Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-3-.31

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 290-3-3-.31 - Physics (Grades 6-12)

(1)Rationale. The main goal of these standards is to promote quality educator preparation programs that will lead to the development of scientific literacy among all Grade 6-12 students in Alabama. The standards include process and application skills and correlate the Alabama Course of Study: Science, the National Science Education Standards from the National Research Council, and the teacher preparation standards of the National Science Teachers Association. The standards build upon the Alabama Core Teaching Standards.

(2)Program Curriculum. In addition to meeting Rules 290-3-3-.03(6)(a)1. -4., 290-3-3-.03(6)(e)1.(i) -(iii) and 2.(i)-(iii), 290-3-3-.04, 290-3-3-.05, and 290-3-3-.14, and 290-3-3-.27, the physics program shall require an academic major of at least 30 semester hours of credit with at least 18 semester hours of upper-division credit. Additional information is provided in the definition for academic major in Rule 290-3-3-.01(2).

(a)Competency Requirements for All Science Teachers. Candidates in physics demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Multiple ways to organize perceptions of the world and how systems organize the studies and knowledge of science.

2. Nature of scientific evidence and the use of models for explanation.

3. Measurement as a way of knowing and organizing observations of constancy and change.

4. Development of natural systems and factors that result in change over time or equilibrium.

5. Interrelationships of form, function, and behaviors in living and nonliving systems.

(b)Core Competencies in Physics. Candidates in physics demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Energy, work, and power.

2. Motion, major forces, and momentum.

3. Newtonian physics with engineering applications.

4. Conservation mass, momentum, energy, and charge.

5. Physical properties of matter.

6. Kinetic-molecular motion and atomic models.

7. Radioactivity, nuclear reactors, fission, and fusion.

8. Wave theory, sound, light, the electromagnetic spectrum and optics.

9. Electricity and magnetism.

10. Fundamental processes of investigating in physics.

11. Application of physics in environmental quality and to personal and community health.

(c)Advanced Competencies in Physics. Candidates in physics demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Thermodynamics and energy-matter relationships.

2. Nuclear physics including matter-energy duality and reactivity.

3. Angular rotation and momentum, centripetal forces, and vector analysis.

4. Quantum mechanics, space-time relationships, and special relativity.

5. Models of nuclear and subatomic structures and behavior.

6. Light behavior, including wave-particle duality and models.

7. Electrical phenomena including electric fields, vector analysis, energy, potential, capacitance, and inductance.

8. Issues related to physics such as disposal of nuclear waste, light pollution, shielding communication systems and weapons development.

9. Historical development and cosmological perspectives in physics including contributions of significant figures and underrepresented groups, and development of theories in physics.

10. How to design, conduct, and report research in physics.

11. Applications of physics and engineering in society, business, industry, and health field.

(d)Supporting Competencies for Physics. Candidates in physics demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Biology, chemistry and Earth and space science.

2. Statistics, use of differential equations and calculus.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-3-.31

New Rule: December 19, 1978. Amended: Filed December 13, 1990; effective February 1, 1991. Repealed and Replaced: Filed January 9, 1997; effective February 13, 1997; operative July 1, 1997. Repealed and New Rule: Filed September 11, 2003; effective October 16, 2003. Repealed and New Rule: Filed July 13, 2004; effective August 17, 2004. Repealed and New Rule: April 14, 2005; effective May 19, 2005. Repealed and New Rule: Filed August 6, 2007; effective September 10, 2007.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2015, eff. 9/17/2015.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVI, Issue No. 12, September 28, 2018, eff. 10/28/2018; operative 6/1/2019.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2021, eff. 10/15/2021.

Previous Rule.18 was renumbered.31 per certification published August 31, 2021; effective October 15, 2021.

Author: Dr. Eric G. Mackey

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 16-3-16, 16-23-14.