Physics is a laboratory-based college preparatory course. Laboratory experiments provide the empirical basis for understanding and confirming concepts. This course emphasizes study of the basic properties and interactions of matter, force, and energy. In this course, methods used by physicists as they construct a consistent picture of the universe are emphasized. Students learn the principles of physics through laboratory investigations, problem solving, teacher-led demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and individual and group study. Physics AB lays the foundation for further studies in Physics and also serves as an Advanced Placement Physics readiness course. Physics AB meets the District Graduation requirement for physical science. It also meets one year of the University of California ‘d’ entrance requirement for laboratory science.