Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry Program

Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC) is an ideal first science course designed for 9th grade accelerated or "honors" students. These are students who love science, are strong in math, and aspire to a technical career or college program. Freshmen who have completed Algebra I (for example, in 8th grade) are typically best suited to this book. The math is Algebra I level, but exercises are intentionally a little more challenging. ASPC includes a full physics course, similar to Introductory Physics, but completes the physics by late-February to move into chemistry. In the spirit of "drawing students upward into the adult world of science," the 6 lab experiments for this book emphasize procedures and skills used in real science labs. Scientific notation, metric prefixes, unit conversions, keeping a lab journal, and the writing of lab reports are essential skills that students will thoroughly learn in this text. After completing this text, students will be prepared to go on t