A.P.E.
applied physics and engineering
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
C. S. Lewis
Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
― Walt Disney
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Course Overview (3-5) sentences
Applied Physics and Engineering (APE) was created in response to the need for a largely hands on science course that could integrate conceptual and applied physics with engineering principles in accordance with desire to build a strong STEM program. To that end, students in APE are introduced to physics, engineering, and design concepts, do research, plan, design, re-design, and do formal lab write-ups on hands-on engineering projects. The topics include form and function, computer based CAD tools, kinematics including ballistics, Newton’s Laws, mechanical energy, simple machines, material strength, fluid dynamics, rotational motion, heat and energy, electricity and simple circuits.
These topics will be related directly to engineering and will help the students understand the relationship between science and engineering. Students will learn and use the engineering design process and the scientific method to design and build projects that simulate real-world-engineering experiences. Through this process they will improve their understanding of physics while learning about the engineering process.
Mr. Miller's Old Website
Course Overview (3-5) sentences
Applied Physics and Engineering (APE) was created in response to the need for a largely hands on science course that could integrate conceptual and applied physics with engineering principles in accordance with desire to build a strong STEM program. To that end, students in APE are introduced to physics, engineering, and design concepts, do research, plan, design, re-design, and do formal lab write-ups on hands-on engineering projects. The topics include form and function, computer based CAD tools, kinematics including ballistics, Newton’s Laws, mechanical energy, simple machines, material strength, fluid dynamics, rotational motion, heat and energy, electricity and simple circuits.
These topics will be related directly to engineering and will help the students understand the relationship between science and engineering. Students will learn and use the engineering design process and the scientific method to design and build projects that simulate real-world-engineering experiences. Through this process they will improve their understanding of physics while learning about the engineering process.