International Academy

(Y) Credits: 1.0 each year
      Course Numbers: 55400 and 55405

Prerequisite: Physical Science and Integrated Math 3 or permission of department

This two-year course will investigate topics such as measurement, mechanics, thermal physics and properties of matter, waves, electricity and magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics. Students will also learn two additional options from the following: biomedical physics, historical physics, astrophysics, special and general relativity, and optics. Much of physics is centered on conducting experiments and testing theories. Students will spend approximately 40 to 60 hours in the lab. In addition to extensive lab work, students will participate in an interdisciplinary project that combines work in chemistry and biology with physics.

IB Final Assessment:

External - 3 examinations totaling 4 ½ hours;
Internal - a portfolio of investigations