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I never learned about electronics basics in K-12 in the West Coast US. We learned classical mechanics physics, chemistry, and even basic CS, but no electronics
by skelpmargyar 4y ago
I never learned about electronics basics in K-12 in the West Coast US. We learned classical mechanics physics, chemistry, and even basic CS, but no electronics at all. Closest was galvanic cells in Chemistry. Not even ohms law. Coincidentally, one of my major interests is in electronics.
- Jtsummers 4y agoWhen was that, out of curiosity? I was on the East Coast for middle school, we definitely covered some electronics basics including making simple circuits (and I figured out how to use switches and three-way switches to make logic circuits) and the basic math behind it, the class was called "physical science" (to contrast with life science which was a biology + ecology course the previous year). In Nevada for high school physics it was mostly about classical mechanics (motion) but we did a segment on electronics. All of this was in the 90s.
- skelpmargyar 4y agoHigh school was early 2010s. For high school I remember there is actually AP Physics 2 E&M now, but I know for a fact it's offered at very few schools compared to the other AP tests. Middle schools are much less standardized class-wise from what I can tell (even within regions) and even though mine was extremely math and science heavy we didn't cover any E&M unfortunately.