St. Mary's Online Academy (SMOA) is a global online learning platform offered by St. Mary's School, a renowned U.S. private preparatory school located in Medford, Oregon.

Our school started in 1865 in southern Oregon, located on the beautiful west coast of the United States of America. St. Mary's School has grown to provide an authentic American elementary, middle, and high school education to students in China, South Korea, Vietnam, and other parts of the world. Our integrated online courses are taught by an experienced American faculty whose skills and commitment are second to none.

We take pride in the program we deliver to your child! Courses are taught during normal school hours in Asian standard time. Online and offline learning networks are available to students.Live classroom and in-person, on-campus instruction is available.Students choose to attend online learning only or a combined offline/onsite learning environment. Students earn credits and receive transcripts and diplomas from St. Mary's School in Oregon.We offer a strong, professional and experienced bilingual tutoring team available to your student.One-to-one academic guidance and family education consultation is offered to all SMOA students and families. Our program provides a one-stop solution for students and parents interested in international education who want a full range of options and services.

All Credits are issued through St. Mary's Oregon in the US

It is recommended that you've taken regular Physics with a grade of B or above.

Grade 11-12

Mr. Allan Bowers is the Dean at St. Mary’s - Pinghu Campus in China and has been teaching for 14 years. After he received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry he worked in the Chemical pharmaceutical industry before returning to complete a Bachelor of Education. Mr. Bowers started his career teaching high school science for the Near North School Board in Ontario Canada coaching award winning science fair teams at regional/provincial and international levels before making the leap into international education. He first taught in the United Kingdom before moving to China where he has been teaching since 2012.

Allan has a wide variety of interests and unique skill sets including: playing music on Trumpet, Bagpipes (As a piper in the 49th RCA field Support Unit) and saxophone, French horn, Euphonium, sailing, astronomy, archery, and rocketry.

Physics will guide you through understanding on the fundamental concepts and theories that relates everything in nature and enhance how students perceive the physical world. This provides a thorough grounding and understanding of how nature is physically and beautifully interconnected, that eventually, help them prepare themselves as an independent learner. The content is taught through various intellectually stimulating strategies and activities that will be engaging with authentic applications on the content. Pacing will be tailored on how the students grasps the topic and continue to progress until fully contextualized. Further, facilitating a thoughtful group discussion and personal introspection, formulating their own ideas, and, ultimately, to assist them in developing their ideal self.

In this class, students participate in daily practice and exercises in solving problems, engage with our discussion, as well as explore their own ideas and interests. Eventually develop skills to learn and retain an understanding of Physics they can apply in academic and everyday endeavors.

The course aims an in-depth study of all the fundamental concepts of Physics in which students use their abilities to draw conclusions, organize knowledge, and test through experimentation as they explore the role of science in everyday life. Specifically, the course aims to: 1. ) Provide students with opportunities to connect their knowledge of Physics and other related fields to issues that have a societal or technological components (e.g., concerns, technological advances, innovations) to help them become scientifically literate citizens. 2.) Provide opportunities for students to develop, record, and maintain evidence of their verbal, written and graphic communication skills through laboratory reports, summaries of literature or scientific investigations, and oral, written, and graphic presentations.

Beyond the general knowledge acquired, the students will be applying the skills that will help them critically analyze, and understand the data and trends to apply wisely to make informed decisions.

Students will also be prepared to take the AP Physics Exam.

The course content is organized into commonly taught units. On completion of the course, students should be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of the following:

Kinematics

Dynamics

Circular Motion and Gravitation

Energy

Momentum

Simple Harmonic Motion

Torque and Rotational Motion

Electric Charge and Electric Force

DC Circuits

Mechanical Waves and Sound

2. develop skills of hands-on laboratory work with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations.

3. write reports and which address the question(s), which are supported with researched, referenced evidence.

4. point out, understand, and take notes on the main ideas and key details when listening to lectures and presentations.

5. participate actively in the discussions about the topic or subject skills developed in this subject.

6. Communicate effectively.

The course will be divided into two semesters. Simultaneously, the students will be prepared to take the AP Physics Exam.