Physics 11

Physics 11 Course Details

Teacher

Chris Vickers

Prerequisite

Science 10 and Foundations and Precalculus Math 10 or permission from the course teacher.

Description

Course Introduction - including a math review

Unit 1: The Study of Motion - Kinematics
Unit 2: Why is there Motion? - Forces
Unit 3: Energy
Unit 4: Let There Be Light – Waves and Light

Course Conclusion - Special Relativity

 

Type

online

Credit

4

Deposit

100.00

Delivery

Student-paced - for those who wish to take responsibility for establishing their own timelines or who need to have maximum flexibility in terms of course work in order to accommodate other activities in their lives.  An online schedule maker and teacher support are available to help with this.

Summary

Send-in assignments
4 Tests - 2 hours long - No final exam

Evaluation

60% Chapter Assignments
40% Unit Tests

Support

SIDES course teacher will provide face-to-face, telephone, email or online support

Materials

Textbook - Merrill Physics: Principles and Problems ($100.00)

Student Provided Materials:

A scientific calculator.

Requirements

Student email, SidesOnline account.
Basic Technical Requirements

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Course Introduction

Section 1: The Tools of Physics

There is one quiz in the course introduction

Unit 1: The Study of Motion: Kinematics

Section 1: Displacement and Velocity

  • Define period and frequency; differentiate between scalar and vector quantities
  • Differentiate between scalar and vector quantities
  • Define distance, displacement, speed, and velocity
  • Construct displacement (and distance)-versus-time graphs
  • Construct velocity (and speed)-versus-time graphs
  • Use displacement-versus-time graphs to determine the displacement, average velocity, or instantaneous velocity of objects
  • Use velocity-versus-time graphs to determine the displacement or velocity of objects
  • Solve problems involving: displacement, time, average velocity

Section 2: Acceleration

  • Construct velocity (and speed)-versus-time graphs, define acceleration
    Use velocity-versus-time graphs to determine the instantaneous or average acceleration of objects
  • Solve problems for objects with constant acceleration, involving displacement, initial velocity, final velocity, acceleration and time

Section 3: Projectile Motion

  • Solve real-life or word problems including those involving non-zero initial velocities, falling objects, and projectiles with initial vertical or horizontal velocities

Unit 1 test covers the work of Unit 1

Unit 2: Why is There Motion? Forces

Section 1: Newton's Laws

  • State Newton's laws of motion and illustrate each with practical examples
  • Solve problems using Newton's second law that involve net force, mass and acceleration
  • Apply Newton's laws and the concepts of kinematics to solve problems

Section 2: Gravity

  • Use the gravitational field strength to relate the mass of objects to the force of gravity (weight) acting on them
  • Define gravitational field strength; demonstrate that the force of gravity between two objects is an inverse square law with respect to distance
  • Solve problems involving Newton's law of universal gravitation for: force, mass, distance of separation and universal gravitational constant

Section 3: Friction

  • Distinguish between static and kinetic friction
  • Compare the effects of the normal force, materials involved, surface area, and speed on the force of friction
  • Define coefficient of friction
  • Solve problems involving objects sliding on horizontal surfaces for force of friction, coefficient of friction and normal force; use appropriate materials to verify Hookes law
  • Solve problems using Hooke's law that involve force, spring constant and distortion
  • Relate Hooke's law to situations in your home and community

Section 4: Momentum

  • Use the definition of momentum to calculate the unknown variable, given any two of the following: momentum, mass and velocity
  • State the law of conservation of momentum for isolated, one-dimensional systems
  • Use the law of conservation of momentum to calculate any of the following from appropriate data: momentum, mass and velocity
  • Identify workplace applications where momentum is measured or controlled

Unit 2 test covers the work of Unit 2

Unit 3: Energy

Section 1: Work, Energy and Power

  • Define work in terms of force and displacement
  • Solve problems involving work, force and displacement
  • Define energy
  • Define gravitational potential energy
  • Solve problems involving gravitational potential energy, mass, acceleration due to gravity and height above a reference point
  • Define kinetic energy
  • Solve problems involving kinetic energy, mass and velocity
  • Define power
  • Solve problems involving power, work and time; define efficiency
  • Calculate and compare the efficiencies of common devices

Section 2: Other Types of Energy

  • Define temperature, thermal energy, and specific heat capacity
  • Solve problems involving thermal energy, mass, specific heat capacity and
  • Change in temperature
  • Relate energy transformations to work done
  • State the law of conservation of energy
  • Solve problems using the law of conservation of energy including changes in
  • Gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and thermal energy
  • Compare and contrast fusion and fission reactions and supply examples
  • Define chain reaction, critical mass, and moderator
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using nuclear energy
  • Compare and contrast different types of nuclear reactors

Unit 3 test covers the work of Unit 3

Unit 4: Let There be Light

Section 1: Wave Motion

  • Describe the properties associated with waves amplitude, frequency, period, wavelength, phase, speed, types of waves
  • Use the universal wave equation to solve problems involving: speed, frequency and wavelength
  • Describe and give examples of the following wave phenomena and the conditions that produce them: reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference (superposition principle), Doppler shift, polarization and scattering
  • Identify from an appropriate diagram the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • Give examples of common applications involving Doppler shift, polarization and diffraction
  • Describe the image formed by a pinhole camera
  • Draw and analyze a ray diagram for a pinhole camera to determine magnification

Section 2: Reflection of Light

  • Identify any of the following on an appropriate diagram: incident ray, reflected ray, angle of incidence, angle of reflection and normal
  • State the law of reflection
  • Draw ray diagrams showing how an image is produced by a plane mirror
  • Describe the characteristics of an image produced by a plane mirror
  • Identify any of the following on appropriate diagrams: principal axis, vertex, centre of curvature, principal focus, radius of curvature, focal length and focal plane
  • Identify a curved mirror as converging (concave) or diverging (convex)
  • Conduct an experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror
  • Draw accurate scale diagrams for both concave and convex mirrors to show how an image is produced
  • Describe the characteristics of images produced by converging and diverging mirrors
  • Describe some of the uses of plane and curved mirrors

Section 3: Refraction of Light

  • Define index of refraction
  • Identify any of the following from an appropriate diagram: incident ray, normal, refracted ray, angle of incidence and angle of reflection
  • Solve problems using Snell's law, involving index of refraction, angle of incidence and angle of reflection
  • Define critical angle and total internal reflection
  • Solve problems involving total internal reflection
  • Identify any of the following from an appropriate diagram: principal axis, principal focus, focal length and focal plane
  • Identify a lens as converging (convex) or diverging (concave)
  • Conduct an experiment to determine the focal length of a convex lens
  • Draw accurate scale diagrams for both convex and concave lenses to show how an image is produced
  • Describe the characteristics of images produced by converging and diverging lenses and give examples of common devices that refract light

Unit 4 test covers the work of Unit 4

Course Conclusion

Section 1: Special Relativity

  • Define inertial reference frame
  • Explain why simultaneous events for one observer may not be simultaneous for another observer
  • Describe the Michelson-Morley experiment and explain the significance of the "null result"
  • State the two postulates of the special theory of relativity: the relativity principle and the constancy of the speed of light; describe the relativistic effects of time dilation, length contraction, and mass increase and describe examples of experimental evidence that demonstrate these effects
  • Calculate relativistic time dilation, length contraction, and mass increase
  • Prove by using relativistic mass increase or relativistic addition of velocities that objects cannot exceed the speed of light in a vacuum
  • Describe the equivalence of energy and mass, and solve problems involving: energy, mass and speed of light

There is no test in the course conclusion

Outcome

Physics 11 Prescribed Learning Outcomes