Table of Contents
Experience Physics Curriculum Contents
Storyline 1 – Forces in Motion
Investigation 1: Describing Position and Motion (or Modeling Motion)
- Experience 1- Displacement and Velocity
- Experience 2- Acceleration
- Experience 3- Circular and Projectile Motion
Investigation 2: Forces
- Experience 1- Force, Mass, and Acceleration
- Experience 2- Types of Forces
- Experience 3- Forces on Systems
- Experience 4- Earth Processes and Forces
Storyline 2 – Forces at a Distance
Investigation 3: Gravitational Forces
- Experience 1- Universal Gravitation
- Experience 2- Orbital Motion
- Experience 3- Kepler’s Laws
Investigation 4: Electric Forces
- Experience 1- Coulomb’s Law
- Experience 2- Electric Fields
- Experience 3- Electric Current
Investigation 5: Magnetic Forces
- Experience 1- Magnetism
- Experience 2- Magnetic Fields
- Experience 3- Inducing Current
Investigation 6: Forces in Materials
- Experience 1- Atoms and Atomic Structure
- Experience 2- Attractive and Repulsive Forces
- Experience 3- Material Properties
- Experience 4- Structure and Function
Storyline 3 – Energy Conversion
Investigation 7: Energy
- Experience 1- Classifying Energy and Work
- Experience 2- Kinetic and Potential Energy
- Experience 3- Conservation of Energy
Investigation 8: Collisions
- Experience 1- Momentum and Impulse
- Experience 2- Conservation of Momentum
- Experience 3- Collisions in Earth’s Crust
Investigation 9: Thermal Energy
- Experience 1- Temperature
- Experience 2- Thermal Equilibrium and Heat Flow
- Experience 3- Heat Flow Within Earth
Investigation 10: Electromagnetic Energy
- Experience 1- Electric Potential
- Experience 2- Energy in Electric Circuits
- Experience 3- Power Generation
- Experience 4- Energy Resources and Conservation
Storyline 4 – Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
Investigation 11: Waves
- Experience 1- Properties of Waves
- Experience 2- Wave Behavior and Energy
- Experience 3- Wave Optics
Investigation 12: Electromagnetic Radiation
- Experience 1- Electromagnetic Waves and Their Properties
- Experience 2- Particle-Wave Duality
- Experience 3- EM Radiation and Matter
Investigation 13: Information and Instrumentation
- Experience 1- Digital Information
- Experience 2- Transmitting and Capturing Information
- Experience 3- Transmitting and Capturing Energy
Storyline 5 – From the Nucleus to the Universe
Investigation 14: Nuclear Physics
- Experience 1- Nuclear Forces
- Experience 2- Nuclear Particles
- Experience 3- Fission and Fusion
Investigation 15: Ages of Rocks
- Experience 1- Radioactive Decay
- Experience 2- Radiometric Dating
- Experience 3- Exploring Patterns in the Ages of Rocks
Investigation 16: The Universe
- Experience 1- Stars
- Experience 2- The Sun
- Experience 3- The Big Bang