PHY 104 - Light, Color, & Electric Circuits

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement SC.
This course is a lab-based, hands-on introduction to basic concepts in physical science involving light, color, and electric circuits. Students will analyze simple systems in detail and through observations, develop basic physical concepts. A guided inquiry approach is utilized with an emphasis on scientific reasoning and the process of going from observations to conclusions. Students will work with different ways to represent physical ideas: in words, with diagrams, with formulas, and with graphs. Students will relate these ideas to real-world situations. Investigation of electric energy in circuits serves as a bridge to explore environmental aspects of energy usage. This course satisfies the environmental perspective for EDU certification.