Science Principles, Methods, and Measurement

The Physics credential documents competencies in areas related to mechanics, materials, gasses and liquids, heating and cooling, acoustics, optics, electricity, and magnetism, radiation and nuclear physics, architecture, and a variety of related research and education areas. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain basic science principles and methods including relative sizes of things from planets to atoms, methods for measuring things, scientific methods and attitudes, and the definition and focus of physics.