SPH4U: Course Syllabus

SPH4U: Course Syllabus
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This syllabus contains a list of all classes, topics and homework in the Gr. 12 physics course. You are strongly encouraged to
explore the simulations and videos listed for each lesson – they are optional but quite interesting!
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Topics
Homework
Extras
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Handbook: How to Answer a Question
Video: Top 10 Amazing Physics
Videos
Homework: Thinking about Your Brain
Video: Dysfunctional Group
Video: Functional Group
Handbook: Measurement and Numbers
Video: Scientific Notation
Introduction
1
Course
Introduction,
How to Answer a
Question
2
Groups Work
3
Measurement and
Numbers
Fermi Problems
Short quiz on
Introduction
4
5
1
Kinematics
Uniform
Acceleration
2
Representations of
Motion
3
CGPS: Modeling
Problem Solving
CGPS
4
5
6
2-D Motion
Vector
Components
7
Projectiles!
8
Projectile Problem
Solving
Projectile Problem
Solving
(continued)
CGPS
9
10
11
1
Test on kinematics
and projectiles
Forces
Representing
Forces
Handbook: Fermi Problems
Read: pg. 18-23
Lesson: Fermi Problems
Gr. 11 Review Questions: 1-D Kinematics
Gr. 11 Review Lessons: Kinematics
Read: pg. 24-27
Problems: pg. 27, #20, 22, pg. 38, #15
(Use solution sheets!)
Handbook: Representations of Motion
Read: pg. 11-13, 20-24
Active Physics: MotionDiagrams
Course website: Graphing Kinematics Review
Sheets
Active Physics: Graphs from Motion
Active Physics: Motion from Graphs
Video: Converting Between Graphs - Slopes
Video: Converting Between Graphs - Areas
Active Physics: Car Catches Truck
Simulation: The Moving Man
Active Physics: Balloonist Drops Lemonade
Active Physics: Avoid the Collision
Simulation: Maze Game
Active Physics: Velocity Components
Video: Components Video 1
Video: Components Video 2
Video: Components Video 3
Active Physics: Changing x-velocity
Video: Velocity Vector Components
Video: Crazy Motorcycle Jump
Active Physics: Target Practice I
Video: Projectile Problem Solving
Active Physics: Target Practice II
Simulation: Projectile Motion
Problems: pg. 40 #10, pg. 67 #47
Read: pg. 35-8
Problems: pg. 65 #21, 26
Handbook: 2-D Motion
Handbook: Vectors and Components
Read: pg. 756-7
Handbook: Projectiles!
Read: pg.41-45
Projectile Motion-throw a ball
Read: pg. 46-48
Problems: pg. 46 #5, pg.51 # 8
Problems: pg.51 #5, 7
Review for test
Pg. 171 #50
NOTE: Acceleration in Two
Dimensions (pg. 28-29) and Section 1.5
not on this test.
Projectiles (try #1-14, 35-39, 42-45, 51-53, 66, 71)
Hand Book: Representing Forces
Gr. 11 Review Lessons: Newton’s Laws
Gr. 11 Review Questions: Newton’s Laws
1
2
Forces in 2-D
3
Understanding 2-D
Forces
4
Newton’s 3rd Law
5
Weight and
Acceleration
CGPS
Frames of
Reference
Strings and
Composite Objects
Tension and
Pulleys
CGPS
Friction!
6
7
8
9
10
11
Read: pg. 81-83
Problems: pg. 92 #7, pg. 96 #8, pg.
117 #10
Read: pg. 88-9
Problems: pg. 92 #6 a-c, pg.118 #23
Read: pg. 93-94, Handbook: Magnets
and the Third Law
Problem: pg. 244#1a
Problems: pg. 93#9
Problems: pg. 96 #9
Read: pg. 108-110
Problems: pg. 110 # 2, 3
Problems: Pg. 94 #10, pg. 95-96 #3, 7
Problems: pg. 92 #5, pg. 95 #5
Problems: pg. 96 #10
Read: pg. 97-101
Problems: Pg. 101 #3, 7, pg. 168 #25
Problems: Pg. 118 # 16, 25(a)
12
Friction!
(continued)
13
Going in Circles
Problem: pg. 101 #5
14
Going in Circles
(continued)
Centripetal
Acceleration
Centripetal
Acceleration
(continued)
Thinking About
Circular Motion
Handbook: Going in Circles
Read: 122-126
CGPS
Universal
Gravitation
Orbits
Problems: pg. 138 #9
Read: pg. 139-142
Problems: pg. 143 #11, 12
Problems: Pg. 147 #2, 6, use table pg.
776
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Orbits
(continued)
Test on Dynamics
1
Energy and
Momentum
“Oomph”
2
2
The Idea of
Conservation
Problems: Pg. 126 #8, 10
Active Physics: Rocket Blasts Off
Simulation: Forces in 1 Dimension
Video: Simple Force Example
Active Physics: Sliding on an Incline
Simulation: The Ramp: Forces and Motion
Video: Forces with Angles 1
Video: Forces with Angles 2
Video: Forces and Elevators
Video: Frames of Reference
Lesson: Multiple Bodies
Active Physics: Atwood Machine
Video: Atwood Machine
Active Physics: Push Crate Up Wall
Active Physics: Skier Goes Down
Simulation: Forces and Motion
Video: Inclines with Friction
Video: Pulley, Incline, Friction
Video: Circular MotionIdea
Simulation: Ladybug Motion 2D
Test Review: pg. 117 #7, 24 (text
answer wrong), 28, pg. 168 #16, 19, 20,
23, 24, 26, 27
Active Physics: Centripetal Acceleration
Video: Conical Pendulum
Video: Frames of Reference
Active Physics: Problem Solving
Simulation: Ladybug Revolution
Video: Tension in Vertical Circle
Active Physics: Car Circles Track
Simulation: Lunar Lander
Video: Universal Gravitation
Active Physics: Satellites Orbit
Lesson: Satellites
Simulation: My Solar System
Video: Gravity in Orbit
Video: Why Doesn’t the Moon Fall Down?
Lesson: Orbital Calculations
Video: Dark Matter
Review: 2-D Forces
Review: Gravity and Circular Motion (skip
Kepler’s Laws)
Read: pg. 232, 239-240
Handbook: “Oomph” parts C and D,
pg. 243 #5
Read: pg. 233-6
Problems: pg. 237 #8, 10, pg. 248 #6
Active Physics: Save an astronaut
Video: Intro to Momentum
Lesson: Conservation of Momentum
Active Physics: Momentum and Energy
Lesson: Isolated Systems
Read: pg. 130-133
Problems: Pg. 133 #3,5, Pg. 138 #4, 6
3
Types of Collisions
CGPS
Read: pg. 246-7
Problems: pg. 252 #12, 13, 14
4
Car Crash!
Conservation of
Momentum in 2-D
5
2-D Collisions
Read: pg. 256-8
Handbook: 2-D Momentum Problem
Solving
Problems: pg. 257 #3
Problem: pg. 257 #5, pg. 258 #3
6
Work and Kinetic
Energy
Problems: pg. 181 #7, pg. 183 #7, pg.
186 #4
7
Collisions Quiz,
Energy and
Coordinate
Systems
Energy Transfers
Problems: pg. 197 #6, pg. 201 #5, pg.
227 #17
8
9
12
The Ballistics
Pendulum
Spring Force and
Energy
Spring Force and
Energy, continued
CGPS
13
Test
10
11
2
Special Relativity
Velocity and
Frames of
Reference
The Light Clock
3
The Moving Ruler
4
Al’s Relativistic
Adventure
Relativity Problem
Solving
Energy and
Relativity
Energy and
Relativity
1
5
6
7
1
2
3
Electric and
Magnetic Fields
A New Kind of
Interaction
Relativity Quiz,
A New Kind of
Interaction
(continued)
The Strength of
Video: Slow Motion Collision
Video: Impulse
Lesson: Impulse
Active Physics: Elasticity
Video: 1968 Crash Test
Active Physics: P and E Conservation
Simulation: Collision Lab
Active Physics: Work
Simulation: The Ramp
Video: Roller Coasters
Lesson: Work
Problems: pg. 200 #13, pg. 202 #8, 10
Handbook: Transfers of Energy
Problem: pg. 270 #20
Active Physics: Energy Bar Charts
Simulation: Energy Skate Park
Active Physics: Pendulum Bashes Box
Read: pg. 203-206 Problems: pg. 206
#5
Read: pg. 207-210 Problems: pg. 211
#10, 12a, 13
Problems: pg. 229 #38
Video: Hooke’s Law
Video: Energy in Springs
Active Physics: Inverse Bungee
Simulation: Masses and Springs
Review: Momentum
Review: Work and Energy
Review: pg. 307 #4, 5, 10, 14, 18, 20,
26, 48
Handbook problems: #1-4, identify the
types of intervals only, don’t solve!
Handbook problems: #5, 6
Active Physics: Time Dilation
Video: Special Relativity
Active Physics: Length Contraction
Video: Visualizing Relativity
Activity: Al’s Relativistic
Adventure
Handbook problems: #1-4, 7
Handbook problems: #8-10
Video: Einstein Talks
Handbook problems: #11,12
Text: pg. 690-691
Video: Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Video: Proton Antiproton Collision
Read: pg. 318 – 322
Simulation: Static Electricity
Problems: pg. 324 #2 draw charge
diagrams to illustrate each answer
Problems: pg. 331 #3, 7 (total thread
Active Physics: Coulomb’s Law
3
Electrostatic
Interactions
Analyzing
Electrical Forces
Picturing Electric
Forces
The Electric Field
Concept
The Superposition
of Fields
length = 60 cm)
Video: Charge and Coulomb’s Law
Read: pg. 332-334
Problems: Pg. 334 #4, 8
Problem: pg. 334 #9 (find the
magnitude only)
Problems: pg. 343 #1, 2
Active Physics: Combining Charges
8
Moving Charges in
an Electric Field
9
10
CGPS
Magnetic Fields
11
Magnetic Forces
on Charges
Read: pg. 369-370
Problem: pg. 371 #1
and finish worksheet / summary
Problem: pg. 371 #2, pg. 380 #35
Read: pg. 384-5 and pg. 387-8 (Field of
a Straight Conductor)
Read: pg. 392-5 (Sample problem 1b, c
only)
Problems: pg. 402 #1, 4, 7, pg. 396 #24
12
Electromagnetic
Disturbances
Understanding EM
Waves
Light and
Polarization
Read: pg. 530-33
Properties of 2-D
Waves –
diffraction,
interference
Test
Read: pg. 453-4
Problems: pg. 454 #2, 3
4
5
6
7
13
14
15
16
4
Read: pg. 342 (sample problem 2) and
pg. 353 (sample problem 4)
Problems: pg. 347 #3, pg. 344#4, pg.
354 #3, pg.379 #27
Read: pg. 494-5
Problems: pg. 498 # 4
Simulation: Chargesand Fields
Lesson: Electric Force and Fields
Simulation: 3-D Electric Fields
Lesson: Electric Field
Active Physics: Electric Fields
Active Physics: Field of Dipole
Lesson: Calculating Electric Fields
Lesson: Calculating Electric Fields 2
Simulation: Electric Field Hockey
Active Physics: Field Around Wire
Video: Magnetism Review
Active Physics: Magnetic Force
Active Physics: Mass Spectrometer
Simulation: 3-D Magnetic Fields
Video: Force on Moving Charges 1
Video: Force on Moving Charges 2
Image: Hi-res Bubble Chamber
Simulation: EM Waves
Simulation: EM Waves 2
Simulation: Antenna
Active Physics: Polarization
Lesson: Polarization
Video: Polarizing Filters
Video: Polarization and Internal Stress
Video: LCD Screens
Review: Electrostatic Forces and Fields
Simulation: 2-D Waves