Physical science

Physics: motion, forces, and energy transfers.

Physics lessons stay concrete: a cart on a ramp, a force diagram, a temperature change, a wave on a string.

Motion and energy

Distance-time graphs and speed as distance over time come before acceleration language. Balanced and unbalanced forces explain why an object speeds up, slows down, or stays in uniform motion. Energy is tracked as transfers and transformations — kinetic, potential, thermal — with a system boundary stated in a sentence.

Waves lessons use amplitude, wavelength, and frequency with sound and light examples from class, not entertainment trivia. Lab work emphasizes repeating trials and reporting uncertainty in words students can own.