Weekly Virtual Class Meeting: None

Time Commitment: 5 – 8 well-focused hours per week

Attendance: Simply logging in to your courses does not count as attending. Attendance is based on submitting assignments and is taken on a weekly basis. Submit all of your work by the weekly due date to be marked with good attendance.

Prerequisites: Physics is a sequential course – each quarter must be completed in order. Physics A is a prerequisite for Physics B. 

Credit: .25 credit per quarter

Terms: This course is four quarters in length

In Physics A (Fall Semester), you will learn about kinematics and how Newton’s Laws affect your everyday motion. You will explore the relationships among energy, motion and collisions. You will see how gravity affects small and large objects—including the planets!

In Physics B (Spring Semester), you will dive into thermodynamics and kinetic theory, start learning about waves including sound and then add the duality of light. This will guide us into the concepts of and relationship between electricity and magnets.

Course materials: Required videos and readings are available within the courses.

Standards Covered: Taken together these two courses meet all Physics standards and benchmarks of the 2019 Minnesota Science Standards for Grades 9-12.

Honors Opportunity: Yes