High School Physics Course Curriculum - Full Year Map

Physics 1 - Each lesson below comes with additional activities, exit tickets, etc. Please click the button above to download the complete Curriculum Map.

Unit 1: Kinematics

• Lesson 1 - One-Dimensional Motion
• Lesson 2 - Two-Dimensional Motion and Vectors
• Lesson 3 - Relative Motion
• Lesson 4 - Acceleration
• Lesson 5 - Projectile Motion

Unit 2: Forces

• Lesson 1 - Forces Introduction
• Lesson 2 - Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
• Lesson 3 - Friction
• Lesson 4 - Universal Gravitation
• Lesson 5 - Ramps, Pulley's, and Forces

Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power

• Lesson 1 - Energy And Its Forms
• Lesson 2 - Work and Energy
• Lesson 3 - Kinetic and Gravitational Potential Energy
• Lesson 4 - The Law of Conservation of Energy and Efficiency
• Lesson 5 - Thermal Energy, Temperature, and Heat
• Lesson 6 - Power

Unit 4: Waves and Sound

• Lesson 1 - Waves - an Introduction
• Lesson 2 - Reflection, Interference, and Transmission
• Lesson 3 - Standing Waves
• Lesson 4 - Sound, Sound Energy, and Speed
• Lesson 5 - Hearing and the Human Ear
• Lesson 6 - Supersonic Travel and the Doppler Effect

Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism

• Lesson 1 - Electricity Overview-Current, Voltage, Power, and Cost
• Lesson 2 - Electric Circuits – Current, Voltage, and Resistance
• Lesson 3 - Magnetic Fields - Magnets, Electromagnet, and Their Applications
• Lesson 4 - Motors and Generators
• Lesson 5 - Electrical Safety

Physics 2 - Each lesson below comes with additional activities, exit tickets, etc. Please click the button above to download the complete Curriculum Map.

Unit 1: Motion and Forces

• Lesson 1 - Speed and Velocity in One and Two Dimensions
• Lesson 2 - Acceleration in One and Two Dimensions
• Lesson 3 - Acceleration due to Gravity
• Lesson 4 - Projectile Motion
• Lesson 5 - Frames of Reference
• Lesson 6 - Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
• Lesson 7 - Newton's Laws of Motion
• Lesson 8 - Exploring Frictional Forces
• Lesson 9 - Ramps, Pulleys, and Forces
• Lesson 10 - Circular Motion
• Lesson 11 - Universal Gravitation

Unit 2: Energy and Momentum

• Lesson 1 - Work and Force
• Lesson 2 - Kinetic and Gravitational Potential Energy
• Lesson 3 - The Law of Conservation of Energy
• Lesson 4 - Elastic Potential Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion
• Lesson 5 - Momentum and Impulse
• Lesson 6 - Conservation of Momentum

Unit 3: Light and Waves

• Lesson 1 - Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Lesson 2 - The Wave Nature of Light
• Lesson 3 - Diffraction and interference of waves
• Lesson 4 - The Polarization of Light
• Lesson 5 - Diffraction Grating

Unit 4: Gravitational and Electric Fields

• Lesson 1 - Gravitational Fields, Orbits, and Kepler’s Laws
• Lesson 2 - Electric Charge and the Electrical Structure of Matter
• Lesson 3 - Electric Forces and Coulomb's Law
• Lesson 4 - Electric Fields
• Lesson 5 - Electric Potential Difference
• Lesson 6 - Millikan’s Experiment - Determining the Elementary Charge
• Lesson 7 - Particle Motion in Electric Fields
• Lesson 8 - Magnetism and Electromagnetism

Unit 5: Modern Physics

• Lesson 1 - Frames of Reference and Relativity
• Lesson 2 - Modern Physics and the Photoelectric Effect

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