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It will use introductory differential and integral calculus throughout the course. This course meets for three 44-minute periods per week , plus two 90-minute lab periods.  \nPrerequisites: Students who have successfully completed Honors Physics with a “B”minimum and have already completed or are taking concurrently AP® Calculus or Calculus.  \nText: Fundamentals of Physics, Extended, 9th ed. , by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, 2010 , John Wiley & Sons. This is a standard text for calculus-based physics teaching at both the AP® and university levels. The text will be supplemented by additional material when appropriate.  \nTeaching Strategies: Students will be assigned all of the end-of-chapter conceptual questions for the chapters covered. These will be followed by student-centered roundtable discussions to assure understanding by all. Students will also proceed, in groups and individually, to work through an intense selection of the end-of-chapter problems. Although all students will be expected to solve the same problems, each will have his or her own set of randomized numbers through use of an online assignment service. The problem assignments also include a writing component.  \nLaboratory Work  \nThe laboratory component of this course constitutes at least 20% of the class time. Lab assignments are generally set up in the form of guided inquiry – using data to answer a research question. Differential and integral calculus will be a part of the laboratory analysis.  \nStudents will frequently have the laboratory goal of developing a mathematical model – i.e. a physics formula – based on their experimental data. Alternatively, they may be seeking to apply formulas learned in the course to their data to make a testable prediction. The prediction is then tested in a second hands-on activity set up as a contest, for example, to strike a target with a projectile or forecast the time for an object to traverse a course. 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