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(Switched-On Schoolhouse Science 12
This complete 12th grade CD-ROM-based science curriculum includes the following topics: kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, waves, light, static electricity, current electricity, magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics.The projects in this course include writing and research, along with hands-on experiments. Each Switched-on Schoolhouse course includes quizzes and a test for each unit, as well as a final comprehensive test. Order our Switched-on Schoolhouse 12 Science Kit separately.
Microsoft IE 6, or higher, 500MHz processor or higher, 512MB memory, and 600MB hard disk space; 1024 X 768 resolution or higher, 16-bit color monitor; CD-ROM drive, and Windows XP or higher. A printer is recommended.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Kinematics
- Introduction to the Language of Physics
- Scalars and Vectors
- Experiment: Determining Reaction Time
- & more
- Dynamics
- Report: Isaac Newton
- Uniform Circular Motion
- Momentum
- & more
- Work and Energy
- Work, Kinetic, and Potential Energy
- Power and Efficiency
- Experiment: Latent Heat
- & more
- Introduction to Waves
- Characteristics of Waves
- Experiment: Bending Waves
- Sound Waves
- & more
- Light
- Properties of Light
- Experiment: Convergence
- Special Project
- & more
- Static Electricity
- Electric Charges
- The Transfer of Charges
- Potential and Energy
- & more
- Electric Currents
- Project: Research and Report
- Resistance
- Ohm's Law
- & more
- Magnetism
- Fields and Forces
- Experiment: Magnetic Fields
- Electron Beams
- & more
- Atomic and Nucleur Physics
- Quantum Theory
- Early Atomic Models
- Nucleur Reactions
- & more
- Review
- Special Project
- Review Game
- & more
