Physics @ DeKalb High School
Home-made
Musical Instruments
Physics A
Description: A typical introductory high school physics course.
Problem solving, projects and technical writing are important aspects of this
course.
Text: Merrill Physics:Principles & Problems, 1995
Topic Sheets and Homework
| Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
| Waves |
Kinematics |
| Sound |
Dynamics |
| Light |
Momentum |
| Electricity |
Energy |
| Magnetism |
Rotational Motion |
| Programming |
Simple Harmonic Motion |
Physics AA
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: Physics,Hecht 1994
Topic Sheets and Homework
| Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
| Waves |
Kinematics |
| Sound |
Momentum |
| Light |
Dynamics |
| Electricity |
Statics |
| Magnetism |
Rotational Motion |
| Programming |
Energy & 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 A and AA courses
#1. Rube Goldberg
#2. Pasts Bridge
#3. Catapult
#4. Mouse Trapparatus
Lab Reports
Room Acoustics
Physics Links
Instructor: Jay Smith