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Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry(ASPC), 2nd Edition

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An accelerated “physics first” course for 9th grade. ASPC is a physical science text intended for accelerated 9th-grade students who have already completed Algebra I. Like all CP texts, ASPC integrates history, mathematics, and technical communication skills in a compact volume with aesthetically mature graphics and lucid, grade-level prose.

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Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC) is an ideal first science course designed for honors-level or accelerated high school students. It can be used for other high school grade science as well.

Four students performing a chemistry lab experimentTeachers may be familiar with IPC courses (integrated physics and chemistry). ASPC is similar but goes deeper into topics so that students get a more enduring introduction. ASPC also moves along a little faster than our other physics offering, Introductory Physics.

This accelerated text is for students who love science, are motivated, and are quick on the uptake. Typically, these are students who at least took Algebra I in the 8th grade. They also are organized and know how to study. They also will read the text.

As with all Centripetal Press curriculum, ASPC is a “mastery-oriented” text. Mastery learning means different things to different people. To us, it means a series of methods and strategies that dramatically improve student retention of content. And Centripetal curriculum has a proven history of accomplishing this.

For a full explanation of mastery methods and a philosophy of science education that will transform your school or home learning context, read our forthcoming book From Wonder to Mastery. In short, mastery learning begins with cumulative weekly quizzes (available on the Digital Resources for this book).

Next, the text is designed to require students to utilize skills and rehearse concepts throughout the school year so that they become a permanent part of the student’s knowledge.

Some of the skills students will learn permanently include unit conversions, scientific notation, significant digits, metric prefixes and more. Students also learn measurement and lab experiment stills through the 6 lab experiments for this text. Experiments can be explored in the book Experiments for Introductory Physics and ASPC.

ASPC challenges students to write and speak scientific information accurately and succinctly in their lab reports and chapter exercises. No multiple choice here. As in the real world, exercises and quiz questions consist of either calculation problems or short answer.

This course consists of roughly 70% physics and 30% chemistry.

As described in our article Sequencing the Secondary Science and Math Curriculum, we recommend the “physics first” approach to high school science. Physics First provides great advantages it offers over the standard biology-chemistry-physics sequence.

Energy, work, Newton’s Laws of Motion, substances, electrical circuits, the atomic model, the periodic table, atomic bonding, and other subjects can be closely investigated with Algebra I proficiency.

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Table of Contents

Preface for Teachers

Preface for Students

Chapter 1: The Nature of Scientific Knowledge

1.1 Modeling Knowledge

1.1.1 Kinds of Knowledge

1.1.2 What is Truth and How Do We Know It?

1.1.3 Propositions and Truth Claims

1.1.4 Truth and Scientific Claims

1.1.5 Truth vs. Facts

1.2 The Cycle of Scientific Enterprise

1.2.1 Science

1.2.2 Theories

1.2.3 Hypotheses

1.2.4 Experiments

1.3 The Scientific Method

1.3.1 Conducting Reliable Experiments

1.3.2 Experimental Variables

1.3.3 Experimental Controls

Did You Know… Double-blind Experiments

Did You Know… The Davy Safety Lamp

Chapter 2: Motion and the Medieval Model

2.1 Computations in Physics

2.1.1 MKS Units

2.1.2 Dimensional Analysis

2.1.3 Accuracy and Precision

Did You Know… Defining Base Units

2.1.4 Significant Digits

2.1.5 Scientific Notation

2.1.6 Problem Solving Methods

2.2 Motion

2.2.1 Velocity and Uniform Acceleration

The Universal Problem Solving Method

2.2.2 Velocity, Acceleration, and Slope

2.2.3 Graphical Analysis of Motion

2.3 The Medieval Model of the Heavens

2.3.1 The Ptolemaic Model

2.3.2 The Ptolemaic Model and Church Theology

2.4 The Copernican Revolution

2.4.1 Copernicus and Tycho

2.4.2 Kepler and the Laws of Planetary Motion

2.4.3 Galileo

2.4.4 Newton, Einstein, and Gravitational Theory

Did You Know… William Hershel’s monster telescope

Did You Know… Saturn

Chapter 3: Newton’s Laws of Motion

3.1 Matter, Inertia, and Mass

3.2 Newton’s Laws of Motion

3.2.1 The Three Laws of Motion

3.2.2 Actions and Reactions

3.2.3 Showing Units of Measure in Computations

3.2.4 Weight

Thinking About Newton’s Laws of Motion

3.2.5 Applying Newton’s Laws of Motion

3.2.6 How a Rocket Works

Did You Know… Proving elliptical orbits

Chapter 4: Variation and Proportion

4.1 The Language of Nature

4.2 The Mathematics of Variation

4.2.1 Independent and Dependent Variables

4.2.2 Common Types of Variation

4.2.3 Normalizing Exercises

Chapter 5: Energy

5.1 What is Energy?

5.1.1 Defining Energy

5.1.2 The Law of Conservation of Energy

5.1.3 Mass-Energy Equivalence

5.2 Energy Transformations

5.2.1 Forms of Energy

5.2.2 The Energy Trail

5.2.3 The Effect of Friction on a Mechanical System

5.2.4 Energy “Losses” and Efficiency

5.3 Calculations With Energy

5.3.1 Gravitational Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

5.3.2 Work

5.3.3 Applying Conservation of Energy

5.3.4 Conservation of Energy Problems

Did You Know… Nuclear energy calculations (Just for fun!)

5.3.5 Energy in the Pendulum

Did You Know… Dark energy

Chapter 6: Heat and Temperature

6.1 Measuring Temperature

6.1.1 Temperature Scales

6.1.2 Temperature Unit Conversions

6.2 Heat and Heat Transfer

6.2.1 How Atoms Possess Energy

6.2.2 Internal Energy and Thermal Energy

Did you know… How fast are air molecules moving?

6.2.3 Absolute Zero

6.2.4 Thermal Equilibrium

6.3 Heat Transfer Processes

6.3.1 Conduction

6.3.2 Convection

6.3.3 Radiation

6.4 The Kinetic Theory of Gases

6.5 Thermal Properties of Substances

6.5.1 Specific Heat Capacity

6.5.2 Thermal Conductivity

6.5.3 Heat Capacity vs. Thermal Conductivity

Did You Know… The temperature in outer space

Chapter 7: Waves, Sound, and Light

7.1 Describing Waves

7.1.1 What is a Wave?

7.1.2 Categorizing Waves

7.2 Wave Calculations

7.2.1 Velocity, Frequency, and Wavelength

7.2.2 The Wave Period

7.3 Wave Interactions

7.3.1 Reflection

7.3.2 Refraction

7.3.3 Dispersion

7.3.4 Diffraction

7.3.5. Resonance

7.3.6 Interference

7.4 Sound Waves

7.4.1 Variations in Air Pressure

7.4.2 Frequencies of Sound Waves

Did You Know… Dampening resonances in skyscrapers

7.4.3 Loudness of Sound

7.4.4 Connections Between Scientific and Musical Terms

7.4.5 Harmonics and Timbre

7.5 Electromagnetic Waves and Light

7.5.1 Light as Waves of Electromagnetic Fields

7.5.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Did You Know… Sonic book photography

Chapter 8: DC Circuits

8.1 The Amazing History of Electricity

8.1.1 Early Investigations

8.1.2 The Electricity-Magnetism Connection

8.2 Charge and Static Electricity

8.2.1 Electric Charge

8.2.2 Static Electricity

Did You Know… Plasmas

8.3 Electric Current and Circuits

8.3.1 Current

Did You Know… The first color photograph

8.3.2 Why Electricity Flows so Easily in Metals

8.3.3 The Water Analogy

8.3.4 The Basic DC Electric Circuit

8.3.5 Two Secrets

8.3.6 Electrical Variables and Units

8.4 Relations Between Variables and Circuits

8.4.1 Ohm’s Law

8.4.2 What Exactly Are Resistors and Why Do We Have Them?

8.4.3 Through? Across? In?

8.4.4 Voltages Are Relative

8.4.5 Power in Electrical Circuits

8.5 Multi-Resistor Circuits

8.5.1 Two-Resistor Circuits

8.5.2 Equivalent Resistance

8.5.3 Significant Digits in Circuit Calculations

8.5.4 Larger Circuit Networks

8.6 Solving DC Circuits

8.6.1 Kirchoff’s Laws

Did You Know… Rectifiers and inverters

8.6.2 Putting it all Together to Solve DC Circuits

Did You Know… The War of Currents

Chapter 9: Fields and Magnetism

9.1 Three Types of Fields

9.2 The Laws of Magnetism

9.2.1 Ampere’s Law

9.2.2 Faraday’s Law of Magnetic Induction

9.2.3 The Right-Hand Rule

9.3 Magnetic Devices

9.3.1 Solenoids

9.3.2 Motors and Generators

9.3.3 Transformers

Did you know… Transformers

Chapter 10: Substances

10.1 Review of Some Basics

10.2 Types of Substances

10.2.1 Elements

10.2.2 Compounds

10.2.3 Heterogeneous Mixtures

10.2.4 Homogeneous Mixtures

10.3 Solubility

Did you know… Carbon Structures

10.4 Phases and Phase Transitions

10.4.1 The Phases of Matter

10.4.2 Evaporation

10.4.3 Sublimation

Did You Know… Triple point

10.5 Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes

10.5.1 Physical Properties

10.5.2 Chemical Properties

10.5.3 Physical and Chemical Changes

Chapter 11 Historical Atomic Models

11.1 The History of Atomic Models

11.1.1 Early Models

11.1.2 Dalton’s Model

11.1.3 Modern Atomic Experiments

11.2 Density

Chapter 12: The Bohr and Quantum Atomic Models

12.1 The Bohr Model

12.1.1 Bohr’s Planetary Model

12.1.2 Atomic Spectra

12.2 The Quantum Model

12.2.1 Quantum Numbers and Orbitals

Did You Know… Energy transitions in the hydrogen atom

12.2.2 Electron Configurations

12.3 Atomic Masses and Isotopes

12.3.1 Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, and Mass Number

12.3.2 Isotopes

Chapter 13: Atomic Bonding

13.1 Bonds and Valence Electrons

13.1.1 The Science of Atoms

13.1.2 The Three Types of Atomic Bonds

13.1.3 Valence Electrons and Energy Levels

13.1.4 Goals Atoms Seek to Fulfill

13.2 Metallic Bonds

13.3 Ionic Bonds

13.3.1 Bonding by Electron Transfer

13.3.2 Valence Numbers and Ionic Compound Binary Formulas

13.4 Covalent Bonds

13.4.1 Bonding by Electron Sharing

13.4.2 Diatomic Gases

13.5 Hydrogen

13.6 Polyatomic Ions

Did You Know… X-ray crystallography

Chapter 14: Chemical Reactions

14.1 Chemical Equations

14.2 Four Types of Chemical Reactions

14.2.1 Synthesis Reactions

14.2.2 Decomposition Reactions

14.2.3 Single Replacement Reactions

14.2.4 Double Replacement Reactions

14.3 Balancing Chemical Equations

14.3.1 Law of Conservation of Mass

14.3.2 Balancing Chemical Equations

14.4 Energy in Chemical Reactions

14.4.1 Activation energy

14.4.2 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

14.5 Reaction Rates and Endothermic Reactions

14.5.1 Catalysts

14.5.2 Collision Theory

Appendix A: Conversion Factors, Prefixes, and Physical Constants

Appendix B: Chapter Objective Lists

Appendix C: Laboratory Experiments

Appendix D: Scientists Required for Cumulative Review

Appendix E: Unit Conversions Tutorial

Appendix F: References

Appendix G: Image Credits

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