National Science Teacher Association Core Competencies of Physics
1. Energy, work, and power.
2. Motion, major forces, and momentum.
3. Newtonian principles and laws including engineering applications.
4. Conservation of 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. Applications of physics in environmental quality and to personal and community health.
2. Motion, major forces, and momentum.
3. Newtonian principles and laws including engineering applications.
4. Conservation of 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. Applications of physics in environmental quality and to personal and community health.