An understanding of scientific principles and theories allows students to better understand our position in the world and our understanding of life. Putting physics to use is a rewarding experience as students can conduct simple experiments and add further clarity to how objects and waves move around us. This course will cover some of the following topics:

• relative motion within a stationary reference frame
• postulates of special relativity
• uniform circular motion
• First Peoples knowledge and applications of forces in traditional technologies
• gravitational field and Newton’s law of universal gravitation
• gravitational potential energy
• gravitational dynamics and energy relationships
• electric field and Coulomb’s law
• electric potential energy, electric potential, and electric potential difference
• electrostatic dynamics and energy relationships
• magnetic field and magnetic force
• electromagnetic induction
• conservation of momentum and energy in collisions
• graphical methods in physics