Copyright: 2021
Virginia Assignment Code: 9811
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11
Duration: 36 weeks
Hours: N/A
Prerequisites: None
CTSO: TSA
Course Description:
Students conduct experiments and tackle projects in this single-period laboratory science course to apply physics and mathematics concepts. Students study seven technical principles: force, work, rate, resistance, energy, power, and force transformers, examining how each principle plays a unifying role in the operation of mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems in technology equipment and systems. This hands-on project approach to studying technical principles provides a foundation for further education and career readiness. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.
Note: Students who complete Principles of Technology I and Principles of Technology II may use these courses to satisfy one physics credit in laboratory science. A student must complete both courses in the sequence in order to receive laboratory science credit. The sequence of Principles of Technology I and Principles of Technology II will satisfy one unit of credit in laboratory science for physics and one elective credit. Students who enroll in Principles of Technology courses for a physics credit must have completed Algebra I and two other laboratory science courses as specified by the accrediting standards prior to enrolling in Principles of Technology.
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