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This is a course scope document for Physics Honors (Course 32004) in Nevada, establishing the curriculum framework and learning objectives for a one-year high school honors-level physics course. The course integrates scientific and engineering practices with core physics concepts including Forces and Interactions, Energy, Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation, and Engineering Design. The curriculum mandates that demonstrations and laboratory experiences with proper safety protocols be incorporated throughout instruction, while emphasizing diversity awareness and culturally responsive teaching practices. The course fulfills one science credit required for high school graduation, qualifies as a laboratory science for college entrance, and may count toward College and Career Ready Flex Credit requirements for the Standard Diploma. Eight specific course goals establish learning outcomes aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), focusing on analyzing data related to forces and interactions, designing collision-mitigation devices, explaining gravitational and electromagnetic forces, demonstrating energy conservation and flow, engineering energy conversion devices, analyzing wave properties, evaluating electromagnetic radiation, and exploring current and future applications of wave technology.
The document outlines foundational educational requirements rather than procurement specifications, with no pricing terms, set-asides, incumbents, funding sources, or contract award information included. The scope was initially approved in November 1984 and has undergone multiple revisions, with the most recent revision completed in April 2021. This course scope document (CID-SCI-SG-32004, SCED 03151) serves as the instructional framework that would inform the related Physics and Honors Physics Textbook Adoption contract opportunity for Nevada's secondary education system, ensuring that selected instructional materials align with the established course goals and standards.
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PHYSICS HONORS – 32004
Course Scope:
This one-year course is designed to integrate scientific and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas related to physics. This course is designated as honors level by the accelerated instructional pacing and depth of content. The topics covered in Physics Honors include Forces and Interactions; Energy; Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation; and Engineering Design. Demonstrations and lab experiences that employ proper safety techniques are mandatory for this course. Instructional practices incorporate integration of diversity awareness including appreciation of all cultures and their important contributions to society. The appropriate use of technology is an integral part of this course. This course fulfills one of the science credits required for high school graduation and qualifies as a laboratory science for college entrance. This course may count towards the College and Career Ready Flex Credit requirements for the Standard Diploma.
Course Goals:
1. To analyze data and use mathematical representations to explain interactions between objects and a system of objects. [HS-PS2-1, HS-PS2-2, HS-PS2-4]
2. To design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on an object during a collision. [HS-PS2-3, HS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-ETS1-4]
3. To quantitatively and conceptually explain the effects that gravitational, electrostatic, and magnetic forces have on interacting objects. [HS-PS2-4, HS-PS2-5, HS-PS3-5]
4. To use models and mathematical reasoning to illustrate the storage, flow, and conservation of energy within a system at the atomic and macroscopic scales.
[HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-2, HS-PS3-4]
5. To apply the design process to engineer a device that converts energy from one form to another. [HS-PS3-3, HS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-ETS1-4]
6. To use mathematical representations to demonstrate an understanding of the properties of waves. [HS-PS4-1]
7. To evaluate the evidence supporting the dual nature of electromagnetic radiation and its effects on matter. [HS-PS4-3, HS-PS4-4]
8. To evaluate the information on current applications of waves and explore future applications of waves for technologies, including the transmission and storage of information and energy. [HS-PS4-2, HS-PS4-5, HS-ETS1-3]
Approved Nov 1984, revised 1987, 1994, 2000, May 2008, November 2011, November 2014, revised April 2021.
CID-SCI-SG-32004
SCED 03151
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