Department of Curriculum and
Instruction
FBISD Physics
At-a-Glance 2014 – 2015
Course Description:
This course is the study of the physical world including matter and energy and their interactions. It will
focus on using basic concepts, equations and assumptions to describe the physical world, solve
problems and make predictions about a broad range of phenomena. The topics included are
Kinematics, dynamics, conservation of energy and momentum, heat , electrostatics, electricity,
magnetism, electromagnetic induction, waves, light, sound, the photoelectric effect and the atom.
Laboratory investigations emphasize development of process skills and safe manipulation of
laboratory apparatus and computer instrumentation.
Grading Periods
Unit Name
Lab Safety and Scientific Processes
Grading Period 1
Kinematics
Vectors
Projectile Motion and Two Dimensional Motion
Projectile Motion and Two Dimensional Motion
Grading Period 2
Newton’s Laws of Motion (Dynamics) and Circular Motion
Work, Energy, Power, Conservation of Energy and Thermodynamics
Momentum, Impulse, and Conservation of Momentum, Electrostatics
Grading Period 3
Electric Current and Circuits
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetism
Grading Period 4
Wave Characteristics and Sound and Light
Geometric Optics
Light as Particle. Photoelectric Effect and Models of the atom
Textbook:
Physics
Copyright © 2015
Pearson
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