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Physics

Ms. Kelly Shuey kelly.shuey@yisseoul.org

 This class is a challenging and in-depth look at the basic concepts in physics. Students will develop skills that are essential for success in finding solutions to complex and multi-step problems. Students will learn the laws of motion, force, planetary motion, momentum and energy. A curiosity and fascination with how the world operates will be modeled and stimulated.
 * Course Description: **

 • identify and apply the concepts, definitions, symbols, and the language of classical Newtonian mechanics and dynamics.  • solve problems by learning essential steps, tactics, and skills  • gain enthusiasm for physics and an understanding of why knowledge about physics is important in real life situations.  • analyze written problems and use their understanding of physics concepts, definitions, symbols, and the mathematical tools to extract the essential features, to simplify, and to solve physics problems in classical mechanics.  • analyze the data in a given problem, identify what is known and relevant, what is to be found, what concepts and formulas are providing the link between known and to be found variables, what other fundamental physics constants may be relevant, draw a simple pictorial representation of the process describing the problem, put it all together to obtain answers to the questions asked.  • understand and explain why physics is relevant to their future goals and everyday surroundings.
 * Course Goals: Students will be able to… **

**Resources**: Cutnell, Johnson Physics Textbook, Vernier Lab Manual, Vernier lab equipment

 1. God is the Creator of all things. (Genesis 1:1; Exodus 20:11; Ecclesiastes 11:5; Romans 1:20)  2. God actively continues to sustain all things through time. (Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:3; Acts 17)  3. God reveals His existence and character through creation. (Romans 1: 20; Hebrews 3:3-4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 4. The realm of creation has been damaged by the sin of mankind, and is now subjected to decay. (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 5:12, 8:20-22) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 5. Creation brings praise and glory to God. (Psalm 103:20-22; 107:15, 21, 31; 111:2, 4; 150:6) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 6. The First Commission to mankind was to rule over all the earth. (Genesis 1:26-28) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 7. The creation of God is orderly, purposeful, and intelligible. (Psalm 119:90-91; 148:1-6; Ecclesiastes 1:4-7, 3:11; Isaiah 45:18; Colossians 1:17) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 8. God has established laws beyond which creation may not pass. (Genesis 1:21-25, 8:22; Jeremiah 5:22) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 9. Although creation functions in predictable ways, God at times intervenes in an unpredictable fashion. (Exodus 14:21-22; Matthew 8:23-27) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 10. The teaching of science finds support for scientific endeavor in the First Commission. (Genesis 1:26-28)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Biblical Truths Relating To Science: **