The course plan includes the following standard, high school level topics.  Students receive specific standards for each topic and are assessed according to these standards. Sample standards

Mechanics

• Constant velocity
• Acceleration
• Forces and Newton’s Laws
• Projectile Motion
• Circular motion
• Conservation of Energy
• Conservation of Momentum

Electricity and Magnetism

Maglev train in Shanghai, China

• Direct current circuits
• Electric charge, force, and fields
• Electrical potential energy, electric potential
• Magnetism
• Electromagnetic induction
• Engineering a shaker flashlight

Waves and Light

• Reflection and Mirrors
• Refraction and Lenses
• Wave properties
• Sound waves
• Light waves