FREEHOLD REGIONAL                                                COURSE PROFICIENCIES

HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT                                              LABORATORY PHYSICS

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 Students enrolled in this course will demonstrate mastery of the following proficiency requirements as outlined in the curriculum guide and receive a passing grade in accordance with the Board of Education policies on grading and attendance:

1.   Demonstrate an awareness of the career potentials related to the study of physics and physical science. (WRS #1)

2.   Demonstrate skills and work habits; such as work ethic, dependability, promptness, and getting along with others. (WRS #1)

3.   Locate, develop, summarize, organize, synthesize, and evaluate information. (WRS #2)

4.   Develop critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills as applied to physics concepts and in real world situations. (WRS #3)

5.   Demonstrate self-management skills; such as the ability to set short and long term goals, work cooperatively, use time efficiently, and develop self-evaluation skills. (WRS #4)

6.  Identify and promote practices and habits that emphasize the need for safety in the classroom, laboratory, workplace, home, and community. (WRS #5)

7.   Describe and apply the process of scientific method; reflected by formulating usable questions and hypotheses, planning experiments, utilizing a control and a variable, conducting systematic observations, selecting appropriate instrumentation, collecting and organizing data, interpreting and analyzing data, error analysis, evaluation, drawing conclusions, and communicating results. (CCCS #5.1)

8.   Demonstrate the ability to write a well-organized and clearly worded lab report.

9.   Develop an understanding of how people of various cultures have contributed to the advancement of science and technology and how major discoveries and events have advanced science and technology. (CCCS #5.2)

10. Integrate mathematics as a tool for problem-solving in science, and as a means of expressing and/or modeling scientific theories; including geometry, physical, or algebraic model to predict outcome for physical system or to identify patterns and relationships in measurements. (CCCS #5.3)

11. Incorporate the use of technology and develop an understanding of technology as an application of scientific principles, including the ability to use computers in the laboratory as a tool for measurement and data analysis. (CCCS #5.4, #8.1)

12. Apply the International System of Units (metric system) to all measurements and calculations throughout the course. (CCCS #5.3)

13. Demonstrate an understanding of the generation of error and its effect on the significance of experimental results. (CCCS #5.3)

14. Demonstrate the ability to solve appropriate physics problems using vector analysis. (CCCS #5.3)

15. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the mechanical concepts of force, displacement, velocity, and acceleration, and their applications in the real world. (CCCS#5.7)

16. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of Newton’s Three Laws of Motion and their application to real world problems. (CCCS # 5.7)

17. Demonstrate an understanding of gravity; as a universal force of attraction between masses and that the force is proportional to the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, and how the center of gravity relates to an object’s stability. (CCCS # 5.7)

18. Describe and apply the Three Great Conservation Laws; Conservation of Energy, Momentum, and Angular Momentum. (CCCS # 5.7)

19. *Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of simple machines including both mechanical advantage and mechanical efficiency. (CCCS # 5.7)

20. Demonstrate and understanding of simple harmonic motion, its relationship to rotary motion*, and its application in real world problems. (CCCS # 5.7)

21. *Demonstrate an understanding of the Laws of Thermodynamics and their application to common mechanical systems. (CCCS # 5.7)

22. Demonstrate an understanding of how the various forms of energy (heat, electricity, sound, light) move through materials and identify the factors that affect movement.  (CCCS # 5.7)

23. Demonstrate a basic familiarity with the characteristics and properties of mechanical waves. (CCCS#5.7)

24. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of waves, including sound and its properties. (CCCS # 5.7)

25. Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of light. (CCCS # 5.7)

26. Explain the nature of electromagnetic radiation and compare the components of the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays. (CCCS # 5.7)

27. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of electromagnetic force; including electrical and magnetic force, their relationship, how these forces can be used to produce energy, properties of magnets, and simple current/circuits. (CCCS # 5.7)

28. *Demonstrate an awareness of some of the common concepts of modern physics relating to the atom and atomic energy. (CCCS # 5.7)

29. *Demonstrate an understanding of the medical uses of radiation. (CCCS # 5.2, # 5.7)

30. *Demonstrate a familiarity with the Special Theory of Relativity and its application to the real world. (# 5.3, # 5.7)

30. *Become familiar with the recent developments in physics. (CCCS # 5.2, # 5.4, #5.7)

31. *Develop an understanding of the basic cosmological principles. (CCCS # 5.9)

(*Indicates an optional proficiency to be covered as time and student ability permits.)

 

To measure mastery in accordance with the grading policy, attendance policy and other policies of the Board of Education, the teacher will select appropriate evaluative methods as listed below: