Physics stream

The Physics stream at the Richelieu Lyceum was created for those who always wonder why. Why is the sky blue? Why does a violinist apply rosin to his bow? How a bicycle remains stable while you’re riding it without holding the handlebars? How does a rainbow get its colors?

Physics is a subject about the wonders of nature and the nature of these wonders. Our pupils, who follow a specialized lyceum curriculum, are like a young Harry Potter. They gain the ability to see things that are normally hidden from uninitiated eyes, understand the internal workings of miraculous phenomena that happen literally in front of us. The ability to see physics questions in daily situations, learn to solve them are the traits that our pupils develop when they study physics. All of this is accompanied by an advanced Maths curriculum (nearly at the same level as the one followed by Mathematics stream pupils) and intensive IT courses.

The Lyceum gives pupils the chance to not only see, but also conduct experiments themselves. Many of these happen during lessons, and if not possible, during extracurricular courses of experimental physics. The most complicated experiments are demonstrated via video playback. Some can be tried at home too.

Knowledge of physics gives you a new sense. Besides hearing, sight, taste, smell and touch, there is “understanding”. It gives the ability to figure out not only physics related phenomena, but anything. Perhaps, because of this, out of 15 Nobel prize winners in Economics, 13 are physicists. The most successful programmers, authors of heuristic algorithms of artificial intelligence also graduated from Physics departments. And with regards to our bench, this “understanding” is the secret of continuous success our pupils physicists have achieved at olympiads and tournaments, from regional to All-Ukrainian and international levels.