds

PH.8: The learner will build an understanding of static electricity and direct current electrical circuits.

PH.8.01: Analyze the nature of electrical charges.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

PH.8.01.a: Investigate the electrical charging of objects due to transfer of charge.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

PH.8.01.b: Investigate the conservation of electric charge.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

PH.8.01.c: Analyze the relationship among force, charge and distance summarized in Coulomb's law.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis

PH.8.04: Analyze and measure the nature of power in an electrical circuit.

Solubility and Temperature