Prosser, WA (PRWEB) February 05, 2013
Red Comet’s enhanced and updated online high school Science core course takes the student on a journey of some of the advanced concepts of physics. The course allows students to explore issues and ideas related to physical reactions, equations and formulas. The flexible, learner-centered approach offers a portfolio of innovative concepts designed to help the student understand that physics is a part of every aspect of our life. Physical properties define each and every activity of our life and determine various aspects of our existence.
This course covers the fundamental concepts of energy, including the Law of Conservation of Energy. Other key concepts covered include gravitational potential and kinetic energy, how waves transfer energy, the nature of sound, and the electromagnetic spectrum. The course stresses that energy concepts are essential for understanding all of the domains of science, from the ways that organisms get energy from their environment, to the energy that drives weather systems and volcanoes. Students characterize physical waves by frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and speed. They apply these properties to the pitch and volume of sound waves and to the wavelength and magnitude of water waves. The course examines the electromagnetic spectrum with a labeled diagram, showing how regions of the spectrum differ with respect to wavelength, frequency, and energy.
Red Comet offers a complete online program that is both rigorous and engaging. Red Comet is approved by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in Washington State as a “Multi-District Online Course Provider” and as a “Multi-District Online School Program Provider”. Red Comet’s online program excels not only in the breadth of its offering but also has received the best ratings for student satisfaction in Washington State. Red Comet’s online learning is engaging and presents even the most challenging topics in a way that students can understand. Students taking Red Comet's online high school classes are challenged using a variety of learning techniques which makes learning interesting while keeping them motivated to complete their courses within the allotted schedule.
Students throughout the country use Red Comet’s high school classes that include all core subjects – Language Arts, Science, Mathematics and Social Studies, as well as numerous high school electives. A variety of students use Red Comet’s online learning program – students in need of credit recovery, students attending public high schools who cannot attend all of their high school classes, students attending private schools who are looking for electives or Advanced Placement classes, home school high school students who need help in specific subject areas, athletes, students with part-time jobs etc.
