Welcome to Mainland's online
physics program
, PhysicsLAB™!
Begun in June, 1997, PhysicsLAB is beginning its 15th academic year online. Our curriculum is integrated with the classroom management system
LearningXchange
.
This year's classes began on August 22, 2011. Sections for the current 2011-2012 school year are
2nd period - APB
3rd period - Physics II Honors
4th period - Physics I Honors
5th period - Physics I Honors
6th period - Physics I
7th period - Physics I Honors
10th period - APC-Mechanics/Electromagnetism
Our
search engine
will allow you to locate
curriculum
by course, curriculum group, topic, skill, and keyword. Please take a moment and generalize yourself with the
directions
on how to use PhysicsLAB. Any original curriculum that was not converted can still be accessed by visiting the companion website for our first edition,
Curriculum Guide,
where information is organized into content areas and instructional units for visiting educators.
Collateral math lessons, studyaids, and practice pages that support over 150 algebra, geometry, trig, calculus, and statistics topics needed for the successful completion of high school science courses are available through AlgebraLAB, an two-year project funded by Florida's Enhancing Education Through Technology grants.(
2002-04
)
Before visiting a specific class, you might take a minute to complete a
tour
showing the history of our online physics program, to review the results from the five
end-of-year CCTT surveys,
or to learn about PhysicsLAB's developer,
Mrs. Colwell
.
Mainland
, a comprehensive high school and three-time National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, is located in Daytona Beach, Florida. Mainland is one of nine high schools in
Volusia County
.
Our address is
http://www.physicslab.org
PhysicsLAB
Copyright © 1997-2012
Catharine H. Colwell
All rights reserved.
Application Programmer
Mark Acton
AlgebraLAB
Copyright © 2003-2012
All rights reserved.
Application Programmers
Mark Acton
Jeremy R. Blawn
Project Director
Catharine H. Colwell
LearningXchange
Copyright © 2003-2012
All rights reserved.
Application Programmer
Jeremy R. Blawn
Project Director
Catharine H. Colwell
CCTT
USDOE Challenge Grant
Copyright © 1997-2003
All rights reserved.
Project Director
Marshall Ransom