COURSE+SYLLABUS

This syllabus contains a list of all classes, topics and readings in the Grade 12 Physics course. You should always make notes from the listed readings. (updated: September 6, 2011) Instructor: Maria Price Text: Physics Concepts and Connections Pub. Irwin

**pg 765-767 Appendix E** || -metric prefixes - unit conversions -scientific notation - % deviation (error) and % variation - sig digs - calculations 2. Measurement, Numbers, Estimations, || READ: - pg 754 Appendix B (%Deviation only) 2. Fermi Questions || ** Read pg. 24 - 32 ** Problems: pg 18 and 19 # 1,2,4 - 8 pg 23 # 1 - 3 ||
 * INTRODUCTION **
 * Class || Topics || Homework ||
 * 1 || # Introduction to grade 12 Physics and Semester 59 Wiki
 * 1) Note Taking
 * 2) Intro to Group Work
 * 3) Inquiry cube
 * 4) TED Talk – Murry Gell-Man on Beauty and Truth in Physics || READ: pg. 5 - 8
 * 2 || ** 1. What you need to know to survive Grade 12 Physics: **
 * - Scalar vs Vector **
 * - ** distance, displacement, position, average speed and average velocity
 * 3 || 1. Continuation of - A Review of Basic Concepts
 * 3 || 1. Continuation of - A Review of Basic Concepts
 * Problems: pg 31-32 # 1-3 **
 * Worksheet - Sig Digs, Calculations ... ** ||
 * 4 || Graphs of Motion || Read: 8- 14
 * Worksheet - Graph Analysis Assignment **

2. Sample problems – one-body (Class shortened by 1/2 hour) ||  || 2. Intro to grade 11 Physics Review || [|POWERS OF TEN VIDEO] || 2. Workshop trial ||  || 2. Sample problems in 1 -D || Worksheet: **Uniform Acceleration Problems** Read: – pg 768 Appendix F 90 degree triangles (RATs) and non 90 degree triangles (non-RATs) - pg 64-77 || 2. Introduction to Cooperative Group Problem Solving (CGPS) 3. Work Period – Uniform Acceleration Problems || || 1. Frames of Reference 2. Math tools for vector analysis 3. Vectors in 2-dimensions - RATS (Right Angle Triangles)- non-RATS 4. Make-up Quiz ||  || 2. Time for 11Physics Review Presentation ||  || 2. Examples of adding vectors using components ||  ||
 * KINEMATICS **
 * Class || Topics || Homework ||
 * 5 || 1. The 5 BIG equations
 * 6 || 1. Quiz on Introduction Unit
 * 7 || 1. Sample problems continued
 * 8 || 1. Experimental Design
 * 9 || 1. Sketching Position-Time graphs
 * 10 || 1. CGPS Activity (washers) ||  ||
 * 11 || Begin Vector Analysis
 * 12 || The use of components with velocity and displacement ||  ||
 * 13 || ** TEST – Uniform Acceleration ** ||  ||
 * 14 || Vector Problem Solving || Worksheet: Vectors ||
 * 15 || 1. Vector problmes involving Velocity, Distance and Time
 * 16 || 1. Presentation - 11 Physics Review
 * 17. || Group Practice Problems || Worksheet: Vectors and Relative Velocity ||

Projectile motion Computer Simulation || Read Pg. 78 - 84 __[|Projectile Motion Applet]__ [|monkey and banana gun] [|Bus jump from SPEED] [|slide and projectile motion] || GPS Projectile Motion || ** Worksheet: Projectile Motion Problems ** || Problems: pg 43 # 1-6 || F.B.D. Frames of Reference Newton's 3 laws of motion. ||  ||   || Worksheet on Newton's 1st law and F.B.D.  Read: Pg. 44 – 47 ||  ||
 * 18 || Intro to Projectile Motion
 * 19 || Projectiles Problem solving ||  ||
 * 20 || Projectiles Problem solving cont.
 * 21 || CGPS Activity – Projectile Motion || Read: pg. 33 – 41
 * 22 || An introduction to Forces

(Mon. Oct. 24) || ** TEST –Vectors and projectiles ** || Read: pg 130 – 132 Problems: pg 133-134 # 1 -6 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ** DYNAMICS ** ||
 * Class || Topics || Homework ||
 * 23 || Demonstrations related to Forces ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 24

Problems: pg. 89 # 1 – 4 Problems: pg. 92 # 1-4 || Friction CGPS Activity || Read:39 - 42 Problems: pg 43 # 1 - 4 Read: 93 - 97 Problems: pg. 98 # 1 ||  || (Mon. Oct. 31) || Newton's 3rd Law: Motion of Combined Objects || Read: Pg 98 – 102 Pg. 103 – 110 Problems: pg 102 # 1-5 pg. 111 # 1-7 || Circular Motion Problem solving CGPS - Let's Take Flight || Read pg 48-51 Problems: pg 51 # 1-5 Read pg. 295 - 298 ||
 * 25 || Forces (1) || Read: Pg 85 - 92
 * 26 || Forces (2)
 * 27
 * 28 || problem solving || [[file:DESIGN CHALLENGE ZIP LINE.doc]] ||
 * 29 || Circular motion - Intro

(Mon. Nov 7) || QUIZ- FORCES Problem Solving Strategies || Read: pg 298 - 302 || Coulomb's Law || Read 377 - 387 || Conservation of Energy || Read: pg. 230 - 248 Problems: pg. 238 # 1-6 Pg 248 # 1-4 || Read: pg 189 – 201 Problems: pg 198 # 1 – 4 Pg 202 # 1-5 || (Monday Nov. 21) || C. of M. Problem solving Elastic and Inelastic Collisions ||  || Pg 260 - 266 Problems: pg 210 # 1 – 4 Pg 268 # 3-7 || Pg 249 – 254 Pg 492 – 493 Problems: pg 161 # 1-3 Pg 254 # 1-6 Pg. 307 # 1-3 Pg. 493 # 1-3 [|Walter Lewin and SHM] ||
 * 30
 * 31 || More Problem Solving ||  ||
 * 32 || Universal Gravitation || [|Fundamental Forces][|What is Gravity?] ||
 * 33-35 || Orbits and Kepler's Laws
 * CONSERVATION OF ENERGY **
 * Class || Topics ||  ||
 * 36 || Review of Work and
 * 37 || Conservation of Momentum 1-D || [|Air Track Simulator]
 * || FORCES QUEST -II ||  ||
 * 38
 * || ZIP-LINE CHALLENGE ||  ||
 * 39 || Conservation of Momentum in 2-D || Read: pg 203 – 210
 * 40 || Lab - Momentum ||  ||
 * 41 || SHM || Read: pg 159-160
 * 42 || Lab - SHM || [|Wile E Coyote and Spring] ||
 * 43 || SHM Problem Solving ||  ||
 * 44 || CGPS – Bungie Jump ||  ||
 * 45 || TEST – Conservation of Energy || [|Richard Feynman - elastic bands] ||

Problems with the Particle model || Read: pg 485 - 489 [|Richard Feynman - The mirror] || Ripple Tank Simulations || [|Ripple Tank Simulator] Read pg 538 -543 Read pg. 500 - 507 || Pg 506 # 1-6 Pg 506 # 106 Pg 543 # 1-4 Pg 563 # 1-3 || Problem Set || [|Young's Double Slit - Dr. Quantum] || Electric and Magnetic Fields || [|Michelson and Morley (start 6:22)] Read: pg544-545 Read: pg 494 -499 || Problems: pg 646 # 1-6 ||
 * LIGHT **
 * Class || Topics ||  ||
 * 46 || Light – a Historical Perspective
 * ||  || [|Third polarizing filter] ||
 * 48 || Wave Model
 * 49 || Young’s Double slit || Problems: pg 500 # 1-5
 * 50 || Light - Problem Solving ||  ||
 * 51 || Measuring lambda
 * 52 || Michelson and Morley Experiment
 * 53 || Quantum Mechanics || Read pg 593 – 607
 * 54 || Test - Light ||  ||

[|Einstein Revealed] || Time Dilation || Read pg 634 – 649 || Pg 603 # 1-4 ||
 * SPECIAL RELATIVITY**
 * Class || Topics || Homework ||
 * 55 || Introduction to Special Relativity || [[file:Relativity ppt..ppt]]
 * 56 || Postulates of Special Relativity
 * 57 || Length contraction ||  ||
 * 58 || Energy ||  ||
 * 59 || Problems || Problems: pg 646 # 1-6
 * 60 || Test – Special Relativity ||  ||