Dolores Gende: GREENHILL HONORS PHYSICS SYLLABUS

Honors Physics is a high school physics course that covers

the classical and modern physics areas in depth with a problem solving approach. The course includes topics from mechanics,

waves, sound, optics, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics.

PART I. MECHANICS

1. Introduction

Physics and its Applications, Units

2. One-Dimensional Kinematics

Speed, Displacement, Velocity,

Acceleration and Free Fall

3. Vectors in Physics

Vector Quantities, Vector Addition and Relative

Velocity

4. Two-Dimensional Kinematics

Projectile Motion

5. Newton's Laws of Motion

Forces, Newton's Three Laws of Motion

6. Applications of Newton's Laws

Forces applications: Friction, Circular Motion

Springs and Strings

12. Gravity

Law of Universal Gravitation

7. Work and Kinetic Energy

Work and Kinetic Energy

8. Potential Energy and Conservative Forces

Gravitational and Spring Potential Energy,

Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces

9. Linear Momentum and Collisions

Impulse and Momentum, Conservation

of Momentum and Collisions

10. Rotational Kinematics and Energy

Rotational Kinematics

11. Rotational Dynamics and Static Equilibrium

Torque and Angular Momentum,

Center of Mass and Balance

PART II. WAVES AND OPTICS

13. Oscillations About Equilibrium

Simple Harmonic Motion, Elastic Potential

Energy and the Simple Pendulum

14. Waves and Sound

Types of Waves, Boundary Behavior,

Superposition Principle, Standing Waves

Sound, Interference of Sound Waves and

Doppler Effect

26. Geometrical Optics

Reflection, Mirror Equation, Refraction, and

Total Internal Reflection, Lens Equation, and

Geometric Optics

28. Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction

Interference and Diffraction

PART III. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

19. Electric Charges, Forces and Fields

Charges, Electrostatic Force and Coulomb's

Law, Electric Field

20. Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy

Electric Potential Energy, Potential Difference

and Capacitance

21. Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits

Ohm's Law, Resistance, Electric Power,

Series, Parallel and Combination Circuits

22. Magnetism

Magnetism, Magnetic Field and Magnetic

Forces

23. Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction

Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law, Motors and

Transformers