This book is a collaborative effort of the Secretaries of Education and Technology and the Department of Education that seeks to elevate the quality of physics instruction across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Table of Contents:

• Toward Understanding Gravitation.
• Nuclear Energy
• The Standard Model of Particle Physics
• The Standard Model and Beyond
• A Brief Synopsis of Modern Physics
• Nanoscience
• Biophysics (Medical Imaging)
• Kinematics: Motion, Work, and Energy
• Laboratory Activities
• Statistical Physics and Random Walks
• Modeling and Simulation in the Physics Classroom
• Modeling and Simulating NASA's Launch Abort System