The project physics course-Notes on its educational philosophy

Describes the interests and abilities of the students that the Project Physics Course is intended for. One must remember that there is less specialisation in American schools than in British schools and that the students staying at school until 12th grade are from a wider ability band than 'traditional' British sixth formers. The Project Physics course materials include a wide range of material: laboratory equipment, 16 mm film, 8 mm film loops, OHP transparencies, etc. as well as printed material for students and teachers. The main course is organised into six units: (1) Concepts of motion, (2) Motion in the heavens, (3) The triumph of mechanics, (4) Light and electromagnetism, (5) Models of the atom, (6) The nucleus.