Description:
This course is designed for those students who need preparation for taking a college level physics course. It would also be appropriate for non-science/ non-technology students who wish to increase their grasp of the concepts of physics in a non-traditional way. The course is designed to develop physical concepts in a highly interactive laboratory and computer setting and to developing problem solving skill. There will be opportunities to manipulate real objects, and study their behavior by means of data collection and computer analysis. Topics covered include measurement and units, the metric system, graphing, kinematics, vectors and scalars and introduction to the laws of motion.