Unit A - Kinematics
Students will:
Key Concepts:
- describe motion in terms of displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time
Key Concepts:
- Scalar quantities
- Vector quantities
- Uniform motion
- Uniformly accelerated motion
- Two-dimensional motion
Unit B - Dynamics
Students will:
Key Concepts:
- explain the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on gravity
- explain that gravitational effects extend throughout the universe
Key Concepts:
- Newton's laws of motion
- Inertia
- Vector addition
- Static and kinetic friction
- Gravitational force
- Newton's law of universal gravitation
- Gravitational field
Unit C - Circular Motion, Work and Mechanical Energy
Students will:
- explain circular motion, using Newton's laws of motion
- explain that work is a transfer of energy and that conservation of energy in an isolated system is a fundamental physical concept
Key Concepts:
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Unit D - Oscillatory Motion and Mechanical Waves
Students will:
- describe the conditions that produce oscillatory motion
- describe the properties of mechanical waves and explain how much mechanical wave transmit energy
Key Concepts:
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